21 Weeks

Yesterday I had my doctors appointment. It went ok. The baby sounds great but I still had high blood pressure! Apparently I have had high blood pressure for every visit but no one told me. I was kinda mad about that. Anyway, I asked the doctor what the results were from the 24 hour urine test. He said that they like the score to be below 300 and my score was 385. He said that it is higher than they like it but that it is not anything to be too concerned with, yet. He still seemed very concerned. He said that I could still develop pregnancy induced hypertension, preeclampsia or even a kidney infection. There is just no way of knowing until you have it. He considered putting me on medication but decided not to. However, he said that he may have me do the 24 hour urine test ($$$$) again a couple of times later on just to keep a close eye on everything. So he pretty much told me that all I can do is to take it easy, try not to get too stressed and not to over do anything. I really do not want to be put on bed rest!! I had such a perfect pregnancy with Charlee, so this is really sucky and it worries me. We also had great insurance with Charlee and with this pregnancy we already owe more than what we paid for Charlees entire birth. Yes Jackie, those DAM bills!!! My next appointment is for Tuesday, September 22nd. I just pray that nothing extreme happens before then.

Halfway

I am 20 weeks along today!!! Halfway there. We are all excited about Thomas' arrival. Charlee was asking me the other day "When is Thomas going to come out?" She is excited to play with her little brother and help bathe, dress, feed and change his diapers. Only 20 more weeks!!

(This is Charlee after playing with a stamp pad. It was a Saturday and Lynn was up with her but he fell asleep.)

We Are Having A..........

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

17 Weeks Down

Today I had a doctors appointment. I was really nervous for some reason. But no fear, the babies heartbeat sounded great. However, my conditon wasn't the best. I had high blood pressure and there was some protein in my urine. The doctor seemed very concerned, which, I guess is good, but it made me more nervous. So I have to collect my pee for a 24 hour period and then take it into the lab tomorrow. Charlee is holding the jug that I am to keep in the fridge with my pee in it. Yuck!! (Don't worry, there is nothing in it yet.)I am worried. I read up on high blood pressure during pregnancy also known as preeclampsia and it sounds scary. I am hoping that I do not develop that. I am not sure if I will get a call about the results or what, but so far my next appointment with my doctor will be on August 25th.

I do go in on Monday, August 3rd for an ultra sound to make sure things are fine and to find out what we are having. I am soooooo excited to find out!!!

Char-ball and I-ball at the Zoo

On Friday, July 3rd, Dan, Charisse, Ireland, Me and Charlee went to the Zoo. Since I have been many times I don't take a lot of photos but this was cute. Charlee got a shirt for her Birthday from her Uncle Kevin and Aunt Jackie (thanks guys!) that matched one that Ireland was wearing that day. So when Ree came she brought Irelands shirt so that the girls could wear matching shirts. They were so cute holding hands.

The Moore's

A couple of weeks ago I took pictures of my friend Paige and her family. It was fun but it sure can be hard to take pictures of kids. I definatly needed another person to be there to try and get little Eli to look at the camera. I hope they liked at least one of the pictures. I was a bit disappointed more of the pictures didn't turn out better. I definatly learned some things that I need to work on. I am hoping that some day I can take some photograghy classes to get even better. Until then, I have Charlee to practice on. Here are some of my favorite shots.

Miriam

(That is Charlee's arm that got caught in the picture.)
Paige, Miriam, Brent and Elijah

Little Eli

(He smiled, just not at the camera!)

This was actually the very first picture that I took.

The 4th of July 2009

Dan, Charisse and Ireland came last week-end to spend the 4th with us. We decided to go to the farmers market at Liberty Park in downtown SLC. I thought I'd get pictures of the girls before we headed out.This is my favorite picture of Char-ball and I-ball.

The girls each got a balloon animal (well, Charlee's was a flower) and Ireland popped when she fell on it. This was her reaction. I thought the picture was cute!

Bazooka lips (as my dad would say!)