February 2018 - Notes from my phone

 Feb 2018-

21- Maxwell’s plays with Landon almost every day at recess. At home Landen and Emmalyn play really well together most of the time. He gets the best giggles out of her. She has started talking about her dreams and will tell us about nightmares she has had (she seems like she has always had nightmares because she has always had issues with whimpering and crying out at night). Some of her nightmares - almost getting run over by a car or losing daddy when he got in a car and drove away from us. 

Max and Emmalyn both are super picky on dinner lately. It’s annoying. 

We moved max into his own new room. Emmalyn is excited for her new room too. They have more moments of playing together and treating each other nicely. I love it. 

Maxwell's 5th tooth is about to come out and he’s excited about it. Works on wiggling it a lot. He loves learning the recorder. Really improved at soccer this last season. 

Emmalyn is great at soccer when she tries. Usually scores 1-2 times a game if she gets into it.

33 weeks -2/21/18

2/21/18

Starting to have some really uncomfortable days
tired
insomnia a little better
still not horrible heart burn
i don't think i waddle yet
people see me and they assume that I'm ready to pop and then i have to tell them, nope...still 6 weeks left (to c-section date anyway)
at least they say I look good
So many things to get done around the house and prep for the baby yet I struggle to get little things done each night and on the weekend
got a second cold sore
yesterday and today looked like my feet were a little swollen

crossmark NOW (network of women group) threw me a baby shower this week...surprise, so nice!
still haven't really prepped anything for the baby
after the shower I did register on amazon so if anyone coming to my neighborhood shower wants to do something besides diapers, at least they will have some ideas

kids are really excited - - they give the baby hugs and kisses all the time.  love to feel him moving.  "he booped me" is what they will say
Maxwell said he was excited.  I asked him why and he said because of the "gender".  Which makes me again really glad this is a boy.
emmalyn knows that they will cut me open to get him out.  she says she doesn't want to watch .  wants to know how soon she will get to see the baby
they love watching the "what to expect" video each week and remember the fruit the baby's size is compared to
emmalyn is fascinated by all of it....how things are working now and how they will work once the baby is out.  She thinks it's hilarious that he's naked right now.  understands the umbilical cord ("Velical cord" to her)
names are going to be tough.  peter and I just like different things

week 29 1/24/18

29 weeks pregnant!

Booops

Emmalyn calls the umbelical cord "Velical cord"

Emmalynn is so excited to see videos and know how big the baby is.  She’s loving looking at pics and videos from when she’s a baby, too

28 weeks, my blood work came back anemic so I have to start taking iron

I also didn't pass my glucose test so I had to go in and do the follow up 3 hour test.  It was awful.  At first it wasn't so bad but a few hours in I felt soooo sick and so tired.  It made total sense why they won't let you leave and you have to stay there because it would have not been safe for me to be driving.  I could even walk around the grocery store that the testing office was in by the end of it.  And then it took me a few days to really feel normal again.  No Fun!  Luckily I passed that second test.

Insomnia is kicking in too.