Important Work

Joshua and I were sitting at the kitchen table this morning and he was playing with some play doh that I had made him. I asked him a question and his response was "I busy Mommy". He is starting to come out with the most interesting comments, there seems to be a new one everyday. Another favourite is everyone morning when he wakes up I go into his room and he very proudly announces "Mommy, I wake up!".

Imagination

Joshua has quite the imagination blooming. His favourite thing right now is two stuffed bunnies, one is white and the other is a four foot Bugs Bunny. Everyday Joshua announces that Bunny needs a nap, and rushes him upstairs, puts him to bed says good night and shuts the door. Moments after he gets back downstairs he announces "oh no, Bunny crying" and he runs up stairs to tend to him. Again he comes back downstairs and says "oh, Bunny wake up now" and runs up stairs to get him and bring him back downstairs. The entire process is quite entertaining and both Chris and I very curious to see how is he going to react to his baby sister being home.

First visit to the Dentist

Joshua had his first visit to the Dentist last wee. I took him to the dental office that my friend Adrianna works at so that he would see a familiar face. I got a bit nervous when he got the exam chair and wouldn't lie down but a show on Treehouse quickly changed his mind!! Once he was lying down, getting him to flash his pearly whites was a whole other story. He kept his mouth shut tight while biting the mirror. The dentist was great and encouraged him to open his mouth. She eventually got him to open his mouth so she could actually look inside. He has all of the teeth that he should have for his age, and shouldn't get anymore until he is 5 or 6 (I can't think that far ahead with out getting emotional), and all of his teeth look great.

And here is the big guy show off his reward for being such a great patient, a new tooth brush a dental floss!

36 Weeks

I have now reached the BIG goal that I had with my pregnancy with Joshua, this is the time that I was taken off of bedrest, it was such a great feeling and is again this time. Things appear to be going well, I had an ultrasound this week and Baby Girl is doing wonderful scored an 8/8 on her ultrasound and passed her Non-Stress Test which is as much as we can ask for. At my appointment on Tuesday they said that everything thing was sealed up tight, which was a bit disappointing but I suppose she is comfortable. At this point with J I was already effaced and 1.5 cm dialated. I have my actual 36 week appointment on Tuesday so we will see if things have changed. I am still having days when I feel great and others when I feel horrible but I suppose that is normal for this time point in time.

34 Weeks

I am now 34 weeks, wow, on one hand time has flown by on the other hand it seems to be crawling by. Joshua was born at 37 weeks, so three weeks from now and when I think about it that way I get really overwhelmed and kinda scared.



My doctor took me off of work on July 17 due to my Carpal Tunnel not improving, I still have my good days with it and my bad days but at least I am not spending as much time on the computer, which really seems to irritate it. I miss work and the people I work with a lot, but I am definitely much more comfortable.



I had an appointment with my OB this week and during the appointment I mentioned that I had noticed a huge decrease in movement, after measuring the fundal height he knew why, baby girl has had a huge growth spurt and was simply running out of room, at 33 weeks 3 days she was measuring 36 weeks, that's a big baby! He also booked me in for another ultrasound and a non-stress test in two weeks. After that appointment I see him a week later and start my weekly appointments where they will be doing weekly internal exams to see if I am making any progress.



Moving around has become increasingly difficult, if I have been sitting for more than 5 minutes it takes me a good few minutes until I can stand up straight due pressure.

Nothing to exciting to report, just counting down the days at this point.

31 Weeks Today

I had an ultrasound yesterday to see how our baby Girl is growing, the good news is she is growing really well, she is already almost 4 lbs and according to my books she should be just over 3, so she is thriving. The scary news is that she has a big head, YIKES. The tech was doing her measurements and I noticed she was measuring her head and I said "my son had a big head so I am sure she will too", the tech's response, "at first I thought it was a really big baby, but she just has a big head and an averaged size body". OMG! The tech noted that she has lots of hair and said that the radiologists first comment was "this baby has a lot of hair". Looks like she might have more hair than Joshua at this rate!

I started really nesting this week, spending a good couple of hours each night tidying the house, I seem almost incapable of sitting still for very long. The other night I "detailed" the stairs by taking a rubber cleaning brush and cleaning out the corners on each step and follow with a vaccuum cleaner. I was very sore the next day but the stairs looked great! Chris of course just sits back and smirks the entire. I didn't get to do this last time so to be honest I am kind of enjoying it!

I am growing increasingly uncomfortable and I was probably the only one in the city that appreciated the nearly entire week of rain that we just had because it kept the temperature in the mid teens for most of the week. I actually wore long sleeved tops most of the time. My Carpel Tunnel really isn't improving at all, I still have my good days and my bad days, unfortunately my worst days seem to be coming over the weekend.

26 Weeks 3 Days

Ok one last post, here is a picture of the bump at 26 weeks 3 days, I am much larger now!

Blame the Carpel Tunnel

I will be taking a short break from the already pathetic blogging that I have been doing. The reason, I have been experiencing numbness in my forearms and fingers lately and my OB has diagnosed me with Carpel Tunnel this week and said that if it doesn't improve that he will have to take me off of work in three weeks (after my next appointment) for fear of loosing complete mobility in my hands for the remainder of my pregnancy. This is a fairly common side effect of pregnancy and is due to the additional swelling that I have been experiencing thanks to the additional heat which I didn't have when I was pregnant with Joshua. I stopped wearing my wedding rings a few weeks ago and even noticed earlier this week that my "substitute" ring was feeling snug so I stopped wearing it. The good news is that it is only temporary and everything will go back to normal a few weeks post birth. So for now I am going to be limiting my personal time on the computer as I spend most of my work day typing away.

I will try and bribe Chris into updating some pictures, heck anything is better than what I have been maintaining, and if your really "lucky" I might even share a picture of my ginormous bump!

27 Weeks 3 Days

Here is Baby Girl at my most recent ultrasound. She was incedibly difficult and made it hard the techs to get the measurements they needed, but she was yawning and sucking on her fingers a lot so that was pretty cute!

Baby No More

Joshua is currently sleeping for the first time in his big boy bed. Chris and I set up his Big Boy Bed today and he is peacefully sleeping. It took a bit of extra time to get him to settle but he is sleepiung peacefully. We still have a lot of work to do to finish his room so for now, just some pictures of him sleeping soundly.

99 Days to Go!

Only 99 days to go until Baby Girl's due date!

He never forgets

Joshua makes us laugh on a daily basis, as I think most toddlers do with their parents!

A few weeks ago we were outside and Joshua fell and skinned his knee on the pavement, while he was figuring out how to react to the situation I was thinking of how to avoid a meltdown. I jumped into action and said "Yay Joshua you got your first Big Boy Owie!" He gave me a puzzled look and examed his scraped knee and said "owie mommy" but there were no tears. When we got home we cleaned the scrape and put a bandaid on his knee. He wore the bandaid proudly and didn't try to take it off.

However for the rest of the week, we removed the bandaid after one day, he reminded us regularly for at least a week lifting up the leg of his pants/shorts to showing us his wound.

What?!

Every morning I get Joshua up at 6:45 in order to drop him off at the dayhome. When I go into his room he is usually awake and when I go in his room I go "Good Morning Joshua" and usually I get a cheery "Hi Mommy". This morning this was not the case.

Me: "Good Morning Joshua"

J: ::Gives me weird smile and puts his head back down::

Me: "Are you ready to get up?"

J: "No" :: Rolls over to face the wall::

Me: "Are you still tired?"

J: "Yes"

Me: ::Shakes head and wonders what is going on::

Seriously, did he become a teenager over night?

24 Weeks

Baby Update:
How far along? 24 Weeks

Total weight gain? About 15 lbs so far

Sleep: I am still going to be early, although I would like to be in bed earlier than 9:30, as long as I don't have to get up I am able to sleep just fine.

Movement: Baby is moving most of the time, lots of kicks and squirms.

Food craving: Not really!
What I miss: I would really love a nice glass of wine, but I have a few months before I can enjoy that.

Milestones: More constant stronger movements started this week.

How I'm feeling: I am feeling pretty on the whole, I did have some problems with my allergies last week which turned into a cold when he had a major temperature drop but I am feeling much better now. My lower back is starting to hurt a bit more than usual but it isn't anything too unbearable.

27 Months

Joshua is 27 Months old today!

I could probably stop counting months now but I will do it when I am good and ready.

Joshua is a wonderful little man and he makes us smile a daily basis. Chris and I both find ourselves slipping into is room at night and watching him sleep for a few minutes before we go to bed. For the most part Joshua sleeps wonderfully he will occassionally get up a once a night but for the most part he sleeps from 6:45 pm - 6:45 am, a bit later on the weekends. During the week he only has a short hour to hour and a half nap, but when he is at home he will generally sleep for two to three hours in the afternoon. It is great and I really hope that he will keep it up when the baby comes, I could certainly use a short nap, at least in the beginning.

Joshua plays with most of his toys on a fairly consistent basis, but by far his favourite is his cars and trucks. Lately he has been taking his large ride-on Tonka truck and race it back and forth across the living room. When he gets to the edge of the room, he goes "eerrch" as he turns the car around.

We are finally able to read Joshua books, for the longest time he had the patience to sit through one page of a book before he was off or squirming out of our laps. Now he will sit for five books straight and ask for more. He has his favourites that he is learning the words too and he says the last word on each page, one of his books "George and the Dragon" he knows so well and recites all of his favourite parts when we read it with him.

All in all the days are going by quickly, and we are trying to love every moment.

Really behind

I am really behind on blogging, by months, but I took some time today to post some old pictures of Joshua. I will try and ensure more regular updates in the future.

Catch

Joshua loves to play ball, him and Chris will spend a few minutes every night playing catch, which usually involves Chris throwing the ball at Joshua and him occassionaly catching it but more often that not he gets hit by the ball. Thankfully we use a really soft ball so no harm is done and Joshua laughs hystracially when he gets hit.

An artist in the making!

It's a good thing I am cute!

because I make messes all of the time and wreck lots of things, but a quick smile and mom/dad are usually over it!

A visit to the Mountains

We spent the New Year (yes I am that far behind) visiting some of Chris's relatives in McBride, BC. We had a great time and the weather was so wonderful that Joshua got to spend some time playing out side in the snow.

The Joy that can only come when yoiu have finished a gigantic puzzle of the world!