Easter Bunny

I have a new small group at my church that meets every Friday. We are all moms and bring our kids to play together. It has been a really nice group and I have enjoyed it. We used to meet at the Chick Fi La while they were offering a free breakfast, but that offer is over now. So, we met at the Roseville Galleria today! Luke had a blast playing and running around. He even got a ballon from a nice man who came out of one of the shops and ask all the kids who wanted ballons! After the group was over, I thought we would stop and see the Easter Bunny. Now last year we did not do the Easter Bunny or Santa at the mall, but a Santa did come to my work and Luke wanted nothing to do with him. So when he saw the Eater Bunny today and his eyes lit up I was excited. I seized the opportunity and got a picture! Please enjoy!

32 weeks Pregnancy Update!

I had my 32 week check up today and everything is great. I was measuring perfectly, babies heart rate was in the 140's and I now weigh 145. We discussed the iron pills I am now taking and how they are upsetting my tummy. She offered to give me a sample of a different type, but I told her I would hold off and see if my body gets use to the ones I am taking. My other blood work for the other vitamin deficiencies came back fine. My B12 and Folic acid were normal. I have an appointment on Monday with the primary care physician to talk about the vitamins and have my moles looked at. Tomorrow is our maternity photo shoot and I am really excited about it. I picked out some cute outfits and poses for all of us. I plan to have some of just Lloyd and I, some of all of us, some of just Luke and I, some of just Nathan, Alex, and myself and some of just me! We will be doing some here at our house and some at a park. The weather is absolutely gorgeous, so I think it is going to be a good shoot. I will be posting those as soon as I get the proofs. I am still trying to talk Lloyd into a 3D ultrasound. We are running out of time because they recommend you do it before 34 weeks I believe. So, hopefully I can talk him into it soon. I did buy three outfits for Abigail today and cannot wait to do all her baby laundry! It has been so much fun. I am getting excited. My baby shower is only two weeks away and we are getting close to having our baby girl! We have another appointment in two weeks and then we are going every week! Please be praying for the babies I posted about as well as my friend Crystal. She is due April 15th, but has signs of pre eclamsia and has been in the Labor and Delivery all weekend. Thanks! Til next time!

New Friends of Christ in need

As you may have noticed I posted a button on the side of my blog for a baby named Jonah. Today I added Stellans. These babies are fighting for there lives and need our prayers. I found these wonderful families by blog surfing something I do way to much. I probably torture myself with other peoples sadness to a point. However, I have so much compassion for others that I feel God is leading me to these sisters and brothers because they need prayer and support. There is a lot in my own life that I can get myself worked up about, but it really puts it into prospective for me when I look at what others are going through. There is always someone out there that has it worse then you and we need to pray for them just like we pray for our ownselves and our own families. We are all children of God and need to reach out to one another in prayer. If you feel compelled to do so please click on these buttons and read these baby's stories. Pray for them and their families. I think of how we stormed the heavens with prayers for baby Lucas (www.ourlittlewarriorlucas.blogspot.com) and God answered our prayers. I know he will do the same for Jonah and Stellan. Even for babies out there that we do not know. We need to just pray for healing to all in need. Babies, children, and adults. There are so many in need. Lord, I just knell before you right now and I ask of you our all mighty physician to heal all your children, Lord. Like your word says, " God has saved us from dangers. And he will continue to do it. We have put our hope in him. He will continue to save us." 2 Cort. 1:10 Lord we put our hope and trust and faith in you right now for all the children of God all over the world that need healing. "By your stripes we ARE healed." We know that our healing has already been paid for upon the cross and we thank you for that sacrifice. We love you Lord and praise you for all you have done and all that you are going to do! AMEN!

30 week Prenatal Appointment and Belly shots

SO I had my 30 week prenatal appointment and everything is good with baby. My doctor was more concerned about me. I am anemic and she is also concerned that I have some other vitamin deficiencies. Something about my red blood cells being bigger then they should be?? So I have to go have more blood work to follow up on this. I also need to start taking iron supplements on top of my prenatal pills. (I really need to just start taking my prenatal pills!) She was also concerned with a mole that I have on the left side of my stomach. She said it was an unusual shape and I should have it looked at. I am not to concerned by it; I have had it as long as I remember and it has not changed and it does not bother me. I asked her a lot of questions that I had and she answered them. 1) Was I had some concerns about illness that I should be aware of; seeing as that I am a preschool teacher. She said I should only be concerned with Slap Cheek, Parvo Viruses, and Chicken Pox. She said to practice good hand washing techniques and I should be fine. I already wash my hands like I have OCD! 2) Was I asked about Thrush. I am going to breastfeed and with my last one I fought thrush for over 6 months. It was terrible. I asked if I could start taking a probiotic now to help prevent thrush and she said it would not hurt. We are also going to just keep on top of it when the time comes as well. 3) We discussed the leg cramps I have been getting. She said it is probably because I am so active. She said to drink plenty of fluids and start eating more bananas. 4) I asked when we would discuss my birthing plan and she said around 36 weeks! Also I passed my glucose test with flying colors! I have an appointment with my new primary care doctor on March 30th which is right after my next prenatal appointment. Which by the way, I now have my prenatal appointments every two weeks. The primary care doctor will be the one following up on the vitamin deficiencies and the mole, with my OBGYN getting feed back from her.

Stats: My BP was 104/58 weight 141 pounds
Baby's heart rate was in the 150s
Fundal Height was 25cm (Your fundal height is suppose to match within 2 cm how many weeks you are. She was not to concerned by this because my ultrasound looked good and it shows the baby measuring right on target)

I am getting excited as the time is nearing that we will have our little girl. Lloyd set up the room for the babies and for now it is Luke's room, but when Abby is about 3 months old she will move in with him! We have a maternity photo shoot scheduled for March 28th and my baby shower is on April 11th. I was able to get some really nice newborn clothes for Abby today off freecycle some were brand new with the tags still on them! Lets see, I don't think there is anything else to report so here are the belly shots I promised.

29 Weeks 5 Days Ultrasound

I had another free ultrasound at Western Career College on Wednesday March 11th. Abigail is still a girl and she is a little chunker. She has really chubby cheecks and is weighing almost 3 lbs already! Other then that I have nothing really to report right now. I have an OBGYN appointment tomorrow, so I will post belly shots and any news she tells me then! Until then here are the pictures we got of Abigail yesterday. They gave me a total of 8 pictures. Two of them were specificaly for my mom and dad, since my mom was with me at the ultrasound and I am only posting 4 of them. The other two were not that great. So here you go!

More Baby Shower Fashion Advice Needed

So I have the dress which is number 4 if you look at older post you can find the posting with the dresses. I also got a brown shrug to wear with it. My next question is what kind of shoes and what color shoes I should wear. I want to be as comfortable as possible! I have no fashion since so if anyone can send me links, pictures or ideas I would appreciate it. I am thinking pink or brown sandals, but not sure if I am overkilling the pink and brown thing! PLEASE HELP!!!

Baby Shower Dress ***UPDATE***

I went ahead an jumped the gun a bit. I ordered my baby shower dress before everyone was done voting! LOL! I ordered number 4 and already have it hanging in my closet. It is not a maternity dress, so of course I tried it on. It fits well; it is just a little revealing in the breast area, so I will be getting a sweater, shrug or shawl to wear with it. I will have lots of pictures when I do wear it and may even wear it for my maternity photo shoot on March 28. I have another ultrasound with Western Career College scheduled for March 11th and my next OBGYN appointment is on March 13th. More belly shots to come then! Thanks to everyone for voting; since I already have the dress I am going to delete the poll.