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32 Weeks & 3 days







Boy have I gotten big! HaHa Not too much longer. I can't believe I only have 6 1/2 weeks left. As the date gets closer I get more and more anxious! Having a second child is so different. It's good in a way because you know what to expect, but it's bad for the exact same reason, if that makes sense...

Last Thursday I had a doctor's appointment with a surgeon, Dr Schmidt, about my gallbladder. He said I do need surgery, but he would like to wait until after the baby is born. He did say that if the attacks got bad he would do surgery while I was pregnant. He doesn't want to do that though. He told me to schedule another appointment after I had the baby, and we would schedule the surgery. I think I'm going to wait until November to have it done though. That way I can get the breastfeeding down with Lindon because he'll have to have a bottle for a few days while the medicine leaves my system. Also Kevin will be able to build up some vacation time.

I have pretty much stopped sleeping now. I don't remember having a sleeping problem with Claire. I think I slept fine up until I delivered. Last night was horrible. I didn't fall asleep until about 5:30am and slept until 9am. Since I couldn't sleep I did some house work and made Kev a lunch. I guess my body is gearing up for having Lindon here.

32 Week Dr's Appointment Update

The appointment was pretty routine for 32 weeks. I got my blood pressure (normal) and weight (didn't gain anything, yea!) checked. I'm feeling pretty good besides all the pressure I have from the baby being so low. Lindon's heart rate was good at 150 b/m. Dr Long's office also referred me to a surgeon for my gallbladder. I have an appointment Thursday with a Dr Schmidt. Hopefully everything goes okay. Maybe the gallstones just magically disappeared! You think??? I wish!! I really don't want to have surgery right after having a baby. I want to spend that time with my family, taking care of Lindon, not recovering! I guess I'll just wait and see what the doctor says before I freak out or complain about anything. I also need to go see a doctor about my hips. My uncle had his hips pinned at 14 and my mom had to have a hip replacement last year in August. Hopefully my hips just have to be pinned at the most. I can hardly sleep because of the pain. They pop out of socket all the time. I can pop them back in by myself pretty easily, but it's painful.

Claire is so excited about being a big sister. Every time I tell her we have to go to the "baby Dr" she asks if I'm going to push him out yet. If we ask her when Baby Lindon is coming she says September. She's so smart! She's potty trained now. It took less than a week! Can you believe it? I was dreading it SO much, and it turned out to be no big deal, thank goodness! She's such an entertainer. She will sing and dance for us all the time. When I think about her turning 3 next month it freaks me out. Can I really be old enough to have a 3 year old?!?!? Kevin and I were talking to Claire about what she wanted for her birthday, and one of the presents that she wanted was a backpack. Kevin told her not for this birthday but she can have one in two years when she turns 5. It almost made me cry to think that Claire will be in school in just 2 years!! Where does the time go? We are so thankful to have her in our lives, and that Heavenly Father entrusted her care to us. I only hope I can do it justice. She deserves so much. We love her with all our heart, and we can't wait to welcome Lindon to our family.

Time Flies

WOW! I can't believe I'm already almost 32 weeks pregnant. This pregnancy has flown by. Claire's pregnancy seemed to inch by SO slow. I guess since I have a toddler and more responsibilities to take care of I don't have the time to dwell on the pregnancy, thank goodness!

So Friday Kevin and I went to the hospital, where I will be delivering Lindon, to pre-register. During the process I all the sudden was filled with anxiety. I looked at Kevin and told him how real it was feeling to me now and how nervous I was. In a way already having a kid is good, and in a way it is bad. It's good because you have an idea of how everything is suppose to go and sorta what to expect. And in a way it's bad because you know how painful it's going to be and everything that can go wrong.

Claire's labor was super easy for me. I was induce at 8am. I continued to dilate but never felt any contractions until after my water broke at 7:30pm. Two hours later I was fully dilated and twenty minutes later Claire was born at 9:52pm. After the delivery wasn't so good. My blood pressure ended up dropping really low, and I kept passing out. They weren't able to transfer me to a recovery room until the morning because every time I even moved my head I would pass out. Then I didn't get to see Claire until about 12 hours after she was born because I was unstable. I just pray everything goes better, and it's an uneventful labor, delivery, and recovery. Also that everything is okay with Lindon.

Kevin and I have also been talking about being induced. I didn't like the induction with Claire because it was with pitocin and I had to stay in bed all day. I want the option of walking around and showering if I feel like it. I don't want to be induce also because I want to experience going into labor naturally, especially if this is going to be our last baby. (We're not sure at this point) I guess if Dr Long agrees to induce me using Cytotec and not pitocin then I will consider an induction. We'll see when we get closer to the due date I guess.

We ordered Lindon's baby bedding a couple days ago. It takes 6-8 weeks for the lady to make it. I'm so excited to see it and put it up in his room.



Some things will be changed though from the picture. The bed skirt is going to be straight instead of gathered like the picture. The crib sheet is going to be black, and the red crib pillow is going to be in the black astros fabric. Also the bumper will not have the rounded headboard you see in the picture.

I also super excited about having my baby shower in Woodville. I will get to see lots of family and friends that I don't get to see hardly. I think the invitations came our super cute. I told my mom I wanted to do them because I had an idea of how I wanted them to look. Also my mom is so busy with work that I knew it would help her out a bunch. Plus, there were a lot of extra people I wanted to invite that my mom wouldn't have known the addresses. It worked out good.



If you click on the shower invitation picture it will be bigger and easier to read.

Potty Training...

...is going WAY better than I thought! I'm so happy and proud of my big girl! Yesterday she only had 1 poop accident! Just one!! She did SO good! Yesterday afternoon I decided to try to put her in panties (she's gone bare bottomed until then). I had to go to the doctor and run a bunch of errands today so I wanted her to get used to wearing panties. She did super good. At first she didn't want to wear them, but her Auntie Em came over and brought her some new princess panties and a potty book, so she wanted to wear them. Thanks Auntie Em!! ;) At night we've been putting a pull up on her and for the past 2 nights she's gone pee before she goes to bed, and she wakes up with a dry pull up!

So today I had to go to the doctor, drop off clothes at Goodwill, go to the bank and ATM, and go grocery shopping. I debated last night whether or not to put her in a pull up or panties. I decided to be brave and put her in panties. She went potty right before we left the house. She also went right before we left Dr Long's office. Then we ran errands for like 2 1/2 hours so I decided we better stop at Nick & Danita's house for a potty break. We then came home with NO accidents!! She did just have a poop accident but then she sat on the potty and went pee. We just need to get her going poop in the potty, and we will be set I think! She's doing really good. I'm SOOO proud of her!!!

On a side note, we were in the check out line at Wal-Mart, and there was a family behind us made up with a grandma, mom, and little girl about 4 to 5 yrs old. Claire and the little girl were talking and all the sudden the little girl called Claire a loser. :( Claire doesn't know what that mean, but she knows it's ugly. She looked at me and said, "Mommy, I'm not a loser!" I assured her she wasn't and the checker at Wal-Mart also assured her she wasn't. The little girl did get in trouble by her mom. It was so sad though. It hurt her feelings! That's the first time something like this has happened to Claire, and I think she handled it pretty well!

The doctor's appointment was routine. Lindon's heart rate was 160, and he was moving a lot. We're doing good. I have to go back in 2 weeks.

How does a person...

...get through the time of potty training their child?? It's a mystery to me. It's SO hard! I just had no idea how much of a chore it was to start potty training and actually stick to it! So yesterday after church I was having a brave moment and decided to start potty training Claire. I've started many times since she was 18 months but always quit after a day because she would just not get it.

Yesterday she still did not get it. I put her in panties because when I use pull ups it feels like a diaper to her so she pees in them without any thought. She peed in them all day. She never once would tell me she had to go. I was not a nice person to her, nor was Kev, when she would pee on the floor. We went through all 3 pairs of panties in like 2 hours so we just let her go "free". She still continued to pee on the floor.

So I was laying in bed this morning NOT wanting to continue because I hate being mean or upset towards her. Kevin called me though and asked if I was still going to try, so I decided to keep going. I figure if I don't stick to it then she definitely won't ever get it. It was hard to get her started. I continued to let her go without anything, diaper, pull up, or panties. She peed on the floor a lot, but would tell me once she peed. So I would rush her on the potty, and she would finish on the potty. I would still get frustrated so I talked to my cousin about it. She just reminded me to be nice, even when she peed on the floor, tell her that she did good for going pee. If she went in the potty though give her a treat. My cousin, Stacey, went to the store and bought Claire some Tinker Bell soap that she gets to use if she goes in the potty and not on the floor. She was super excited about that.

I also made her a Princess Potty Chart to put stickers on if she goes in the potty. She also gets a disney sticker to play with if she goes. So she started out today just peeing on the floor, then she would start to pee and tell me she was peeing so we would run to the potty to finish.

Then when I was on the laptop it got quiet to I looked around for Claire and she was sitting on the potty going without even telling me she had to go. She did it all by herself! She's done it 3 more times since then without peeing on the floor at all! Maybe there is light at the end of this long looooong looooooonnnnggggg tunnel! I hope it continues to go well. I know there will be set backs and accidents. I just hope I can keep my cool until she's fully potty trained! Wish me luck...I need it! ;)

Fun Mother/Daughter Times

I LOVE summer! I love the idea of not watching any kids but my own. I love the relaxing flow of summer at this stage in our life. I'm sure as our kids grow up it won't be relaxing anymore with sports events, and recitals. I look forward to those times too though. Yesterday Claire and I had a great lazy day. I borrowed a kiddie pool from our cousin. I blew up the pool and filled it with water. Claire had fun swimming for about 45 minutes. Then we came in and cleaned up. We played with some playdough. Claire really enjoyed that. Then it was nap time and I really enjoyed that! ;) It was a great day.

Today has been great also. We woke up and ate some breakfast. Claire played with her toys while I did my workout on the Wii Active. We then got ready to go to Sister Brown's house for Mommy and Me swim time. Claire loves to swim. She's so independent in the water but cautious at the same time. It's a good combination. She's such a fish! There is a young woman, Ashley Abbott, in our Ward, and Claire fell in love with her. She wanted Ashley to swim with her the entire time, which was great cause I got a break. :) We then came home, cleaned up, ate some lunch, and Claire is taking a nap while I relax. Life is GREAT. The only bad thing is that Kevin won't be home until late because he "has" to go to am Astros game for work, like that's a bad thing. :) I'm glad he gets to go do something fun that he enjoys with some co-workers. He never goes out with other people. I have my awesome friends that I see once a month for Ladies' Night so he should go out with friends.

28 Week Dr's Appt. Update

So today I went to my Dr's appt. I had to take the 1 hour glucose test which I passed with flying colors! 140 and higher have to take the 3 hr test. With Claire I passed by only 2 points, 138. With this one I was at 116. MUCH better this time around wouldn't you say?!?!

I've also only gained 5 lbs total this pregnancy, pretty cool dude!

So, Dr Long confirmed what the ultrasound tech thought, I do have gallstones and sludge. SO NOT FUN! It's very painful when I have attacks. It feels like I'm having a heart attack, and there is no position I can get into that makes it feel better. The attacks used to last about 20 minutes and now they are lasting hours! I've been up since about 3am because I was in so much pain. We talked about inducing early so that I can have surgery on my gall bladder sooner. He said once I got further along he would see if I was inducible. If I am then we will induce. Dr Long said I would be able to have surgery within a month of having the baby if the pain is still bad.

My iron level is within the normal range also, with Claire I was very anemic.

Kev and I bought the new Wii Active game Saturday. It's very cool. It's a good workout, better than the Wii Fit I think. I talked to Dr Long about working out with it, and he said that I needed to be very careful and only do low-impact exercises. I told him I would be extra careful.

All in all it was a good appointment I guess!