Chloe is here!

I had Miss Chloe on 10/21 at 6:41pm. Long labor, but short pushing. She was 7lbs 4.8oz and 19 inches long. She is perfect and so pretty.

We have had a roller coaster time since she's been home. They almost didn't let me take her home because of her bilirubin level was 9.8. Her pedi said that we could just follow up with him on Friday. Her level with the head thing was 15.7. So he sent us for blood tests. It came back 14. So they sent us a photo therapy thing called a Biliblanket. It's a machine that looks like a paddle that goes up her back so she stays on it. It has to be on her 24 hours a day. They also send a nurse out to take her blood and check her weight. She was 6lb8oz on Friday and yesterday she was 7lb2oz. She has been finally nursing like a newborn and I know that is helping too. Her level last night came back as 12. So it's going down!!!

The actual PEDI called me last night here at home. I thought that was really nice and surprising. He said that if her level keeps going down we'll be able to take her off the phototherapy today. YAY! We've had to camp out in my room because she can't go anywhere until her level is down.

Okay, enough of the boring stuff...here are a few pictures:

Almost Done!

I'll be 39 weeks on Saturday. Almost there!! My next update might be with the baby on the OUTSIDE!

I am definitely ready for this to be over. I don't sleep much (thank goodness for On Demand) and I'm usually really worn out by the end of the day. I try to relax at night but having Gage saying mama this and mama that is hard.

Speaking of Gage is so funny. He is just a little chatter box. He talks away all the time now. He does silly cute things all the time. One is he has a stuffed dog named Webster. He'll put the dog on his head and say "Where's mah Webster?". I say, "On your head." "Oh" and laughs. He is a little comic.

I'm anxious to see how he'll be with his new sister. I hope he takes to her okay. :)

Anyways, tomorrow is my last day of work. YAY! Until next time.

37 weeks 2 day

I've got about 2 or so weeks. Blah. I'm done with this. My sister had her baby last week and it was so nice to hold her, but all I wanted was my baby too. :(

I'm tired, cranky, annoyed, and just in general miserable. This is the worst part of pregnancy for me. I *try* to enjoy, but it only lasts a few minutes.

She has no room left so her movements are painful.

My last day here should be the 17th. So 2 weeks of work. WILL I SURVIVE! Ha!

35 weeks tomorrow

I can't believe I havn't updated in September. It's already over half way through.

I'll be 35 weeks tomorrow. I have an appt next Thursday and it will be weekly appt after that. Weird. Almost done.

Things have been more difficult physically though. I still have a lot of pressure on my stomach. My midwife said that with second babies your muscules are relaxed more and they baby lays lower. :( That is for sure.

She is still head down. So she will most likely stay that way.

Gage is being really cute and sweet. He will see my belly and say "Sissy" and hug it. I told him her birthday is coming up soon and asked him if he wanted to give her a present. He said "k". Then went and brought me one of the bags from a work baby shower.

Speaking of baby showers. My sister hosted a small family one on the 6th. Not many came but it was perfect and I loved it. Everyone brought clothes so I have a ton. Then last Friday my work gave me a surprise shower. I got so many wonderful gifts. A few people forgot to bring stuff that day so I received 4 more on Monday. It was very overwhelming and sweet of everyone there. She has clothes from now until next summer!!!

Until next time.

Update

Gage's birthday party was last weekend. It was a lot of fun and he loved his cake. It was perfect because it was very stress free and they did everything for me. I am so happy I chose that this year.

We are getting Gage's pictures done today at 1. I hope he cooperates. :)

I am 32 weeks today. About 8 weeks left. The shower my sister is throwing me is next Saturday. :) Mostly will be just family because it's a birthday weekend next weekend. We have a birthday party down the street with Gage's friend at daycare. Then my friend's birthday and we're going to dinner for that. A night out!!

Here are some pictures below of Gage's birthday party.







2 years to the date that Gage was born:

29 weeks 2 days....less than 11 weeks until my EDD

I guess I should update. Haven't done that in a while. A few things have changed. One being my midwife moved practices and I decided to not follow her until after the baby is here. It was a mess, but I'll just stay since I'm already in my 3rd trimester. I have my appt this week too. I will meet the OB/GYN. Then set up my next appt with the new midwife, if she's accepting patients by then. While I'm in the area I will get my pre-registration for the hospital as well. :)

The second being my boss was fired. Ha. It was a matter of WHEN not IF. I like our interm boss we have. She is nice and knows a lot about our system. They said they'll start recruiting new people this week.

Pregnancy wise, I'm a big emotional mess. I'm antsy to get stuff done that I want done. I go on a hunt for things I can't find until I find them. It festers in my head until I find it. I freaked because I couldn't find my sling. I finally remembered it might be in a basket in the garage. I was happy that it was!!

I wanted the shelving unit to be put in the back room before my step mom came. (She gave it to us and it's been sitting in the garage since June.) It helped clean up and store more things in the back room.

I cried last night from built up stuff, but it was a nice release. I sleep like crap, still.

I picked up my FMLA/STD papers today. I am going to get 100% pay while I'm leave which will be SO flipping nice. We are going to maybe visit my dad in Tulsa during my leave.

I'm going to do my belly cast this weekend. :)

We got a new crib too. I got my voucher in the mail. It was quite an ordeal, but I ended up getting a $300 crib for nothing. I only had $275 to spend so not paying the extra was nice, though I had to drive 45 mins to get it. It's also not the color I wanted. I love Cherry Wood but it doesn't match the room, but at that point I didn't care. One thing I like is it's shorter than the other crib, so I can put the baby in with out leaning over too much as I'm only 5'2. Gage slept in it last night and he didn't wake up at all. Nice transition, thankfully!



His birthday is in less than 2 weeks!! My baby is almost 2!!! AH! He has me sing him "happa birtday" all the time. He loves it.

He also started asking for 'big (long i) hug' all the time too. It's so cute too. He is talking a lot more and saying pretty much everything he can. I still don't always understand but I just kind of go with it. hehe.

Well I better get to work.

Almost 27 weeks

I'll be 27 weeks tomorrow. That means I'll hit my 3rd trimester next Saturday! Wow! Already! Crazy! It's going fast. My body has been run down lately though. Very tired and achy, fun stuff like that. I had my monthly appointment yesterday. Everthing is good. Little baby is moving so much right now. She is so active. I like it because I know she is okay. :)

I'll get my Rhogam shot on the 4th. They decided not to give it to me this time because I'm not close enough to 28 weeks to have it.

Gage's birthday is less than a month away. His birthday is actually on the day of his party, the 23rd, so that is fun! I have one more address I need to get and I can send the invitations. (Wendy, email me at ********@yahoo.com, we are having at a place that Isabella might enjoy and I can send you an invitation, if you like :)...)

Guess that's all. Just swimming this weekend and my grandma from out of town is coming over Sunday to spend time with tus.