New Things Everywhere!

To start off I'm 35 weeks now, well almost 36 weeks! YIPPEE!!! So many people keep telling me I will probably have this baby soon because she's so, SO low, but we all know it's always up to the baby! Nothing too new with news concerning the baby...her room is ready, we even moved the crib into her room! Now we are finalizing our bag packing and trying to have everything ready for THE moment.



In Cooper news...he is now in a big boy bed and wearing underwear. That's right, no crib or diapers for our little guy. Nana come down from Fr. Worth last week and helped with both transitions. Cooper even pooped in the potty for me twice yesterday AT someone else's house; he's such a big boy now.



Even though we have rails up on his big boy bed, he managed to fall out of it the other night. It scared him and us, although he seemed fine afterwards. Well, apparently when he fell he must have injured his kidney because today he started having blood in his urine. We go tomorrow to get an abdominal ultrasound. Truthfully, this is almost an answer to prayers in that Cooper's urologist had scheduled another VCUG (yearly check) for the 26th of Aug (2 days before my due date). I was already going to have to reschedule it, but also just didn't want to do a VCUG since Cooper hasn't had another kidney infection. His hematologist had suggested getting an abdominal ultrasound instead of the VCUG. Of course we went straight to the hematologist today and he scheduled the ultrasound, so now I can cancel the VCUG and will only need to reschedule one IF anything comes back showing the need for it! Praise God!

That's about it for us for now...I'm tired most all of the time and I can't decide if it's due to the pregnancy, the heat, or both! I am ready for the fall weather!

Fire Station!

As most of you know, I help organize a GREAT Stay At Home Mom's Group on the NW side of San Antonio. We have so much fun keeping the kids active and keeping our sanity (if that is possible).

Anyhow, I was able to schedule a tour with a local fire station today for the kiddos. It was a lot of fun and educational for the adults. I didn't know there was so much to know about how it all works.

The kids were mainly interested in the Fire Truck though of course. Although once they had the chance to go into the truck and explore, most of the kiddos froze. But we still got some great photos. Cooper had a blast and LOVED the fire truck from afar. He is a brave 2 year old though and sat in the truck and shook the hand of a "Real Fire Man" that was dressed for a fire (mask and all).

It has begun!

Sleepless nights, multiple trips to the bathroom, grunting when standing up after sitting on the floor....it has all begun!

I don't remember feeling so many aches and pains at this point with Cooper's pregnancy. My only reasoning for this is that it's because BGS is SO low! My waddle has already begun as well; please BGS arrive sooner than Aug 28th!

I'm getting serious this weekend about getting BGS's nursery ready....I've been a HUGE procrastinator with that this time around. At this point in Cooper's pregnancy the nursery was complete, the baby shower had happened, and we were packing our bags. I feel a lot more scatter-brained these days when it comes to getting these things lined up!

32 weeks...the countdown begins!

I'm 32 weeks along, BGS is measuring 34 which tells me that she's still growing very healthy and at a steady pace! I've gained a total of 35 pounds so far....eek! I'm determined to make it to 50 pounds I guess! :)

I haven't swelled up like I thought I would be yet. As much as I think I will swell by the time 36 weeks comes around, I'm trying to also think positive and keep drinking a TON of water to hopefully keep all swelling down! My blood pressure is great as well; hopefully that is a great sign that I won't have similar complications with this birth.

I have had some very reassuring conversations with a few of my friends who used the same Midwife group that I am using. While there is one MW that we would LOVE to have, all three are obviously great. There is one MW though that scares me a little because she can sometimes think more like an OB when at an appointment. I have heard from my friends though that she is GREAT in the delivery room. I will be happy with any of the three MW's that is there with me through L&D.

We have now come across a stump in the road. The other day I was looking up the meaning of the name for BGS and came across another name that I like. The new name still begins with the same letter and has the same number of letters in the name. I've learned that Randell is not much help on this one either! While I want input from family and friends, I don't want anyone to know the name! UGH! Also, Cooper already knows the baby's name from what we have been calling her. Decisions, decisions....

Cooper is still doing great with everything. We have had a lot more play and Cooper time lately. Today he played ALL day (minus nap) at an indoor play room. It is GREAT! We made it almost the entire day without any injury. Then he was going down the slide on one of the bouncers and decided it would be fun to ride down on the edge of the slide. Needless to say he met the floor face first! He has a swollen lip that is slowly bruising. It was a pretty nasty fall. My daredevil child though went right back after eating a popsicle to prove that he could slide down the slide with no injuries. Boys will be boys!