Mama's Hungry

Here are a few playing around pics my friend Hollie took of me to document the pregnancy.  I'm 33 weeks along in them.

More to come, but these are the ones she sent me so far!  My friend Carley is working on getting the stain out of the purple shirt for me and editing them up a bit :)  Thanks girly!!

Not too much to report, Charlie and I have been hanging around the house a good bit. I've been cleaning and organizing (I guess nesting).  We are going to try to get Chess to take us to the Christmas Villiage at the Agricenter in Memphis this weekend.  They have a  live nativity, live reindeer, santa, lights, rides, etc.  The only bad thing is my camera is in the shop getting a "tune up" so I'll have to depend on our phones for any good pics!!

I got on the waiting list for MDO (moms day out) program at a local church that starts in Jan.  It would be Tues and Thurs 9-2.  Charlie was with me and he was very disappointed he didn't get to stay that day!!! It would be awesome if we made the list and he loved it!!! It would give him something to do during the week and me some time with Aiden.  I was suprised, he actually CRIED that he couldn't stay!!!!  He's also doing better with sleeping.  I've been a bad momma and have been getting in bed with him most nights so we all get a good nights sleep.  Chess decided it needed to end before Aiden's arrival so he took over.  Usually, when Chess firmly tells him to stay in bed and tucks him in, he won't bother us the rest of the night.  In fact 2 nights this week, we didn't even hear from him once!!!  That is going to be a huge blessing when I'm up feeding Aiden every 3 hours, not to mention it's nice now, since I"m already having trouble getting a good nights sleep!  NOW...if we could just get the kitty kat out of the bed ;)

I got back to the dr. Monday and then back two weeks from then for my 36 week "check" and an ultrasound...I'll update more then.

Charlie and I are paitently waiting for all of our Christmas visitors to come up!! Mom, Dad, Tracy, Kim and Matt are coming up week after next for a few days.  Chess's dad and stepmom are coming up for Christmas eve and day.  Ms. Kendra and Gene are coming up the week between Christmas and New Years!! It should be fun, we miss everyone so much!!

32 weeks down...7 weeks to go!

I went to the dr this week and everything is looking good.  Baby's heartrate was 135 and he said that was normal.  My belly was growing good, which means little Aiden is growing good too!!  He is a very active little booger.  Much more active than I remember Charlie being, but I could have forgotten.  It's fun to just sit there and watch my belly do flip flops.  I go back to the dr. in two weeks and as of now, we are still planning to do a csection at 39 weeks - sometime around Jan 17th.

Chess, Charlie, and I got all our Christmas stuff out and put up Thanksgiving day after we ate lunch.  We (I) just couldn't wait...

As you can see, my little helper was very willing to help decorate the tree :)  we've been to see Santa twice and while he likes the idea of Santa, you can forget about him going anywhere near him or his lap LOL.  We even have a blowup santa in his room and he likes us to blow santa up, but he makes us turn him off before he will go in his room HAHA silly boy!

The most wonderful time of the year!

It's getting to be that time again.  I can't belive it!  Charlie doesn't remember much from Christmas last year so I am reminding him about Santa, Christmas Trees, and little baby Jesus!  He's catching on pretty quick.  Yesterday we were headed out to the mall to get some pictures made and I knew Santa would be there so I asked him a few times if he wanted to go see Santa and sit in his lap and he said he did.  He was very excited and said that he would tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas and let Santa hold him.  Well, when we actually walked in he froze up!  He got very scared and held on to me very tight.  So...mom had to sit next to Santa and hold Charlie...Oh well, better pic than last year.

2009

 2010

sorry the image is so bad, I took a pic of the pic with my cell phone because my scanner is broken.  The pictures went pretty good at Portrait Innovations too.  I just can never decide which ones to order...I like so many!

I can't belive how soon we will have another little one around here.  I am 31 weeks and we will be meeting baby Aiden in about 8 weeks or so!!  Here is a recent belly pic.  I'm looking pretty rough, just a warning!

He is a pretty active little guy.  Every night when I'm laying in bed, he really gets to kicking LOL.  Sounds like he will follow in the footsteps of his big brother -- he already loves keeping mommy awake!!  I'm having trouble getting a good night sleep, it's so hard to get comfortable!!!

I'm doing good on my new medicine.  I thought it was making me feel less tired and maybe it is, but this last week, the tired hit back full force!! It may be becasue of the above mentioned difficult sleeping...

The moms group is giving me a baby shower on December 8th!! I don't need a whole lot this time around, but it's still  a very nice gesture!! I'm sure I will get things I didn't even realized I needed again!  I did make a registry at Babies R Us and realized some things I did need!  I also found a few cuties that I didn't need, but couldn't resist ;)

Chess, Charlie, and I will be spending our first Thanksgiving away from home (Baton Rouge) this year :(  Chess is going to be on-call all week/weekend and I'm just not up for making teh trip myself this late in the pregnancy.  Not to mention, I"m sure chess doesn't wanna sit here all alone Thanksgiving Day!!  We have some friends that will be around too so we are going to thier house and will cook there!! Chess is going to try is hand at frying us a turkey!! Hope we all survive LOL  I"m going to make greenbean casserole, sweet potato casserole, pecan pie, and homemade ice cream.  I've helped mom cook over the years and feel pretty confident I won't mess those up...we will let you all know how it turns out!

Last time we were in BR charlie made his first football game (Parkview Baptist with Gran & Pops) and he also tailgated at LSU for the (LSU Vs ULL- MOnroe game)  I will leave you with some pics...he had a blast!

Trick or Treat

While Charlie enjoyed trick or treat this year, he didn't quite understand what all was going on.  He was actually sick running a fever all weekend :( and missed trick or treat in our neighborhood Sat night.  He did however enjoy helping daddy answer the door for all the trick or treaters and pass out candy! (he also ate a bit himself)  He liked seeing all the kids dressed up and thought it was cool that they were all coming to visit him for a minute!  Sunday night we got all dressed up and took him up to the church for trunk or treat...he was pretty confused by this and not really into it so we passed out candy and then stopped in another neighborhood on the way home where we spotted some trick or treaters.  He liked it better, but we only managed to hit a few houses.  I'm glad he got to go, but feel like he will do much better next year!

and here are a few of us carving out our pumpkin a few days before...now this was my first time to carve a pumpkin myself start to finish and I think it turned out pretty good!

In other news, I'm feeling pretty good.  I actually don't feel as tired as I did since taking the new medicine.  I guess that is a good thing.  I haven't taken a nap all week ;)

Charlie is growing and learning...he surprises me daily!  Today he was looking for something and he told me "It's in Aiden's room"  I didn't even know he knew that was Aidens room LOL.  We are going to work on some Thanksgiving cards for the family.  Look for them in the mail!!

Love and kisses from us all!

Cardio Followup

Well, the dr. called back and was a little worried about what he saw on teh monitor.  He decided it would be best if I go on medication to keep my heartrate from getting too high.  Don't worry, I checked with my OB and it will not hurt Aiden.  I'm only taking 1/2 a pill twice a day and I get to go back and see him on my Bday...oh boy LOL.  My mom and dad are going to come up and go with me because Chess has to be out of town that week and I didn't want to go alone....not to mention I didn't wanna spend my bday up here all by my lonesome!!

Anyway, things are good for now.  I'll keep everyone posted!

Cardio Appt

Over the last month or so I've had a few "episodes" where my heart is pounding and beating really fast.  It's kindof hard to catch my breath.  It comes on for no reason and last about 1 to 1.5 hrs.  I called my OB last week after it happend and went it.  He did an ultrasound on Aiden and everything was fine with the baby :)  He also wanted me to followup with a cardiologist.  I saw him the next day at noon and he thinks I have what is called Mitral Valve Prolapse.  You can look it up on the internet for more info, but he thinks it is a mild enough case that hopefully no treatment will be needed.  He said I'm having these sympotoms because of the pregnancy and while they may be scary they are not harmful to me or the baby!  So that is good news.  He had me wear at 24 hr heart monitor and I happend to have an "episode" while wearing it so I'm waiting on a call back from him this week to see what that test looked like.  I also am going back on Dec 8th for a followup EKG to see how things look.  Hopefully it is like he said and the symptoms will subside after the baby is born and we won't have to worry about it in the long run!  Got about 10 more weeks until baby is born, I can deal with it until then.

This past weekend I took Charlie to a fall fest a local church and it was really nice.  I didn't get a ton of pictures because Chess was home watching the LSU game and I was trying to keep up with little man and take pics all myself!  There were several inflatable bouncers, a couple of slides, trunk or treat, food, and music.  We had a ball! 

my little Buzz Lightyear!

We will try to catch a couple more fall fasts this coming weekend...maybe dad will join us since LSU is off this weekend!

Sunday for church Charlie finally got to wear the outfit that Erik, Carley, and Addison gave him for his 1st birthday!!!  It is 18 mo, but it ran pretty big....look at this handsome little fella!!

Thanks Carley

Hope everyone is has a wonderful week....Charlie is having playdate today with his buddy Aubree because her mom had surgery this morning so I have my hands full!!!  They are having fun though.



 

26 weeks along and feeling it!!

Boy! Have I been tired lately...really dragging around.  It's pretty hard with Charlie, but we are making it!  I laid down for about an hour today and Charlie wasn't sleepy!  It was interested, resting with one eye open and both ears listening.  He mostly stayed right around me piling pillows on top of me and toys and such!  I just had to lay for a few minutes!!!  I better get over all this sleepiness before January, I don't think Aiden will let me nap daily :)

We took another trip to Baton Rouge last weekend.  We had a birthday party to go to and I also went to Amanda Causey's baby shower!! It was a fun weekend and we ended up staying until the next Thursday!  We met  Donna and the girls at the pumpkin patch in Albany. That was fun!

I got a much needed hairdue by my buddy Kristen and got to snuggle her adorably chubby little Lizzy!!  We made the rounds for Charlie to hang out with all his grandparents, saw Mike the Tiger, and of course ate some delicious Louisiana food!!

Chess was off work all weekend when we got back and we just hung around as a little family and enjoyed our time together.  He's been so busy at work, we were all excited to have a lazy weekend at home!!  He went right back to it though, he worked until 10 pm last night :(  Hopefully next month he can take a breather!

Not much else to report, just trying to take it easy and get pleny of rest in teh last 13 weeks before Aiden's arrival!!

Happy Birthday Little Man!

2 years ago today

(actually this may have been day 2 or 3, but day one was too scary for pics!)

1 year ago today

And Mr. 2 year old today!

How our life has changed in two years...of course for the good.  Can't imagine our life with out this little fellow!!  He woke us up before 6 this morning (his favorite pasttime).  I got dressed and went on teh search for donuts.  Apparantly there is no donut shop in Olive Branch, MS so I ended up at BP where they had a case of Krispy Cream (no chocolate :( ) He ate a couple of donut holes and really doesn't seem to know it's his birthday!  I am going to take him to the park to play and have pizza and cupcakes after while!  I hope he really enjoys his day.  I will do my best to make it all about him (how is that different than any other day, right??)

His birthday party was last weekend and I was a fun time!  I think he enjoyed it and we all enjoyed all of our company.  We had Nanna, PawPaw, Gran, Pops, Maw Maw and PaPaw Green, Aunt Kimmie, Uncle Jeff, Matt, Aunt Tracy, Aunt Julie, Aunt Lisa, and Jill all come in town for the party!  Charlie was thrilled to have everyone he loves in one place!  We missed the Aunt Donna, Uncle Lane, Riley, Hailey, Uncle Rhett, and Uncle Forrest though!  Hopefully we wll see them all very soon!  The party was at my friend HOllie's house and we had a hayride, bouncer, pinata and all the kids had fun running around and playing! Of course he got a ton of stuff too!

What a week!

I picked Charlie up from his Baton Rouge visit in Jackson on Sunday, we met Gran and Pops.  They were waiting for us at a neat little mall letting Charlie play in the water sprayer.  He was having a ball...I noticed he was a little bit fussy, but figured he was just worn out from too much fun.  Well, Sunday night just before bed, he sarted running fever :( It got up to about 102.5 and gave us a restless night.  Monday he was cranky, but not too warm so I didn't worry about bringing him right to the dr.  Well, Monday night the fever was back.  His poor little body was burning up and he was getting sick to his stomach.  After some motrin and some snuggling with mommy he was able to fall back asleep, but was up by 5AM...YIKES.  Well, I brought him to the dr, and they said it was probably a virus, that much I figured.  He has been doing much better since Monday night, just extra cranky and that combined with still waking up before 5 is making for a tough week for him and I.  Chess had to go up north for the week and Charlie's best bud (and her mommy) are out of town for the week too.  They are pretty much the only people we hang out with on a regular basis so it's been a tough week!  We will survive though.  We met up with the moms group at the zoo today.  It got up in the 90's which is it hasn't done here in a couple of weeks.  We enjoyed it for a while, but Charlie ended up falling asleep and I was hot and worn out so we headed home!  The tiger was his favorite...he thought it was Mike!

Tomorrow we are meeting them at Incredible Pizza and I'm gonna run to the party store to finish up getting stuff for Charlie's 2nd birthday party!! I cannot belive he is going to be two years old...time flies!

Here he is just about a year ago...what a difference a year makes!!

Just a funny little sidenote...yesterday at the store Charlie just had to have some spiderman popcicles when I tossed them in the buggie I decided to pick up some fudge pops for me and Aiden :)  Well, guess what Charlie likes...

and...as promised, the pics of Aiden from last Friday's ultrasound...notice in the 2nd one he is chillin with his legs crossed!!  He must be cozy!