Prest-O Change-O

So, I said that we decided to splurge on a new car seat cover, since they don’t make our Winnie the Pooh pattern in a double stroller.  I ordered the new cover last week, and SURPRISE!  It came today!  I was pretty excited, so I decided to go ahead and switch them!

Here’s the before… Pooh is cute, but…  

 

…this is cuter!

 

So this is the other pattern, it’s called Brentwood.  It wasn’t my absolute favorite, but the ones that were my favorites and fit our car seat only came in double strollers that were $200+ and that just wasn’t happening!  So the stroller we’d been looking at came in Brentwood, and I thought it was pretty.  What’s cool is that it ended up having a little green in it, which is good since the straps are green from the Pooh pattern.  Anyway, I think it’s pretty cute!  Now I just need to order the stroller…

It was actually really easy to change the cover over, but what was weird was seeing how little the space for the baby is after I put the straps back down to the bottom hole, and put the little head thing on.  Hard to believe Laney used to be that small, and scary to think we’ll have another one that little soon!

In other news, the doctor’s appointments went fine this past week.  I gained just over a pound!!  I guess it was inevitable, at some point I have to gain some weight!  That actually puts me at 2 pounds in the last two weeks!  I’m still down about 7 pounds total, though, so I guess I should be happy about that!  And I spent all of last weekend in IL with Grandma Price’s candy drawer, so maybe a pound isn’t so bad after all!

6 more weeks until we get to meet this little lady!  Can’t wait!

Weight Check!

Well, this is a little late because last week was a CRAZY week, and then I was in IL all weekend hanging out with Grandma & Grandpa Price, but I thought I’d go ahead and update on last week’s appointments, since we got to check Audrey’s weight!  She now weighs about 4 lbs, 5 oz, which is around the 63rd percentile, which is right where she was a month ago, the last time we checked her weight.  Anyway… so that’s good news, because it means she’s staying at the right size, not growing too big too fast. 

Other than that, not much to report.  I gained a little weight- about 8/10ths of a pound.  Blood sugars still all look good, and my blood work all came back normal.  As of last Friday, 7 weeks until my c-section!  Crazy to be thinking about it in a matter of that FEW weeks!  I know they will fly by!

As far as non-medical stuff, I am still pretty much liking being pregnant!  I haven’t been having many BH contractions, so that’s good.  And I’m still not so huge that I’m uncomfortable.  Audrey moves TONS, and I really love feeling her move around.  I remember with Laney that I was almost sad in the days after she was born because I couldn’t feel her moving around inside me anymore… seems silly, since I could now SEE her moving around OUTSIDE of me, but that’s how I felt.  And I imagine I will feel the same with this one.  It’s just such a special feeling.

Anyway… we’re slowly picking up the things we need for Audrey.  There really aren’t that many things we need, since we are reusing so much from Laney.  I decided to have one major splurge and replace the cover on the car seat.  They don’t make the pattern that we have anymore, so I couldn’t get a double stroller to match.  And neither of us really liked the closest pattern… anyway, so I decided it was worth a splurge… I ordered the cover today, in the Brentwood pattern from Graco.  Then all that’s left to buy is a bassinet, the stroller, and a spare closet rod so we can have twice the cute little girl clothes in the closet! :) 

Well, just to reward you for reading a long post… here are a few pics from my latest ultrasounds!

Audrey Lou, at 32 weeks!

To help decipher the ultrasound: her head is on the right, and she’s turned looking at you.  The white line is her nose, then the rounded part is her right cheek.  The darker line beneath the nose is her mouth.  Chubby cheeks, anyone?! :)  

 

This one is funnier… this is actually from my ultrasound 2 weeks ago, so it’s Audrey at 31 weeks.  Anyway, with Laney, they kept telling me how much hair she had.  Seriously, every ultrasound they would mention it.  And then she came out bald!  So, just for fun, I asked the ultrasound tech whether she could tell if there was hair.  And, yep, sure enough, it looks like there’s lots of hair!

So, I’m interested to see if Audrey actually comes out with hair, or if she’ll just have the little old man fringe like Laney did!  Just from ultrasounds, they seem like they look pretty similar- chubby cheeks, hair, Holt chin… but their coloring will probably make all of the difference!  Audrey could come out with dark hair and light eyes!  You never know…

Anyway, so there’s the update!  I did take a belly pic this weekend while I was in IL, but Jess actually took it, so I’ll post it when I get the pics from her!  It’s not that exciting, I don’t look all that big!  Although I am definitely clearly pregnant now, there’s no mistaking it! 

6.5 weeks… hard to believe!!

Hiccups!

Well, nothing too interesting to report from my appointments yesterday. They were amazingly quick- my ultrasound took less than 10 minutes, so I was done with all three appointments and out the door in less than an hour. Pretty sweet...

The one cool thing was that Audrey had the hiccups during the ultrasound! It was pretty funny to watch her jerk on the screen at the same time I could feel her hit the inside of me! She had them the whole ultrasound, but managed to do her breathing and everything anyway.

Anyway, everything looked good... so another week down! My c-section is 9 weeks from tomorrow! :)

Doctor’s Appointment

Nothing too interesting from yesterday’s weekly appointment.  Audrey tried to sleep through most of the ultrasound and non stress test, which led to a lot of poking and prodding by the ultrasound tech.  She did manage to wake up during the second test, before they had to tase her (they have this thing that vibrates and makes a noise, and they use it when they want the baby to wake up… no electrocution involved, I promise!).

She has flipped, so she’s head down now.  The flip (no pun intended) side of that is her butt is now firmly lodged underneath my ribs, which has made sitting at my desk (or anywhere else that doesn’t offer reclining) rather uncomfortable! 

Dr. B. said everything looked really good, she had a good laugh at my weight, though.  I didn’t gain anything this week (not even a tenth of a pound), so I am still around –8 pounds for the pregnancy so far.  She’s not worried about it, she just laughed and said “Hey, a diet and exercise… what do you know, it works!” which is basically what I think.  She also said I could stop testing my blood sugar 4 times a day, just test it in the morning and pick a meal randomly to test after.  I think I will continue to test all 4 times, though.  It doesn’t bother me that much, and I’m not sure I can be trusted if I know a meal isn’t going to “count.”  Call it the goodie-two-shoes in me, but it’s a lot easier to stick to my diet when I know that my “teacher” is going to be looking at my “grades” every week.  But I will give myself permission to relax occasionally, which will be nice. 

Not much else to report… they didn’t check her weight or length, so I don’t know any of that.  But she did all her moving, breathing (after we got her to wake up), and fluid looked good, so I’m good for another week! She’s been moving a lot, too… she moved so much the other night that she woke me up in the middle of the night.  Actually, that night, BOTH of my daughters woke me up… guess they’re getting me ready for being a mother of two! :)

Can’t wait to meet this little girl!!

Ultrasound!

Well, I know they won't be so exciting in about 6 weeks, but yesterday's was still pretty cool! I started my weekly ultrasounds yesterday, and Josh decided to come with me this first time, 'cause he hadn't seen Audrey in a long time, either!

Miss Audrey is apparently not as open to pictures as her big sis, b/c she was all tucked up and hiding, but we did manage to get a few good pictures... definitely the best part of the weekly ultrasounds-- lots of pics!

A face shot... kinda scary still, since she doesn't have much fat yet. But... notice the chubby cheeks and the Holt chin... yeah, I think she might look like Laney!! :)

A profile shot, with her foot up by her head. It amazes me how bendable they are! Her hands and her feet were up by her face constantly (thus the lack of good pics!).

Anyway, she was napping through most of the ultrasound, although she did wake up long enough to do her practice breathing and move a few times for us. So that was good... And the non-stress test was nice and, well, not stressful! She was still pretty quiet, until I had to cough, and then she moved so much that my little marks looked like one solid black line for like 3 inches!

Then I had my OB appointment, where we talked about the ultrasound, etc, and she said everything looked great. Audrey weighs about 2 lbs, 12 oz, which is in the 61st percentile. Which is about where Laney was, Dr. B. said. Not too big, which is what we're worried about, so that's good! My sugar has been pretty well controlled, except for one incident involving a milkshake! I did gain about a pound and a half, which puts me around -8 for the whole pregnancy... not too shabby for being almost 7 months along!! :)

The Wii has really been my best friend this pregnancy, because I can get on my Wii Fit and work out for 5 minutes or 10 minutes or 45 minutes, whatever I have time for. And it keeps track of my weight, which is fun.

That's all there really is to report... I've cleaned out a few more closets in the last months, and am about ready to start picking up some different things for her- buying a few at a time will make it easier to pay for it all! There's really not much to buy, though, which is nice. And Laney is getting used to the idea of having a sister, although I still don't think she really gets it. She does say she will share her new book with Audrey, so I guess that's a good thing!

Anyway, stay tuned for more pics and updates, with weekly appointments I'll probably be posting more often! Ready for Audrey to arrive...

26 weeks

Well, I've made it to the third trimester, as of this week! :) Hard to believe, since sometimes I still don't feel pregnant, and I've actually still lost 10 pounds! But, oh well! I do still have a little bit of a belly, though! I'm still mostly in normal clothes, though, so that's nice. My pants all still fit pretty good, but my nice shirts are starting to get too short... weird! :) A belly pic, since there is one now...

I did have a doctor's appointment on Dec. 30th, but didn't learn much new. My blood sugars have been pretty good, especially considering it's been the holiday season and I'm the main cookie-baker!! It's been frustrating for me, though. There have been times when (I'm assuming) I have been going through hormone surges, and then the blood sugar is just totally unpredictable, especially in the morning. Since those mornings are usually right after a night of really weird dreams (something I didn't notice when pregnant with Laney, but which have been CRAZY with Audrey!) and usually come with an upset stomach, I'm guessing hormones are to blame! I've started working out on my Wii Fit every night before bed and every morning before breakfast. It seems to help some...

On the fun side, I've been feeling Audrey move for the past month or so, and I don't mean little flutters but MOVE. She's quite the thrasher. Josh has even been able to feel her for the last few weeks, especially at night. It's one of my favorite times of day, when I lay down she starts to really go to town, and it's a really fun time to just lay there and feel her move around. Still one of the coolest feelings ever! I'm excited to let Laney feel her at some point, she's just never been active while Laney's around. Probably because I'm not very still when Laney's around!!

I've definitely been feeling some nesting this time around- I feel like the whole house is too cluttered, but haven't had time over the holidays to do anything about it. We finally got all of the Christmas decor put away (and I was ready for it to go, which is VERY unusual for me), and I'm hoping over the next month or two I can start going through closets. I get the feeling we're going to need every inch of space we can find! The girls are definitely going to share a room, and I found a cute toddler bed at Walmart that is a cherry wood color, and a sleigh bed, so it'll match what's already in there really well. We'll have to buy that and a mattress, and a double stroller, and that should be about it. Well, at least for big stuff- we'll still need binkies, bottles, clothes, etc. And I'm planning on putting a second bar in the closet for a second set of clothes! And dividing the dresser drawers, too. It's gonna be interesting! :)

Anyway... enough nesting nonsense... that's really about it from here. It has been a relatively uneventful pregnancy, minus the diabetes. At my appointment last week we did schedule my c-section. We decided to go with a c-section because of the diabetes- a VBAC would have been great, but complications are more likely with the diabetes, so they are more likely to want to take her early again because of the diabetes, and they won't induce, so we'd probably end up c-section anyway. And this way at least I know that we'll both get to be there for this one! Anyway, so the official date is April 9th, we're to be there at 0600 (seriously?! Who wants to be anywhere by then?!). And I start my weekly ultrasounds/non-stress tests/ob visits January 20th, so there will be lots more posts with ultrasound pics then!!

Hard to believe that I'm really into my third trimester already... this baby is coming, whether we're ready or not!!! :)

News!

Well, since we've been gone for Thanksgiving, and we found out right before, I'm pretty sure our news is out, but just in case it isn't... meet Audrey Lou Looten! We had our big doctor's appointment on Wednesday, and found out that we are expecting another little girl! It's funny, because pretty much everyone was convinced that it was going to be a boy, since the pregnancy has been so different from Laney's. But, guess she fooled us all, because she is definitely a SHE!

Anyway... Dr. B. said everything looked great. Audrey was not all that cooperative, she was laying down low and kept hiding. And, since I'm not very big, it was kind of hard to FIND her! But eventually the tech got all of the measurements needed, though we didn't get any great pictures of her. We did get a few, and they turned out pretty cute!

Thinking hard, with her hand up by her face!

You'd think this was her hand by her face again... but it's her FOOT! Apparently Audrey is flexible!! :)

And the proof that she's a she!

Anyway, so there's the exciting news! We are pretty excited to have another girl, and we both really love the name Audrey, so we're happy to get the chance to use it! It will be interesting to see how alike/different she and Laney will be. And having a sister is fun!

That's about it on the pregnancy front... I am 21 weeks now, and starting to actually "show," although I'm still in my regular clothes, and I've actually lost 10 pounds! Between being so sick for so long, and then starting the diabetes diet/exercise thing, there just hasn't really been time to gain weight! Oh well, less gained means less to lose later! The diabetes thing is going pretty well, it's no fun, but it's pretty easy to control right now. And it's worth it to have a healthy baby...

So there's the update... I'll try to get a shot of the very small belly sometime soon and post it... it's not too exciting yet!