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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 9, 2006 13:51:16 GMT -5
Holy cow, her lips are so cute! I cannot wait to see her first photos, I know she is just going to be adorable. I know what you mean when it comes to a baby cooperating when it comes to an ultrasound... we have had two done and still no profile of Garrett. I want one so bad.... but we did not get a good one with Kailey either. My kids are just to dang stubborn. --- I think that he is going though a growth spurt right now, he is moving, but not as much as normal. This happens about once a week..,, usually on the same days I feel a ton of stretching in my ligaments and also on my skin around my belly area. My guess is that he will be super active again by the weekend. Does your little girl have days when she is not as active either??? --- I also wanted to ask, is she in the "birth position" or is she breech. I think Garrett is still transverse, I hope he changes positions soon!!!! --- I cannot believe that they have changed your due date, that is just insane!!! You can end up with a Christmas baby if you go early... it would be nice for Tax purposes if she was born by the end of the year too. So, when it comes to your countdown are you going to stay with your old due date, or switch to your new one??? --- I am glad I am not the only one thinking about Christmas shopping. We have gotten a few things, but nothing major. I have the same dilemma, i never know what to get anyone. I always put way to much pressure on myself, I want to give the perfect gift, but I worry so that they are not going to like what I picked out. We will be buying gifts from Santa to Garrett.... will you guys be getting anything for your little girl???
Jacque
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 9, 2006 14:23:50 GMT -5
Happy 31 weeks Jennifer!!!! Less then 63 days!!!! Do you feel huge yet? Uncomfortable???
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 9, 2006 16:38:00 GMT -5
Jacque –I know, I can’t believe how big her lips look in that picture! I can’t wait to see her either. It is getting so close now! Only 9 weeks!!! (Well, unless the doctor officially changes my EDD to December…..I won’t know for sure until Monday) Please pray that this little stinker cooperates with us on our 3D/4D ultrasound. Quentin called and made the appointment today while I was taking a nap. It is going to be Saturday at 1:30. I am so freaking excited!!!! I really hope we get some awesome pictures! Are you going to have any 3D ultrasounds? Do they do them at your doctor or will you have to go to an outside provider? --- Aryanna moves a lot most days but there are some days that she doesn’t move too much. Usually she moves a lot everyday, mostly after I eat or when I am laying now. Is that when Garrett moves the most for you? She kicks so hard these days. I am not sure if I told you this story or not so I will tell you again. One day Quentin was feeling her kick and he decided he was going to lay his head on my belly to see if he could hear her and as soon as he put his head on my stomach she kicked him right in the face. It was so funny! --- Aryanna is heads down now. She has been since I had my ultrasound at around 24 weeks. I don’t think she has enough room to flip back over though, at least I hope not! I want her to stay that way! I hope that Garrett flips to heads down for you soon! When will you have your next ultrasound? Maybe he will be flipped by then! --- I can’t wait until Monday to see if Dr. Ingram is going to officially change my due date or not. I don’t really want him to because I am almost positive of my conception date and I don’t want him to move it so that she will be born early. But I want to see her so bad!!! I hope that makes sense. I would love for her to be here for Christmas. With my due date as Jan 11th, I could have her any time after Dec 21st and still be considered full term though. We are really wanting to have her by Dec 31st though!!! It would be nice to have that tax break this year. I think I am going to stay with my ticker as it is for now though. --- You are definitely not the only one thinking about Christmas gifts. I seriously am stumped on what to get everyone!!! I don’t have many to buy for but it is just so hard to get something that they will like. My dad and grandma are my worst to buy for though!!! I have trouble with them every year!!! Dad never really has anything that he wants, or if he does say something then my mom gets it for him. Last year, I bought him a coat. He happened to mention on time that he liked Quentin’s new jacket while we were home for Thanksgiving, so I found one like it in a different color for him. And the year before I got him and my mom robes. This year I have no idea!!! I am hoping my mom gives me some hints for him! As for my grandma, she always says not to get her anything! She already has everything she wants or needs and if she doesn’t have it she goes out and gets it before anyone else can get the chance! So do you have any ideas for people like them? --- I am going to pick up a few things for Aryanna for Christmas, just in case she is here by then. Probably just a few small toys, like rattles, teethers, and maybe a little stuffed animal or something. --- I am feeling very huge and uncomfortable right now!!! It is crazy. If I am sitting down for too long, it hurts to walk when I get up. Then if I walk for too long, my hips start to hurt from walking! It is a lose, lose situation!!! I really hope I can make it through shopping the day after Thanksgiving this year!!! I don’t want to miss it! Have you checked out any of the ads that have been leaked out yet? If not, I can give you a link for the ads that are out now. The WalMart ad got posted today! There are a few things on it that I may get. --- Wow, now that I wrote a novel, I am going to go reply to the other posts you made!
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 11, 2006 20:19:01 GMT -5
Just wanted to pop in really quick and post some of the pictures we got today at our 3D/4D ultrasound. We didn't get very many good pictures of her face because once again she kept putting her hands up. But there are a few of them and here they are.
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 13, 2006 15:14:16 GMT -5
Well I am back from my appointment. I have good and bad news. The good news is that I only gained 1 pound in the last two weeks!!! But the bad news is my doctor is making me take the GD test again!!! This will be the last time. I will not take it again!!! In other news, he is NOT officially changing my due date because the ultrasound was less than 2 weeks different then my original EDD. I am starting with appointments every 2 weeks now!!! Can you believe it?! Soon I will be to 1 week appointments!!!! It is almost time for my precious baby to arrive!!! Less than 2 months!!!! YAY!!!
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 15, 2006 11:10:38 GMT -5
I cannot wait until my appointments start increasing. I go again next Tuesday and then I go in three weeks. Then I will be about 30 weeks. Then i go at 33 weeks, 35 weeks, 37 weeks, 38, 39 and if need at 40 weeks. Right now it seems like it is forever in between appointments. Plus since I am in the middle of my prgnancy all I do is pee in a cup, have my blood pressure checked, ask a few questions, have my belly measured, and then (my favorite part) hear the baby's heart beat. When does your DR start doing internal exams??? Since Sunday Garrett's movements have been almost constant and they feel different. I think he moved, so it is pretty safe to say he is no longer transverse. But now I think he is breech. He still has time to flip.... I have no clue if I will have another u/s. I will be asking at my next appointment because I want to know FOR SURE what position baby is in by the time I hit the 36 week mark. Plus, it would be nice to see him again. Have you thought about making your grandma a scrapbook or a quilt? You can also get them a gift certificate to their favorite restaurant or the moveis... so they can have a night out on the town. I am sorry (but excited) that you are to the stage that you are uncomfortable. The end is near, and how you feel right now is NOTHING compared to how you are going to feel your last week. The last weeks is the worst, expecially if your delivery is not panned. You feel HUGE, like crap, everyone calls constantly to see how you are feeling, and EVERYTHING that happens to your body that is "not normal" makes you think that you are starting to go into labor. Every morning you will wake up and think... wow today could be the day and every night you will pray that tomarrow is the day!!!!! iT IS ALL WORTH IT THOUGH!!! Ok, I have alot of catching up to do!!! Jacque PS: Congrats on the weight gain, that is awesome. PSS: I have to take the gloucose test also, sometime by the end of the year. That and get my RoGham shot.
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 20, 2006 17:28:37 GMT -5
Jacque - I cant wait until your appointments start getting closer together either, that means Aryanna should almost be here or will already be here!!! --- I am not sure when my doctor starts doing internal exams. I think it depends on which doctor I see, since I haven't been able to see my regular docor regularly. My next appointment is with another new dr....that makes 4 that I have seen because I cant seem to get appointments with my reg dr at times taht are convienent for me! --- I hope that you get another ultrasound so you can see Garrett again! I can't imagine only getting 1 ultrasound!!! --- I am still having issues trying to find something for my Grandma for Christmas. I can't get her a gift certificate because she will just put it in a card and mail it back to us, plus she doesn't drive so someone else would have to take her to use it. I dont have much time to make her anything with trying to get things done around here! Mom said the only thing she has mentioned that she wants is a weaved blanket, but if she tells everyone that, she will end up with 20 blankets! I was going to try to get pictures of all of her Great-Grand kids and make her a personalized calendar on walmart.com but I am having trouble getting all the pictures! I thought it would be neat to put their pictures on the page of the month they where born. Especially since she has at least 1 born in every month except January and April! I am sure i will come up with something before I get home to give it to her!
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 20, 2006 20:01:52 GMT -5
I have not read the last couple posts... so I will catch up later. Drum roll please....... here are my new belly pics! I did not go with the same outfit as I did in the first two photos because that top no longer covers my baby belly! Anyway, my belly is tons more round, but I really do not think it is much bigger, I think I still need to "pop". Mike thinks I am insane, what do you think? Jacque
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 20, 2006 21:03:02 GMT -5
OMG Jacque!!! Your belly is cute!!!!! You have definitely gotten bigger! Your tummy looks rounder on the top than the other 2!
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 21, 2006 10:53:05 GMT -5
Jennifer: I really like the calendar idea. I really think that is a prefect "grandma" gift, they just love stuff like that. How come you are having trouble getting the photos? --- We only do gifts for Mike and my siblings, Mike's parents, a few friends, and Kailey (and this year Garrett)..... and I usually know what to get for everyone other then Mike's parents. I think I will steal your calendar idea and have one made for Mike's dad, he would love something like that. Is the photo actually a printed part of the Calendar or do you just insert the photos into a frame type holder?
Jacque
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 21, 2006 12:13:35 GMT -5
Jacque - I am having trouble getting pictures because not all of my cousins have internet so it is hard for me to get pictures of their kids. I am missing pictures of about 1/2 of them. I may just do it without the picures this year (if you can do that?) and then do it again next year with pictures since I will have more time to collect them. The pictures are printed right on the calendar. Just go to www.walmart.com and go to Photo. They have a section for gifts there, then find the calendar part. They have alot of different options on what you want to make it look like. And you can edit the calendar to add important family dates, like birthday, anniversaries, etc. It is pretty cool. And the price is right too! Only about $15 and you can pick them up at your local WalMart! --- This year we are only buying for my parents, my grandma, my 2 sisters, my BIL, my sister's 2 children, and Quentin's brother 3 kids. We usually also do a gift for 2 family members, we all trade names on Thanksgiving and then get a gift for that person (usually a $10 limit). But since we aren't going home for Thanksgiving OR Christmas we dont have to do that this year!
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Post by AwesomeMommy on Nov 23, 2006 3:31:31 GMT -5
Well, I am all about the drama today! Well ladies, As follows is an update that was sent out a few minutes ago to my day care parents. Just to catch you up on things.... I started having pain in my stomach region yesterday afternoon so I called the Dr's office. They said what I was describing sounded like it COULD be labor pains.... so I won myself a first class ticket to Trinity's Labor and Delivery ward in Moline. All is well, I just wanted to send you the same update I sent everyone else so I knew that we were all on the same page. ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Hello! It is now 2:13am so I felt it was best to send you an email as opposed to giving you a call..... needless to say I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that all is well. We left for Trinity shortly after Isabelle left here. When we got there they hooked me up to all kinds of monitors which told us that we were not in labor. As it turns out..... it was a combination of things - Dehydration, a pulled muscle, and gas pain. I knew it was not labor when I called the DR, but they were insistent on me coming in. I am thankful they did, but at the same time it would have saved a lot of heartache and worry if they told me to wait it out - but like they said, it is better to be safe then sorry. Doctors orders are for me to drink a gallon of water a day (like a pregnant woman doesn't pee enough already) and take it easy over the next few days. Day care will be open next week as usual, so I will plan on seeing your little one early next week. Happy Thanksgiving! Jacque
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 23, 2006 8:46:44 GMT -5
Glad everything is okay Jacque!!!!
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Post by Jennifer ~ Mommy to Aryanna on Nov 23, 2006 21:29:50 GMT -5
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Hope it was a great day for all! Our frist Thanksgiving as just the 2 of us went pretty well. We got up early and went to KMart to get a Little Touch Leap Pad for Aryanna. Then I came home and got dinner started. And did some online shopping. I ended up getting a few people's Christmas done (my parents and 1 of my nieces). And I also bought some stuff for us, a camcorder and a USB drive for Quentin for work. We ended up eating around 2, while we watched football. Then we put our Christmas tree up. It looks so pretty! I will post pictures of it soon! After that, we went through all the ads and made our final game plan for tomorrow! We are going to be leaving the house by 4:30 and hoping to be home by 8:00 or 9:00. I am getting ready to go to bed now so I can be up early! Talk to you all tomorrow probably!!!
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