copying Joanne

I just read Joanne's blog and she made a baby update. So, I thought maybe I should too. I had a doctor's appt yesterday too. Everything went good. I'm 10 weeks 3 days along now. At the appointment she listened for a heartbeat, but couldn't find one. She said that it's pretty normal to not find one this early on, but she sent us to get an ultrasound just to ease our fears.

She also told us that since Alex had a moderate shoulder distosia(not sure on spelling) that she wants to take this baby early. She said that if it had been severe she wouldn't even give us the option. She would just do a c-section. I had no idea that when we had Alex it was such a serious thing. But, she said her youngest daughter had a severe distosia and she's lucky because it's not that noticeable and she can function fairly normally. She still can't move her arm in certain ways or wear a purse on her shoulder. She said that after she was born she didn't open her move her hand for a long time afterward. So, I guess it can be a pretty serious thing. She said that since Alex was so big and they babies usually get bigger with each pregnancy it's likely it would happen again and could be more serious. So, she said we'll do a lot of sonograms there towards the end to see how big the baby is getting and then see how early to take it. She said she can do it two weeks early, but might even want to do it three. But, at 37 weeks they would have to do amniosenthesis thing to test to see if the lungs are developed enough. Pretty crazy huh. I didn't know it was such a big deal.

Then, they scheduled us for the ultrasound which they usually do in the office, but we had to go somewhere else for some reason. I'm guessing they were all booked up then. It was 45 min. from when they scheduled it, so I had to get on the water drinking right away. It was plenty time for my body though. So, anyway we got there and the lady took so much longer than they usually do and I had to pee sooo bad. But, everything's looking good. It looks more like a baby now. The heartbeat is increasing like it should be. The ultrasound tech said that my uterus tilts backward and that's probably why the doc couldn't find the heartbeat. Apparently my mom's is like that too. Strange.

So, this was my fourth sonogram this pregnancy. I've had my blood drawn three times. And, it was technically my second doctor's appointment. And I'm only ten weeks. It's nice to be watched this closely though. It makes me feel like they care about our baby too. And, it makes me feel less nervous about everything.

Oh, and we decided we're going to find out the sex of this baby.

Alex's 2nd bday

Yesterday was Alex's second birthday. I think we made it a pretty good one. First thing when we got him up in the morning we sang happy birthday to him and he cried through the whole thing. I think he thought we were scary. Then, we went out to Walmart to get Alex's birthday presents and some things for the day. Man, we loaded that cart up. I'm sure he looked really spoiled. We did have forty dollars from Nathan's dad and donna to spend on him though. We brought the Kawasaki atv thing and diego kite to the farm for Alex. Mom and Dad got Alex a bunch of cute little outfits and two little cars. Which Alex loved the cars. Mom made cup cakes and Alex really liked them. Of course he was a little wary of them at first. Oh ya, Nathan was letting Alex hold the kite string and he let go. The wind took it all the way to the other side of the farm and it got stuck in the trees. Then it started raining but when it stopped Nathan and Dad went over there and got it out. Alex loved getting onto the lawn mower and playing with uncle Josh on the trampoline. He was so cute. It got kind of chilly out there so while Alex took his nap in the shed we hung out in the car. Then, when we got home Alex got to open the rest of his presents. He got some more cars, another jet, a jet with a man that goes in it, and a jet ski toy. He all of a sudden loves little men figurines. It's so cute. He bends all of the legs and arms and puts him on cars and things. He's been having so much fun playing with all of the toys he got for his bday today. That kawasaki thing was a good buy for sure!

California trip

OOps! Forgot to rotate some pictures. Oh well. These are a bunch of pics from our trip to cali to visit Nathan's family. We had a really good time except I was so so sick the whole time. ugh. Nathan was really sweet on the flights to and from he held Alex like the whole entire time. Alex did amazing on the flights. Especially on the way back. We had these tvs on the backs of the seats in front of us. You just scan your card there for like five dollars and watch whatever is on. We thought five dollars was worth it to entertain Alex for us. He just watched cartoons or slept.
The first day we got there we went over to Nathan's mom's house to say hi for a while and take naps. Then, we went over to see Nathan's dad play softball. I went to bed early every night we were out there. The second day we just kind of took it easy at his dad's. That was nice. Nathan's brother Mike and his wife Melissa came over that night and we all ate dinner. Alex seems to love his uncles. He thought Mike was really cool! They stayed up and learned how to play craps and I went to bed. The next morning we went to church with his mom, Mike, and Melissa. Then, we went to see Iron Man while his mom and Roger were getting ready for the shindig that night. Awesome movie by the way! When we got back about a million people came over to see us and Alex and throw a little bday party for the goob. I was pretty exhausted and tired of socializing by the end of the night. The next day we went out to the airport Nathan learned how to fly at and to this park right next to it. That was pretty fun. Then, that night we went to a KT Tunstall concert. Uber cool! Except I got really car sick on the drive down there and the vibrations from the concert made me really sick too. I just couldn't enjoy things like I wanted to. Panda Express even grossed me out. Oh, I got my days mixed up. Monday morning we went out to breakfast with Roger's parents and Tuesday we went to the airport. Then, tuesday afternoon we went to see Baby Mama. That's another funny one. That night we went over to his Dad's so Alex could open his presents from them. We played some black jack and then went back to his mom's to sleep. Then, Wednesday morning we got up and got ready to go. It was a pretty busy trip and always seems like I need a couple days to recover after we get back.

I did a lot of sleeping on the trip and it didn't even seem like I was getting enough. I'm well into the whole pregnancy sickness thing and it's no fun. It seems to be just like when I was pregnant with Alex though. So that's good. Except that I'm already down to like 120. Having the stomach flu didn't help. Right now I'm seven weeks along. I have my eight week appointment on Monday and another sonogram on tuesday.

Tomorrow we're going to the farm for Alex's and Dad's bday. Should be fun!