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Monday, August 22, 2011

Because this is our second child there isn't much that is needed for this baby. We are in the process of getting ready to start working on the nursery and will most likely start painting it this weekend. The theme for the nursery is The Lion King. Matt and I have discussed it and we have decided that instead of gifts if anyone is interested in doing something for this little guy they could make a contribution to his room or to the few things that we do need. I went online and created a registry for him so that everyone can see what we are going to be doing with his room and what few things we do need. I saved all of Ethan's clothes and all the nursery furniture. I have 2 pack and plays, a bassinet, toys galore (so please no more toys), a bouncer, jumperoo, diaper bags, and tummy time mats. This time around I plan on breast feeding and a friend of mine gave me her breast pump that she was never able to use so I now have one. We have a stroller on lay-a-way at Babies R Us we will be getting the Sit 'n Stand stroller. We have car seats as well. Honestly we don't expect anyone to do anything for this baby. All we want is a healthy full term baby boy. But I also know how people are when it comes to new babies they just can't help themselves LOL. I should know I do it to my friend all the time. I see something and it just screams out "Buy me" and I have to get it for her little girl. LOL. We just figured just in case someone did ask us "What do you need for this baby?" We'd have an answer LOL. So if you are intending to do something for him please check out the registry, you can find a link to it at the end of this post. But also Please don't feel obligated to get for him either. He will be happy just to be so loved.

Tomorrow I will be 29 weeks and this pregnancy is going like textbook. Baby R.A.P loves to keep me up all night kicking and dancing on my bladder. He has his days and nights reversed LOL. I am always talking to him about that but he is like his big brother, he will do things the way he wants to do things. During the day he is very mellow he waits until I am ready for bed to give me some good kidney kicks or do a tap dance. Last night he was kicking so hard we could actually feel the vibration of them on the mattress on our bed LOL. He is going to be one strong little man. I had a chat with him over the weekend and he has been informed that he is not allowed to arrive during football games. He can come anytime Monday through Friday but the weekends are out b/c Mommy and Daddy want to watch football LOL. Soon enough we are going to have ourselves a new little Buckeye Fan and a new little Steelers Fan (shhhhhhh! Don't tell Matt he doesn't know this kid is a Steelers fan yet). He'll be following in his big brother's footsteps running around the house screaming "Go Steeeeeeels!" LMAO.

 OK so any ways he goes in for a check up on the 25th this week so I will update again then.

Babies"R"Us - Baby Registry

Monday, August 8, 2011

13 weeks left!

So I've been getting the feeling that people are worried about this pregnancy. Here's what I have to say about that.......RELAX!!! Seriously, I am not worried at all. I know that everyone is becoming more concerned b/c this is the point where we started to have serious issues with my pregnancy with Ethan however this pregnancy is completely opposite. I am 99% sure that I will not be having a baby over the next few weeks. How do I know that? I have been having the Fetal Fibronectin Test (FFN) done every 2 weeks starting at 24 weeks of pregnancy. The way this test works is if it's negative it's a 99.2% chance that I will not go into labor. If it's positive it just puts us on high alert that labor could happen. Only 16% of women who get a positive result end up going into  preterm labor. I have had 2 tests done and both have come up negative so there is a 99.2& chance that I WILL NOT go into labor between 26 and 28 weeks. I will have it done again at my next appt. I didn't really feel that anyone needed to know I was getting this test done but based on some conversations I've had I feel that maybe it would ease others tension to know that the test is coming up negative. I am posting this as a means to help ease anyone's worries. If I'm not worried no one else needs to be either. Whatever happens with this pregnancy I will take the cards that I am dealt and I will go with it. I don't want to be put in a position where I feel like I am constantly having to reassure anyone that everything is fine. So hopefully with this post I have put everyone's fears to rest and we can all just enjoy the next 13 weeks. I just don't want anyone to worry.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

14 weeks and counting

Little R.A.P is going to be here in just 14 very short weeks!! We are so not ready for him to be here LOL. We need to get started on his room and there is so much to do. First we are going to sell the furniture that is in there. It was given to me by my grandfather and it was one of the last things he gave me before the Alzheimer's took control. Any money I get from it I am going to use to buy a few things for R.A.P that we will be needing and look at it as Pa's way of giving to his great-grandson. We have to get the chimney done and then we need to get the room painted as well. Hopefully we will get the repair work done in the next week while Matt is off. I haven't decided completely yet but his room is either going to be monkey's or baby Lion King. I saw the outfit at Babies R Us and they are both so cute. I will have to check them out again before making my final decision.

So R.A.P is 26 weeks today and he is a mover and a groover. This child has his days and nights reversed. I think it is his goal in life to make sure he keeps mommy awake all night. Ethan was totally opposite he was active mostly during the day. It doesn't help that daddy likes to get him riled up at night just before going to bed. Today we had the glucose test done and mommy was very happy that she only had to be poked once b/c the idea of 2 pokes was too much for me to bear. After that we had a check up and a certain baby was moving all around making getting his heartbeat tough. This time around I left Ethan at home it was just going to be too long of a wait for him. I am always in and out of the OB in under 40 minutes but with the blood test too I figured he wouldn't take it very well. I like to take him with me so he is involved with the pregnancy and he gets to hear his brother's heartbeat.

This little boy is going to be so lucky. He has a big brother who loves him very much and is anxious to meet him. Then again mommy and daddy look forward to meeting him in Nov as well. I keep telling him that he needs to stay put until then. He is not allowed to come early.