Family Portraits Jan. 2010

Eric ended up not working this weekend so I went ahead and rescheduled our family portraits for Saturday. Graham was NOT happy most of the time, but we did end up with some good shots. Here is a sample of some of the shots.








































Pregnancy Update:
I had some spotting Friday evening and when I called the dr., they wanted me to go into L&D and get checked. I thought for sure it would be a quick trip, so we dropped the kids off with a friend and went up there. 6 hours later, they sent me home with no real answers. Nothing seemed to be wrong, so they released me. I guess that's good news! Baby needs to bake a little bit longer! I will be 36 weeks tomorrow. Hopefully little Leah can hang out for at least another week. THEN, all bets are off! lol

Reflecting on this Pregnancy: 35 weeks

I feel like I've let this pregnancy just fly by with very minimal attention put on it at all. I guess that's what happens with a 4th baby. *sigh* But I thought I'd take some time today and reflect on what has been, so far, my easiest pregnancy by far. My morning sickness was not too terribly bad. It was definitely the worst with Natalie. Throwing up all day every day for nearly 6 months, yet still dealing with nausea until delivery. This time around I had my fair share of nausea and vomiting, but Zofran was my best friend and helped me function until it subsided when I got to my 2nd trimester. I did show early this time, as I have with each pg except for my first. But, I haven't gotten nearly as big as I did with Erica and Graham, although I am bigger than I was with Natalie. I think that is a big part in me still feeling relatively good. With Natalie, I was still just so nauseous all the time, that I never felt good. Then with Erica and Graham, I was so big that I had horrible back and pelvic pain by this point. I definitely have a hard time getting comfortable, and I do have some pain, but I can still roll over in bed without much of a problem. I have noticed that if I'm on my feet for too long, especially walking around, that I get really sore and feel a ton of pressure. But as long as I rest and don't exert myself too much, I feel pretty good! I was originally thinking that I'd probably go into labor a little early this time. I'd heard that you typically go earlier with each one. Natalie came a few days past my due date and Erica came a few days before. With Graham, I was induced at 38w, so I can't count that. But I was thinking I'd probably go on my own somewhere between 38-39w, but now I'm not so sure. My dr. already thinks this baby is "big", but I'm not worried. I delivered three 8 and a half pounders, which I hear most people consider big, but is actually on the small side of mine and Eric's families. I have a feeling that she may offer to induce me a week or so early but I'm hoping if that happens, I'll have the willpower to deny it. My induction with Graham was gruesome and I really have no desire to ever go through that again. Of course if I reach my due date or I start getting really uncomfortable, I may start singing a different tune. Only time will tell I guess. And I suppose I can't conclude this post without some belly pics!







and ick, hair pulled back in a messy ponytail and no makeup lol

11 mos/19w/and other news

Holy Cow it's been a long time since I've updated! When we moved on Sept 1, it took us a couple weeks to get internet hooked up and I have just been so busy since then I haven't had a chance to get an update posted. I still don't have everything together, but figured I'd go ahead and blog *something*.

Graham is 11 mos old. I totally missed his 10 month update.

At 11 mos, Graham:
drinks 3 bottles a day
eats 3 meals a day consisting of baby food and table food
drinks water well from a sippy during snack time
sleeps 12-13 hours at night
takes 2 naps most days
wears 18 mos clothes, but not for too much longer
wears a size 4 shoes (but is almost in a 5)
wears a size 4 diaper
has 6 teeth, with at least one more close to erupting
loves to wave at himself in the mirror
claps at everything, all the time!
is WALKING!!!
finally has a "hair do"




Natalie lost her first tooth today! It was loose for almost a week and finally came out today at lunch. She is anxious to see how much the tooth fairy leaves her tonight!
You can see where it's missing in the 2nd pic, but the new tooth (actually both bottom teeth) is already growing in behind it.



I'll be 19 weeks tomorrow and so far everything is going GREAT. We are close to having a name for this little girl (that's right, GIRL, for those of you who hadn't heard yet), so stay tuned!
Here she is at 18w - face profile on the right, with her hand above her face


And here is a cute one I took last week of the girls. Eric and I had put the girls to bed and then went in our room to watch tv. Before we went to bed, Eric went to check on them and found them in the hallway in front of their door just like this! lol

13w update

I went for my 13w appt. last week and forgot to update about it. Everything was great! I lost 2 lbs, which puts me at a net loss of 1 lb. YAY! Beat's beat was perfect and everything else checked out. I go back in 4 weeks and should be hearing from the high-risk dr. soon to schedule an appt.

I signed Erica up for dance class this year and she was so excited about her first day!
She had such a good time.




Here are some of my growing little man.
Modeling his sister's sunglasses.

Climbing on the picnic table. You can see my nephew Noah in the background climbing on the chair.