32 weeks and busy as a bee...

Hello all!
This week has been crazy! Lots going on. Lots of appointments. Yesterday, I had an appointment with Lily's pediatrician and everything was great. He is amazing, older, but very knowledgable and up to date on things so we were happy with that. I also had a psych appointment is going well with that, so that's cool.
After that, Brandon and I went over to St. Michael's (our new church) which is right next to his office and talked to them about getting our classes together in order to get Lil christened. Most excitingly, the deacon who does the baptisms said that Ali can be the godmother! I am very excited about that because at the other church we went to, I talked to them and they were very nasty and didn't seem open minded about me making a handicapped person a godparent. I was so upset about that, I left crying and was adament on finding a new church. Although this one is 45 min away from the house, after talking to the deacon for awhile and attending a really nice mass, Brandon and I were sure this was where we wanted to be. We are so excited Ali can be Lily's godmother, but we're not going to tell her just yet. First, we want to go through the classes, get our marriage blessed, have the baby, get Tim confirmed, and THEN when the christening is about a month away, we will tell her. ;) She will love it though.

Today we had our 32 week appointment with Dr. Plavidal. At the appointment, they did the Group B Strep Test and an ultrasound. The pictures are so cute and come to find out, Lily has hair! He saw it there, shook the ultrasound wand and you could see it floating in the amniotic fluid! Kid won't be lacking in the hair department, that's for sure. I thought for sure that she was going to be bald because neither Brandon or I had hair when we were born. She also had these cute little ghetto baby lips on her! I say ghetto, but they were all puckered up and looked huge! Doc said she was about 4 lbs right now, and she will probably be about 8 lbs when she is born. He did say that she will be on the bigger side depending on when she gets here. Today he also said that I gained 3 lbs. 1 lb over... :( 1 lb isn't bad though. Also, as you can also see in the pictures, here lip is closed up! Yeayyy! We won't have to worry about that, so that fear is gone! Thank GOD! As far as her due date goes...ha...today he said anywhere from the 14th to the 23rd. Today, with her measurements TODAY, he said the 14th of November. Maybe she's just big or long or something. I'm so over trying to guess when this kid is going to get here, but I am a planner. A 16 day period in which she can make her appearance is just too much for me! Then, she might come late...who knows. I know you can't plan these things, but THIS drives me nuts! Oh well, I'll get over it soon enough.
EDIT: 16 days, what the heck am I talking about? He told us there was a 16 day time period in which she can come in but between the 14th and 23rd is only 9 days..still a lot...I guess I should have counted before I wrote that.

Anywho,
Here are the ultrasound pictures!



Her heartrate was 160... nice and strong :)

Look at those lips! :)

Lily's definitely a girl! Here are her lady bits


In this picture, she was throwing up a "peace" sign and their is a weird little smiley thing in there....Maybe she made a friend???



Well, we are just so excited today. We've been super busy, but I think this fall air just puts everyone in a good mood. It's so nice outside right now. The windows are open and the kitties are loving it! So am I!
Anywho, this weekend my mom is coming in town to visit for my birthday and on Sunday, Brandon's mom comes in to visit on her way to Louisiana. I have so much cleaning to do, I just want to run around and do it, but it is so much more difficult these days. Everyone take care and go outside and enjoy the weather!

Updates of all sorts!

Hello everyone,
Just wanted to update a little with what's going on around here. We are almost 31 weeks along. I think...Tomorrow, I have another doctor's appointment. Thank heavens the glucose test came back negative, so that is great, but again my iron came back really low. Before, I was taking my iron with my prenatals, but come to find out your body can only absorb so much iron at once and the prenatals are full of iron....soooooo, the supplement I was taking really wasn't making much of a difference. Now, I have started taking them in the morning with my usual meds.

Usual meds.... they have been such a pain in the butt lately. Since we have started the decrease in the meds, I will see my psych every 2 weeks probably through the first 2 months of Lily's birth. We are slowly going down 50 mgs on the antidepressant every two weeks, so come October, I should be off of them completely. Thank goodness I am on such a low dose!
Now, as far as the anti-convulsant goes, both doctors are at odds on what to do. sigh... One wants me to stop both, the other says it is very important to stay on the anti-convulsant because of the time it would take to get back to my normal dosage and it will help me keep my wits about me, but she says it should not affect Lily. My next opinion is going to come from Lily's pediatrician who will check on her at birth and who she will probably see through the first year-ish. (He's all the way downtown, so we will probably have to get someone a little closer eventually) I have a meeting with him in two weeks to get his opinion and to discuss a few other things with him. My ob/gyn recommended him to me. He says he is one of the best pediatricians and his kids went to him, so that's enough for me. He also makes daily visits to Texas Women's Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital so that's cool.

Anways, well Brandon was supposed to have a root canal last week, but the doctor got sick, so we had to reschedule. Then Brandon realized it was the day before he has tons of meetings in Austin, so they had to reschedule it AGAIN. NOW, he is supposed to have it done on Thursday. So, Thursday and Friday I'm sure I'll have a big baby on my hands. ;)

I turn 28 in 2 1/2 weeks. So weird. I guess after you hit 21, you want birthdays to slow down. It takes sooo long to get to 21 and now I'm 28. 28 and I'll be having my first baby this year. Wow, what a year it has been... Well, Brandon is amazing and I couldn't be happier. Life has been so good to me lately. I am so very very blessed and I thank God everyday for this life. I'll take 28. I'll take any age as long as the years to come will be just as amazing as this one has been. :)

Mural ALMOST finished!

I know some of you are just about sick of seeing these pictures, but Brandon did an amazing job and I am so proud of him! There are a few little places that have to be painted so he has about another day to work on it, but today (the day it was supposed to be done) cutting the grass took precedent.
Here is the link to the photo album with all the pictures...
Lily's room pictures

This past week, I had my 29 week check-up which included my glucose tolerence test. Doc said everything looked great. I gained 2 lbs over goal weight which I was not happy about, but oh freaking well. 2 lbs...that's not too bad. I go back in 2 weeks and hopefully I won't gain anything so I can stay on the 1 lb a week track! I know that it's horrible to be so worried about my weight whilst I am this pregnant. I just want to keep a good eye on it so it doesn't get out of control.

We haven't gotten the results for the glucose tolerence yet. I hope those results are ok. I am a carbohydrate disaster area right about now, so that makes me a little worried...hence 2 lbs over goal weight! Also, my older brother has full blown diabetes and Ali is borderline diabetic...That also makes me a little worried because it definitely runs in the family.

The doc also said that I am measuring at 30 weeks. This wouldn't normally be a big deal, BUT this is the 3rd time he has put my due date a week earlier. First time, during the ultrasound, he said Lily was further along and he said that would put my due date at the 19th. I said not possible and went along my merry way. The second time, he measured my belly and said I was a week over, and this past time he did the same thing and said I was a week over. Now...this might explain why I am so freaking clueless as to how many weeks I am along. My 3 ipod widgets all have different weeks, my pregnancy calendar has different weeks and the doc has different weeks. I really am trying to keep track of this, but I am finding that technology is becoming a little unreliable and confusing! Don't tell my hubby I said that! He would disown me! But then again, Brandon is really freaking tall. His dad is really freaking tall, his dad's family is holy hell tall...maybe Lily is just going to be a tall girl. Who knows! I can't wait for the ultrasound to get a general idea of how big this girl is...

Brandon goes this Wed to the dentist for a root canal! ugh! Thank GOD for our good dental insurance. It will be covered at 90% so that's good...if it wasn't, I would have cried.
I also go to my other doctor and we are going to stop the meds on Tuesday-ish. It's going to be ok, so I am not worrying about it! The first few weeks will be hard, but I am thinking positive from there on out!

Don't forget to go check out the pictures! He did such an amazing job! I am so proud of him! :)