Still Three

I didn't really feel like anything had changed, but I decided to go into my doctor this afternoon just to make sure. I REALLY don't want to have a baby in the house. ;)

Everything is exactly the same as yesterday. I was kind of relieved and kind of frustrated all at the same time. I'm tired of contracting and getting anxious to just get this over with. I also hoping I can tell when it is TIME.

My OB said they were all looking at the little strip of paper with my contractions on it in total amazement of the fact that I wasn't like 5-6 centimeters already. I agreed. I just hope now that the contractions start to actually do something so that I don't stay in this stage of labor forever. ;) I'll let you know...

3 Centimeters

I spent the morning at the hospital because I'm contracting every 4-6 minutes consistently. I was up all night and couldn't sleep because the contractions kept coming and coming. I really thought this was IT...but I'm about 3 centimeters now and I didn't dilate any farther the 2 hours I was at the hospital. They gave me the option to spend a couple more hours at the hospital or I could go home and come back when something "changes". I'm not a big fan of hospitals, so the idea of coming home was WAY more appealing! Especially if nothing more was going to happen for awhile.

I sent Kris to work and now I just have the challenge of figuring out when something "changes." Could be interesting. ;) The good thing is that the hospital is literally 5 minutes from our house, so I don't have far to go if I need to go back. :)

I really feel like it's time and now I'm just praying that things go smoothly/safely for Lulu and for me and that it's not near as SCARY as last time. I was definitely nervous sitting there in my room. I was thankful there were some sweet little babies in the nursery to look at! We'll keep you posted...

Nope....not yet

I know people have been wondering! :) I keep thinking it's TIME...and then everything slows down again. Starting to make me nuts...but what do you do??? I know at some point, the contractions will just keep coming and it will be the moment we've been waiting for. I'm getting VERY excited to meet this little muffin. :)

I showed Kris how to post on the blog (not that he couldn't have figured it out. Probably would take him 2 minutes to master the whole blogging thing. He's definitely the computer guy around here! :) ) so that he can post as soon as Lulu arrives and then put pics and maybe even video on here while I'm in the hospital. I can't believe we will actually have a baby soon!!!

I have passed beyond the panicking mode and now I'm just READY! I know it's because I'm so uncomfortable I can barely stand it..but whatever it takes, I'm just glad to not be in constant fear anymore. :) We'll keep you posted! ;)

Blue Tongued Baz

Kris bought "Ring Pops" for the kids.
He bought blue for Baz...and this was the result. :)

Not Today...

I'm still pregnant. :) I'm still about the same as last week, but she said my cervix feels very "ready" to go into labor now and the baby has dropped, which is why I have all that lovely swelling. I won't be any more graphic than that, but I'm sure most of the Mom's know what I'm talking about. ;) She jokingly said "it could even be tonight", to which I told her that I can't have a baby until after 1:30 on Saturday because we have to show the house! She said she is actually going to be in Omaha on Saturday to shop and see the musical Annie. So then I said I REALLY can't have a baby until after Saturday!!! We'll see how dramatic this little one is and if she wants to show up before then just to shake things up.

I love this Anne Geddes picture and I actually bought fabric several months ago so that I can take a similar picture when miss Lulu arrives. This may possibly be the most photographed baby on the planet when she is finally born. LOL! I LOVE that squishy/bendy baby phase at the very beginning and I plan on taking EVERY advantage of it when she is born. Especially since I'm about 99.99% sure that this will be the last time I am EVER pregnant!!! :)

Thanks SO much for all the messages and emails and phone calls everyone! I've smiled a lot today because of them. :)

Going just a LITTLE bit crazy

Does anyone have any idea how you keep a house spotless for 2 days while you have 4 kids at home and your supposed to be resting? Anyone???

We have someone coming to look at the house on Saturday at 1:30. I would have totally said NO at this point, except for the fact that they are moving here from out of town this summer and they need to find a house. We've been praying for this to happen, because it's a pretty good possibility that this is how our house will sell, but I didn't really think it would happen when I'm feeling more and more like I'm going to have a baby! I have a lady coming to clean the house today (she couldn't come tomorrow :( )..and of COURSE the older girls don't have school tomorrow, so all four of the little yahoos will be here.

I have my doctor's appointment today at 1:30 and I'm VERY curious again to see what is going on. Mia was born the day before I turned 35 weeks (which was yesterday) and I have to admit I was pretty nervous all day when I would start contracting. I know that the chances of Lulu coming on the SAME day are pretty slim...but it definitely had me a bit edgy. Now I'm hoping it's after Saturday, so that I don't have babysitters in the house while I'm waiting for my family to arrive, and somehow the house is supposed to stay clean enough to show!!! Yikes!

I keep telling myself that GOD has this all under control. I need to let it go...but it's been hard to do the past few days. I will just keep repeating to myself "GOD is in control. GOD is in control!". :)

I've also learned to live with being EXTREMELY swollen the past several days. I honestly didn't know that it was possible to swell like this! I understand the phrase "barefoot and pregnant" now...because I can't wear any of my shoes because my feet are HUGE! I showed the girls yesterday and they were totally enthralled with it. Especially since the left foot is WAY worse than the right foot. It really is quite funny to see...if I can ignore the pain for a bit to laugh about it. ;) Kris has also enjoyed telling me what "level" the swelling is, which you can tell by how long the dents stay in your skin when you push on it. Fun!!! :) I'm STILL amazed at how such a tiny little human can cause such havoc!

Well, I will let ya'll know what is happening sometime this afternoon. Crossing my fingers that I can make it past Saturday!!! Let me know if you have any clever idea of how to keep the house clean. Is it too mean to lock them all in one room for 2 days? ;) Probably.

I've been tagged

I've never been tagged before...well on a blog anyways! One of the wonderful people I have met through the blessing of International Adoption, Sue, has tagged me and now I am supposed to tell you all a little bit more about myself and then tag someone else. :) I've been contracting a bunch again today (what else is new, aye?), so this is a welcome distraction for me right now!!!

I am: a mother, wife, daughter, and woman of God!
I think: snuggling up with my husband and kids to watch a movie is one of the best things on the planet.
I know: that there is a God and that He loves us more than we can even imagine!
I want: To go to the beach somewhere with all of the kids and my husband.
I wish: so many people around the world weren't hungry and suffering.
I hate: when people act like they are better than other people.
I miss: the ocean.
I fear: NEEDLES!!! and more recently snakes that come into my yard! Stay away snakes!!!
I feel: passionate about doing what I can to make the world a better place.
I hear: Music and Baz and Mia running around the house.
I smell: the lovely smells of the field behind our house. Yuck!
I crave: Arby's and Ice Cream. I'm obviously pregnant! (right there with you Sue! :) )
I search: for ways to bring hope to people who need it.
I wonder: what my kids will become and what heaven will be like!!!
I regret: the times I get frustrated with my kids.
I love: spending lazy days at the zoo or swimming with my family.
I ache: for people who are hungry and suffering around the world.
I care: about all living things. I still have trouble killing flies and spiders!
I always: eat too many sweets :)
I am not: afraid to try something new.
I believe: that God is LOVE! Because of Him we need to love others!
I dance: to loud music with my kids.
I sing: in my shower, car, house, and at church!
I cry: a lot more often lately--hormones :)
I don't always: keep my house as picked up as I would like to.
I fight: for my family and what I believe in.
I write: on the Bethany Boards and I try to journal for my kids.
I win: every time my kids say "I love you mom"
I lose: playing games with my kids and hubby...but I'm not very competitive, so I really don't mind. ;)
I never: have enough time for ANYTHING!
I confuse: my kids/dogs names when one of them is in trouble.
I listen: to many different kinds of music, but I like almost all music to be turned up LOUD!
I can usually be found: somewhere out exploring with my kids.
I am scared: of losing someone that I love.
I need: a long trip to the beach with my family!
I am happy about: the friends I have in my life.
I hope: That my friends and family find true happiness in their lives!
I am tagging: Ali, Kali, and Kelsey! :) Have fun guys!

Kiddos in the Condo

It was a mellow trip to Omaha, so I wouldn't have a baby....but it was SO fun to be out of the house. The kids were also happy to have a change of scenery and they were thrilled that Aunt Ali and cousin Keaton came to meet us at the condo. They haven't seen it yet and we HAD to see Keaton because it had been WAY too long. He is such a cutie! :)

I love this picture of everyone looking out the window. I realize you can't actually see anyone, but I love the silhouettes.

This is Bazzy trying to climb the bricks so he can see out the window. I'm thankful that the windows don't open very far. ;)

Here is Aunt Ali and Keaton and all of their adoring fans. Keaton wasn't QUITE sure what to make of all these noisy girls all around him, but he seemed to enjoy the attention. Especially Mia's silly dancing. That really cracked him up! :)

The girls really loved being able to hold and snuggle their cousin.
Good practice for the new baby sister! :)

Keaton just kept watching them and wasn't too overwhelmed with all chattering of three little girls. Sebastian was too busy running around to stop and pose for any pictures with his cousin. I know he's going to LOVE to have a little boy to play with in the future though!

There was dust EVERYWHERE from the construction and when they weren't entertaining their cousin, they were exploring, looking out the window, and playing in the dust.

I should have cared, but they spent a lot of time "writing" in the dust on the new counter tops. Since they're black, the dust REALLY showed up. Making it even more fun! At least it kept them busy. :)

Sofia's hand prints. :0)

I SO badly wanted to walk around the Old Market and trek over to Ted and Wally's to get Ice Cream, but not quite yet. I kept telling myself that NEXT time, I will be able to walk around and enjoy everything again. But it was still GREAT to be out of the house!!! :)

Condo Pics

I'm posting these mainly for my family, who wanted to see the updated pictures...but for anyone else who care, here you go! ;) Obviously things are still under construction, but we are going to close in 2 weeks and then we will finally be able to stay there and visit Omaha until the big move this summer. Well, after Lulu arrives anyway... :)

This is the bathroom, obviously. They still need to put the glass in the shower and install actual lights and stuff.

Where the concrete sink will be very soon.

Here you can see just a little bit of the wood floor. It's REALLY dark brown. They had the rest covered with cardboard to protect it while the construction is finishing.

Here's Kris and Baz standing in the entry way. I took the picture from the hallway, looking in.
This is also all the cardboard covering the wood floor. ;)

The counter tops are in and we LOVE Them. The cabinets are still the wrong ones, but hopefully that will be fixed this week and then we will love those too!

It was a beautiful sunny day and I had to include a picture of the view out the window.
I was just happy to be outside of my house and looking at different scenery! :)

Happy Birthday Dad!

It's my Dad's Birthday today! Happy Birthday Dad and Happy Birthday Papa from all the munchkins! They made this lovely picture just for you. We'll save it for when you come to meet Lulu. :) WE love you and we hope you have a wonderful birthday!!!

"Pregnant Lady"

My darling Mia has started referring to me as "pregnant lady." She is SO excited for Lulu to finally show up, she can barely stand it! :)

Last night when I tucked her in and said good night, she leaned over and said "I LOVE you PREGNANT LADY!" :0) You just gotta love her!

Happy Dancin'

I am in shock! I was SO nervous that I would get there and they would tell me to head to the hospital. BUT, I am just a tiny bit farther along and everything looks GREAT!!!
I feel a MILLION times better now that I'm 34 weeks! She said it could be any day...BUT she did give us permission to drive to Omaha for the day on Saturday!

Why are we making a day trek to Omaha in the midst of all the craziness? We had some minor drama with our condo. They put the wrong cabinets in and since we haven't been able to drive up and check on things (for obvious reasons)...we didn't realize it until Kris stopped in a couple weeks ago. They wanted us to check on things because we are hoping to close on it in the next two weeks (WOW!), so we want to go check out the floors, etc. quick to see if everything else it OK before we officially fill anything out. SO, we're planning on driving up in the morning, checking on the condo, going to a friend's daughter's birthday party, and then driving back. No walking around at the zoo yet or anything. ;) Hopefully I won't be having a baby in Omaha!



My phone is completely messed up right now. I dropped it (not the first time...) and I can't see anything on the screen. If you call, leave a message and I should be able to get to the messages because I can find the right buttons, but I can't see the numbers I punch in or the numbers of anyone who called. We tried to switch me over to Kris's old phone this afternoon, but it's not working either right now. Blah! I'll be checking my email until then. ;)

I'm doing a happy dance in my head and even though she said it really could be ANY day...I just feel a huge sense of relief again and I'm so happy to think that she won't have to stay in the hospital very long. Yippee!!!

TMBG

I don't really have anything new to talk about right now. Still sitting around and trying to not hurt and not have a baby. I'm anxious for my appointment tomorrow and I hope not too much has happened. I was trying to entertain Bazzy while the girls were at church tonight and we ended up watching silly You Tube videos because he wasn't happy with my "playing cars" from the couch and I'm too sore to get down on the floor to play right now.

So this is my shameless plug for They Might Be Giants~ Here Comes the ABCs/123s. We're all amused pretty easily around here, but our kids LOVE these CDs and DVDs and I have to say that I don't mind them either. Kris and I find ourselves humming these songs and they DO have a tendency to get stuck in your head. Just a warning. ;)

Baz and I found these Podcasts and I'm putting a few of our favorites on here, just in case anyone else wants silly songs stuck in their heads for endless hours. :) I'll post tomorrow after the doctor...

Still Preganant

Still waiting and resting and still pregnant! :) This is Sebastian, pretending to wait and rest.
Well, actually he is waiting for food...but he represents how I'm feeling. ;)
I have been having more signs of being in labor for the last several days and I'm just not sure what is happening. I was pretty sure I was going to have a baby this weekend, but things slowed down again and now I'm just hoping that I'm not sitting around 3-4 centimeters dilated or anything. I'm just waiting it out and trying to rest so she can stay in for a few more days.

Kris has been doing an AWESOME job keeping everybody busy. They decided to make zucchini bread on Sunday and the girls loved baking with dad and Bazzy loved waiting to eat it (see first picture again. LOL!) It was some darn good zucchini bread! YUMMY!

We had the girls all prepared this weekend with all the "what ifs" if the baby came this week. Now they tip-toe in every morning to see if I'm still here when they wake up. We're all kind of on pins and needles. I'm still hoping to hold off as long as possible, so this little muffin can spend as little time as possible in the NICU. We shall see... Hang in there little Lulu!

Needles or Natural

As the "moment" gets closer, I truly have been having PANIC about giving birth again. I've been trying to pin point what is causing the panic and I think it's a mix of not liking hospitals (well, mostly all the needles in the hospitals) and some of the experiences I've had in my previous births with the girls.

In my perfect world~ I would have an all natural birth, in the water, at a birthing center. Because of all my "issues" with pregnancy, this is not a possibility. It's pretty much a given that I will need an IV and for some crazy reason I always go really fast to 5 centimeters dilated and then I get "stuck" and need to have drugs to keep things going. Also, being married to a physician...he was not terribly thrilled with the idea of me having babies NOT in a hospital and I am VERY thankful I had listened to him because of Katryna's birth.

Here, I will give you a quick version of past experiences...so maybe I can continue to sort out my panic. ;) *If you haven't had a baby yet...you might now want to read any farther. I never liked to hear labor stories before I had kids. So, you've been warned! ;)

Being in labor with Katryna was truly exactly what I had dreamed of. I didn't want ANY medical intervention (IV, epidural, drugs, etc.), even though we were in a hospital and fortunately the staff there was very supportive of that. I think they thought I was CRAZY...but that was OK with me. :) They have a 92% epidural rate at the hospital we were at, so some silly first time Mom coming in and wanting an all natural birth was kind of a foreign concept to them I think. I remember the nurse asking me several times if I was SURE I didn't want any medication. I think she was genuinely concerned that I would regret my decision to be the Natural Mama. ;) I'll spare all the details, but it was a great experience and Kris and his sister were both there to help me get through the pain and I had studied the Bradley Method (which is a little bit "out there"...but many of the things really did work) and I felt like I had control through a majority of the labor. Did it hurt? YES! Am I glad I did it. Oh yes!

The part that made me extremely glad to be at a hospital was that whenever I would move around to one side or anything, Katryna's little heart rate would go WAY down and they weren't sure why. That was the worst part as far as the pain went, because I would just get myself relaxed and I would have to change positions quickly to bring up her heart rate. When she was finally born, they realized the cord was wrapped around her neck TWICE and I remember them laying her on me and I was SO tired and didn't really notice that she wasn't moving or making any noise. I remember them suddenly taking her somewhere and found out later that they had to totally revive her out in the hallway with an entire team of pediatricians, etc. That little episode bought her a one way ticket to the NICU, but fortunately she was a fiesty little one and only spent about 4 days there.

Many of you know, but I found out I was pregnant with Sofia when Katryna was only 5 months old. It was the biggest shock of our lives and we were NOT ready to do this all over again. Now we can't imagine life without the two of them being so close together, but at the time we were like WHAT?!? :)
I really did enjoy the natural childbirth experience, but I think the memory of the pain was a little too vivid in my mind still and I went into pre-term labor suddenly with Sofia at about 29 weeks and I knew my hopes for a calm natural labor were pretty much gone when I started going to the high-risk OB. I had talked to so many of my friends who had epidurals and I decided to give it a try, even though the thought of the giant needle in my back about sent me over the edge. My labor with Sof was very similar to Katryna's in the beginning. I went quickly to 5 centimeters and they wanted to break my water (which is when the actual pain had started in my labor with Katryna) so I decided if I was going to get the epidural, I should do it before the real pain begins. I was scared to death and they had a really hard time getting my IV in (I passed out twice. Nice, huh?), but I must say that I just kinda laid there after they put the epidural in and I really felt NO pain at all.
The needle thing did traumatize me quite a bit though and I had this nasty pain in my spine for almost 2 weeks after Sofia was born. I'm not sure if it was from the epidural or not, but in my mind...that is what had caused it.

Because of the pain I felt after Sofia's birth, I decided I would rather have a natural childbirth with little miss Mia. I did it once, so I figured I could definitely do it again. WORST decision I ever made!
I once again went very quickly to 5 centimeters and they decided to break my water and start me on Pitocin within a matter of like 5 minutes. I remember asking the nurse if the Pitocin would make the labor much more painful. She said no. She was a liar! I was just at 5 centimeters and the pain was unbelievable. Kris's sister was there again and since we figured it would be awhile since I was only 5, she went to drive through somewhere to get food for her and Kris. Shortly after she left, the pain got unbearable and I wasn't getting any breaks between contractions. They had put me on the bouncy birthing ball and they tried to give me warm compresses but nothing would stop the intense pain. It was worse than any pain I had ever imagined and I decided to climb up on the bed to bury my head in the pillow (I apologize to anyone who hasn't given birth yet. I don't mean to scare you with this story!) I mumbled to Kris to call the nurse to get me SOMETHING and as he was pushing the button, I felt insane amounts of pressure and there was suddenly a HEAD. I could hear the panic in Kris's voice as he kept pushing the button to get a doctor to come in. They had asked a midwife to stay with me, because of the whole Natural Childbirth decision and they had NOTHING set up in the room to prepare for the baby actually being born. I couldn't convince myself to flip onto my back, but I knew she was coming. I finally flipped over. Pushed twice and she was born into a towel that the midwife had grabbed.

I think it was the speed of her birth and Mia being only 34 weeks that caused her to be in the NICU for so long. I think it was the pain, speed, and intensity of her birth that causes me to fear being in labor again. ;)

I guess the only thing I DO know is that if they even MENTION Pitocin, I will be getting the epidural ASAP. If you guys have any words of wisdom or want to try to persuade me either way...please DO!!! I need the panic to go away before I end up at the hospital!!!

Shout To the Lord- on American Idol

Did you all watch Idol Gives Back last night? We taped it and it was great...but we missed the BEST part because it went longer than our DVR recorded. They ended the night by singing Shout To the Lord (one of my favorite Praise Songs)...and even though they replace the word Jesus with Shepard in the beginning, I was totally impressed that they ended the show this way. I wonder what part American Idol plays in God's Plan? Something interesting to think about. ;)

Quick Update

I had my appointment this afternoon and things have progressed a TINY bit...but not much~ and since I'm still pregnant, that means I actually could make it to 34 weeks and possibly even more! WOW!!! I'm amazed and very happy. I really hope she won't have to spend a long time in the NICU and I would be even happier if she didn't have to spend ANY time in the NICU and she could actually come home with us. I can dream, right? :)

My OB said we won't do any more Ultrasounds now that I'm 33 weeks and now we just wait till I'm in labor. That was crazy to hear. They won't do anything to stop me now if I go into labor...so it really will be just a waiting game from now on. I just need to get over the panic I keep experiencing from thinking about actually HAVING a baby again. After Mia's labor, I'm not sure I want to go through with this again. Not like I have any choice at this point. I'll write more thoughts about that stuff later, but for now I'm just very happy to still be pregnant! :)

OK....fine

I've been asked by quite a few people the last couple weeks to post a picture of my belly. So, I'm finally giving in. ;) My budding photographer, Katryna, took some pictures of me today...so I can prove to people that haven't seen me in awhile that I am getting HUGE! I swear this baby weighs 9 pounds already! :)

Katryna did a great job taking pictures and I'm glad to know now that there are at least a few pictures of me being pregnant, so someday I can show little Miss Lulu what I looked like while waiting for her.

I got this tank top very soon after I found out I was pregnant. It made me laugh. :)
I'm hoping for not TOO many scary moments with this birth...and I can't guarantee anything about the language. ;)

The King

Well, technically he is probably a knight...but he's the KING to us. ;)

I spent a long time yesterday playing dress up with Mia and Baz. It's a great thing to play from the couch, since my only job was to help with any dressing when they brought me stuff. My favorite "look" was definitely this one of Baz's. He wore this FOREVER and thought he was super cool!

KIndergarten Roundup

Yes, we made it to Kindergarten Roundup on Friday. I can't even tell you how nice it was to be out of the house and somewhere other than the OB's office. I felt like a FREE woman! :) Mia was WAY excited to be going to the "big school" too and was bright eyed and bushy tailed at 6:15 am when we woke her up to get ready for the drive back to Omaha.

This is Mia in front of her new school. They were supposed to bring a teddy bear or a favorite animal with them...and did Mia pick a teddy bear or a kitty cat or even a lion? Oh no! Mia insisted on bringing her Okapi! LOL! I thought about talking her out of it, but decided I might as well let her teacher see exactly what she'll be getting into this year. :)

She was very excited when we got there...but she was a little more intimidated than I thought she would be. That school looks HUGE when you're a small person. She kept smiling and hugged her Okapi and everything was OK.

I really like how they do Round up at this school. It hasn't changed since our other 2 girls went, so it was nice to know what to expect. You bring them into the lobby area at the front of the school, check them in, and then a fifth grader takes their hand and walks them back to the classroom. Since I'm not very fast right now, and Mia is...I didn't get to take a picture of the two of them, but only caught her fifth grade friend that was holding her hand go around the corner. And that was that. She came out 2 hours later smiling from ear to ear and she was most excited about the new pencil she was given and the fact that they got to have a cookie and chocolate milk in the big cafeteria. :)

I didn't get too emotional~ but I can guarantee I will be a sobbing MESS when it's the first day of school. I'm so happy for her and I know now that she is ready to be in school...but WOW am I going to miss her! :( Thank goodness it's several months away and I'll have Bazzy and a new baby to hug afterwards. I'm not sure I'm EVER going to the let those two go to school! ;)

Mmmmmm...Tres Leches

We've been having some issues trying to get pictures on our MAC. I think it's finally been resolved and I can now blog without having to go up and down the stairs. Which means, I can now blog! ;)

This is what Bazzy's cake looked like when he got done with it. Since it was his special day, he was allowed to just "go at it" and eat as much cake as he liked. He was quite excited about this. ;)

I'm sure everyone out there has not had Tres Leches Cake, but in Spanish it means 3 Milk Cake...and it is SOOOOOO yummy! It is very popular in Guatemala and Mexico (and probably other countries?) and it is similar to a really great white birthday cake, but then it's covered with this sweet milk stuff and served cold. Again, SO yummy! I ate WAY too much of it when we were in Guatemala. ;)

I think Baz thought is was his Birthday. I'm sure next year he will understand a little better what this special day is all about and why we were all SO happy to celebrate this day with him.

He was mainly just happy about the cake! :)

I'm not exactly sure how one small boy could eat so much cake (the rest of us could barely eat half a piece because it was so rich)...but we were happy that he enjoyed himself and it was a great way to end our special day of celebration.

I will try to put the pics of Mia at Kindergarten Roundup on tomorrow. She had a blast and I was ecstatic to be out of the house for a day. :)

Yippee!

I am SO relieved to find out that for now everything still looks pretty good. I even got permission to make the quick trip to Omaha. She told me she was going to be TICKED though if she got a call from UNMC saying they need my file. So I guess I won't be doing any shopping or anything. :)

She didn't check my cervix, because she's worried about making me dilate even more...but everything else was pretty much the same so she said that I can hopefully make it 2 weeks more if I continue to take it easy. YIPEE! I really didn't want to miss my Mia going to her Kindergarten roundup. I'm having a hard enough time letting her go to kindergarten! ;)

She gave me a very cute ultrasound picture of Lulu's little foot and I asked her to measure to see how big she thought she was and she is measuring at about 4 pounds, so I'm very happy about that too. I don't feel like she would be TOO tiny if she decided to show up soon. Thanks again everyone for your messages, thoughts, cards, and prayers. It means SO much to us!!!

Airplane/Family Day

2 years ago today, we flew into the airport in Omaha with our new son. Three very excited little girls and lots of family and friends were waiting to meet Sebastian for the first time. Arriving for the first time to be united as a family was obviously the most exciting part...but the other interesting part was flying while tornado like weather was going on around us and in Omaha. My dear husband does NOT like to fly in general, but knowing we would be flying through a really bad storm made this trip quite interesting. ;) I wish I had pictures to share, but I couldn't find them on this computer and I didn't want to go up and down the stairs trying to find where they are. It was such a beautiful moment though to come up the ramp and see all these people waiting to see us. I will definitely never forget seeing the girls jumping up and down at the end of the ramp and then getting attacked with hugs when we finally made it up to them with their new baby brother. Amazing. :)

I've been trying to learn to put pictures on this computer so I can post some of Bazzy with his Tres Leches Cake (WOW did he like it!)...but I think I'll need my hubby for tech support.

I know many of you have been wondering how things are going with the bedrest. I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon and I'm just as curious as everyone else to see what is going on. :) The only thing I DO know is that I'm not in active labor...which is good. I guess that doesn't really mean that nothing is happening though, because I seem to just dilate on my own and since I'm still contracting off and on I have NO idea if anything new is happening or not. I have HUGE hopes of being able to drive to Omaha with my Mom on Friday though, because it is Kindergarten Roundup for Mia and I really don't want to miss that. I'm hoping that if I haven't progressed anymore, my doctor will at least let me drive along in the car and watch Mia go into the school. I guess it all depends on how things go at my appointment.

I will post pictures if I can figure this out...else I will update tomorrow after I've been to the doctor. Hoping for GOOD news! :)