Things I'm loving right now....

First and foremost...HELLO FALL!

1. Okay, so I love fall.....not too cold, not too hot. Perfect! Thank you Missouri for giving me Fall 47 times a year :-)


2. Fall reminds me of Pumpkin Spice Lattes which I love!!! I also enjoy an occasional Mocha Frappuccino. Thank you Fall!!


3. Normally I love sweaters and Jeans and warm boots, but I will currently settle for maternity jeans, long sleeve shirts and of course, my UGGS!!!!!!! My feet couldn't be happier!! P.S These are my favorite kind, and I have them in gray and brown!!! A new pair will shortly be mine!!


4. Scarves! Enough said!!! You can wear them 36 ways and there are so many different styles to choose from!!!


5. The idea that all of the holidays are approaching! I love Halloween! I like seeing all the kiddos dressed up and excited to be out on such a fun night! P.S Sydni is going to be a poodle girl! It's the cutest costume (minus the little girl in the picture....of course Sydni is cuter than that!) And we bought our own glasses, and they're black, and we had a pink scarf at home!!! I love Thanksgiving, besides the delicious turkey and pumpkin pie, I can always be reminded of how thankful I am for all that I have. And Christmas! Nothing is better than watching your child (soon to be children) on Christmas morning!


5. How I Met Your Mother. It's one of my top 5. 1st- Friends. 2nd- How I Met Your Mother. 3rd- Everybody Loves Raymond. 4th- Two and a Half Men. 5th- King of Queens.
I LOVE Jason Segel :-)


6. And of course I'm loving the idea that Mr. Liam will be here before I know it! 6 weeks if I go 40 weeks, 3 weeks if I go at 37 weeks!!! AHH!!!! I can't wait!!!!!!

Baby bump pictures

So here are some pictures from a while ago, up to now, too. Man, I look like a giant. OH WELL! It's worth it!
22 Weeks

23 Weeks

26 Weeks

28 Weeks

32 Weeks

33 Weeks

33 weeks Pregnant!!

So I thought I'd copy my friend Jillian and do this at least once....for fun and out of bordom.

PregnancyStats:

How Far Along: 33 weeks
Total Weight Gain/Loss: as of last week, 34lbs!! But I'm told that's juuuust fine, especially since I lost more than my weight gain last time!!
Maternity Clothes: Well, last time the only maternity anything I bought was a nursing bra. This time, it's a different story. I actually just bought some maternity jeans which I LOVE. Typical Missouri weather is taking place and for some reason there have been some cold days. I also got some short sleeve t-shirts. Ahhhh...it's so nice to feel comfortable in clothes! I can't wait for the cooler parts of fall (after the baby is born) to wear new fall clothes!
Best Moment this week: When I realized I only have 6 1/2 more weeks, and that's if he stays in there until 40 weeks!!!! :-)
Gender: Allllll boy....it's been verified 3 times!
Movement: Oh my.....they say that the farther along you are, and the bigger baby gets, the less drastic the movements are....LIES! His favorite spot to kick is right into the right side of my rib cage. YIKES! They feel so bruised!!
Food Craving: I can still eat nachos at anytime of the day.
What I miss:Being tiny :-( And being able to sit/stand/walk without holding my ribs! And sleeping without waking up 6+ times a night to switch positions.
Sleep: The same as above.....not sleeping with a giant boppy (which I do love), and actually getting to sleep without waking up 49 times.
What I am looking forward to: Him actually being here and getting to hold him and seeing Sydni's reaction to meeting her baby brother!
Symptoms: Besides the rib pain, not much. Just getting quite uncomfortable. My feet, particularly my left foot, has gotten a little bit swollen by the end of the day, but it's very minimal.
Exercise: My exercise is rolling over in bed and walking to the kitchen...whew....I get tired easily! I'm not used to all of this extra weight!!

Well it's been a while...but that's okay, I don't think anyone's paying attention :-)

Well, it's almost 33 weeks!! My fetal fibronectin test was positive a week and a half ago and as of this Wednesday and it was negative! That means that I have at least two more weeks before he comes! So glad he has more time to cook in there!

So first things first.....Sydni has a field trip in a few weeks, followed by a parent teacher conference, followed by Halloween, and then......LIAM SHOULD BE HERE! I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel like I'm in the home stretch!

Okay okay....so I'm not really in the home stretch, but I like to pretend I am! The nurse today at my doctor's appointment said, "Oh, you're 29 weeks! When you get to the 30's that's when you can start counting down!" Is it a problem that I already started counting down?? My doctor said, "Well, you're doing great and everything looks great, you're 31 weeks!" Ummm....wait...29? 31? Huh? Maybe he was going by size? Because by his size, he is 31 weeks big.....but I'm really only 29. Does that mean I can start the countdown?? Well, too bad, I'm going to anyways....and I think I will take the middle week of 30.

So yay! The countdown begins! 10 weeks to go! I keep wondering whether or not he'll be early. Part of me wants him to be a little early so that I can see him because I'm so anxious! I told Sydni today that I only had one more appointment with my Maternal Fetal Medicine Doctor and she said "WOW!" And then I said that it will only be about 6 weeks after that and we'll see Liam!! She was soooo excited....which made me more excited!!

It's finally hitting Jimmy that it really isn't that far away. When you say "2 months" it does sound kind of long...but with our busy month, 10 weeks will go by fast. Sydni has her 6th Birthday Party this weekend, followed by her sleepover on her birthday next week...then I have 2 doctor appointments the week after, and then before I know it, it will be October, and I will have 6 weeks left! When I broke it down like that, I think he realized....wow, it is really soon, and if he comes a week or two early, it's really really soon!!

I keep watching A Baby Story and that makes me even more anxious (in a good way). I get butterflies, like I'm nervous, which I'm not....and I had to remind myself, that that will be me very soon! I hope that everything goes smoothly this time. My doctor told me today that he predicts Liam will be over 8 lbs. YIKES! I had a hard time delivering Sydni at 7lbs 14oz so over 8 could be tough! And hopefully this time my epidural works! That would definitely make it worse...

AND.....I got an ultrasound yesterday by my other doctor, and he looks great! 3 weeks ago I got one, and he had these weird lines above his lips, so I was thinking cleft lip......but when the doctor went to look again, he had put his hands in front of his face and we couldn't really see anything. He didn't seem worried and thought it was probably just a weird position he was in, and a weird facial expression he was making. So when he checked yesterday, there was nothing on his face! Good to know!!

Okay. so the countdown begins. 10 weeks!
:-)

Kindergarten first....and before I know it, College!

So today was Sydni's first day of Kindergarten.

She woke right up when I went into her room. She hopped in the shower, got dressed, and ate breakfast in record time! Normally she is a procrastinator. She stands in the shower collecting water in her mouth......washes her body for 20 minutes, following by getting out and laying in her towel while watching cartoons. And don't even get me started on breakfast! It takes her 40 minutes to eat a waffle! Not today though. She did everything she needed to do, then grabbed her backpack and lunchbox and was ready to go.


The drop off went well!! No tears from any of us! I think the fact that she had two first days with two years of pre-school helped.


She walked into the school and her classroom without hesitation.


She went into the classroom, gave papers to her teacher, put her lunchbox away, hung up her backpack and found her desk.




She started on her desk work (drawing on her dry-erase board). So what did she draw? Her school!!


So proud of her. Can't wait to hear all about her first day when she gets home!

Pro-nunc-i-a-tion

Dear Kindergarten teacher of my new Kindergartner.....it's pronounced "Kinder-garTen".....not Kinder-gar-en.....you can't omit the T. This isn't Jersey Shore, mmm k?

Anyways. Besides that, I really think that Sydni's Kindergarten teacher won't be that bad. She seems really nice, educated (I hope so), friendly for the age group, competent....you know all of the stuff you look for in a teacher.

Anyhoo. Syd is at her 3rd sleepover. It's one of her best friends from school that she hasn't seen all summer! She was so excited! Her friend is the friend that somehow comes up in every conversation.....i.e., "You know who probably misses me the most since I'm on vacation?" Insert _______ friends name. It's super cute.

The husband and I will off to a late movie tonight. We're going to see "Other Guys." I'm super excited. I love Will Ferrel.

And on another note, a sad note.....my grandma is really sick :-( She went to the doctor yesterday and was told she had pneumonia, which seemed like a huge deal since she just had a blood transfusion a few days before that. So we were all upset about it. Come to find out, last night when she had to be taken to the hospital because she was having trouble breathing, they figured out that she actually had congestive heart failure and kidney failure. Stupid doctors. So, she is getting medicine right now for her heart and she's getting the fluid drained from her body from her kidneys. However, she has refused any other treatment. No dialysis, no surgeries, etc. So now we just wait. On top of that, my grandpa is pretty sick, too. He just had a bladder infection, and has many other issues pop up all of the time, and he lives in memory care because he suffers from dementia. He and my grandma haven't lived together for probably 6-9 months, and he gets sad without her. And then he forgets who she is or why she hasn't visited when really she has. So we know that when she goes, he will soon follow. Pray for them.