catch up post

So- we have been on vacation and Arden turned 3 since I last posted. The party was great thanks to Matt and Chelsea. I am so glad that they were in control of it and it was so cute. Everyone keeps saying how are we going to top it next year and I say "we aren't". I voted for cake at home this year and that is what she might get next year. ha. She did have a sinus infection and had a fever the 2 nights leading up to her party. I was exhausted from her sleeping on top of me -not very well at that. That is another reason why i was so thankful for my husband and sister. I would not have made it through the day. Might have even had to cancel. She didn't feel great on her party day but we are lucky that we have a kid who can act not sick even when she feels bad. Who wouldn't act happy with that much candy. ha.


We went to Destin for a week. It was really fun. I just lounged in the pool the whole week chatting it up with family. Arden loves the pool so she was fine to stay in there 8 hours a day. I wore 50spf and a hat but still got the spotty face. Mom has given me some face stuff since then (she has spots too) and it was really helped to lightent them. don't moms always know best? We really enjoyed ourselves but I was glad to get home and back to routine. I am such the creature of habit.




Now I am in frantic nesting mode and trying to keep the anxiety down. I don't have the crib assembled or anything and I am within 2 months of my due date. Arden came 2 weeks from now and while I don't expect him and pray he will stay in--I am trying to get ready. I just got his room painted this weekend and am still working on our playroom remodel. It is hectic. I have my shower this weekend so i am hoping to get it done before then since it is at my house. I figure people would like to see a crib at least set up. Yesterday I had contraction episode. 11 braxton hicks in under an hour. It was enough to scare all of us. I keep journals with both pregnancies and I did the same thing with Arden on the same day. But with her I had 7 BH in an hour and the doc said if I had more than 10 I needed to head to Erlanger downtown for him to check me. I did not want to do that yesterday so I just waited and tried to rest so they would stop. They did and I didn't have any more for the rest of the night. I have a doc's appt next Monday so in the meantime I will just take it easy and try to relax. It is just too early for all this mess. I have been taking it so much easier this time. I rest when I feel tired and don't try to push as hard. Please pray for me though. I want this boy to go closer to due date...it will be better for him...and much easier on me since i know how scary it is with a premie. I am going to lay on couch with my legs crossed if I have to. Also pray that everything goes well for me have a reg. delivery this time. It is something that I really want to experience in my life and Doc says as long as baby is head down we should have no repeat C section this time. The only road block is that if I had him on a weekend--one of the doc's in his practice refuses to deliver a prior c section patient. So even if I was 10cm dialated he would put me in surgery. I am not happy with that at all. I am really hoping that I don't have to have one. It will be better for me in the long run if we ever have another baby. So just pray that I go close-within 3 weeks of term and that I can have a reg. birth. I am praying about it much more as we get closer. I also pray that he will be easier to breast feed than Arden. She was so stubborn but i was more stubborn. I know I will tough it out but wouldn't it be wonderful if it was easy. just wishful thinking. Anyway. I will try to post more. My bellybutton is getting close to becoming flat so that it funny. Meatball is getting big.