Hot and pregnant!

Today was my 34 week check up. Usually my appointments are taking a good while and I'm picking the kids up really late. So today, I left a little earlier and picked them up to take with me. I thought this could work this one last time since when I go again in 2 weeks, the feet get to go in the stirrups! yee-haw. and please, no children at that appointment. i don't need their brains scarred for life. Anyway, it was the quickest appointment I've had the whole pregnancy. Was it bringing the kids or just a slow day in the office? hmmm...Dr. Webster loved seeing the kids. She gave them a fruit snack which they thought was pretty fun. Anna talked to just about every nurse in the office. She was wearing a green and pink polka dot dress. She would walk up and say "I'm Anna and this is my dress." and hold up the dress so they could see it. Dr. W was wearing a dress as well and had a conversation with Anna about their dresses. It was a hoot. With the kids there, I didn't catch the heart rate this time. Brady was really excited to hear the heartbeat. He thought it was the coolest thing ever. Anna kept looking around the room in fright with a horrible look on her face when she heard the sound. Then, she started to cry saying "what's that?" Brady tried to calm her down and tell her it was just the baby in mommy's tummy, but she didn't get it. Overall, it was fun and glad we made it out alive.

We got home a little early and this is by far our hottest day this year. It was up to at least 90 today with a breeze, not a blow-you-down kind of wind we've been having. All 3 of us put on our swim suits and played in the Pablo sprinkler. They loved it. We had popsicles and enjoyed the sun. Once they were getting bored, we came inside for bathtime and jammies. I kept thinking how hot I was. Here lately I'm hot all.the.time. I kept thinking it was just me. Finally about 7:15 I go over to the thermostat and see that it says 83. Chris checks it all out and it's not cooling! What? It can't be so. Well, it is my friend. The windows open and fans on high and it's still not below 80. This isn't fair to a pregnant girl. Needless to say I thoroughly enjoyed a COLD shower tonight! The AC people will be here tomorrow to get this all straightened out for us. Thank goodness.

Easter 2009

We had a nice Easter this year. Don't even ask for a picture of my kids dressed up. Me being the Mother of the Year that I am, didn't snap one picture of B & A all dressed up. I don't know what I was thinking. I got hot in church and my fingers started to swell. Once that happens to me, I feel yucky for a good while. It seems to take forever to go down. In the midst of it all, no picture. But the looked really cute! Here are a few from their eventful day.

The tradition died this year

Yes. that's right folks. If you notice on my blog to the right I have the first 2 years of Anna's life with the Easter bunny pic. So, this past Good Friday I loaded them up and talked all about meeting the Easter bunny for our picture. I even showed them the two pictures from the past and talked about them. My goal was to get one every year...since I haven't done it with Santa, but I have with the Easter bunny? Brady wanted to wear the same shirt and outfit in last years pic, but I had to explain how that just didn't fit anymore. Anna just kept happily saying "bunny!" I get them to the mall and they would not get out of the stroller. So, I strolled into the Children's Place and found some good deals. Then, tried one more time and no chance. I am really big on picking my battles. Yes, it is something that I would love to have, but I wasn't willing to MAKE my kids do it that day. It was a battle I didn't want to pick. I just couldn't bare the thought of me wrestling them onto his knees with my belly in the way and probably getting all sweaty and out of breath from doing it. This year, we just happily waved good bye to the Easter bunny and played with cousin Jack at the play land. Then finished it off with a lunch at Chili's. You can bet next year, I will try for a picture with all 3 of my little darlings!

Pregnancy update

I was so caught up in SB updates, I forgot about my doctor's appointment. I went last week and everything was great! My doctor said that if she could make up the perfect score for the glucose test and other tests done around this time in pregnancy that my scores would be it! ROCK ON! I measured just right and the heartbeat was in the 140s...i can't remember. this is why i need to blog the day of the appointment or I will forget. I have been having my way with some heartburn like never before. If you know me at all, you know that I can eat anything chocolate at any given time of day. That is just me--without pregnant hormones. During pregnancy with B&A, I felt the same for chocolate and ate it with pleasure...loved some Brownie Batter Blizzards from the one and only Texas Stop Sign, yes that is Dairy Queen. Anyway, this time around I am craving chocolate but it makes me pay! It has been giving me the WORST heartburn! Spicy foods don't even do it to me. If I can fight the urge, I'll save myself the pain and the inches on the hips. However it's much easier said than done. And for those inches on the hips, yes I am still doing my water aerobics. Now I really look forward to the water holding the baby for me for an hour so I get some relief, plus a great workout. Will I look like Heidi Klum after birth, I'm guessing NO since she doesn't have my body type. HA!

Tomorrow I will be 31 weeks! 9 more weeks to go.

PS...our kids did much better than we thought on the TAKS. we were pleasantly surprised! :) I do have a few in my room that didn't make it, but I'm doing my best to get them there come April 29th.

It's been a while

well, we've been one busy family. not too much has happened since the last blog and then all of a sudden i have too many things to blog about. where do i start? spring break sounds good. B, A and me left f-dub for H-town on wednesday. we went straight to see my uncle james (not really my uncle, but that is what i have called him my whole life). he is battling cancer and had just received his second dosage of chemo (sp?). he has a total of 12 rounds in 6 months. this past wednesday was only round 2, 10 more to go. please keep him and my aunt jo ann and their families in your prayers. it was great to see him and hear his hysterical laugh!

thursday...me, the kids and Mimi set off for the Houston Aquarium Adventure downtown. it's a neat place. it's owned and operated by Landry's restaurant chain. they house tons of aquatic animals as well as a rain forest exhibit. there is also a train ride and merry-go-round and a few other fun things to do. best of all, it was only $2 more to valet park! so worth it! we spent the morning checking out the sights and then hit up B's fave Chuck E. Cheese for lunch. i know if A could tell us, she'd say it's her fave too. before the lunch stop, we went by my aunt norma's house. we got to see carrie, stanley, evan and uncle buddy for a quick minute. B was excited to get some pocket change for CEC and A got some clothes!

my mom and i were thinking the kids could do about 2 hours of CEC, but little did we know. i happened to check the time and we had almost been there for 3 hours!! B spent his pocket change on not one, but two ice creams and he ate them all. he also shared his money and bought A and Mommy an ice cream too. he was going to get Mimi one, but she passed. We finally got them out of there and had to catch a nap.

For supper, we were meeting my dad for what he "thought" was his birthday party. thursday the 19th was his actual 60th birthday. we stopped and got a small cake and some candles for him to blow out. we got to see uncle michael, aunt stacie and antone for supper! dad picked a chinese place that he loves to go to. and they didn't have an "american" kids menu, but B liked some kind of ribs and A liked the fried rice. when we did the cake, A kept singing "happy birthday to you" just that one line, over and over and over again. it was really sweet. we went back to my dad's for a little family play time and then we headed back to Mimi's house.

Friday I wanted to sleep in, but HA! not going to happen. me and the kids all slept in the same full sized bed. yes, the big 29 week pregnant belly with A in the middle kicking me most of the night! not to mention the punches and tosses and turns from the unnamed baby in my belly. back to Friday...my dad wanted to see us one more time since he "thought" we were leaving on Saturday to head back to f-dub. but i had to somehow get his cake made for his surprise party on saturday. so friday AM, he wanted me and the kids to meet him at our old place in Cut-N-Shoot...yes, folks that is a town in Texas. Use your imagination on that one. I grew up going there all the time as a child and lived there in high school. now my dad rents out our house until he really retires and moves out there permanently. back to friday...the kids fished, rode the gator and ate lots of stuff. they were having a blast! they didn't want to leave, so my dad offered to put them down for a nap in what we call the "well-house" or "budka" a polish word for barn or shack...not sure. i told him i had a coupon for the outlet mall, so i would go shop. that was my one lie....i went back to my mom's and baked the cake. then, so it wasn't a true lie i did go to the outlet mall. i hit up the motherhood outlet. i found a cute swimsuit that is long enough to go over this expanding belly. my current maternity suit is not cuttin it for my water aerobics class. and for 11 more weeks (plus the summer-post partum), i wanted something longer for my belly. got a great deal too! went back to C-N-S to get the kids. still didn't want to leave, but no choice. i needed to get over to Ginny's to decorate this cake that was hidden on my passenger floor board. finally we made it over to Ginny's. got the kids fed, cake decorated and headed back to my mom's at 10 pm. yawn. i was one tired girl after all this activity!

Saturday was the big day of the party. we did sleep in a little. me and the kids went to the park. i love candy cane park in conroe. we go there often when we stay with my mom. there's two nice playground areas and lots of shade! the kids played their hearts out. the highlight of the morning was the squirrel that ate the core of our apple, then did a few back flips off the tree. i thought we are all going to bust a gut!

we headed off to the party later in the afternoon. it was a 60s them, so several people dressed up in costumes....kudos to my bro and SIL. my dad was very surprised and had no idea! it was a success. i could tell more details, but my fingers are getting tired.

headed back to f-dub sunday. C and the kids went onto weatherford to check out the ponies that Papaw and Marner bought. I stopped in Hillsboro and outlet shopped for summer clothes for the kids. I got some great deals and now A has some short sleeved shirts that fit her. yeah.

and then, 5:30 Monday morning hit. yawn. i wonder why i am so tired!!

how are these colors?

i stayed up later than i should just to make sure the font color was easier to read...for all viewers. wink, wink.

if anyone has any other great places for free backgrounds, do share. the ones i am now using seem to only come in one size--ginormous! i read in their FAQs section about how to fix it and it basically tells you to get a bigger monitor...LOL.

6 month check up

I am getting behind! Last Monday I went for my 6 month check up. Everything was just fine. This time I did pay attention and the heart rate was 136. My countdown is 13 weeks and 5 days left, putting me at 26 weeks and 2 days as of today the 1st of March.

Please say a prayer for me. Tuesday is our TAKS testing day! My kids have worked soooo hard. This will be my first time to "actively monitor" while being pregnant...6 months pregnant! For those not in education (smart people) active monitoring basically means that you can't sit down. This chick will have a chair with a foot rest set up for me to at least sit for a few minutes at a time. Hopefully all goes well!