5wks to go, or maybe sooner?

So we are 34wks, and from my appt last week there will be no going past 39wks due to my lupus and that means Baby Bronson will be here August 31st or maybe sooner if he decides. Bronson has had the hiccups alot lately, I dont really ever remember Dreycin having the hiccups like ever? He gets them like 2x a day, last week his hiccups are actually what saved me from having to do the NST longer than an hour.....I just had to drink some water eat some pistachios and cashews, and he started moving and hiccuping. Usually an NST should only last 15-20min but I was on a whole hour because personally I think he is more "laid back" than Dreycin was in my tummy! Ive started losing some of my mucus plug as of yesterday, and defn having pressure sooner than I did with Dreycin. And since im not having high blood pressure like I did with Dreycin, im still able to stay pretty active and will be walking as soon as we MOVE AGAIN. yes we are moving to the Marine Corps Base housing, which is a blessing and yet so overwhelming to me. Everything that could possibly go wrong with this rental house and the rental company has, but on the other hand im only 5wks from delivery and we are moving, aggghhh. Did I mention Derek is in South Carolina for 6days.....but no worries I have my bestie Jgray here to keep us company and help out just in case! We have been having a great time, and seeing Dreycin with her makes me so happy! He repeats everything she says, and has already learned new words! I guess Dreycin gets tired of hearing mom's voice everyday!
Im pretty much all set for baby, will wash clothes, blankets, bedding once we move to the new place and just got my last few items from amazon the other day.....the leg extensions for my arm's reach co sleeper and a beco butterfly 2 carrier in espresso. The last thing im going to purchase is cloth diapers, a few different kinds to see which I like best. yep im gonna try it, at least try it because im a greenie who wants to help the environment. But ive pretty much convinced myself that im gonna start out with disposable diapers to get the breastfeeding schedule down, along with handling a toddler while maintaining house for the first few months before starting to wash poopie diapers every day. If all this goes well, I wont have any use for disposable diapers in the next few months! Dreycin is still doing pretty good with potty training, he goes pee every evening 1-2x in his potty. Im not gonna push him, he does say pee pee alot but once i take him he's already gone. We will get there eventually! And with all the changes coming up like moving and a new sibiling, i just dont want to push it!

BTW did I mention in a previous post that Derek calls me the iphone killer. Well tonight while outside Dreycin dropped my iphone (3rd this pregnancy) and the glass shattered, didnt break so i just taped it up with packaging tape and its still working! guess ill only be using for pandora, on the ipod dock away from small hands! i really am doomed with iphones.....and my coffee maker stopped working this morning. This house is no good.

32wks2days

Today was my 32wk appointment, and after being in Florida for 5days I knew I would be tipping the scales from all the food we ate! I only gained 4lbs, but at this point I wonder if some of it is fluid from traveling in the car? First we had our 8am appt with my high risk doc for repeat ultrasound to view heart and growth. Baby Bronson came in weighing appx. 5lbs 9oz, about the 80th percentile. We talked about a delivery date no later than 39weeks, and in 4wks we will be discussing his size/growth and if I may need a csection. booooooooo, i dont want a csection and for my little family that will make it so much harder on us. After we left that appt I was kind of bummed about all the csection talk, but excited that Bronson is healthy and we only have about 7wks to meet him! I had my regular OB appt at 11am, went to that by myself were we started weekly NST's to monitor Bronson......of course he didnt want to put on a show so that earned us 40min on the monitors! His heart rate was fluxuating from 140's to low 160's when he would move or I would have a contraction (which only happened a few times). So weekly, only 7more weeks which puts us at the end of August near this mama's bday Aug 22! Im really hoping that since this is subsequent pregnancy my body will know more of what to do and I wont have to be induced bc of his growth or gestational hypertension, plus Im so much more active with Dreycin keeping me busy!
Derek and I have really been talking alot about more kids after Bronson, and we are undecided. But I have decided that I will get a paraguard (5yr copper IUD) to be able to reevaluate once at least Dreycin is in school. In the back of my mind though, I keep thinking that maybe God has blessed me with two healthy boys, boys that are more unlikely of being predisposed to having lupus, having to go through what I have which I wish upon no one. (historically women are more likely to have lupus) So maybe we should stop while we are ahead. The decision is still an open door, the other reasons I worry are age, is after 30 with lupus really a wise idea, given my history of gestational hypertension.....and of course the main factor what kind of stability, financial state will we be in if and when we decide to have another. There is no feeling, like the feeling of being pregnant carrying life, being a mom something that I never knew if I would be able to do. For that reason makes me want to pop out 4kids, well and I was an only child. I guess only time will tell. But for now Im surrounded by Derek, Dreycin, Bronson, and pepper......aggghhhh so much testosterone!!!

I mentioned earlier we were in Florida for vacation with my Aunt Deborah(dad's sister) and her bunch from Oklahoma. We try to get together at least 1x a year where ever Derek and I are close to. Last year we took an extended weekend in St Louis, the year before they came up to Kentucky for a week. So this year well actually about 1month ago we started to plan for a week of VK in Florida. I came across this hotel that was green friendly, more of a nature based lodge that was near the gulf of mexico and only 2hrs 15min from where we currently are living in Albany, ga. We went to the beach every day, a location called Alligator point. It was beautiful, relaxing, and the best part was that there were no tourists. Definitely the place to be if you enjoy nature, food, beaches, and somewhat seclusion to the world. The boys went crab hunting, and also found tons of sand dollars hermit crabs and shells. Dreycin loved playing in the sand, and at the water's edge. He really wasnt a fan of going into the ocean. I really didnt venture out either because I was afraid I would fall, and those waves can be pretty forceful, I was perfectly happy playing with Dreycin at the edge of the ocean! Did I mention we ate, and ate, and ate.....yes that was probably Bronson's favorite part! We also took a boat tour of Wakulla Springs saw tons of alligators, turtles, birds, fish, and a manatee. There is nothing like spending time with family, and the best part was seeing how Dreycin became so loving & attatched to my family! My cousin Bailey was great with him, and they were little cuddle monkeys together! Today when I had my appt, Derek and I left and not a peep came out of Dreycin when we left him with my uncle Brian! Of course when they left tonight I was crying and Dreycin was crabby for about 2hrs after they left. We have been so blessed to have so many of our family and friends visit us here in the shitake hole, but I just get so sad when they leave :( We have one more visitor coming before Bronson's arrival, one of my best girlfriends from high school Jgray. She is actually coming because Derek is being forced to go to Paris Island, South Caroline for rifle range for 1wk....When I found out he was going (last week) I started contemplating who can I get to come stay with me (just in case) while Derek was gone, and she was #1 candidate because she is a teacher and is OFF!

Itinerary for the following week: start and finish potty training. I have a little boy who is telling me when he goes pee pee and poopie! wish us luck, we are doing the 3day method and going straight to big boy underwear! Will post pics of VK soon ;)

D-Rex updates....

Dreycin loves to whistle. He says please, thank you, "i sorry" and your welcome! Words he loves to say are truck, milk, ouch, oh gosh, and food. He has been putting an emphasis on the K's at the end of those works and sounds like a German! The kid has a ginormous appetite lately, but it varies day by day. But im pretty sure he just had a growth spurt! He will be 20months in just a few days! Dreycin helps put his clothes on, and loves to take them off! He is soooo ready to be potty trained, but we have a trip to Florida next week and we are gonna tackle that when we get back! He goes pee pee in the potty when he wakes up, or after nap time, and has also started to tell me when he is going pee. He also got very upset when he went pee in his big boy underwear that I put him in (bc his bottom was irritated). The other day Dreycin pointed to my big belly and said circle, then traced his finger around my belly button! He loves to sing, and dance. Favorite songs are Old McDonald had a farm, ABC's, and 5 monkeys hanging in a tree. There is a guy on you tube Mr mike sings, and we sing his songs because he includes finger plays with them! If you say I Love, Dreycin always says you or I you! He is totally a little person that can tell you what he wants (most of the time). He loves to be outside, so we try to go out at least for 30min every morning to play with his water table or chalk! He is defn showing a little obsession with fire trucks, trucks, trains, cars, tractors......he is all boy! Dreycin loves to play with other kids, and defn feeds off of others energy! Crazy to think in 2 months I will have a new addition, its just gone by so fast! I just asked Dreycin what else he likes to do, and since we saw fireworks last night he said "A Boom!" I had told him all day we were going to see the Kaboom~

Dreycin is so smart and he just amazes Derek and I everyday. He loves to play with playdoh, and talk on the phone (pretend or real)! So there you have it, an update on my adorably smart little boy!

Pics

Bronson and I at 29wks, Bronson's finished dresser and nightstand, Dreycin in his tree swing, cute little pic of Dreycin in his hat and diaper playing with a new favorite toy Fire truck, my mom and Dreycin opening presents the night she got here, and us at swim lessons this week! I love being in the water, not so much the heat but we love the water!

28wks

We are now 28wks, and on monday we had our high risk fetal echo ultrasound and everything looked good with his heart! Bronson is weighing in at 3lbs 11oz (Dreycin weighed 3lbs @ 28wks)......and there is now a rise of concern that he is too big. We go back in 4wks for another growth scan. We just did the gestational diabetes testing at the beginning of June and I was 89, in a range of 65-139 so relatively low on the scale. So they want to re-test me in 2 more weeks to see if that is why Baby Bronson is growing BIG. I should mention that I do have a genetic predisposition for diabetes, because my father, and his mother and....so on have had diabetes. I went ahead and got the information for the diabetes diet for 1800 calories, because I really dont want to gain too much more weight. im at 16lb weight gain right now, and thats with doing the elliptical /or exercise 3x a week. I also CANNOT stand the freaking heat here right now, I am vowing to stay in as much as I can. My doc thinks this is why I have been getting dizzy spells when we go out in the damned heat! It would be nice if I didnt have so many dr appointments......even though Derek has been off ive been so busy with appointments, sometimes two a day. Sucks moving getting established with new drs for 5million different reasons! Derek mentioned that on my last rant I failed to mention that we are allergic to Albany, no really we have not stopped sneezing or taking allergy meds since we got here. I think I have gone through 6 boxes of kleenex, and there just isnt a whole lot I can do while pregnant! oh joy!

My wonderful husband finished our project of painting the dresser and nightstand we got from a consignment store for Bronson(we already got a convertible crib to toddler bed on craiglist)! We went with a navy blue, that sort of turned out royally navy blue. They are so nice, and are going to go great with our theme which is sea animals with blues. We also ordered some really cool sea themed knobs and are waiting for them to come in!

We are so blessed to have my mom come visit us this week, she should be here anytime tonight but her flight keeps getting delayed due to some thunderstorms....and then next week when she is leaving on wednesday my BF from grad school Stef and her son Lance are coming for a 1wk visit! I cant believe anyone would wanna come visit us in this craphole of a place, Georgia! With the gnats...the heat, and the limited places to go....Derek says "I dont know why anyone would wanna live here."

Georgia....blah.

You know how JamieFoxx sings that song Georgia, and sounds all depressed singing it....well now I know why! Im going to run thru a series of events that have happened to us for us to not have a good impression of Georgia right now, and yes its considered bitching but hey I know its only family and close friends that read this!

1. Infestation of gnats in all of South Georgia so annoying everytime we go outside
2. Our house not being cleaned prior to us moving in (fail #1 of Anderson rental company)
3. Our house missing outlets, fixtures, broken cabinets, light bulbs, screens, house smelled like paint, air conditioner not working properly (1st wk fail #2 of Anderson)
4. Series of hoops to jump through to get doctors here in Albany for Dreycin and I.
5. Derek not getting time off from his unit to help de-shamble our home of boxes, and furniture. We are hoping that this will start tomorroow....

It seems like we are on the phone everyday with our rental company, yesterday it was for our oven getting too hot on outside, air conditioner leak on the pipe in the unit in the house (previous leak was on the outside unit), front glass door lock is stuck and we cant use front door. I honestly wonder how long it was that someone did not live in the house.

All these things that have continuely happened, has caused alot of stress on me and for that reason I have been in the OB's office weekly due to spotting. I never had any spotting late in my pregnancy with Dreycin, but did early on from implantation and (drumroll please) constipation....which no one tells you that can happen. From what the doctors can tell im not dilating, but my cervix is bleeding, and is irritated. no bedrest at this time, but im told to take it easy, keep feet up. Im still exercising, BP is really good usually about 110/70, keeping my weight at 187....but somedays I retain water and the scale will say 192 or 193 and I freak out! The other stressful factor is that we are waiting on Derek's command to tell us if he will have to start traveling here in the states to inspect vehicles as a mechanical engineer. If he ends up having to travel I am going to file paperwork to have the military move Dreycin and I back home, probably to San Antonio so that my mom can help me after or even before delivery. The military continues to keep us on our toes...

There are a few positives right now, Baby Bronson is healthy and we will have another ultrasound this coming week to see him! We also went consignement store shopping and found Bronson's dresser and nightstand.....we plan on painting them and putting new handles on them....pictures to come when the room is all done! Dreycin went PEE PEE in the potty this morning! We had bought the small toilet training potty a few weeks ago, and when Derek or I go to the bathroom Dreycin will sit on the potty too and usually just make the sound like he is going pee.....but this morning I went pee and he sat on his toilet played around sat down once then sat down again and I heard the potty singing and he was peeing!!!! I was so happy, it was a small unexpected joyful surprise! and he was so happy, smiling, and listening to the song....at the end it says to flush the toilet and dreycin did just that! It was so fun! So if Derek does have the next few weeks off, we will probably go ahead and tackle full on toilet training! This morning we also started summer swimming lessons, and it was so much fun! We actually didnt get attacked by the gnats while in the water.....no wonder EVERYONE in our neighborhood has pools its the only thing to do here! And I saved $45 on my first coupon/ad shopping experience yesterday!

New stuff

Well now that we are somewhat settled in, we have a little more space for Dreycin so we bought him a Little tikes kitchen, with grill its so cute and really keeps him entertained. He even makes the sound of water, or when he is pouring the "coffee." He absolutely loved the little kitchen my mom had bought him for her house, so we were confident it would get its use out of the money! We also splurged on a water table for Dreycin, only because I had two coupons plus they were on sale this weekend....but we are having second thoughts on the size. Due to the awful infestation of gnats in south georgia, we rarely go outside unless its early in the morning or late in the evening around 7, so if it were possible we would use it outside but water seems to make the gnats worse at times. anyways, we are debating taking it back and getting something smaller, that uses less than 5gallons of water. We got him the Anchors away pirate water table. This weekend was a very nice and relaxing long weekend, we grilled out every night and continued to deshamble our house full of stuff. We even went to Albany's first farmer's market of the season, and got some great seasonal veggies like okra, tomatoes, cucumbers.In regards to deshambling......All i can say is that we are going to have a huge garage sale before we leave Georgia. We have too much stuff... and with this move came lots of unexpected occurrences, I want to travel a little lighter when we move come May (yes in just 11months).
I have to mention that while im pregnant, im a klutz. I lose things, forget things, and ruin things. In the last month I lost 1 3g iphone (on a flight) and the other day due to carrying a dog, a baby, a diaper bag, and a bag with my 24hr urine sample spilled a drink on Derek's old iphone and ruined it. Maybe its not meant for me to have an iphone......so i decided against getting another one and got a kindle (it will be safe at home next to my bedside). Because I can read about 1 book a week, and is the key to going green never having to buy a book again. Some books should have warning labels for pregnant women, like the book I just finished last night by Nicholas SParks "At first sight" yea please dont read if you are pregnant I was in tears the last 3 chapters. Last night I told my parents I could live off of amazon, shutterfly, and target giftcards forever!
Dreycin and I start swim lessons next week on base, thank goodness they are in the mornings. And supposedly Derek will finally get his 10days off for the move, which means my house will get finished! And I can paint Bronson's letters for his room!