Headed To The Hospital

At 8:30am Steve & I will be headed to the hospital. We got lucky and the c-section was scheduled for 11:00am . At first we thought we would have to be there at 5:30am so we got lucky there. Although, I am hungry and have not been allowed to eat or drink since after midnight. Oh what I would do for a bowl of cereal YUM!

Keep us in our prayers please. I will post pictures as soon as I am able.

June 1st Here We Come!

Wednesday was my last official doctors appointment before the arrival of our little guy on June 1st. Everything was normal and not much new to report. All is proceeding as it should. I still feel really good and have been very blessed. I was able to go to field day at school on Thursday & coach first base at Sydney's baseball game. The only major change is my feet are swelling some with it being late in pregnancy & being hot. She felt sure I would be able to make it til Monday.

I am not sure what time everything will happen on Monday. Unfortunately, I will not know my "scheduled" time til after 3pm on Sunday. I say scheduled because of course if there is some emergency at the hospital it may change things. Not alot of help when you are trying to plan what to do with your other child. If I am the first one scheduled I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 am. Holy crap!!!!

I have one more non-stress test for Saturday morning. As long as that goes well all should stay the same. I cannot believe how fast the time has gone.

Soon we will be a family of four.

Rock A Bye Baby

So when your pregnant you have the opportunity to sign up for weekly e-mails on development. Of course this leads to a bunch of other things where you get info on new products. Well I got one the other day that was totally up my alley. If you know anything about my daughter she loves music and will air guitar & play drums to anything. Just ask her Aunt Jackie who was witness to it when we visited her in New York. It is craziness! So I got an e-mail on this really neat site.

The RockABye Baby site sells music from rock artists that has been changed into music for babies. They use mellotrons, vibraphones & bells. Of course I was very excited to see that they had AC/DC & Green Day. When I started looking at the list which I still have not made it through because I have to stop and listen. Some of them are Beatles, Rolling Stones, Queen, Coldplay, Ramones, Cure, Metallica, Bob Marley, & even Nine Inch Nails. I must admit some that I have listened to it is hard to tell which song it is. Some of the AC/DC & Green Day I could tell right away & got a huge laugh. Especially, Rock N Roll Ain't Noise Pollution by AC/DC & Boulevard of Broken dreams by Green Day. I recognized more on Green Day. My dog was totally intrigued also with his head stuck in the laptop.

I just listened to Queen very funny!!
Here is the site. If you are looking for a different gift this might be the way to go rather than with a traditional lullaby cd.

http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/index.php?nav2=false

A House Divided

As you have seen from some of the posts Steve & Sydney have a disagreement when it somes to favorite football teams. Steve has been a Washington Redskins fan since before I met him. He takes alot a grief from the family and friends about it. Sydney has taken to pulling for the Pittsburgh Steelers which fits into our locale.

We have received some gifts with the new baby coming. One was for Sydney its is from her Grandma Worthington. She had it made for her. Of course Syd was pretty stoked.

After Steve seen this his comments were that the baby will not wear any Steeler garb and will only wear Redskins. So save your money people.

Luckily, we also received a oneies which was favorable to Steve's team. Jackie also sent a Redskins sleeper for when he is older. (I would post a pic but it is under things I cannot lift.)

Should be interesting as the baby gets older!

Baby Update

Just thought I would give an update on how things were with the baby. Yes, I refer to him as baby because we have yet to decide on a name. Don't worry we are working on it.Eventually, one will come to us. Hopefully, before he is born. As of this past Sunday I am 35 weeks along. Hard to believe that I only have a little over a month away.

Today Steve & I went to the hospital to have an ultrasound done. Incase you don't remember these were scheduled because the baby was measuring big. I knew from the measurement my doctor took last week I was still measuring large on the outside. After the lady was done with all her measurements of his head, femur & abdomen she pointed to the monitor. Imagine my surprise when I read he was measuring the size of a 38 week old baby & his weight is about 7lbs & 4oz. Everything is measuring proportionally so that is good. My level of fluid is good. So that was good news also.

I have to go to the doctor weekly now since it is getting closer to my due date. I have an appointment there on Wednesday so well will see what they say then.

1st Assembly Project

Today was our first assembly project for the baby. I guess I should say Steve's first assembly project. I do believe that his first words were "Oh, Dear" when he opened the box.

Today he assembled the stroller/car seat combo. Of course this was all my doing. I wanted to make sure that at least the seat was together. I kept telling him our baby could come tomorrow and we would have no way to get him home. Of course if you know my husband there was eye rolling after this statement. He pretty laid back and thinks I am nuts. As I am 32 weeks along. So hopefully we won't be seeing him for a few more weeks. Still I like to be prepared. I figure if I am things are more likely not to happen. Crazy I know but I cannot help it.

Of course it went together pretty easily. I was not sure how it would be after he kept pulling out pieces from the box. I picked it because it was alot lighter than the one we had for Syd and seemed more manageable. Hopefully I was right and it will see alot of use walking around town.

Of course when Sydney got home she had to inspect it. She even took the car seat off to see how it worked. It was a little weird. I asked what she was doing. Her statement being I don't remember having one of these things I want to see what it does. She is one crazy little girl!

Bradford, Relatives, Shopping & A Baby Shower

Well last weekend we went to Bradford to visit family and to attend the baby shower my Mom & cousin Amy were having for me. Syd was super excited because not only were her Aunt Jackie & Uncle Aaron going to be there she got to miss school on Friday. I figured with there future living arrangements in Alaska it might be awhile before we saw them. So we wanted some extra time. She had alot of fun & immediately took up with her Uncle Aaron whom she tormented the rest of the weekend. Sorry Aaron! (Luckily he is a VERY good sport!)

Of course going to Bradford in April the weather is not very cooperative! We ventured out anyway on Friday in the rain to do some shopping. We found this really great kid's consignment shop in Olean. So if you know of anyone in need of anything especially clothes send them there. It was insane. Then we were off for one of Aaron's favorite eats Tasta Pizza. It has been a long time since I have been there boy was it good. Brings back memories of middle school.

Saturday we had the baby shower. Only it did not rain it actually snowed a little (again it is Bradford). First surprise for everyone our cousin Jen came up with the twins Benjamin & Annamarie so that was exciting. I had alot of fun getting to see people from Evans our old church. These are people who have known me since I was in fifth grade. They are always supportive of our family. Of course the food was good. Aunt Cathy makes an AWESOME cake!! If you have never had a piece you are missing out. Amy was in charge of games which everyone seemed to get into.


I was lucky to receive a bunch of great gifts and salot of really cute clothes! The Little Man should be one well dressed baby. Big thanks to Mom and Amy for all they did. Also to Jackie I know she chipped in too. And for the rest of the family for helping out. Especially for Jackie superior cutting skills where the pasta salad is concerned! I don't have any pics yet Jackie took them & she is somewhere between Port Allegheny & New York. I am thankful she took a bunch for me. We will miss her photo taking skills after the baby gets here.


Saturday evening was a crazy one! I am sure we may have broken some fire code with all the people in my mom's house. It was like being back at Nana & Grandpa's for a holiday. We had beds set up on all available floor space. Between the 7 adults, 3 kids & 2 dogs I am sure the house breathed a sigh of relief Sunday evening.
It was fun seeing everyone time always seems to pass too quickly though!

Baby Update

First of all as I write this it feels as if there is a circus going on inside my stomach. Needless to say he has not slowed down any. Steve said if he did I would get all paranoid which is probably true.

I had an appointment on the 26th just a regular visit. I am almost 31 weeks now so I get to go every 2 weeks. I found out at my appointment that I am measuring large for my due date. Incase you did not know they take a fundal measurement (which measures the size of your uterus on the outside of course). This happens for many reasons some being a large baby, alot of amniotic fluid, loose stomach muscles & some health issues.

Well they scheduled me for an ultrasound to check the size of the baby. Luckily, all was well with the baby we know for sure it is a boy. She measured the size of his head & other things. One which was the femur bone. She saw that & said "Wow! Who is the tall one in your family." She obviously did not see Steve when he walked in. She did realize when he stood up to go. It was pretty funny. Sorry the pics from the ultrasound are not real great. As they get older they actually take 2 shots & put them together as one. We did get one with his little boy parts but I figured you would want to pass on that.

So we found out that he is measuring the size of a baby that is 32 weeks old. Kind of scary because he is just entering the stage when he starts gaining body fat. As far as the measurements go they figure he is about 4lb already and is in the 98th percentile.

So with that news we will see what my doctor says on Tuesday when I go back.
And his big sister is ready for him to be here. She keeps asking when he is going to be here. maybe sooner then later!

As a side note Congrats to Karen & Clay on there new addition who should be here around October 2009! (I met Karen through Jackie when she was living in Watertown.)