Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Baby update

On Dec. 23rd we had an ultrasound. Taylor was unable to make it so I went alone.

First off when I got there they didn't even take me back until 3:40pm and my appt was at 3:00.
Finally the Tech came and got me and she wasn't very friendly, she asked why I was there and what Dr. Hall was looking for in this ultrasound.
So she takes all the pictures she needs and then does the baby's measurements, pretty normal U/S visit up to this point. Then She turns the screen so I am not able to see much and she is pushing VERY hard on my stomach looking at "something", she was silent and making weird faces. Then she asked if I have been having any pain. I said "Well don't all pregnant women have pain?" No response back from the her. This went on for about 20-25 min. I asked if the baby had caught up and she said yes she is only 3 days behind now. Then she stopped doing the ultrasound and said "Don't wipe the gel off ,the Radiologist is going to have to look!" and she walks out of the room, leaving me terrified. I'm all alone, I have no idea whats going on, I cried a little thinking that something is seriously wrong with me or the baby. Finally after about 30 min she came back in and said "Ok you can go." So I started to get up and clean the gel off and I said "Well is everything ok?" She wouldn't look me in the eye, she kept cleaning things up and said "Your Dr. will call you with the results."
So here I am walking out of the Imaging center terrified and alone, Dr Hall's office is closed, Taylor won't answer the phone, I just started to bawl. People are calling me to see how the ultrasound went and I didn't even want answer the phone until I could talk to Taylor.
Taylor Finally called me back and we talked. I felt much better after telling him about my expirience. But we both figured that if something was seriously wrong the Imageing center would contact Dr. Hall and he would call me.
So over the holiday and weekend I lost much sleep and worried quite a bit. But I made it through the weekend. On Monday I wasn't going to wait for Dr. Hall to call me. At 8:45am I called him and he said that he had been at the office for 30 min and I was the 4th woman to call with concerns about thier ultrasound results. He said he was sorry that I worried all weekend but both the baby and I are fine, no need to worry. He said she caught up but he might change my due date from the 18th of Feb to the 27th....I'm thinking he should leave it the 18th!
Needless to say Monday night I slept like a rock!!!

I had an appt yesterday (29th) and Dr Hall went over what to do if I go into labor and told me I can't be more than an hour away from the hospital after Jan 10th. It's coming so quickly!

Since we couldn't find the camera cord Taylor ordered one so I could put up pictures of the baby's room, basement and Christmas. It came and it's the wrong cord. So Pictures will come sometime soon.

Scott and Shellie came over Saturday while Taylor was at work and helped me moved the office downstairs and Shellie helped me organize the closet and Scott put together the crib and my stroller/carseat. THANK YOU SCOTT AND SHELLIE!!! I feel so much better that is done! I love walked passed her room now and its not just full of boxes. Taylor says when we get back from the cabin we can get her room painted and I can't wait for that. I'm getting super excited! :) The basement is looking awesome too! We are almost finished. They are finishing the tile in the bathroom this week and then cabinets come next week and then all we have is to finish the outlets. It feels like we have a whole other house now that its almost complete! Pictures to come soon!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We are headed to the cabin for New Years. It will be good to just relax and have no worries. Hope you all have a Happy New year!

Favorite Holiday Treats...

Marshmallow Caramel Corn
( My absolute FAVORITE! )



Hot Chocolate


FUDGE!!!!!!!!!


Chocolate Orange


Homemade Caramel.

Thanks Missy for the fun Post. I tag everyone!

Monday, December 14, 2009

Introducing...


Ethan Dean Norman born Dec. 12, 2009 5:56PM
6lbs 14oz and 21 in. long.
I have lots of picture on my camera but I can't find my camera cord, so this is a picture from my phone. He's a cutie. He has great color to him. I love him so much already! Makes me so excited to meet my little girl! :)
Congrats Rach and Chris!
Mother and baby doing great!

Saturday I had a baby shower and I am so grateful for all the gifts and for everyone that came. THANK YOU. My mom is suppose to be emailing me some pictures from that since I forgot to get my camera out and have someone take pictures. The Tahoe was COMPLETELY full going home! Thank you everyone.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Christmas tree


Here is a picture of our awesome little Christmas Tree. I wish the lighting would have been better so you can see it better. It's much cuter in person, so feel free to stop by and see it! :)

On a side note, Dr. Hall called last night and said that they might push my due date back about 3 weeks because she is so small. My uterus measures right one but she measures behind. (I will probably cry if he changes it by that much that means I will be pregnant for almost 10 months, instead of just 9 ... sigh...) He looked at the ultrasound pictures and said all her parts are there but she is about 2-3 weeks behind on her measurments. I have a follow up ultrasound in 3-4 weeks to see if she is growing and to make sure the amniotic fluid stays where it needs to be. Poor little girl, I hope she's ok. I read somewhere that Celiac disease mothers have "low birth weight" babies and he said that could be a reason for her being so small as well. I guess we will take it one week at a time and see how she does.

For those of you wondering about my sister, Rachel, still no baby :( Her due date is 5 days away and she isn't quite dilated to a one yet. Poor girl is so miserable and ready to be done. I sure hope he comes soon. I'm ready to meet him! I will keep you all posted on when he gets here though!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Ultrasound

For some reason Blogger won't let me upload any more photos right now.
Here is one of the pictures from our 28 week Ultrasound taken last Wednesday. She is measuring quite small, we go in to see Dr. Hall on Friday, So hopefully he tells us that she is just fine. The ultrasound tech freaked me out a little. Taylor couldn't make it to the ultrasound so I went by myself and she kept asking me the whole time if they ever told me that I measure small and I kept telling her "No, I measure right where I am suppose to." She said Dr. Hall would have to look at them and make sure everything is fine and make sure that she is getting everything she needs. So I am crossing my fingers until Friday when we see the Dr.
Funny story about the picture above, I sent it in a text message to some of our family and Scott, my father in law, thought it was a picture of a cooler?!?!?! Seriously....A COOLER??? We all keep teasing him about it. He doesn't think we are too funny!

I had pictures of our beautiful little tree but blogger won't let me upload them so I will try again later.

I also have pictures of Taylor's Birthday. It was Sunday. Super relaxing day and that was great.

My crib should be here some time this week. I ordered it a while ago and I can't wait to get it.