35 Weeks

Well today I am 35 weeks so my doctors are saying that I have made it over the hump. They have said all along that they will be happy if they can get me to 35 weeks!! I had an appointment this morning and I am 2cm dialated. My doctors have taken me off my medication and I am officially off bedrest..they are just going to let me go whenever I go at this point..they will no longer try to do anything to hold off labor!! So now we wait..John and I were joking last night that he better come now or wait until after Saturday because thats the first gator game..haha!! Stay tuned..won't be much longer!!

Kaylee 17 Months

One month from yesterday Kaylee will be a year and a half old...so crazy how time is flying by. I was leaving labor and delivery last night (long stort) and I was telling the nurse who was walking me out how it seems like just yesterday I was there having Kaylee..now I am getting ready to do it all over again. Doesn't seem possible!!

Kaylee is growing up so fast..we are still working on her behavior and our biggest thing is consistency..I am hoping sooner than later she will realize who is in charge!! She is having trouble sharing with her friends and she will snatch toys from them and say "don't touch it". Its really funny to hear her say it and the look on her face..but I have to make her give it back them she will give them a kiss and pat them on the head..its so funny!!

She is doing great in her toddler bed..she has been waking up about once a week in the middle of the night but she doesn't get out of bed. She just sits there and cries until I go in and get her. She will come out of her room in the morning time if I do not get her as soon as she gets up. I sleep with the baby monitor on so I am usually in there before she makes it out of her room..but we also put a gate up at the top of the stairs just in case she gets out!! She still takes naps in her swing...her feet almost drag the ground and her head touches the bar at the top...but she loves it and sleeps for hours at naptime so I haven't tried to break her of it yet. I am waiting until after the baby is born.

She is finally starting to talk more...I didn't think she would ever get here HAHA..she knows "mama", "dada", "Kate", "Mami", "Lori", Papa", "Jade"(her best friend) by name and she will usually say them but not always. She also says ball, stop, cuppie (when she wants her sippy cup), don't touch it, yes, no, baby, up, thank you..and a few more that I can't think of now!! I am still working with her on asking for what she wants by name instead of pointing or just shaking her head.

She is being extremely picky lately with what she will eat!! Some days she refuses to eat much at all. I was worried about this at first but I have been reassured by many people that she will eat if she gets hungry enough!! I make sure she has plenty of milk and juice throughout the day and I give her vitamins so at least I know she won't be dehydrated!! We have found lately that if we give her something to dip her food in like ketchup or ranch she will eat..so at least that works some of the time!!

Well I guess thats about all for this month..Kaylee is getting excited for her brother to come..we talk about it every day! She loves to lift up my shirt and kiss my belly..its so sweet. Hopefully she will be a nice big sister!!

Baby Update

Well as I mentioned in a post last Tuesday I was at the doctor with pre-term labor..hopefully this update won't overlap with the other one..all my days are starting to run together. Anyways last Tuesday when I posted I had been in the hospital the night before because I had been having a lot of contractions. Well Tuesday afternoon after my post they were getting worse so I decided to go get checked out..I went to the doctors office and they monitored me and gave me another shot of terbutaline and sent me home with pills to take every 4 hours. She told me to call back if the contractions did not slow down. So Tuesday night aound 9 pm I was still having them and they were getting a little stronger so I called back and they told me to go to labor and delivery.

When I got there they hooked me up to the monitor and I was having them about every 5 minutes apart but they did't want to check my cervix because they wanted to wait to do some test that takes 24 hours after your last internal check...so anyways they gave me another shot of terbutaline and we waited for it to kick it...I was still having the contractions so they gave me an IV and decided to give me morphine to see if that would relax me enough to get them to stop.

After that was unsuccessful they decided they were going to put me on magnesium sulfate...this is a horrible medicine that I also had to have when I delivered Kaylee to keep my blood pressure down. They have to catheterise you to give you this medication because you are not allowed to walk around while on it. So they admitted me and started me on the magnesium..It gives you a bad headache and makes you very very hot...oh also they wouldn't let me eat..so you can imagine how unhappy that made me! LOL

So Wednesday morning they came in and said that I was still having the contractions so I wasn't going to be able to go home...I couldn't eat all day Wednesday and they did that test around 3:00 pm it came back negative which was a good thing (meaning the probability of me going into labor within the next week was low). So that evening they took the cathetar out and let me eat..Thank Goodness.

I thought I was going to be going home Thursday but I ended up staying until Friday morning just because they weren't sure what was going to happen. They ended up checking my cervix and it was thinning but not dialating yet..so they felt like it ws safe enough for me to go home as long as I was going to be on total bedrest..

So the weekend went well...I continued to have contractions and I went to the doctor yesterday and they said they didn't want to check me unless they had to since that could ramp up the labor...so I am supposed to be just hanging out at home and waiting for any changes. Last night I was having more and more that hurt but they werent in any sort of pattern so no one knows how much longer it will be. While I was in the hospital they gave me steriod shots for his lungs so that he has a better chance of them being developed if he is born early.

I go back next Monday unless something changes and in 3 weeks they will take me off the medications and let me go into labor...so stay tuned!! Who knows what will happen!!

Behavior Issues

Well our sweet little angel is going through a stage (I'm hoping it's just a stage) of being naughty. The past few weeks it has gotten worse and last night John and I sat down and talked about it and decided how we are going to go about handling disciplining her. This past week she has started hitting. Saturday her and John were playing in the floor and she hit him in the face..this was the first time she had done this so we weren't sure if she was playing or doing it to be mean. He told her not to hit and she just laughed..a little while later he told her not to do something and she hit him in the face again...this time he popped her because she obviously did this on purpose. Yesterday while we were at my doctors appointment my mom told her not to do something and she hit her in the face (she goes for the face every time)...so my mom popped her and told her not to do that and that made her mad and she did it again...she is a strongwilled little thing. She has also been throwing some major tantrums lately..if she doesn't get what she wants or you tell her not to do something she will throw whatever she has and starts kicking her arms and legs..it's ridiculous. So last night I had already had enough of her behavior and sure enough she starts to throw a fit because she didn't get her way so John popped her and sat her in a chair. This was the first time that we have used time out because we didn't think she would really understand but she totally understood and was not happy at all about the situation. She sat there and cried and cried and she would look at us and try to get down but she would stay when we told her to. It broke my heart to see this even though I know it is what she deserved..but we have vowed to be consistant so we can hopefully turn this behavior around. Any sugestions welcome!!

Pre-Term Labor

Well I gues if it's not one thing it's another. Yesterday morning I went to the doctor with blood pressure problems..nothing new this happens at least once or twice a week. I got there and they decided they were going to send me to a high risk doctor to get a second opinion on how to treat the pre-eclampsia. They can't deliver this early without a second opinion. I will be seeing the same specialist that I saw when I was pregnant with Kaylee that had me go ahead and deliver. So we will see how that goes..my appointment is next week. So my blood pressure came down and they sent me on my way!!

Around 2:45 yesterday afternoon I started having contractions. I have had a few contractions so far with this pregnancy but they were never closer than 30 minutes apart. These contractions were coming 5-10 minutes apart but they didn't hurt so I decided that I would wait a little while before calling the doctor. After 2 hours of having contractions consistentally every 5-10 minutes I decided I would give them a call. So of course they told me to come in and get checked out just to be on the safe side. I was hesitant to go because I was thinking maybe it wasn't really contractions and I was just crazy..haha!! But sure enough when I got there and the hooked me up on the monitors I was having them. So they monitered me for a while and they weren't stopping so they decided to give me a shot or turbutaline (spelling). They checked my cervix and I wasn't dialating so after the medicine kicked in and stopped the contractions I got to go home.

The nurse said that the medicine will only last for a while and that if it continues to happen they might put me on this medication until I deliver. So we will see..hopefully this was just a fluke thing and it doesn't happen again!!

Baby Kyle Update

Haven't shared what has been going on with me and baby Kyle these days so I thought I would give everyone a breif update.

As I mentioned before in a previous post I have pre-eclampsia with this pregnancy just like with Kaylee and it cause my blood pressure to jump around a lot and it sometimes gets very high...well my past few appointments my blood pressure has been under control but then last week I started feeling bad and it was due to my blood pressure going back up. I went in to the doctor and she checked me out and ordered labs and sent me on my way. We found it a little odd that she sent me home because usually if my blood pressure is high they like to watch me for a while and run some tests on the baby to make sure that it is not affecting him...but she didn't do any of that!!

That evening my blood pressure got really high (almost as high as when I was induced with Kaylee) so I calld back to make sure that it was still nothing to worry about and make sure they didn't want to see me. She said to take it easy for the night and come in and get checked out the next morning. I was baffled..but said okay!! The nxt morning I went in and saw a different doctor. He was very upset that the previous doctor has not asked me to come in and had not even checked out th baby. He did a check on the baby and everything looked fine with him. The labor and delivery nurse told me that we were at a point now that if my blood pressure gets too high and they think it is safer to deliver then they will go ahead and do so!! Talk about freaked out...I am definentally not ready for him to come yet. So after my blood pressure went down they let me come home and said to return in two days for another check.

When I went back in on Friday my blood pressure was not as high as it had previously been but the doctor wanted to go ahead and get some measurements on the baby so that if they do have to deliver soon they will know what they are dealing with. Baby Kyle is roughly 3 1/2 pounds and he is head down. The doctor was pleased with his size and said that if they do have to deliver very soon he will be fine..he will probably have to stay a little while until his lungs mature and he wouldn't beable to come home until he reached about 5 pounds.

I am 32 weeks today and they are hoping to hold off on delivery until 35 or 36 weeks if my blood pressure is stable enough. So I can't believe that I will be delivering this little guy in 3 or 4 weeks. I have a lot to get done these next few weeks. My next appointment is Friday unless I need to go in before then. I will give everyone a new update then..Also we got Kyle's nursery finished so I will be posting pictures of that shortly!! Stay tuned.

Zoo

Kaylee loves the zoo!! Ive taken her twice since she has been born but John hasn't been able to go either time so we decided we wanted to take her back with him before Kyle was born. So today we headed out to the zoo...I knew it would be too hot for me in the afternoon so we decided to go as soon as they opened. We got there at 9 and there was no one there..it was so nice. We were there about 3 1/2 hours and it never got really crowded but it did get hot. Kaylee had such a blast..she rode in her stroller the first half of the time and then after we ate lunch we let her run around and play...she was totally worn out by the time we left. Last time I took her we played in the splash park but I forgot her swin diaper this time so we weren't able to do it. She LOVED the petting zoo and she was trying to kiss every goat in there haha!! She also enjoyed a little bit of all of our snow cones and John's dad bought her these bracelets with bells on them which she was totally thrilled about!! We had such a fun time and we can't wait to go back after Kyle is born and it cools off a little.Pretty KayleeI think this was a leapordI've never actually seen the lions up and walking around!!Daddy and Kaylee petting the goatsShe kept saying "Touch It??"She made sure she touched every goat in there
Wow...I'm huge!!!

MOSH for John's Birthday

Last Saturday was Johns 24th birthday. He didn't really have anything that he wanted to do so Kaylee and I decided that we would take him to MOSH for his birthday :) This was Kaylee's first time going and it was the first time John and I had been in a very long time...it was a lot of fun but not somewhere you would plan to spend the whole day!! They have the dinosaur exhibit showing right now which was neat, but they are doing that in place of all the hands on stuff they usually have..so I was kind of dissapointed about that. They had a little kids playplace which was really neat it had a water table and some chalk tables and a bunch of little ride on toys for toddlers..this was of course Kaylees favorite part!!

Kaylee 16 Months

Kaylee is 16 months old today...I can't believe in two months she is going to be a year and a half old!! Kaylee is changing so much these days..she is starting to talk more and more. She only says about 10 words that we actually understand but she is constantly babbling!! We took a little break from the big girl bed because she was waking up every night in it and I was too tired to deal with it. We only have a few weeks left now before the baby so tonight we are going to start trying her in it again. She is starting to test her boundaries more and more these days!! She laughs when you tell her no and usually laughs if you ask her if she wants a spanking...until she gets the spanking that it. She has started loving shoes the past few weeks and is always bringing me shoes to put on her. We are trying to talk to her more and more about her little brother and show her his things..of course she has no clue that he is about to rock her world..haha!! The other day she was laying in my lap and Kyle was kicking her an she lifted up my shirt and started hitting my belly back, it was so funny!!! Here are a few pictures of our little princess.Happy girlPlaying outsideShe loves her big ball
Eating lunch at Zaxbys

Prayers for your Kids

I copied this from a friends blog and I wanted to share it with everyone because I thought it was so awesome!! I am going to write each of these on an index card and pray one every day for the next month!!


31 Biblical Virtues to pray for your kids:

1. Salvation. "Lord, let salvation spring up within my children, that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory" (Is. 45:8, 2Tim. 2:10)

2. Growth in grace. "I pray that my children may grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 3:18)

3. Love. "Grant, Lord, that my children may learn to live a life of love, through the Spirit who dwells in them" (Gal. 5:25, Eph. 5:2)

4. Honesty and integrity. "May integrity and honestly be their virtue and protection" (Ps. 25:21)

5. Self-control. "Father, help my children not to be like many others around them, but let them be alert and self-controlled in all they do" (1Thes5:6)

6. Love for God's Word. "May my children grow to find Your Word more precious than much pure gold and sweeter than honey from the comb" (Ps. 19:10)

7. Justice. "God, help my children to love justice as You do and act justly in all they say and do" (Ps. 11:7, Mic 6:8)

8. Mercy. "May my children always be merciful, just as their Father is merciful" (Lk 6:36)

9. Respect (for self, other, authority). "Father, grant that my children may show proper respect to everyone, as your Word commands" (1 Pet. 2:17)

10. Biblical self-esteem. " Help my children develop a strong self-esteem that is rooted in the realization that they are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus" (Eph. 2:10)

11. Faithfulness. "Let love and faithfulness never leave my children, but bind these twin virtues around their necks and write them on the tablets of their hearts. (Prov. 3:3)

12. Courage. "May my children always be strong and courageous in their characters and in their actions" (Dt. 31:6)

13. Purity. "Create in them a pure heart, O God, and let that purity of hear be shown in their actions" (Ps. 51:10)

14. Kindness. "Lord, may my children always try to be kind to each and to everyone else" (1Thess. 5:15)

15. Generosity. "Grant that my children may be generous and willing to share, and so lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age" (1Tim. 6:18-19)

16. Peace-loving. "Father, let my children make every effort to do what leads to peace"(Rom. 14:19)

17. Joy. "May my children be filled with the joy given by the Holy Spirit" (1 Thes. 1:6)

18. Perseverance. "Lord, teach my children perseverance in all they do, and help them especially to run with perseverance the race marked out for them" (Heb 12:1)

19. Humility. "God, please cultivate in my children the ability to show true humility toward all"(Titus 3:2)

20. Compassion. "Lord, please clothe my children with the virtue of compassion" (Col. 3:12)

21. Responsibility. "Grant that my children may learn responsibility, for each one should carry his own load" (Gal 6:5)

22. Contentment. "Father, teach my children the secret of being content in any and every situation, through Him who gives them strength" ( Phil. 4:12-13)

23. Faith. "I pray that faith will root and grow in my children's hearts, that by faith they may gain what has been promised to them" (Lk 17:5-6, Heb. 11:1-40)

24. A servant's heart. "God please help my children develop servant's hearts, that they may serve wholeheartedly, as if they were serving the Lord, no men" (Eph 6:7)

25. Hope. "May the God of hope grant that my children may overflow with hope and hopefulness by the power of the Holy spirit" (Ro. 15:13)

26. Willingness and ability to work. "Teach my children, Lord, to value work and to work at it with all their heart, as working for the Lord, not for men" (Col 3:23)

27. Passion for God. "Lord, please instill in my children a soul that 'followeth hard after thee', one that clings passionately to you" (Ps. 63:8 KJV)

28. Self-discipline. "Father, I pray that my children may acquire a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair" (Prov. 1:3)

29. Prayerfulness. "Grant, Lord, that my children's lives may be marked by prayerfulness, that they may learn to pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests"(Eph. 6:18)

30. Gratitude. "Help my children to live lives that are always overflowing with thankfulness and always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ" (Eph.5:20, Col.2:7)

31. A heart for missions. "Lord, please help my children to develop a desire to see your glory declared among the nations, your marvelous deeds among all peoples" (Ps. 96:3)

Markers

This weekend I ran into a huge back to school sale at target and stocked up on crayons and markers for the kids to use when they get a little older. The markers were supposably for little kids and they were washable..so yesterday I thought I would let Kaylee try them out. I taped a piece of construction paper to her high chair and let her have at it...we only had one little problem...she kept trying to eat them!! This is what we ended up with...She wasn't sure yet if she liked it or not!!Coloring on her highchair instead of the paper..of course

She kept trying to eat the markers and it was getting all over her face
Upset because I got onto her for putting them in her mouth!

The Big Pink Dog

This past weekend we went to Dave and Busters with John's mom and brother and Kaylee had sucha great time. She has been to Dave and Busters a few times but not since she has been able to walk. She wore herself out running all over the place and the best part came at the end when daddy cashed in his tickets and won Kaylee this HUGE pink puppy. She loved it and wanted to carry it around even though i was way too big for her to carry. I asked John where he planned on putting it and he said it didnt matter because she liked it so much. He loves getting animals for his girl!! So we have a huge pink dog in our living room that Kaylee and the other kids love to roll around on and lay on to watch tv.

Dancing Queen

Check out this video of Kaylee dancing to her favorite show!! Everytime I turn this on starts clapping and dancing..she loves it. The video isn't great but you get the idea!!
Kaylee dancing with her baby doll

Getting Ready for Kyle

Since it won't be much longer now until baby Kyle is here I am trying to get all his clothes washed and his room prepared. We are so blessed to have such great family and friends that have given us so many wonderful things for our little guy. Thanks to everyone!!

Kaylee and Kyle's New Ride

When I was pregnant with Kaylee, everything we picked out for her was pink pink pink. We talked about getting a neutral carseat and stroller so we could use it for our next child but then we decided by the time we had another baby we would probably want a new one anyways so we went ahead and got pink. Obviously we didn't realize that we would be having another baby so soon. Needless to say when we found out we were having a boy this time we had to get rid of all the pink and start over. We wanted a double stroller since Kaylee is still so young and I really wanted one with a matching infant seat!! So I found one on craigslist that was brand new with a matching infant car seat. I was so excited. My mom and dad bought it for us as a baby gift. I was so excited to get it. I put it together and pushed Kaylee around the house in it. LOL. We can't wait for baby Kyle to get here so we can go for a ride in their new stroller!!

Pictures

This girl loves to play outside

Happy girl

Bath time

I haven't been able to put pictures on the blog in a while so I thought while I had the chance I would go ahead and add some random ones from the past month!!

27 weeks

I haven't been as good this pregnancy at taking belly pictures but Katelyn is always on my back about it and she took one the other day so I thought i would share. I went to the doctor today and found I passed my 3hour gllucose test...I was so relieved about that! My blood pressure was high today but since I was in labor and delivery Monday night with high blood pressure and everything checked out okay, she went ahead and sent me home and I go back Tuesday. She said she expects my blood pressure to start getting higher once I hit 30 weeks..so we are just parying that it doesn't get too bad and I will be able to keep him in there until at least 36 or 37 weeks!!!!

4th of July

Last year for fourth of July John was out of town for work so he has been saying for months now that he wanted to have a party this year since he would be here. So we had my family, the Principe's and John's parents over for a smoker. John did pork and chicken on the smoker and it was so good. He started cooking Friday night so me and him camped out in the living room floor. Everyone came over at noon and lunch was ready at 1:00. We had so much fun spending time with friends and family. The girls doing sparklers

Kaylee having fun after lunch

Kaylee and Aunt Kate

Toddler Bed

With the new baby coming we decided to go ahead and get Kaylee a toddler bed so we could move her crib to Kyles room. We picked it up Monday and put it in her room but she hasn't slept in it yet because we haven't finished babyproofing her room yet. She of course noticed the bed as soon as she got to her room and was so excited to play in it. She kept going back upstairs to get in it.. It was so cute how excited she was. I am going to try letting her take naps in it first and see how she does.. Hopefully by the end of the week we will have her room finished and she can sleep in it all night. We are praying for a smooth transition.

Bubble Gum

A few weeks ago John had one of those screwball icecreams from the icecream man..the ones that have bubblegum in the bottom. Well apparantly he ate the ice cream but didn't want the bubble gum so be left it on the table by the couch. The next morning I was in the kitchen making Kaylees breakfast and when she came in there I noticed she had something in her mouth...and it smelled like bubble gum. I was thinking surely she couldn't have bubble gum.. Where would she have got it?? So I finally pryed her mouth open and realized that it was indeed bubble gum. She was really enjoying it and didn't want to give it to me so I asked her to show me where she got it from (not thinking she really would) so she took my hand and walked me to the table where she got it from and gave me the empty ice cream container. I asked her if that was where she got the gum and she shook her head yes. Not knowing whether or not to believe her I called John to ask him if he had by chance left his bubblegum on the table..and he had. I decided I would let her have it for a while and follow her around with it to make sure she didn't spit it out anywhere or get of in her hair. When I was ready to take it away she cried and cried so I gave it back to her. she ended up chewing it all day until she went to bed. It was so funny..So now I use bubblegum to bribe her to go in the nursery and sit in her carseat and anything else I want her to do.