little victories

I had to hold back the tears...my lil' boy is growing up!! Ethan had his first tee ball game last Saturday, his team is the Rangers! They were all so adorable. None of them really knew what they were doing, but I was so proud, he caught on so quick! Except for the occasional, "I'm tired of standing here, so i'll go play in the dirt" moments, he did really well. Papa Jim and Diane came out to watch too, so he was really excited about that. James was out there the whole time helping him. He did well for about 30 minutes, and then was DONE. I don't blame him, it was pretty darn hot! I am so proud of my lil' boy...he is SO great :)

Monday, September 6, 2010

Labor Day 2010

Happy Labor Day everyone!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

22 weeks and counting!

I had a check up Wednesday, and everything is still going great. Really all they do is listen to the baby's heart, force me to "weigh in" and check my urine...but still all is well :) I've gained a total of 5 lbs so far..really which was just in the past couple of weeks, thanks to my new found appetite. I have added two meals to my day...second breakfast, and pre dinner. It's worse when I'm working my 12 hour shifts, I have to bring so much food so I don't end up eating junk out of the vending machine! I've had a craving for cottage cheese with mandarin oranges and also for oreos with milk! I have oreos nightly before bed :) I'm allowed to splurge a little bit...right? Maybe it's time to switch to the lower sugar kind...I have my glucose screen at my next appt. Oct. 4th. The plan so far after speaking with my Dr. is to induce at 39 wks which will be New years day! We've decided on an induction for a few reasons...

1. Ethan was 8 lbs and 3 oz. (I am really scared of having a giant baby...and I DO NOT want a C/S if I can't push him out!)

2. We live 30 miles away from Parkland

3. My labor with Ethan was only 7 hours long. So if my water breaks at home I don't want to drive all the way to parkland.

We tried to talk my Dr. into Dec 30, but no such luck...I HAVE to be 39 weeks before she will induce. Of course this could all change, and it is depending on how baby is growing and developing. As for now, we are measuring a week and a half ahead of schedule per sono! So who knows maybe he will decide to come all on his own :)I'm a little less nervous about inducing than I was with Ethan because my body reacted really well to the Pitocin the first time. So here's hoping things continue to go as planned! My last day of work will be Jan 31st. until then we are busy finishing the nursery and getting some last minute home projects finished that have been hanging over our heads. My cousin Tiffany's wedding is this weekend, and Christine's baby shower is next weekend! So there's alot to do to keep us busy and our mind off of how much longer we have to go with this pregnancy!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Ethan Quote of the Day

While watching an episode of Dora the Explorer,entitled "Big Sister":

Ethan: "Dora's mommy has a baby in her tummy just like you and
Christine have a baby in your tummy!"

Me: "Yes, that's right!"

Ethan: "But not me, I have donuts and waffles in my tummy."

Love him :)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Time to get to work!

This is what my month looks like: Ethan's birthday just passed, it was so much fun, pics to come....I'm also hosting my cousins bridal shower on the 28th, her wedding is on the 4th, helping host Christine's baby shower on the 11th, and ALSO throwing a batchlorette party for a nursing school friend on the 11th! Talk about a busy month! I've never written so many invitations, made so many favors, and worried about as many RSVP's as I have these past few weeks! But I love it. If this nursing thing doesn't work out, I could really do well as an event planner :) Good thing I only work three days a week, or else this would be impossible! There's just something about little details with celebrations that I love. I'm sure no one cares as much as I do, but hey what can I say I like to make things perfect ;) On another note....we also started painting Devin's room. My aunt Karen painted and put up an adorable wall paper border when it was Ethan's nursery. But we quickly realized as soon as he figured out you could peel it from the wall, it was all down hill from there! So we spent the second half of Sunday (after the birthday party) peeling the rest of the paper from the wall and painting. We painted the bottom half a shade of green and plan on putting up a wooden chair rail. Let's see Devin try and peel THAT off the wall! I will post pics as soon as it's all done. I also put up some dinosaur decor that is the cutest thing I have ever seen! (okay maybe I'm biased) But we are so excited to get it all done and ready for Devin. I know what you're thinking...."Rachel, isn't it a little early for all of this?" Well I remember how it was with Ethan, we waited until the end (about 7 months) to do everything. I remember how exhausted the littlest things made me, and figure I'll do everything while I have the energy to help. And Devin's already measuring big for gestation..so who knows, he could definitley be here before the new year! Either way we're ready :) Hope the last bits of summer are going well for everyone!

Devin's new Carseat and stroller