Elycia at 2 months

Where to start? It's been awhile since I've last blogged, but so much has changed since the last time I blogged.. So lets begin obviously you all know that our little baby girl arrived April 15th. /> Labor went well, better then I had expected it to be which was nice. To make a LONG story short I went as long as I could without any drugs, but since I knew it was going to be a long night and I wasn't able to relax is when we decided it was time to get the Epidural and got a small dose of Pitocin ( I believe that's what it was Ha) once the Epidural was in I was able to relax and sleep a little bit which was nice.. After almost 3 long hours of pushing she arrived at 8:55am right before she came out they told me that they were getting ready in case we had to do a C-section because her heart rate was dropping, so they gave me some oxygen and before I knew it she was out and on my chest. I couldn't believe she was there and was so excited for her to be there.. Now 2 months later (can't believe it's been that long already) she's growing so quickly and everyday she changes.. She has brought so much Joy into our lives we can't imagine life without her.. She's smiling more, can recognize our voices, and follow us with her eyes if she sees us leave, she's starting to talk more, starting to grab things with her hand a little, lets see what else is she doing? She has slept all night a couple of times already. She's 2 months old and already been to 3 states at 1 month.. Obviously Colorado, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. She's already a world traveler and she did so good too.. ;-) She got to meet her cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents.. We've been able to celebrate a few holidays over her past 2 months, first was Grandma's Birthday, Next was Mother's Day Then My Birthday Then was Father's Day.. On Monday morning we had her 2 month check up. She is doing great. She weighed 10 pounds 6 ounces and is in the 28th percent tile for weight, she is 23 inches long and is in the 71 percent for her height. She got 3 shots and a oral thing for her to drink. She took it like a champ. Yes she screamed and cried wouldn't expect her not to, but after a few minutes of Mommy and Daddy snuggling her before we left she was doing better.. She was able to move her legs around quite a bit so that was good.. We've been having visitors every once in a while which has been nice keeping us company.. ;-) our recent visitors was my Dad and Karen they spent a few days with us meeting their granddaughter. There was one day that every time my Dad held her she would poop it was hilarious.. She seriously pooped more then she ever had that day.. Ha.. Once they left we had Auntie Chelsea uncle Luke and her dog cousins were here for a visit.. /> More Visitors are on their way.. Auntie Hallie will be spending a little over a week with us starting on Friday evening... Not really sure what else to say right now, but I will try to update the blog as much as I can..

Baby Due Date

Well as you all may know today is supposed to be Baby's Due Date, not sure if it's gonna happen today, but hopefully by this weekend would be nice.. ;-) Dr. Appointment went fine, Baby's heart rate was like 140 or something can't remember, but it was good, measuring well, and she checked me and said I was a tight 2cm and she said she stripped my membrane too.. We talked about inducing, she said she usually doesn't do it until about 41 1/2 weeks, so she said probably Sunday the 21st would be the day for that, but we are hoping baby makes it's apperance before then.. Been starting to feel contractions I think since friday every now and then, nothing to major yet I don't think.. Last night it was so cold in our apartment when we went to bed, so I had Gil snuggle with me cuz I was shaking and then I could feel some pain too, I was so nervous cuz I just couldn't stop shaking couldn't tell if it was cuz I was cold or it was the contractions that was making me nervous and shaking.. But it stoped after a few mins which was nice.. NOt to much to say today, kinda feeling some pain since we've been at the Dr. office. Gil left for work a little while after we got home, and for some reason I just started crying as he was leaving, not sure if it was from the pain or what, he was asking me what was wrong and I said i'm not sure we decided my hormores were taking over my body.. lol.. He's been such a great help in claming me down when I need it and letting me know everything is gonna be ok when I don't think I can do this and whatnot.. I seriously couldn't ask for a better person to be doing this with and to be by my side.. ;-) Think that is all i'm gonna say for now, gonna go find something for lunch and relax a bit today... Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on what was going on and figured this would be the easiest way cuz it would be way to long on facebook.. ;-)

39 weeks update

Sorry this post is a little late, better late then never.. ;-) We've been pretty busy lately with having my family here helping me get things ready for Baby, we are finally ready for baby to come anytime just gotta finish packing up our bag and the baby's bag as well... Just playing the waiting game now.. We had a Dr. appointment on Wednesday April 3rd in the morning, things are still going well.. I'm starting to feel better which is way nice and Gil caught a little of it, but he's doing well too.. Baby's heartrate was 150-160, Still had high blood pressure again, but Dr. isn't worried, just from being nervous about baby coming soon and labor and all that fun stuff.. she tried checking me to see if I was anymore dialated and was gonna do a membrane stip (think that's what it was called.. lol), but she couldn't get in there very well, so she couldn't do that which means I wasn't much more then last time which was a 1 last time.. She wasn't 100% sure where baby was laying if baby was head down or not, she said she was 80% sure, so she wanted us to go in for an ultra sound to make sure baby was head down, cuz we wouldn't be able to deliver regular if baby wasn't.. So we came back home and chilled until the ultrasound and just relaxed, I started drinking the water like a half hour before, so I wouldn't run into the same problem as last time and it worked out so much better.. ;-) So we go in for the ultra sound and we find out that Baby is head down and facing the right direction so that was good.. while we were there we told the lady that we weren't able to find out the sex of baby at our 20 week ultrasound and see if we could find out.. She looked around and she's like are you sure you wanna know you've made it this far already... and we were like yeah maybe it will help us narrow down names since we had a list of like 6 boy names and 6 girl names, so she told us the Sex of the baby and Drum roll please..... we found out that we are having a Baby GIRL!!!! ;-) She told us that she wasn't really sure so don't go out a paint the room pink, then after doing some more looking around we was like yup it's a girl here is the hamburger patty and was explaning it to us.. We are soooo excited we were like maybe we shouldn't have found out and just waited since we were so close, but we just had to know.. Lol.. so we were gonna keep it a secret and not tell anyone until Baby is born, but guess we are just too excited to keep it a secret.. Gil is so funny, he's all talking about when she starts dating and how he's nervous and needs to get his guns from Wisconsin and all this stuff.. He's sooo excited we had an instinct that baby was a Girl, but we just weren't really sure and thinking it was a boy, we would've been happy for a boy too, just a healthy baby is all that matters.. It's so crazy to know the Sex since we've waited this long.. I told Gil it's a good thing we didn't know before, cuz we'd have all pink i'm sure and he's like yeah good thing.. I still LOVE my LION KING stuff for the baby it still fits for a girl.. It just makes it more real now that we know we felt like that God gave us the second oppertunity to find out so we wanted to take it, like I did well with my patience so GOd was rewarding us.. Lol.. ;-) Probably not do to well, but guess it counts.. Ha.. We can't wait for our little princess to arrive, hopefully this week.. I've been having some pain in my tummy and it's been tightening up quite a bit yesterday and today, so hoping this is the start of baby arriving soon.. ;-) Yesterday I was even have hot flashes.. ha.. Things are going realy well though like I said before we are all ready and waiting now.. Please remember to keep us in your prayers as we wait for baby and the arrival of baby as well.. I'm still nervous and scared of it all happening, but can't wait at the same time.. ;-) Here is a Panorama shot of the Baby's room!! ;-)

38 weeks.. ;-)

Already at the 2 week mark.. Crazy.. Sooo excited, Nervous, and more.. ;-) I've been sick for the past like 4 days with a Major cold and lately i've been able to pass them up let it run it's course, but this time I knew I needed a little something to help me get over it especially with Baby coming in 2 weeks or so I need to get better faster and I hear this cold last a long time, so hoping to beat it soon.. I got some meds after talking to the nurse the other day, then went to the store and before I bought it took it to the pharmicist and she told me I need to get something else, so she helped me pick out something and so I took that for a day, then at my Dr. appointment yesterday I showed it to my Dr. and she didn't want me taking it, so she suggested I take Claritin, some breathe right strips and a nasal rise.. So i've started those, and think I might be feeling a tad bit better, but still not the greatest.. My poor baby probably is enjoying it as much as I am I can't imagaine what a cough, and sneeze feel like from the inside, I know I don't like it from the outside, so the inside can't be much beter.. Lol.. Gil says that maybe the reason i'm getting sick is to help move baby along, since I really haven't had any Braxton Hicks or anything like that and maybe my cough and sneeze is helping move baby along.. I don't know maybe who knows.. Lol.. So please keep me in your prayers that I start feeling better soon it's hard to be sick especailly when I Know I have a lot of stuff that still needs to be done.. But i'll get through it, my Mom is coming this weekend, so i'll put her to work and help me out.. ;-) Our Dr. Appointment yesterday went well.. My blood pressure was high again (3rd time in a row) not sure why, but when I get there it's been high and then after the appointment I sit for a little while, then it goes down, so that's good.. Baby's heart rate started at 125 I think and then went to 130, which was the lowest it's been since i've been pregnant usually it's 140-150, but she said it was fine, baby could probably be sleeping, which i'm sure Baby was, cuz Baby wasn't doing much movenment during the morning and I was a little worried, I think yesterday Baby wasn't so active like usual kinda made me nervous, Baby could just be tired like Mommy is.. ;-) I'm measuring right were I need to be, so that's good other then that and talking about my Cold and what I can do for it things went well.. I was telling my Dr. that my Mom was coming this weekend and that my Mom wanted me to tell the Dr. that Baby needs to come out while she's there and that she's gonna do anything she can to get baby out while she's here.. She laughed and was like not if your blood pressure is still high and I make you rest. lol.. ;-) I told Gil uh-oh my Blood pressure went down, so I don't have rest now, so I should be prepard for whatever my Mom has in store.. Lol... ;-) We finished up our last class on Tuesday it was a class on taking care of baby. I'm glad we were able to take all these classes it was very helpful for the both of us I think we both liked taking them.. Soon we will be able use all we learned in real life.. Baby right now is just hanging out in my Ribs and boy does it hurt.. Not to much going on with being sick.. Saturday morning is my last day of work for 3 months and then we'll go from there trying to work out a scheudle for me to work a couple days a week.. Still trying to decide if I wanna get my hair done now, (color and cut) or if the better idea is to wait for Baby to get here.. I feel like I should do it now, cuz won't have much time to do it once baby arrives. Any ideas? My Mom isn't a fan of me coloring yet right now, but my Sister is coming and she said she'd do it for me.. Dr. said last week that it wouldn't hurt the Baby.. So I was thinking about it.. But I don't know.. Hope everyone has a Very Happy Easter and Easter Weekend!! ;-)

37 weeks update

Wow 37 weeks already I'm "Full Term" already which means baby could really come anytime and Baby would be just fine.. Crazy to think about it.. We had a Dr. Appointment yesterday morning things are looking good still.. My blood pressure was high again not as high as last time, but still high so we had to sit for a little bit again after and get it taken again and it went down from 140 something to 120 something.. She told me again i'd have to get some blood work done if my blood pressure didn't go down, so yay for no blood work.. She asked me if I was feel anxious again and I said no not really and she's like so you are and I said no.. I think it was just up cuz we were running late and kinda in a hurry to get there.. So we'll see what happens next time.. ;-) Baby's heartrate was 135 this time she said that I'm measuing good too.. There is not to much to report this week.. This weekend after I get off work Saturday and since Gil doesn't have homework we are gonna try to get this apartment cleaned and Baby's stuff all washed up and Baby's room all organized so when my Mom comes here next weekend with the rest of the stuff we left there from our Wisconsin Shower we can just get it all put away and relax while we wait for Baby to come.. Trying to decide wheather I want to get my hair done before Baby comes or after I was told by my Dr. that it would be ok, she said that she usually tells people to stay away from the color during the 1st trimister, but it would be ok if I wanted to do it. She did tell me that after baby comes I could lose some hair since you don't lose it while you're pregnant so she's like i'm not sure if that would change your mind or not.. So maybe I won't get a lot cut off just in case.. ;-) I had a dentist appointment yesterday went ok.. They told me that I have a little bit of the pregnacy gingivitis, I need to floss better espcially where my crown is at cuz I guess it's really deep there, and I need a filling refilled.. So I guess it went ok.. lol.. Not to much else is going on my Maternity leave will start soon April 1st. We took a Breastfeeding class on Tuesday it went well.. She makes it sound so easy when she was talking about it, but i'm sure in reality it's not that easy.. Lol.. But I am gonna try it and see if I can get it to work and if Baby can get it to work too.. Baby is really moving more and more and starting to hurt a little too, its been so neat to feel baby move i'm sure i'll miss it once baby is here in the world.. ;-) Been having a hard time sleeping for a while now and starting to get uncomfortable as time goes.. tossing and turning while sleeping and sweating at night too it's gross sometimes.. lol.. and having to get up in the middle of the night 2 or 3 times to go to the bathroom I try to hold it as long as I can cuz I don't wanna get up from sleeping.. lol.. That's about it this time.. HOpe you all are having a great week and have a great weekend.. ;-)

36 weeks

So some of you may have seen my facebook status this morning about my dream last night.. So we went with our Birthing class to tour the Birthing Center in the Hospital last night and when I went to bed I had dreamed about it and acutally going into labor and just all that fun stuff.. I couldn't sleep much woke up a few times to go to the bathroom and tossed and turned and still was dreaming about it all night no matter if I woke up I came back to it.. I don't even think I got to the part when baby came out yet.. It was so real it felt.. I must've been making nosie, cuz Gil checked up on me a few times to see if I was ok.. So this morning we had our Dr. Apointment and the nurse came in and Gil had said something about it and so I had to tell her about it while she was taking my blood pressure and then she told me my Blood pressure was really high it was at like 150 something, so she said we might have re test after the apointment. so the DR. comes in and was like I hear you're a little stressed and your blood pressure is high is that true? I said yeah and then I started telling her about my dream and how I told her nurse about it when she was taking my blood pressure so that's probably why it was high. she said ok we'll we will have you rest a bit after and come back in a take it again after about 10 mins if it's still high we will have to do some blood work and see what's going on.. so she tested me for the group B strep or whatever it's called to see if I need to take antibiotics for delievery or not.. Then she asked me if I wanted her to check my cervix and I said sure if she wants. so she said that I'm 1cm open which is good that it's not completely closed she said and baby is head down.. ;-) She took the heart rate and baby was at 135 and I said oh that's low from what it usually is and she's like oh now it's 145 and I was like that's normal... so she said baby is doing just fine.. She asked me if there was anything I was scared about for labor that she could help me with or what was freaking me out and I said no just everything, the unknown is scary.. She was very understanding and didn't think I was crazy about my dream, cuz I told her she might think I am.. It really took a toll on me I guess.. It's just so close and it's freaking me out more and more everyday I think.. So I rested after and they took my blood pressure again and it was at 130 something so she went to tell her Dr. and she said that was better.. so Yay no blood work.. lol.. ;-) I told Gil while we were waiting that no we won't do an ultra sound since she knows baby is head down, and he's like yeah we kinda had that feeling that baby was head down already so if she couldn't figure it out and we could it would be weird.. So now we really won't know the sex of baby until baby decides to come into this world.. oh well it will be soon we are at 4 weeks away until due date so crazy to think it's gone by this quick.. I just wanna skip labor and just have the baby here.. Lol.. I'm hoping that it all goes just as smooth as this pregnancy has been going with no problems at all.. Please keep us in your prayers as we go though these next few weeks of getting baby's room all finished and getting things ready for baby and for when baby decides to show up and just for me to relax and know everything is ok.. Gil is really really good at that reminding me that everything is ok not just with baby, but with life and i'm just like how are you so sure, and he's like God will get us through it.. I know he will it's just sometimes easier said that done I guess.. I am starting my Maternity leave April 1st figured that would be a good time to give me some time to rest up before baby comes and my Mom, Hallie and maybe Frank will be here too that week.. I will be off for 12 weeks and not paid, not that I made a lot, but it helped us out a little, so pray for our financial situation too, was a little freaked out about that too, but like I said Gil is a good help in reminding me God is gonna take care of us. I am so thankful for him and that God put him into my life and give us the oppertunity to have a baby it so crazy to think about it, but we are both excited and he might not show it as much as I do, but nervous too.. Lol.. Our next Dr. apointment is next wednesday morning and I also have a dentist appointment too it will be a busy morning.. Our Maternity pictures should hopefully be coming soon. Guess the day after she took them she fell on black ice so she had set back her editing, so she told me that she'd get to them this week or next week, so hopefully soon we will have some to show... alright well I need to go find something to eat for lunch now, I think I wrote enough for now.. If I think of something else i'll add it one later.. ;-) Until next time have a great rest of your week and weekend.. ;-)

34.5 weeks..

Well Hello March where did you come from??? I can't belive it's March already time sure is flying by Baby will be here in NO time!! It's so crazy to think about that it seems like just yesterday we found out we were pregnant.. We Got our Crib, dresser and changing table the other day now we just need to put it all together well when I say we I mean Gil I watch and take pictures.. Lol.. Last week Monday we got our Maternity pictures taken we had lots of fun even Gil did and he didn't wanna get them taken.. ;-) Can't wait to see how they turned out.. We had our Dr. Appointment this morning, things still seem to be going well.. Baby's heartrate was between 140-150 like it has been this whole time.. ;-) We go again next week Wednesday morning and she will be doing some test on me (can't remember what it's called).. Sounds like she is gonna swab my cervix and check to see if I need to have antibiotics during labor or something like that.. I don't know I just shake my head and nood, cuz I don't know what to expect.. Lol.. ;-) We kinda talked about our "birth plan" with the Dr. today.. She asked me if we talked about it and if I want to do natural or have an Epidural.. I told her that I would like to try as much as I can and then I might need the Epidural, but it kinda scares me and she said it was all safe and that she usually tries to have her patients go as far as they can before the Epidural, so she's like glad we are on the same page.. ;-) Other then those leg pains I've been having while sleeping, i've been feeling pretty good.. Baby is still moving like crazy sometimes... I enjoy feeling baby move so I know baby is ok and it's just such a cool feeling.. I tell Gil I wished there was a way we could switch places for like a day so he could feel what I feel from the inside, it's just a different feeling.. Baby has been finding my ribs and hurts when baby moves around the ribs.. Getting more and more tired as the days go on and we were just waiting on our stuff to come in so we can get them put together so hopefully this weekend we can get them together and go buy the mattress for Baby's crib, some diapers, and probably sheets and I don't know what else we are gonna buy.. Lol.. I have a dentist appointment on the 20th Dr. said it would be ok to go since it's just a cleaning, but to call to make sure they know i'm pregnant and how far a long i'll be.. So I called and she's like are you going just for a cleaning or x rays too I said just cleaning and I told her I got those done last time I was there and didn't realize that I was pregnant, and she was like oh ok yeah you should be fine.. Something to look forward to I guess, not really... Lol.. I used to like going to the dentist, but not anymore.. Not sure what else is or has been going on for us that's about it I guess.. Still haven't planned a day for maternity leave, gonna try to make it as long as I can and go from there don't wanna take off to early so I can spend as much time with Baby... We will see as it gets closer and closer.. Lol.. I figured as long as i'm feeling good I might as well keep working, i've only really been scheduled like 2 days a week, so it's not to bad.. I was taking guesses on facebook the other day for Sex, Weight, length, when they think baby will be born, and I guess you can add names down too.. ;-) If you haven't yet and want to go for it and let me know your guesses and we'll see who was right.. ;-) Alright now it's time for me to go make some lunch it's been a busy day already and it's only 12:45.. ;-) Have a great week..