37 Weeks

Todays non stress test went very well and my doctors appointment went well too. Baby is doing great and very squirmy. Still dialated about 2 1/2 centimeters and 75% effaced and having mild, irregular contractions. (I also lost 6 pounds this last week!) He says we still look good for inducing on December 28th unless the ultra sound shows something bad. We go in tomorrow at 2 for the ultra sound. I am excited to see the baby and a bit worried.

Here is Charlee after playing with markers while Lynn was asleep on the couch.

Thank goodness for washable markers!!

DECEMBER 28TH!!!!!!!!!!!

Unless Thomas decides to come before December 28th, or something happens before then, we will be going to the hospital that day to be induced!! It is so weird knowing that in under 3 weeks he will be here.

I had a non stress test yesterday and the baby is doing great!! Then I had my 36 week check up afterwards at my doctors. Everything was great and he did a cervical exam and I am 2 and a half centemeters dialated and 85% efaced. So I am on my way. Due to the high blood pressure they like to get the baby out 1 to 2 weeks before the due date, so he chose a week before my due date,Monday, December 28th to induce. The baby could always decide to come earlier or if I have any complications come up. I go back for another non stress test and doctors appointment next Tuesday the 15th and for an ultra sound on Wednesday the 16th to see about how big the baby is. If he is too big I may be induced sooner. I am also nervous/excited that he is also going to fix the problem that I still have from when Charlee was born. It has been really hard to deal with but I really need it fixed. It is more surgery and depending on what this baby does to me they will have to cut another 4th degree tear to sew everything back up properly. So I will have a longer healing time like I did with Charlee. It took over 8 weeks to completely heal from her, so I am really not looking forward to that.

Until next week!!!

I dressed up Char and we went to Wheeler Farm to take some fall pictures. We had a lot fun. These are just a few of the pictures. She is so good to pose for me.

Thanksgiving 2009

We had a good Thanksgiving this year. It was nice to not travel and to have family come here. My mom came on Monday, then Dan, Charisse and Ireland came on Wednesday and then, of course Erline came over on Turkey Day. It was fun to have it at my place. We did not do much but it was nice to just chill and eat yummy Turkey!!! Charisse did announce that they are expecting in June. So that was a nice suprise.

Then on Saturday evening was my "We Also Sing" concert. Lynns parents, Kevin and Jackie, Jeff, Barbara, Karter and Karson were all here for my concert in addition to my mom, Erline, Ree, Dan and I-ball. It was fun, just a lot of standing. It was a good thing we did not have anymore songs, because at the end of the second performance I was about to die!! If I stand for a long time or walk around for a long time I start to get mild contractions and they are really uncomfortable!!!!

It was a crazy but fun weekend. It was fun having people here but was stressfull and tiring so lets just say that Hotel Brown is officially closed until at least February or March.
These are pictures I took of Charlee in October, but since I am not so good at posting, I am just now putting some up. They weren't that great because the sun was in a bad spot! But she is still cute!

Week 35

Today I went in for a non-stress test. They measure the amniotic fluid to make sure there is enough and then they put these things on your stomach to see if you are having contractions and to see how the baby is moving and his heart rate. Everything looked and sounded great. I go in on Dec 8th for another non-stress test and then my 36 week appointment at my doctors afterwards. Only Five more weeks!!

Week 34

Another check-up and everything is great. He did not do a cervical exam yet but he will in two weeks. I do, however, because of having gestational diabetes, have to go in every week for non-stress tests to make sure everything with the baby is fine. I go in on Tuesday, Dec 1st for my first non-stress test.

32 Weeks

I am officially in my eighth month, only 8 more weeks to go!!!!!! My doctors appointment went great yesterday. Baby sounds terrific and the meds are doing their job. My blood pressure and blood sugar levels looked good. I go back in two weeks, on November 24th. This time he will do a cervical exam. Yuck, but this is the part when he will let me know if I am dialated at all and if baby is getting in position and all that. I just can't believe how fast this pregnagncy has gone!

Now for some pictures. On Friday before Halloween, Charlee and I decided to carve some pumpkins. We ran over to Harmons to get some (they were dirt cheap!). Charlee picked out three. A Daddy, Mom and Baby pumpkin. Of course I had to do all the work but she chose which faces to put on them. The first one in this picture is the mom pumpkin and she said it had to be a scared face. The second one is the daddy pumpkin and she said to make it a nerdy face. Then her pumpkin had to have the scary face. She had fun and was so excited to put "fire" in them.
Here is her pose with her scary pumpkin!!

My Little Tinkerbell

Since September, Charlee knew that she wanted to be Tinkerbell. Before Tinkerbell she talked about being a goat. I don't know why but was glad she changed her mind. I found this really cute costume at Toys R Us that didn't feel cheap and nasty like most Halloween costumes and was cheaper. The only thing she insisted on was that she had a bun in her hair like Tinkerbell.

When we went outside to take pictures all Charlee wanted to do was "fly". So around and around the yard she went!

We even got her a new pair of sparkly shoes. She LOVES them.

Here is her bun.

We went to our wards Trunk R Treat. Last year Char was afraid of everything, but this year she wasn't that afraid unless it was a child dressed as Spiderman. And there were a lot. This is Char clinging to Lynn as a Spiderman passes by. Even while typing this Charlee is scared of the Spiderman.

Charlee had so much fun and was very good at saying Trick or Treat and then saying thank you when she recieved her treat. Now she is excited for Thanksgiving.