Thursday, April 21, 2011

Lily running out of room

This is Lily's face. Up close and personal. She's running out of room. Ultrasound yesterday has the little porker weighing 6.8 pounds already. Last ultrasound set for May 2 to determine whether or not I have to have a c section. Can you figure out eyes, nose and mouth?
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Almost 37 weeks

Well, I missed the Astros game due to some crazy ass upper respiratory infection that the dirty kids from school gave me and have been crazy sick. Onion to the rescue again and another z pac. I have been really trying to take care of myself but it is becoming more difficult. Please if you are reading this and have children LISTEN. If your children are sick, keep them home. I know it might be an inconvienence but it is your job as a parent. When you send your sick kids to school they get lots of other kids and teachers sick.
I went to my weekly check up on Tuesday after a grueling day of teaching while sick. Rushed up to Clear Lake ust in time to find out that my doctor wasn't there. She was at the hospital, I would have to see a nurse or PA. Which under normal circumstances would be OK but my doc has been monitoring my fluid since 34 weeks and goes the extra mile. Not to mention this close to delivery, I want consistency. I got lucky. She came back just in time for me to see her. I had already waited a LONG time and was missing my girl. I knew I was late for dinner with David's parents. Check up went well. Measuring a week ahead of schedule, heart beat sounds good. And then the ultrasound showed my fluid had dropped from a 10 to a 5.4. I was put in hospital to amp up my fluids with IV. I got really nervous and emotional. Scared. David came to stay with me and mom took elle. I wanted to hug on my baby. Good news is the ultrasound showed my fluid is back up!!! Home bound!! Bed bound. Discharge papers say bed rest, minimal walking, may shower, lots and lots of water. It is really hard to do bed rest with a 2 year old and 40 million things to do. But that is what must be done. I want Lily as happy and healthy as possible! Not too much longer but hopefully closer to 38 weeks.
Got to go drown myself with fluids. Say a prayer for a happy, healthy end to this pregnancy!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

2 Days shy of 36 weeks

Well week 35 sucked. I am overwhelmed. There is no possible way that I would have survived this week and several weeks in the past 9 months without my mommy and my hubby. Elle helps too. She doesn't let you slow down or get too down. She brings out the best in us all (most of the time).The stress at work is out of control. Most of it unncessary in my opinion. I am trying to get all my ducks in a row and every day one of them seems to swim away. I am sick AGAIN. This time with some sort of upper respitory infection. Yesterday after a horrible Tuesday, I thought I was going to deliver my girl. I was at school, not cool. Just reminded me of all of the things that i haven't quite finished up yet and need to desperately. All is well with Lily. She needs to cook at least another 9 days. My goal is to make it to 37 weeks. That way she will be considered full term but will not be the NINE TO NINE AND A HALF POUNDS that the doctor is prediciting that she might be if she carried to term. This means C-section. I DON'T WANT A C SECTION! Yes, this is coming from a girl who was going to have an elective C-Section with Elle. So glad I didn't. Even though I pushed for 3 hours and Elle's head was the largest cone head known to man, the recovery for me was easy. My doctor will be out of town during week 39 and that is when they could safely schedule an induction or csection without having to do an amnio to check for fetal lung development. I REALLY want to be delivered by my doctor. She is the only one I know in the practice and I feel very comfortable with her. I am hoping that my water breaks in week 37 or 38. Wish us luck.
Things are already looking up for week 36. Family dinner on Friday will include extended family. Hair cut Saturday and a quick shopping trip. NJ Buerglers are here this weekend. Astros Game Sunday! 4 day week next week. 37 weeks on the 23rd and hopefully PUNJAB and then Easter. Elle really seems to understand about the Easter Bunny. Then my last week of work. And then LILY GRACE:)

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Monday, April 11, 2011

RIP Tabitha Mommy the Baby

Tabitha joined the world on July 30, 1996. She was born in my closet at the house I grew up in, while I was home for the summer. She was born to Tweetie, who was an unbelieveable cat. Millie was her grandmother. Millie was picked up by Roserika and Maggie when we lived on Windsor drive in the ATX in 1995. Tabitha was the only kitten out of the litter that wasn't completely psycho. She was very timid and literally only liked about 5 people her whole life. She could be mean as you know what to other animals. Don't mistake her size for her being easy prey. She would beat up the dogs regularly.
Mommy the baby was David and my first baby together. She traveled from the ATX to Lubbock on several occasions and has lived in many different places with David and I. She used to be pretty adventurous in her younger day. For the past several years she has been solely an inside kitty. She definately earned her way into kitty heaven. She has been through a lot in the past several years. The hurricane was very very difficult on all the pets. They were stressed and displaced. The baby,Elle, was also an adjustment for her. She tolerated Elle and never tried to hurt her but did try to lay low and out of sight. Tabitha had the sweetest meow and purr that you have ever heard from a kitty. You could always win her over with a can of sliced beef fancy feast. She KNEW if it wasn't sliced beef and she would snub it.
A couple of weeks ago we suspected Tabitha got out and was hiding from the dogs. Turns out she was hiding in the guest room and when she did make an appearance it was easy to see that there was a big problem. She could barely walk and refused to eat or drink. She wanted to be close to David and I but was scared. I was at home with a stomach virus and had sent David and Elle to my mom's house to try to keep them from getting them sick. Tabitha and i laid on the bathroom floor together for quite a while that couple of days. She looked into my eyes as if asking for help. Begging and all that i could do was pet her and tell her I am sorry. She was just sweet, still and sad. It tore me up. David took her to the vet and it wasn't a very good prognosis. They did a bunch of blood work and tests and gave her an iv to hydrate her and she still refused to eat. The vet called and there were problems with her liver, kidneys and lots of other problems. She still wouldn't eat. David and i made the very difficult decision to let her go to kitty heaven without suffering anymore. We went to the vet and said our good byes. i promised her she would be out of pain once she got to heaven and free from doggies. We will miss you Mommy the baby. We love you tons.

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I married the love of my life and high school sweetheart, David, on 6/12/04. I am the mother of baby Elle(born 11/18/08), Lily Grace, (4/26/11) , Grant( 5/14/14),3dogs (Lupe, Bruce and Nina ) . Blessed to have my dream job as a kindergarten teacher❤️