Baby Boy

Pics & Update

(sorry for the poor quality....we don't have a scanner)

The past week has been interesting.

We were in the hospital on Saturday because

I wasn't feeling the baby move after doing everything possible to make him move.

So we were there for a few hours being monitored, and his heart beat was good, so they sent us home. My amniotic fluid level has been high during this pregnancy,

so I've been having weekly ultrasounds and non-stress tests.

Today during my doctor appointment, we decided that it would be best to

deliver the baby earlier than we have been planning.

There's a lot of risks to the baby with the amount of

fluid I have, and because of his decrease in movement we will

be having an amniocentesis to see if his lungs are developed enough next Friday (10/8).

If his lungs are good to go, then we will stay at the hospital and deliver him.

If they aren't, then we'll wait a week and do it again.

Wish us luck!

At the Aquarium

Avery LOVES to count

everything. She was amazed at all

of the fishies and animals swimming around.

We'll definitely be getting a Zoo pass after

watching how much fun she had.

The zoo is about a mile away,

so when I'm feeling really ambitious we'll probably just

walk there!

35 weeks

and ready to

POP.

(too bad I've got 4 weeks left....)

Avery loves to kiss and grab my

HUGE

belly.

Update:

Still measuring big, about 2 weeks bigger.

Thought my water broke last week at Costco, it was pretty overwhelming/intense,

but I just leaked some fluid.

My fluid levels have been high, so I'm getting weekly ultrasounds

and non-stress tests.

Baby boy loves my right side, he'll ball up on that side and make my belly

look disgusting.

We've either felt little legs or arms many times.

He gets the hiccups a lot.

I've had to monitor his movement a lot more strictly because

of the excessive fluid I have, so I'm constantly paranoid.

We had an ultrasound where the tech was able to show us all

of his hair! Looks like he'll be a hairy monkey like Avery was.

I start the weekly 'checking' this week, so I know it's coming fast!

Our scheduled induction date is 10/19/10, 30 days away!!

Learning her

ABC's

All day long, Avery sings her

ABC's and points them out when she sees letters.

We're really impressed by how fast she's learning them,

she's such a sponge!

These are the letters she can pick up and recognize, so far. I'm

trying to teach her the letters in her name.

We can't play scrabble anymore when she's around,

because she thinks they're her ABC's to play with!

This is her saying "G", one of her favorite letters.

Avery turned 2!

We can't believe how fast the past 2 years have flown by! Avery has brought so much l-o-v-e into our lives, I feel like I've known her forever.

We went to the Zoo, (which is a literally 2 minute drive from our house, so nice!)

Then we came home, took a nap and after

Avery told us she REALLY wanted to go to

Olive Garden

for dinner.....so we

just had to take her there.

She loves Chuck-E-Cheese, so we went and played the same game

over and over..

And then we came home and Skyped with our families

and opened presents and ate her

Curious George cake.

What a lucky 2 year old huh?!

Happy Birthday Avery!

We love you!!!

Trying to count the penguins, there were a million just standing there staring at us.

The zoo had a petting zoo, so cute! Avery loved feeding and petting

the goats and chickens!

Baby gorilla, SO CUTE.

"ELEPHANT" That's what we heard allll day. And it was at the

top of a VERY steep hill, so we saved it for last.

First time riding a carousel.

What a smart girl, eating soup with a spoon was too hard, so she slurped it

with a straw!

SO EXCITED for her George cake!!

The best present was her bicycle! She's been jealously watching

all the neighbor kids out the window, now she has her own!!

She knew exactly what to do!

.Five Guys.

fresh fries. fresh burgers cooked right

in front of you.

only pregnancy craving so far, for both me & Scott....

We're not going to

admit

how many times we've eaten here in the

5 weeks

that we've lived in Omaha....

Let's just say it really is

THAT

good.

Plus we like looking at all of the

interesting

peeps we get to dine with.

Dear Baby Boy (no name yet).....

You've got 39 days until we are forcing you out. If you'd like to come earlier then that, I won't mind (Grandma and Daddy will, but I won't). Also, I love chubby babies, but not 10lbs plus. So let's prove the Doc wrong and keep it below 9lb. Okay?

Love,

Mommy