Baby Shower

Had a wonderful baby shower that my step mother in law thru for me!  Lots of friends and family showed up and got lots of really cute stuff for baby Kellen!  I'm officially 37 weeks now, have a Dr. appointment today, hopefully there has been some action going on down there!  I pray!!! :-) I am so ready for this baby to come.  It's hot, I'm uncomfortable, can't sleep, and my back and feet hurt.  Other than that I've been doing really well.  Just took a trip to Albany, Oregon to watch Ryan in a shooting match.  That was actually a miserable drive, but the stay was nice. It was great to get away for the weekend.  Got some shopping done at the Woodburn Mall, which was great until it started to down pour.  The kids were great, but on the way home they just wanted to be home, so they got a little impatient towards the end of the ride.  That's all for now folks! :-)

4th of July

Well here it is 4th of July!!!!!  Went to watch the fireworks with my parents up on Canal Dr. cause I didn't want to deal with all the people in the park.  Not liking the picture of me so much, kinda looking a little fat!  Haaa since I'm 34 weeks, I guess that's ok! :-) We had a pretty quiet 4th of July, didn't do much cause Ryan had to work that night.  Went swimming at my parents, then home to relax before heading down to watch the festivities.  Kaden and Kohen enjoyed the fireworks and as you can see they enjoyed there popsicles a whole lot!  Ended up getting home about 11:30, which is way past my bedtime, I was completely bushed!!! The pictures of the fireworks didn't turn out as well as I would of hoped.  Still trying to figure out my new fancy camera.  Anyway, hope everyone had a very wonderful 4th of July!  And thank you to all our military past and present who have fought and continue to fight for our FREEDOM!!!

Ultrasound 31 weeks

Well had my last ultrasound done yesterday!  It was a 3D, but couldn't get a very good picture of his face since he has already drop and ready to go!  Also, he was sucking on his fist, so half of his face is blocked!  Everything is good, he has a very good heart beat and a healthy heart.  All of his parts are there, including the very large part that makes him a boy.  I won't post that picture, someone might think I'm posting child porn!  Anyway, from the picture his is quite endowed!!!!

I'm doing pretty good, very uncomfortable and hot all the time.  Only 2 months left! Yipe!  So far I have passed all the tests for pregnant ladies.  Almost didn't pass the diabetic test, but ended up passing that with the 3 hour test!  That was totally boring.  I've been eating like a horse, so my weight gain is pretty steady, but haven't gain an extreme amount of weight.  Only gained so far 22 lbs! 

Kaden is finally done with Kindergarden.  He met his 1st grade teacher and some of the kids that are going to be in his class next year.  He's pretty excited about that.  Kohen still talks about going to school, he doesn't realize that Preschool is out for the summer, so I'm always telling him, "schools out for the summer".

Ryan training for SPOTC is almost over and he will go back to his normal shift work.  He's leaves for Tulsa soon for the last competition.  Hope all the guys do a great job!! :-)  It will be weird not having Ryan here for a week.  The last time we spent that much time apart was back in 2001 when I spent 2 weeks in London.  Oh well!! Guess I'll just have to hang out at my parents pool!!! Darn! :-)

Kaden's 6th Birthday

Well this weekend was pretty busy!  We decided to celebrate Kaden's birthday this weekend.  Although, his real birthday isn't untill May 7th, which he keeps reminding me.  I'll say something to the fact that he's 6 now....... and he say's "no mommy I'm still 5"  Kids there so funny that way.  This year he wanted a spiderman birthday, and this year we kept the guest list to just grandpa's and grandma's, and mommy and daddy's brother's and sister's!!!  This way I wouldn't go crazy with a ton of kids in my house, and not to mention keep the birthday gifts to just a few!  If you all could see how many toys we have (and some of you have) you'd agree......NO MORE TOYS!!!!  I'm being forced out of my home from a toy invasion! :-)  Anywho, all in all his party turned out great!!!! He had two out of town guests, Aunt Leanne and Aunt Deana were able to make it down from Seattle this year to help celebrate!!!  And Uncle Ricky called via Skype from Los Angeles! :-)

Easter 2009

Well we had 2 Easter Celebrations this year.  Saturday we went to my parents house and had Easter Dinner and an egg hunt for the kids.  They had a ton of fun!  Today (Sunday) we had Easter Brunch at Ryan's Dads and also had a egg hunt.  It was a pretty busy weekend overall but the kids enjoyed themselves!

Hope everyone had a great Easter!!!

19 weeks and counting......

Well here it is!! This is a shot between the legs.  Not sure if you can see the little arrow pointing at the little goods, but the ultra sound tech tells me that there's a little turtle poking out.  So I guess we are having another boy!

I was a little disappointed but, cause I really wanted a girl, but he's healthy and has a very strong heart beat!  My Quad test (for spina bifida (sp) and downsyndrome all came back negative!  So I'm happy to have a very healthy baby boy!

As far as my sickness goes, I have been off the in home program for 2 weeks now and have been doing pretty good.  No more vomiting, and able to eat lots of foods.  Thank goodness, cause I was getting a little hungry!  I have now finally gained a whole 3 1/2 lbs.  But I think it's mostly all tummy!  That's good! :-)

We have decided to name our little boy Kellen. No middle name yet, I'm still thinking on that!

In home care....

So I started in home medical care yesterday.  I have an IV attached to my left hand for fluids for the next 5 days and I have proton pump attached to my hip for anti-nausea meds till April 4th.  I don't have to be hooked up to the IV all day, just need to make sure that I at least empty one bag of fluid.  The anti-nausea med seems to be working.  I'm starting to feel better and able to eat more food! Yummy!!! The fluids are giving a lot more energy, so I don't feel like a total drag.

As far as the upper ultra sound it came back negative, so they still are not sure what is causing the pain in my stomach, but with these meds that I'm taking now I don't seem to have that problem much anymore.  Which is weird, cause the anti-nausea med I was taking before but in a pill form. The only thing new is fluids and the anit-nausea med is now fluid as well.  HUUUUUMMMMM!  So confusing!  Anyway, all that matters is that I'm feeling better and hopefully on the road to recovery!

My next ultra sound is scheduled for March 18h, so we will hopefully get a good picture if it's a boy or a girl!