My nephews & a little bit of baby news

I will start this post saying how excited I had been this year to not only to be having our our baby but the additions of several little family members that would be the same age as our wigglemonster. That being said most all my family is aware of the heartbreaking loss we had in April of our beautiful little nephew Julian, so I must say how greatful I am that my sister-in-law Kendra was in the hospital at the time that little Xander decided to make an early entrance on Friday at 32 weeks.

So although he is tiny and in a NICU until he gets to a healthier size I am very happy that we did not suffer another unbearable loss in our family. I'm still so heartsore over the loss of Julian I'm certain another loss would have turned me into a quivering mass of jell-o. But since I am still pregnant & worries keep adding up we have since Friday given wiggle many lectures that even though his older cousin did it he is not allowed to leave his womb (at least until he is actually term). I'm sure he's listening.

The latest news about wiggle: last week Jason actually got to feel our wigglemonster kick- Jason didn't say anything before I placed his hand on my stomach so I think wiggle was not aware it was his daddy until it was too late. Our childbirth classes are going well, and we are learning lots of things including that the placenta may be the grossest looking thing on the planet (really I love the birthing videos-they don't make you the slightest bit panicky about childbirth, nope not at all). So I'm still getting pretty big as you can see:

but I won't complain about that since everything else is going good- no I don't have gestational diabetes & my blood pressure is great & I actually still have a belly button at this point (amazing I know). See things are okay, I won't even complain about all the leaning wiggle is doing lately- even the leaning against my hipbone that makes me walk like Igor- yep things are okay.

Now that I'm a little less lazy I'll post something

So anyway I'm sorry that I posted nothing last month but there really wasn't anything going on with my pregnancy, but since I now have more news I'll try to not be as lazy. First I only took a picture at the beginning of last month but since my feet are still missing it is not very interesting (I decided not to post it since it is pretty boring) so this month I thought I'd be nice and show you the side view:

As you can see I'm getting enormous- okay I admit it I'm already there. Anyway what is going on with our little wigglemonster? Jason and I have decided on a first name but are still working on the middle name- we'd hate to ruin the surprise for all of you so we'll let you know what we decided after we've decided on both :P Wiggle still has not been felt by anyone but me- he is a huge kick tease. He'll be kicking me like crazy and then Jason will put his hand there to feel him and he'll stop kicking, he'll just tickle the spot right above where his daddy's hand is resting (who knew he'd be as big a brat as his parents?). We've started birthing classes- the first class wasn't so bad but I think if they want the dads to participate in the activities I think they should make them a little less woman-centric, like during the breathing and meditation section I'm not sure if Jason was able to relax his uterus but the idea made me giggle hard enough that I'm pretty sure I didn't relax mine. Otherwise it has some good information so far- I'm already sleeping better after learning a few things in class. In other news my gestational diabeties test was abnormal so I have to take the full test next week- I'm really not excited & I hope this next one goes well. Other than that things are much the same, but I'll try to fill you in a little bit better in the future.

My baby has cute feet, mine are missing

So it has finally happened- my feet have disappeared from regular view, so the view in these pictures is going to be very boring from here on out -be prepared. I had a visit with my doctor this week as well, she is pleased with how everything is going and that my blood pressure was in a better range. She of course still wants me to monitor that though. I'm doing really well these days even though I could still nap at any time. The baby has been moving quite a bit the last couple weeks and has been very active the last few days, so his official name currently is wigglemonster, this will probably change in the future. That also means we still haven't picked out a name yet, I hadn't realized how many names Jason and I don't really like until this year of our lives- and there are so many name out there to hate. Oh well we'll get one we like eventually.

FEET!!

So, can anyone tell if my baby has the cursed long second toe or flat feet???

It's a boy!

So as you already know we had the ultrasound today and after much prodding our little one finally showed us what we are having. I would also like to submit this picture as proof of his Stewartness as the doctor could not get our little one to remove his little hands from either side of his face- keeping us from getting a good picture of him (I had no idea that not wanting your pictures taken was genetic)Anyway he is very beautiful and growing very well according to the doctor, & I've probably never been more excited over a picture in my life so I'm disgustingly cheerful today. Now we will actually try to sit down and decide a name- without wasting too much time making fun of them.
I'm doing well, I've been feeling great and am now even more excited than I was before, now I just need to come up with the energy to get rid of a lot of our junk to start making some room for this little cutie- oh well I'll save that for another day.

I have toes...barely

So as you can see I still can see my feet a little bit, though I'm feeling that by the next picture they will be gone entirely from view (unless I bend over to see them, of course). Good thing I painted my toenails now I'm not sure I'll be able to reach them in a month or two. Anyway not much news to report- still tired, uncomfortable, slightly ill from time to time & slowly growing fatter and fatter. Hope everyone is great & sleeping much more comfortably than I am.

More news

So first, I've gotten my blood work back regarding whether the baby has any defects or other weirdness (knowing the family on both side we thought it might be wise to check). It looks like we have a healthy little monster here, so its only weirdness is wanting us for its parents.
My other news is my health, I've had high blood pressure when I've gone to my doctors appointments (they haven't considered I hate visiting the doctor and this is my first child so I'm all stressed out during the appointments) so they want me to monitor it at home. Anyway so far so good, I don't have the best blood pressure I've ever had right now but it isn't the high they told me I should be screaming to the doctor for either. So anyway I'm doing well but wanted to warn everyone (or maybe just give people the opportunity) that if they annoy me I may have to stop speaking to them until after the baby is born. Again hope everyone is doing well.