29 August 2006

I failed :(

The one hour glucose test! My number was 146, the cut off was 140. I know have to re-take the test with an extra sugary drink and a three hour fast before and after the drink. I hope I pass the second time around!!

25 August 2006

Some updated pics of Addie's Room




We have drywall!!! Woohoo! And a quick shot of her little door plaque and new bookcase :)

24 August 2006

25 Week Belly Picture



Getting bigger and bigger! Next time we'll need to do a full length shot :)

Things are going great for me. Little Addison moves around quite a bit now. I'm starting to discover some of the more unpleasent pregnancy side effects, but I'll certainly not complain about it! I have my lovely glucose test coming up next week. This is the test where I fast for three hours, drink some awful sugar-loaded orange drink, fast another hour, and then have blood drawn. It's supposed to measure how my body is processing sugar in my boday. Hopefully I'll pass! If not, instead of a one hour wait between drink and bllod draw, next time it will be three hours!

14 August 2006

The start of Addison's room!






Roger has been working so hard and has done such a fantastic job building the addition on to Addison's room. Here are the first shots of the base addition almost complete. Now we begin the drywall, ceiling, painting, flooring and trimwork. We still have far to go, but I wanted to show off the amazing craftsmanship Roger has shown thus far!

08 August 2006

My unwanted tour of Labor & Delivery!

Along with a 23 week update!

I'll tell those of you who don't know that I've been to West Hills hospital many times, and many were in the L&D area. My friends have had babies there and my mom had my siblings there. I've seen it, but just in case, I had a hospital tour scheduled in November. Yet still, I got to see it first hand last night as a patient.

After returning to work I noticed a shortness of breath. After an hour, I still couldn't catch my breath and my heart was beating out of my chest. I called my OB office and they told me to come right in. After some monitoring in thier office, they sent me to L&D for my advanced monitoring. I had tons of blood work, EKG, ultrasounds, and fetal monitoring. It was quite the episode. After 4 hours, I was released, everything was ok. In the end it turned out that I had waited to long to eat and my blood sugar level dropped. The combination of what I ate and my body dumping insulin into my blood caused heart palputations. Lesson learned: Eat more frequently, and eat protien instead of sugar when my blood levels are low.

Aside from that excitement, my appointment for 23 weeks took place. Everything is right on track. I am still below my weight gain and measuring exactly where I should be. I also have my glucose test to look forward to in a few weeks. I also noticed that our Childbirth classes begin next month. I can't believe how fast time is flying by! Addison will be here before we know it!!

04 August 2006

Some Fun Facts:

I noticed my name called on another firend's blog, so that is where this comes from :) Just some fun facts for the family if you are reading:
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Receptionist
2. Server at Baskin Robbins
3. Cashier at The Wherehouse
4. Various jobs at Washington Mutual Bank

Four movies I watch over and over:
1. Jerry Maguire
2. The Princess Bride
3. Clerks
4. Sweet Home Alabama

Four places I have lived:
1. Trenton, NJ
2. Langhorne, PA
3. Waldorf, MD
4. Fillmore, CA

Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Las Vegas
3. Days of Our Lives
4. Law and Order: SVU

Four places I have been on vacation:
1. Whistler, Canada
2. Hawaii
3. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
4. Quite a few 'states'

Four websites I visit daily:
1. my MSN message boards
2. Celebrity Baby Blog
3. Hotmail
4. Other Pregnancy Chat boards

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Chocolate
2. Steak
3. Spinach salads
4. Cereal

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Home working on the baby's room
2. On my boat anywhere
3. With my hubby
4. Home on my couch :)

Four favorite bands/singers:
1. Dave Matthews
2. John Mayer
3. Bon Jovi
4. U2

Four folks I'm tagging, just because...
1. Hannah (you can put it on your My space, ha)
2. Kristen
3. How sad, i don't know anyone else ;(

01 August 2006

Our registry is complete!

We tackled Babies R us and Target last week. It was quite overwhelming and I had even researched heavily beforehand. All in all, it was fun picking out stuff for our little Addie :)

22 Week Belly Picture



Here it is! The belly at 22 weeks. I swear that she has grown tons lately. What didn't fit me a month ago in maternity clothing, certainly fits me now!

I feel her move all of the time now. It is the strangest experience to see your stomach move and feel things wiggling around in there. There are many times when I forget she's in there, then she moves around and alerts me!