I know...it's been a while.

We went and saw the doctor on Friday. He says July 23rd is our due date. I was thinking it was earlier and the doctor said the ultra sound we were using is old and could be off. So we will know for sure in march when we find out what we are having. For now we will count on the 23rd, which really...the more time the better. We are excited to have another little one but we are trying not to be too excited yet because of our history with miscarriages. We are a "believe it when we see it" kind of couple.

I haven't been too sick yet. Especially not in comparison to every other pregnancy I have ever had. I do have my days but so far nothing in comparison to the two previous children...Woohoo...I really hope I didn't just jinks myself. It is mostly just in the evening I get sick. Thank goodness for a SUPER understanding husband who actually likes taking care of his kids by himself:)

So according to our due date we are 8 weeks and counting.

We're having another what now?...

yep that's right...We are pregnant AGAIN! It hasn't completely sunk in yet. We should be around 6-9 weeks. I know you all think we are crazy and personally I think we are crazy too. It was definitely not planned, but I guess the Lord knows what he's doing. We should be due about 2 weeks after Keija turns 1.

here's our story

We headed to the hospital to be induced Friday morning..an hour late. And on an hour of sleep:) I got an epidural right away. I'm not one of those people who needs to "feel" labor. Contractions started right away and I hardly noticed them at all. So I slept, and slept, and slept. After 7 hours of sleep I finally sat up and in 30 minute we went from 5 to 10...probably could have done that earlier. I only felt 3 "big" contractions and they were barely anything. Then the doctor came in and I sat there a while longer and then 4-5 pushes and there she was.

My labor and delivery are one thing that make my pregnancies worth the mess. That and the cute little one that comes from it. She has been very good so far. A very healthy eater who sleeps in about 4 hour blocks already. We'll see how that goes once we are home. Well speak of the devil she's up again so I better go. Love you all.

Almost done...

I had another doctors appointment yesterday. All is well and the same. I am still at a 3 and 50% effaced. We did end up going in last Friday because we were having contractions but after monitoring for an hour they stopped...not cool! So unless there is a miracle we will go in on Friday morning to be induced. I can't believe we only have 2 more days. It seems so weird.

I have been doing really good with staying up and active and getting things done during the day, that is until Monday. Since then I feel completely useless. It's not just that I am uncomfortable when I try to do things but I am in pain. Not just a little "get over it" pain but enough to stop me in my tracks and double over pain. It's not contractions though. The doctor said it's just because Keija is sitting on the nerves on my pelvis. What ever it is it HURTS!

Well this will probably be the last post until we have Keija so here is the last belly picture!

Doc again...

I had a doctors appointment today...it went well. Last Tuesday I was only dilated to just barely a 1 and today I was at a 3. I guess that's good. I'm not sure what to expect because I wasn't dilated AT all with Kailye when my water broke. The doctor also scrapped my membranes today. He said if my body is ready that should make me go into labor in the next 48 hours...if not it won't do anything. Oh well. I guess we will see. He didn't seem to think we'd make it through the weekend. I guess that's good news. He did say he's thinking that this baby is around 8.5 pounds...AHHHH...KK was 6.5 pounds. 2 pounds more seems like a lot. I am excited to see our new little one though. Kk is more than ready to have a sister...and to have "mommy back to normal"..she is not too happy when I can't run around the park with her as much as she was used to. I'm just ready to have my body back to myself:P Well we are off to costco...we need to make jam. Hopefullythe next post will have baby pictures on it.

Hmm??

So I really could have this kid any day now. Michael and I are both really hoping it will be on a thursday night or Friday so he doesn't have to miss too much work. But she'll come out when she wants I guess. I did run, okay it wasn't so much running as walking faster, a little on Saturday night with Kailye..but nothing happened...except that my pelvic bone was very sore. Oh well I have another doctors appointment tomorrow. We'll see what he says.

So I also need to ask him a question...I have been going to the pool with Kailye and I'm not so sure I would notice if my water broke. I noticed with Kailye because I was sleeping, but I never went into labor though. They started me 3 1/2 hours later to get contractions started. So what if it breaks and I don't notice and then labor doesn't start?...hmm?...not so sure. I guess we'll see what the doctor says tomorrow.

oh great.

I really can't believe this is almost over. It seems totally crazy. The doctor told me the other day they have my due date as the 27th not 25th...uh ok..so that whole 2 days makes a difference eh?...yeah, nope. I guess I will technically be at 37 weeks tomorrow..lol.

I called the on call doctor tonight because my blood pressure has been kind of funky today. I checked it this morning at 3 am because I just felt yucky and like my heart was beating pretty hard. Well it was 152/87...uhm...not so good. So I have been checking it every little while since then. The top number has been normal but the bottom hasn't been below 90 all day. So I called. I guess if my head ache doesn't go away with the tylenol I took a while ago and my vision doesn't go back to normal and my blood pressure doesn't level out than it's back to labor and delivery we go. I'm sure they will just send me home after an hour or so. Oh well, maybe we are far enough along if I go in a few more times they will just start me. We'll see how the next hour plays out:) Fun eh?

Staring tomorrow I think I am going to start running along with anything else to start labor...wish me luck:)

37 weeks

I had a doctor's appointment today. Everything is fine. If we do not have Keija before the 20th they will enduce me that morning. Let's hope we do not make it that far. I had felt pretty well the past few days but today it all caught up to me. I felt aweful all day. Poor Kailye was just bored to tears and spent far too much of her day watching TV. I really hope we only have a week or so left, but we'll see. Well since I sleep all day I am wide awake at night but I better try to get to sleep. Bye.

What a week

Well the doctor put me on leave...woohoo!!! I have been off work since last Tuesday and it has been a night and day difference with the hospital complications. We have only been in once since then compared to the 6 times in the 2 weeks before that. The doctor last week said starting next week, if we don't have a baby yet, they will start stripping my membranes. yay! I am actually enjoying having this little bit of time with just KK before we add another one. She has been pretty excited not to have to be dragged to anyones house and left there.





Mom is out of town until Thursday so she wants us not to have the baby until after that. Which is fine with me....I may be procrastinating but I haven't gotten anything ready to go yet and my house is an absoulte disaster!

So do you think we'll make it to Thusrday?

This is at 36 2weeks and 6 days! I'm not thinking we are going to make it another 3 weeks.

Are you kidding me?...

So let me tell you how the past week went for us...Tuesday night they sent us into labor and delivery again! They monitored for 5 hours and then sent me home. I told Michael had it been Kailye and I had been in labor we would have had a baby by then. I new as soon as they sent us over there they were just going to send us home. Anyway, we got through most of the week until we got to Friday. I was very sick all day on Friday...really I just felt awful! So I was down the whole day. Well Friday night I got up to use the rest room and awoke on the floor. Yeah I blacked out completely. I know it's not from getting up too quickly, because lets face it I can't do anything quickly at this point. So I thought I was okay except my toes on my foot hurt really bad and I didn't remember if I fell on my stomach or not...so to the emergency room we went...at least this one I can claim on Aflac:) They pumped me full of fluids...I apparently did not look so great...and gave me some IV pain meds so I could get some rest. Well the meds kicked in immediately but I still had to wait for the IV fluids to finish. Well by the time I got home so I could "rest" I was so restless that I could not rest AT ALL. It made for a very long night. Thankfully mom and dad took KK for us so she wouldn't have to be dragged around.

So after a restless night I didn't feel so great the next day. Which really sucked because it was Kailye's birthday. She had a great time with Grandma in the morning and then spent the day with Michael. I did get it together enough to go to dinner with them all that night and we also ran to Target. AND then it hit again...up went the blood pressure again. Leeana took kk this time and we headed over to the hospital again. I knew they were just going to send us home but what do you do?...I was grateful to see a friendly face there though, a friend of mine from elementary through high school was our nurse which made things a little more pleasant. This time I actually had to do the urine thingy...not so great. But I have an appointment in 45 minutes and we'll see how things go. Well back to work for a minute before I have to go again. Bye.

Hospital again.

I had to head over to the hospital again Friday night. I went home from work at 2:30 because I was feeling just awful. So I layed down for a while then checked my blood pressure. Now I never have high blood pressure, in fact it's always really low, so I had no idea what high was. So I called the nurse and told her my blood pressure was 147/94. Well apparently that is too high so she said I needed to come in right away. Okay, so I called Michael and he met me there. After waiting for an hour...two doctors were doing an emergency C-section...one finally came in and sent me straight to the hospital...ARG! I understand if the baby is in distress or something why I would need to go, but really I was just there Monday! I was a little annoyed...I'm not made of money people. We went anyway and they hooked me up to all the monitors and ran some blood work...lab fee's now too, fun. After 2.5 hours of monitoring they saw that beyond a few small contractions there was nothing to be alarmed about. Blood pressure back to normal, baby just fine, heart rate fine, etc. And then the nurse gave me this big bottle and told me I needed to do a 24 hr. urine collection...I know TMI. I said fine, being pretty annoyed by this point that I had spent 2.5 hours at the hospital when there was no reason for it. Well after we got out to the car I told Michael he could throw that urine thing away. He looked at me weird and said why?...well they had just checked my urine at the doctor's office and it was fine, I just spent 2+ hrs. at the hospital and it was fine, I was not about to carry around a jug full of urine that had to be on ice for the next 24 hrs. when I had Kailye's birthday party to take care of the next day. Besides that it was a Friday night into Saturday, super convenient don't you think? Yeah no! Plus on top of that I did not want another lab fee. I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday I guess we'll see how he feels about my decision to say Hell No! I'm sure I'll get an ear full but really I didn't feel like there was any reason for it when there were absolutely no signs of distress or infection. At this point I'm ready to tell him he can carry the pee-jug around. After being told that if x,y, and z happen I need to come into the office. Then I get to the office and the doctor acts like x, y, and z are no big deal and sends me home. You're kidding me right...I left work to drive 15 miles away(in my gas guzzling bus), so you could tell me nothings wrong, it's normal, go home?...fun.

Well my blood pressure has been fine since Friday and I am still having just small contractions here and there. I don't think we will have this baby until mid June but I'm really okay with anytime now.

Belly pictures...

Here you go....this is me at 33 weeks pregnant! I posted a side by side with the picture I have of me preggo with Kailye at my other blog.
This picture is a little deceiving because it makes it look so much smaller than it actually is....oh well.

Doctor

We had a doctor's appointment yesterday. He says all the swelling is just fine unless my blood pressure goes up...not likely, it's always really low. The crappy news was that my hands falling asleep is likely due to pregnancy induced carpel tunnel. He said it will likely get much worse before I'm done...woohoo! Oh well. He also let us know that if at any point in the rest of my pregnancy we go into labor they won't stop it. That sounds just fine to me...although I'd really prefer to get past 36 weeks.

I will be going out on Maternity leave starting the first week of June. Wow, that's weird...that's only 4 weeks away. I'm not sure what I will do with myself though. I have become so used to working that on weeks when I am home for a few days in a row I run out of things to get done. I'm sure I'll have plenty once Keija's here but in the mean time I think it's going to be an adjustment for me. Kailye usually loves the first day or two and then gets very anxious to go play with someone other than mom. She loves being with all her family and friends.

I am glad we are almost done and at the same time feel no where near ready for another little one at our house. I guess we'll see how it goes.

What the?

Okay so I just realized yesterday that I am over 7 months preggo! Holy moly! I think it hit me ultra hard this morning because I didn't sleep at all last night. Mostly because I was so uncomfortable but also because it was very hot! For the most part I feel pretty good but really the only thing I have to compare this pregnancy to is the one with Kailye which was horrific. So this is like floating on clouds in comparison.

I have belly pictures but I keep forgetting to take my camera with me to mom and dad's to post them...next time?

who knows?

I called the nurse yesterday because my hands keep falling asleep. I think it's because they are so swollen. I was swollen with Kailye but not so much in my arms and face. Well she asked a few questions: Do you have pain in the top of your belly?...yes. Do you get head aches often?...yes. Are you having swelling?....Ha Ha Ha, yes. Where?...everywhere. Head to toe. How has your blood pressure been?...completely normal. After a while she wasn't sure what to tell me. All the symptoms I have would make you think I had Toxemia. Except for the biggest factor...blood pressure. I have an appointment on Monday so I guess we'll see what the doctor says. I really need to be able to keep working for the next 4-5 weeks so I guess we'll see how it goes.

It has been crazy this past week to see how much bigger my tummy has gotten...I think it's hilarious. Michael keeps saying it's because we are going to have a big baby but I told him I'm going to laugh when a 5 lb. kids come out of this huge stomach. Everyone I talk to thinks that I am 9months+. Oh no...still another 6-8 weeks left on this one:)

Swelling :(

I have felt pretty great the past week or so. Not too sore or too uncomfortable. Sunday I spent the whole day cleaning..which meant I was on my feet all day. I knew I would be swollen but I didn't realize how badly. I felt it all day Monday...which I expected...but today I'm still very swollen and it's morning time. I usually don't start swelling for a little while. Also my hands keep going numb. I don't think that's a very good sign. I guess we'll see what the nurse says when she calls me back. Well I need to get to work.

Feeling it

I have been doing pretty well this week. I do have a lot of lower back pain but nothing that is not manageable...ok Michael might not say that. Since I have been working really long hours at work this week I have gotten VERY swollen feet...actually swollen everything. I laughed the other day when I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I forgot how big my nose and face get when I'm preggo. I am not one of those women that just looks pregnant from the side. I show it everywhere. My legs were really pretty huge the other day. I don't just swell in my feet I swell all the way up my legs and arms. You can actually see the line where the swelling stops. It's pretty ridiculous. It still is not as bad as it was with Kailye and I am just grateful that we actually made it this far.

Our little one is getting A LOT bigger. I have about 2 1/2 inches between my ribs and my hip bone so she sticks right out there. She is still moving quite a bit but now it is much more pronounced movements...like just leaving her leg shoved all the way up in my rib, so much so that she actually moves my breast..I know TMI. Kailye was breach until just a few days before delivery so with her it was a whole head in the ribs. I must say I am a much bigger fan of just a foot. I will be glad when this is all over but I must say this is the ONE AND ONLY thing I will miss.

31 weeks

HOLY CRAP!!! I can not believe we are so far through this pregnancy. The first 14 weeks just drug on and on but since then it seems like time has just flown by. It seems so crazy to think we will have another little one in just a matter of weeks now. It is hitting me a little harder everyday. We haven't had a "baby" for years. It will be so fun to watch how different our kids will be. Kailye is getting more and more excited everyday. She is so happy to have the baby staying in her room. We'll see how long that lasts once she's here:) She loves to set her hand on my tummy and let Keija kick her, and she loves talking to her. She is so sweet. We are loving seeing this side of her.

I need to post a belly picture...I need to take one actually. It is ridiculous how big my stomach is getting. I can't hardly believe it. I will have to post the picture I have of me 8 months pregnant with Kailye. I am sooooo much bigger with this one. Michael seems to think it's funny. I told him to wait until all that comes out is a 5 pound baby and then he may not think it's so cute:) Well back to work.

Same old.

I have been feeling okay lately. Well by okay I mean I haven't thrown up more than twice a day for the past week. Progress? I have been trying to get the room done and all the baby stuff out before I get to big to "move" anymore. I wouldn't so much call what I do moving. More like dragging through. I did plant flowers last week and felt sore for 2 days after. Yeah that's sad. I should probably get to walking a lot more now that the weather is so nice. I'll try and do that;) As of right now my whole body is just blubber:) I guess that's what happens when you do absolutely nothing for 6 months. Oh well. Well back to work. Bye.

Uh..yeah.

I SO love being pregnant! If you can't sense the sarcasm in voice let me try to paint you a picture. I wake up everyday feeling awful. Then I finally get dressed and get breakfast. After which I make my usual run for the restroom to...well you know. Then I finish getting ready to "go to work", that is if I can stand touching my head or face to do so. Where I feel just a bit more awful then when I left my house. Then I make a another run for the restroom...again I'm sure you can figure it out. Then I sit at my desk at which time my back begins to ache...not ache THROB. During this time I feel so sick that I get very white in the face and come "close to death" as a friend puts it. Which roughly translated means I pass out, or come close to it. At which time it's usually about time for lunch. I try to get my body to want to eat something, but 80% of the time I just can't do more than crackers. I head back up to my desk and start calling people. At least 3 or four times in the afternoon I have to literally hang up on someone mid call and make another run for it. Yep, my life is exciting!

Then I head home and by the time I do that I have worn myself out so much with being sick and trying to work at the same time that I have absolutely no energy nor do I feel well enough to do ANYTHING. So my house is a disgusting disaster...no really Kailye spilled juice on the floor 3 days ago and I still haven't gotten down on all four (because I can't actually bend over) to clean it up. I know you are all cringing in fear now. Please no one come visit us until after we have Keija. Kailye spends FAR too much time watching movies, and poor Michael rarely comes home to good food anymore. He thought he wanted all our kids close together but now seeing how well my body handles pregnancy he thinks he wants to be done! Yeah...that good.

Okay I've vented enough for one day. I'll try to post more happy stuff another day but for today this is as good as it gets. Sorry.

Oh Fun

This week has been so much fun. Tuesday and Wednesday night I kept waking myself up all night long. I would wake up gasping for air like I had stopped breathing in my sleep. Yeh, if that's not scary enough I called the doctor about it and he asked a bunch of questions...swelling, head ache, leg pain, etc....and then said it doesn't sound like there is anything to worry about. UH YEAH...Not breathing in your sleep?...NO BIG DEAL!!!! Well I slept ok last night but if I take a nap it happens again. Michael says if it happens this weekend we are going to go into the ER and not leave until they figure out what to do. I think he's just tired of all the "fun" pregnancy stuff. He thought he wanted his kids close together but I think after seeing so closely how fun my pregnancies are he's changed his mind. Well back to work.

oh man.

So I can't take the belly pictures by myself anymore. I have to have Bobbie help me. She says I barely fit in the screen. Oh great I'm going to have to start showing my face. So this is me at 27 weeks pregnant. Sheesh...look at that belly!

Well I am still working. I am really hoping that I can quit after we have Keija but we will see how things go. I know there are many people who have judged me over the years for working but I am doing what Michael and I feel is best for our family. We in all honesty do not have a choice at the moment. With how flexible my work schedule has been for me we have been sooooo grateful for the opportunity to have such a great job. Honestly when I think about it I have really enjoyed working the past year or two. Kailye is so busy with school and her friends and Grandma Leeana that I'm not so sure I would have changed her having all that time with her friends and family. She really loves being so involved and busy. I am so grateful to family members who were willing to help us out, regardless of how they felt of our decision. We would have been in a world of hurt with out you. I am especially grateful for those of you who are helping us out now. You all have no idea what a relief it is to not have to put my child in daycare...which is the alternative.

Michael and I have been so blessed these past few months for us both to be working. It has been such a huge relief to have Michael doing the majority of the supporting around our house. We would be in a world of hurt if he weren't working so hard to make as much as he can. Which has been the benefit of working on "commission". We will see how things pan out after the work at the apartments end. But it is such a great asset to his resume to have been there the entire remodel. He has also gotten so much business experience in management. We feel so blessed and scared to death at the same time about what the Lord has in store for us. We have always followed the promptings of the spirit and strive to continue to do so for our family as it expands.

WEll that got much more sappy than I had anticipated. Oh well...I'm just going to blame it on pregnancy hormones!

Big Baby!

I am six months preggo and totally feeling it. EVERYWHERE!!! Everything hurts and aches and twitches and feels like it is being stretched and pulled farther than should be humanly possible. Oh the joys of pregnancy :-P I am glad we've made it this far though. I still haven't really gained any more weight but I'm betting from the ice cream cravings I have nightly that will change pretty quickly.

Our little one is getting bigger and bigger. I measured 3 weeks ahead the other day when I was at the doctor, so I'm hoping they won't make me go to the full 40 weeks. I know that sounds bad. I technically had kk 3 1/2 weeks early and I already had plenty of stretch marks to show for it. I can't even imagine going full term with this one, especially since I am already the size I was when I was 8 months pregnant with Kk. ARG! I know some people call them battle scars or marks of honor...WHATEVER!..I call them U-G-L-Y! I don't care too much about them since they don't show just that my skin is much bigger than needs to be. I hate all the loose skin that is left when you're done. Okay enough of that. Just had to get it off my brain.

Last night was the first time Michael felt Keija move. She has kicked his head from time to time but he didn't really realize what it was. Well last night he stuck his hand on my stomach and she let him have it. It was funny. He was so excited. I thought it was pretty funny when he asked me if I felt that...UH YES!!!...everyday all day long! And at 3 in the morning! He was just a little tired. Well back to work. I'll try to get a belly picture up this weekend. I'll see if Bobbie will post one for me.

Holy moly

It gets stranger and stranger to me the closer we get to our due date. My tummy isn't growing as rapidly now as it was and the rest of me seems to continue to be getting smaller. I tried on a pair of my shorts from last year the other day and they are too big. I can even do them all the way up. I have only gained a total of 4 pounds from my first appointment, but I just keep waiting for the time I go in and that scale jump 20 pounds in a month.

I am also going to start walking or going to the gym to sit on a bike or elliptical next week. I have noticed that although the rest of me is getting smaller it is all blubbery.. :( I talked to the doctor and he said with how low my heart rate usually is a little walking shouldn't be too strenuous and it is fine. Well I have to get back to work yet again.

Ouchy : (

I have been doing pretty well, especially compared to my pregnancy with Kk...that was just ridiculous. However, I have been having fun trying to keep my blood sugar under control. That's not so great. I forgot about all the fun little stuff that comes with pregnancy...probably because nothing I had with my first pregnancy was little...but it's driving me nutso! Last night it took me 3 hours to fall asleep. I have a pulling pain on the top left side of my tummy. It honestly feels like my ab is stuck under my rib. It's not so comfy. My nerve is acting up on my left side if I'm up all day (8am-11pm) plus you're not supposed to sleep on that side because of it. Which pretty much means the only position I'm comfortable in is flat on my back...but oh wait, you're not supposed to do that either....well too bad people I gotta sleep!

Michael thinks we shouldn't have anymore kids because he thinks it's too hard on my body...lol...if he was really there everyday of the first one he would know, this is cake. When I say that I think he is glad he wasn't there everyday:) Today has not been too bad yet..no blood sugar issues. The ab crusher hurt but I can deal with that for a bit. Back to work I go...seriously good Michael is working..I am making no money these days. I love working for insurance.

So here's the picture of week 23! not the best shot but I was at work.

back

MY BACK HURTS!! That's all I have to say.

Oh man...

It's been a long day. I started out sick this morning so I checked my blood sugar..218! What the? I'm hypoglycemic so to have my blood sugar over 130 is rare. After I checked it I had to run to the bathroom 3 times. I was feeling a little better though so I checked it again...81. i called the nurse and she said if I can't keep it stable I need to come in. So I am monitoring a few times a day and when I start to feel dizzy and sick. We'll see how it goes. I'm hoping it doesn't get too bad. It's no fun when you can't go anywhere for fear of passing out for no apparent reason causing everyone around to go into a panic. I usually wait until Michael is home to run any errands so that doesn't happen.

My tummy is also getting very heavy. I keep getting a severe pain in my left side right by my ribs. I get it sometimes when I'm doing crunches, when I'm not preggo. But lately it feels like my stomach is just pulling on it all the time. I'm not sure what I did. Maybe just tore a muscle or something. Oh the joys of a maxwell pregnancy. We all seem to handle them so wonderfully. I have a belly pic but again you will have to wait to see it.

22 weeks

I don't have a picture to post today because we still have no internet at our house. I need to bring my camera stuff to work and just hook it up. If I did have a picture you would all laugh though. My stomach doubled in size in the past week. It is pretty funny. I will try and remember to bring the camera in tomorrow.

Michael is not so sure he wants to name the baby Keija now...any suggestions. Lets get a list going...maybe we'll have a vote...LOL yeah right.

Ultrasound

We had our "big" ultrasound today. Everything is great. Well our internet is out at our house so I will have to go up to mom's to scan the ultrasound picture. The doctor saw nothing to be concerned about. He measured all her little limbs and every single one showed the exact same due date which is our original due date. He said he has never had a more perfectly proportioned baby on ultrasound or one that fell on the exact due date on everything. I just thought it was funny. She is measuring at exactly 20 weeks and 5 days. So our due date is still June 26th. I'm hoping she would like to come just a bit early so I can have a longer summer. We'll see how things go. Well I have to get some actual work done today so I've got to go. Bye.

Belly picture

So I took another picture at night and that made the difference in the picture. Also the angle on the one a few weeks ago was kind of sideways. Anyway, I am at work so I'll have to post more later.

20 Weeks...half way...woohoo!!!

I can't belive we are half way there. It is so crazy. We have our "big" ultrasound on monday to check everything and make sure Keija is still Keija and not Kingston :) Here are the latest belly pictures. I think they look smaller than the last ones. I think it's because it's morning, the others were taken in the evening. I'll take another one tonight and see if there is a difference.

I have been having fun feeling our little one move all day. Up until a week ago she would only move at night but now it's all day long. She seems to have a lot of room in there too, she'll be really low in the morning and then up past my belly botton in the evening. yesterday was the first time I could feel her move with my hand on my stomach. It's been so long since I've felt that. Michael has been having fun watching her grow. He said he's forgotten how much I grew with Kailye...I was tiny with Kailye until 6 months.

Brain damage.

I noticed when I was pregnant with Kailye that I was a little on the retarded side. But lately with Keija it seems excessive. I can't even remember what i did two nights ago. I can't remember anything...ever! My brain is just gone. I feel like a very ditsy blond. Oh well I hope it comes back a bit after we're done.

Belly!

I haven't posted a belly picture in quite a while so here is the latest. I don't think I've grown that much, just kind of rearranged.

Okay okay...

Correction on my regular pants. I do not do them up so there is nothing smooshing anyone's head. I just want to keep wearing my pants so I can tell how big my legs and butt are getting. I wore my regular pants for the first 8 months with kk. If it becomes uncomfortable I will definitely as Bobbie puts it..."Get over it and buy some stretchy pants". :) I actually do have a pair of regular pants that are stretchy that I am wearing as we speak.

Fatty.

It's official. I feel huge. I'm really not, I know. I haven't gained any weight, but I feel big. Stupid stomach. I am still wearing my regular pants though. I was going to get some maternity pants and decided not to. I figured if I get stretchy pants than I won't notice how big I'm getting and I do not want that. Oh well. What do you do?
Okay I'm done complaining today. Bye.

Hypoglycemia Fun

Well I made another lovely trip to the doctor again today. After throwing up all morning and passing out..yep that's fun at work...I decided I better head in. So apparently my hypoglycemia has reared it's ugly head again. I have had it since I was a teenager, but with my pregnancies it's usually worse. Well this time its a doosy. When they checked my blood pressure this morning it was at 86/63. Yeah...that's bad. Plus my blood sugar was at 84...also not good. Normal is around 110-140. So I now get to check my blood pressure twice a day and my blood sugar every morning, for a week and then take the results in with me to the doctor next week. On top of that I think I may have a touch of the flu, which is not helping me to keep my blood sugar up...since I keep throwing up everything I eat. Things have been better. Oh well, what do you do? I just keeping downing that water and keep a candy bar in my purse. Well I have to actually start listening to the conference call I'm on. Bye.

Almost half way

I can't believe we are almost half way through this pregnancy. It has been so long since I have been this pregnant that I had forgotten all the fun things.(Okay fun things with KK were hospital trips) You know like not being able to see my feet when I'm standing up, having a hard time sitting up on my own from the laying down position, and the best part, hardly being able to bend over to tie up my boots. Yeah, fun. I haven't posted a picture in awhile but I'll try and remember. I don't feel like I've gotten any bigger. And I got in trouble at the doctor's again because I lost weight again. I now weigh 13 pounds less than when I got pregnant. Apparently that's not good?...I feel like there is still plenty to go around. My doctor told me that if I was only 12 weeks he would have no problem with that but since I am in the second trimester it's a no no. He also said its not good that my heart rate is really low every time I go in there and that I should do something to elevate it a bit everyday....so I've lost too much weight, but be more active? What to do?

Michael's additions.

Okay Michael has added to the list of middle names:

Keija Berkley Griffee

Keija Gwendolyn Griffee

and he still likes Keija Dawn Griffee

I'm thinking we are not actually going to have a middle name until this kid is actually born.

Middle name?

Michael and I have had quite the dilemma lately. Okay he doesn't really care yet, but I do. We can't decide on a middle name. I want Keija Elizabeth and he vetoed that idea...so...we had a list..Valerie(Michael's aunts), Veda(Michael's Grandma), Marie, Lynn(vetoed Jayci's middle name), Elise, and lastly Dawn(my middle name). Michael thinks it should be Dawn because that is my middle name and my mom's but I'm not sold. I like Elise. What do you think? Any more suggestions?

Update..

I went over to the doctor and as soon as he put the heart tones monitor to my belly you could hear it right away. The doctor said she probably just turned over after KK landed on me and is kicking the back of my belly now instead of outward. Also why we heard the heart beat instantly. And then at lunch I felt her turn around again. I'm glad to know though. She is back to her stinker self.

Nervous!

When we were at mom's on Saturday I was laying on the bean bag down stairs and KK jumped right on Keija, twice with her knees. I wasn't too worried about it but I haven't felt Keija move since then. I know she could have just turned over and is kick toward my back. Well it made me nervous enough that I am going to go into the doctor's at 11AM. I guess we'll see.

booger already?

Okay so as soon as we started feeling Keija move she's been a bit possessive of her space. It started with just an occasional kick at what ever was touching my stomach. Now, however, it's hilarious. It went from just a kick to being individually based. Whenever Kk would sit on my lap she'd be fine until Kk started talking and then you would think she was boxing. Now if we go to a movie she sticks a body part out and leaves it there until we leave, making it impossible to be comfortable. And last night Michael went to lay on the side of my belly and she was kicking so violently. She's such a little stink already. She's definitely been more stubborn than Kk was, which makes me nervous because we all know how stubborn she is.

I love how the little personalities they have inside are the same as they grow up. It's so fun to get that tiny insight into our little one. She will definitely be Michael's girl...okay me too.

Better day.

Yesterday was very rough. I was super emotional about something and it made all the small stuff seem huge. I feel much better today. I woke up with out a head ache for the first time in weeks. Although I did notice this morning as I was bent over to do up my boots that it might be about time to get some stretchy jeans. I have been just wearing my regular jeans the whole time I've been pregnant. Keija was not a fan of my pants intruding on her space this morning and she definitely let me know it. I guess I'll have to break down and buy some maternity jeans. I don't even know where to find cute maternity jeans. I've never worn them, and I hardly even wear maternity clothes so I'm not sure where to look. I guess I'll see.

Well back to work. Bye.

17 weeks

I had a doctors appointment today. I took Kailye with me this time. She thought it was so cool to hear the babies heart beat. We still can't decide how we are going to spell our little one's name. Neither Michael or I like it spelled Kayja or Kasia, we do like Keija though. I really don't care if people mispronounce it her whole life...or if it is phonetically correct, hence Kk's name. Kailye deals with the same thing and it's no big deal to correct people. If you pronounce Kailye's name right it is actually Kyle..so really I think when it comes to names anything goes.

Maybe it's just one of those days but everything makes me so upset today. So I'm not going to write anymore today. I'll write more tomorrow.

Clarification.

Okay so after all the comments I went on line to try to figure out how to spell my poor kid's name....Michael said I should have done that with Kailye too. Anyway, this is what I found. you can spell it two ways. Kayja or Kasia. The name is Polish and it means pure. I just think it's pretty and I don't want her to have to have an initial after her name because there are 3 other little girls in her school classes with the same name...poor Kailye, I didn't know her name was so popular when I named her. I hope that clears up all the confusion.

Drum Roll please...

We are having another GIRL!!!! We went and had an ultrasound done this weekend. It was pretty obvious we are having another girl. Michael and I both decided it's not as fun to find out when you already have a girl, but we are still getting excited. Plus this way it will be sooo much less expensive. We still have most of Kailye's baby clothes and bottles. The bottles will just need new nipples on them. So there are actually only a few things we will need. A car seat...holy crap they're expensive...and a bassinet. Other than that we really are set. So now we just have a very long 5 months to go before we get to see our little Kasja. yea we changed the name from Capri to Kasja. Who knows it will probably change again before she's born.

We now have all 4 girl cousins on Michael's side and 5 boy cousins+our 2 girls on the other side. Michael was a little upset it wasn't a boy but I have been telling him for a month it's a girl :) I'm glad we still have 5 months because we still need to finish the kids room and make all of there bedding. Grandma has offered her services on that one. Woohoo...now I just need to find a time when mom, grandma, and I are not all busy.

Sleep..anyone...?

Oh man. The past few days have been stressful, but besides that I can't seem to get enough sleep anymore. I can't help but fall asleep in the middle of the day no matter how hard I try. Then when I go to bed I lay there for hours. Last night I didn't fall asleep until 5:30 AM!!! and then to get up at 7:30Am for work?....ya right. I'm going to have to find a solution to this. We'll see if I can at least stay awake until Kk goes to bed at 8PM...then I'll crash. I always seem to wake up in the middle of the night when i do that but we'll see.

I got in trouble at the doctor's office again on Monday. I am now down 7 lbs. from my first doctor's appointment...at which I was already down 3 lbs. They told me I need to eat more and I laughed at them. I eat ALL day. I graze on everything I come across. I have been eating mostly fruits and veggies though. Maybe I need to throw in some sugar... I guess if I keep this up I will be the size I was when I got preggo with Kk 5 1/2 years ago when we're done. HA...I'm pretty sure I will never be a size 4 again, but here goes wishful thinking :)

We are going to go do an ultrasound at the mall this weekend. We should be able to see what we're having, and even if we can't I want a little DVD of our peanut. Michael's sister Natalie did one and it is cute. They put it to music for her. I never did video of Kailye..I'm kind of sad about it. I do have lots of ultrasound pictures of Kk though. It's cute to see how she looked just like herself even at 17 weeks of pregnancy. Michael is still hoping for a boy, but I really think it's a girl. I'll let you all know.

16 weeks.

Tomorrow we will be at 16 weeks. I am getting more excited now. It has been a very long day so I'll just give you a picture. I know it's beautiful. Not the most attractive picture of me. I have been having fun this week feeling our little one moving around. When I was holding Kailye today everywhere she would sit against my stomach that is where the baby would kick. It was funny. Well I have to go, I'll write more tomorrow.

Oh fun..

I was hoping after a few days of feeling okay that we were through the sick stage and this pregnancy would be like most people's normal pregnancy. Well I spoke too soon. I feel like carp all the time. And to make it so much better the little stinker keeps sticking it's foot out and leaving it protruding into my jeans making it impossible to sit comfortably. It made for an uncomfortable movie the other night.

On top of that I have a raging bladder infection. Any of you who knew me when I was pregnant with Kailye know that for me that means trouble. I was hospitalized twice with kidney infections because they didn't catch the bladder infections fast enough. Not fun. I can tell you the second I start to get a urinary tract infection...problem is the doctors never believe me. Now I am at home and miserable. I hate being sick while I'm pregnant. I usually feel okay during the day at work and then I feel awful when I get home. I then I feel guilty that I have to work while Kailye is little and that when I get home I'm too sick to do anything with her. Poor kid. Oh well. What do you do? Kailye has surgery tomorrow to get her tubes so I'll be home all day tomorrow also. Hopefully I feel okay.

Well that's enough complaining for one day. We did get to hear our little ones heart beat today while we were at the doctor's office. I'm betting it's a girl...the heart rate last time was 142 and this time it was 160. Michael is still holding out for a boy. We'll see. Well I better go.

Tired.

Oh man, yesterday was rough, not rough like Bobbie's pregnancy rough, but it was no fun. I came to work late because I slept in and I had to have 8.5 hours yesterday, so I was here until 5:45. Not great...I am used to working until around 3 or maybe 4. Staying that late was awful. It didn't help that I was already a mess as it was. I was swollen, my hip hurt, I felt sick, my back hurt, and I had a huge head ache. I was not very happy. I went home I complained to Michael and then fell asleep until 10. Poor Kailye...I was pregnant 7.5 months last year. I'm glad she is such a good kid, she has fun playing with her daddy while I sleep. And she loves playing with Marley lately.

Today has been so much better. I am tired but I got to work on time today so I'll be able to leave at 4:30...woohoo. I'm am really enjoying our little peanut running laps. It's the only thing that I have enjoyed about pregnancy ever really. That and being able to be fat on purpose. Well back to work...bye.

Give aways...woohoo

Check this out...to those of you in need this lady is giving away Land's End diaper bags. I found the link on kik's site but check it out.

15 Weeks

We are 15 weeks in and still going strong...I know because I keep getting random bouts of the pukes...I know lovely terminology. Also our little peanut is moving a lot more recently, especially if anything or anyone is near my stomach. He/she is not a fan. Well since I don't feel well today and I have a lot of work to do I'll write more later. Bye.