Date is Set!!!

We got a phone call on Friday to set up our Ultrasound Date!!! Its set up for the afternoon of the 16Th of April! Can you believe it?!?! Just two weeks away! Then we have our OB appointment the following Wednesday, April 22ND.
Another update that we have is that Mitchell's re-enlistment came back approved last week!!! We'll be going down to his office on the 2ND of April to see him swear in and sign the papers!!! We were getting SO worried!! His EAS Date I think is the third and since he hadn't heard anything back on it we were getting concerned!

OB Appointment

This morning was my OB appointment. The Baby seems to be growing normal and still has a heart beat of 160. I haven't gained or lost weight. I'm still at 140. I got questioned about my diet and things to that. He said the good thing is that I have stabilized in my weight but that he would like to see my gain a couple of pounds. To make sure that when I getup to get a snack I'm actually eating a good portion.Which he's right the more I think about it. Every time I get a snack it winds up getting split three ways. I had blood work done for the usual screening tests that they do between 15-18 weeks. He said he was going to be putting in the referral soon so we can schedule ahead for our ultrasound in three weeks! Yay! Can you believe I only have three more weeks before I hit the halfway mark!?! This time feels like its going slow. I still feel like I just found out about this and still adjusting to the idea. In reality its been two and a half months since we found out...Its weird. Well I need to go find something to snack on. I'm starting to get nauseous. God Bless!

Out of Hospital

Sorry this is update is late but I haven't been feeling well. So between trying to laydown for my round ligament pain, cleaning and taking care of the girls... this kind of got put of. James got out ofthe hospital yesterday. They're thinking that everything had to do with his appendicitis. He seemed alittle frustrated. He's curious if any ofthat was caused by his RSD. He's more than likely going to take it up with his doctor. I agree with Mom...that we're thankful he's doing well. Thank youso much for your Prayers!

James Update

I talked to My Mom earlier this afternoon and James has stabilized. They were waiting for a room/bed to open and they were going to transfer him out of the ICU. Apperantly at VA hospitals the specialists aren't in on the weekends so they will notknow anything difinitive till tomorrow. Please keep praying for him!!It means alot!! God Bless!!

James

My older Brother, James went into the hospital Friday morning with a heart rate at 220, throwing up, and stomach pains. They diagnosed him with appendicitis but before they could do anything they needed to bring his heart rate down. He went into surgery Friday night. The following morning Mom called to let me know that he was feeling better and that they were going to run a series of test due his heart continually being fast and low blood oxygen levels. One of the test that they ran was to look for blood clots. Yesterday evening he was back to not keeping his food down. So he is off food for a little while. They are still currently waiting for the results to come back but Mom did say that his level of oxygen in his blood was a little better this morning and that he is looking better. Please pray for him!! God Bless I will keep you posted!!!

15 Weeks

It was so sunny out last weekend that we got to go outside for the afternoon! I turned 15 weeks on Sunday. I had my WIC appointment yesterday and I'm still at 140. The good news is I haven't lost anymore weight! WIC's concern is that I haven't gained any weight. I'm not too concerned. I'm still 10 lbs. heavier with this prepregnancy weight on this one than I was with both KalieAnn and Hannah's. My prepregnancy weight with this one was 140 and 130with the other two. I got pregnant and automatically gained 7lbs. Due to colds and morning sicknessI lost it. I'm still not keeping "My nummies in my tummies"as KalieAnn elegantly puts it at least once a week. Other than that I have just been doing my usuall..cleaning andtaking careof my girls. When my Mom was out she was sweet enough to help me get caught up on my house. Since then I've been able to up keep it. KalieAnn really is growing up. Just looking at her and seeing how much of a little girl she looks like reminds me of it. Along with her amazing me on a regular basis on how much she really understands. She's my little helper when it comes to just about anything. She loves to dress up as Cinderella and pretend she is going to the ball. Mitchell's been working with her on riding her bike. Teaching her how to peddle. She gets really excited when she can get it going. She's been enjoying the 50 degree weather. This week the girls have been able to play outside ALOT.
Hannah has learned a new phrase,"Uh Oh!" Everytime she falls or drops her toy her new phrase comes out. She's also realized that when she drops food on the floor the doggy gets to eat it. So she's started purposely dropping food on the floor...say "Uh Oh...Doggy!!" or its just "Doggy!" She had fun being pushed around last weekend on her tricycle. Her feet don't reach the peddles yet. Afterwardswhen KalieAnn was done on her bike and her slide. I pulled out the sidewalk chalk. Once Hannah learned that she's not allowed to eat it she had a lot of fun playing with it. Well its time for me to finish putting the laundry away before I go upstairs and start dinner. God Bless!!

12 Months & OB Update

Hannah turned a year on Monday, March 2. We made choclate cupcakes. They both loved them! Hannah wore one from her head to her toes. The next day the dog helped himself to the rest of the cupcakes that were baked. Well....all but two..and that counter was full of them. We forgot to lock the dog up. He had an upset tummy for the next couple of days.

This morning we had Hannah's 1 year appointment andmy OB check up. Hannah is a big girl!! She's 22lbs 11in. and 32 in. long. Which puts her in the 75th percentile for weight and 99th percentile in length. She'sa healthy yet stubborn and determined. Mom likes to call her my divine retribution. She wore my mom out one day! I was relieved that it wasn't just me. But she's a busy beaver that likes to get into things she's not suppose to. She got into the kitchen cabinet that morning and pulled out all the bags. Mom and I pulled her away from it. About the time we got that picked up she had emptied out most of the wash cloth drawer. After that she spilled my orange juice in the living room, somehow slid herself under the baby gate to get onto the stairs, knocked the trash over and soo much more. She definetly has always kept me busy and makes it hard for me sometimes to get anything done.

KalieAnn is really enjoying having her Nanners around. She loves to cuddle with her, make her pretend dinners and help her out with whatever she happens to be doing at the moment. When we went to Joann's we got her some pretend reading glasses because just that morning she pretended to open glasses to put on her face.

The Baby is doing great. Its heart beat was at 160 and my tummy measured to size. I have been having a lot of cramps lately. Our doctor said that it sounded like round ligament pain. He went back in my chart and said I had it with Hannah about this far along. When he saw my mom in the room he went and got the handheld ultrasound. We got to watch it kick and move around. Well I'm off to enjoy having my mom around some more. She heads home Monday.