29 weeks (Olivia and her strategically placed 'bebe' included!)
Our little poochie 'Bo' was featured in this clip 2 years ago.
Olivia has been practicing and officially mastered counting to 5, adores Mickey "Mouth", constantly asks, "Mama/Dada whe are uuuuuuuuuu?" and, over night, incredibly defiant.... This of course is just the beginning, but are working on setting some boundaries and trying to come up with our "toddler reaction" plan. She is cuter and lovable by yhbut starting to show her independence.
Friday, I went into the dr. for my diabetes test and Rhogam shot. The test started off normally - quickly gulping down the sugary orange drink only to sit and wait. I did enjoy the quite hour of reading (wished it was longer). My dr. saw that I was reading Water for Elephants and raved about the book! I had only gotten to chapter 5, so she spilled the beans a little more that I would have wished for. Oh well - the book is catchy and I am having a hard time setting it down and picking it back up, for that matter.
Anyway, after my hour was up, I headed down the hall for a quick weigh in and dreaded blood draw. I am officially in a heavy weight class after gaining 4 lbs in the last 3 weeks. If you are keeping track, I am now up to 138 (+14). The nurse shared that this is exactly what I weighed with my #1 one pregnancy at 28 weeks...
For the blood draw ,I requested to lay down and all the nurses (yes you CASSIE) saying it would be fine, but whatever I wanted to do... So, the draw started and I started to feel really nauseous. I could feel the lights dimming and I started to mumble that I wasn't feeling all that well. Before I knew it, I woke up to 3 ladies holding ice packs on me telling me to take deep breaths and one far away voice yelling, "Don't worry, I've called your husband". OMG! I was really out of it and incredibly embarrassed, but hey - this wasn't my first time! After a while, they checked my blood pressure and it was really really low. I was attended to for what seemed like hours until I insisted I was 100% and begged to go home. The sterile smell of the office and freshly applied lipstick of all the gals was overwhelming. And, I was feeling incredibly claustrophobic at that point..... So, Rob and Olivia were outside ready to rescue me up and as soon as I plopped into the car I fell victim to my emotions and started balling.....
Saturday was refreshing and I was super pumped because I had a photo shoot at one. Daddy and Olivia hung out until about 3:30 and then we dropped her off at g'ma Flanary's house for a night of adult gaming at Hinkley. I had hoped to to get there by 7, for BINGO - but we were just a little late. I have been craving more Bingo since Thursday, when I played with some gal pals and won $99! Rob took off to the poker tables and I wondered aimlessly around the casino trying to find my "lucky" machine. I had to force my way through the walls of smoke and decided it just wasn't fun. About 9:30 I texted Roberto to let him know I was in our room resting. About 3 a.m. I woke up to mr. big shot rolling in. I was too tired, but wanted to ask how much he won..... The sun shining in our room early that morning woke me up and I was ready to head out..... Mama was HUNGRY! I took a much needed shower. I had forgotten how filthy that smoke feels.
On that note, I am proud to share that on 3.2.11 I celebrated my 6th year of being smoke free! I quit the night of a good high school friend's wake. I still, as many of you do too, remember the day I got the call that Keith passed away..... Rob and I were just lounging at my NE apartment and my phone had been flooded with texts and calls. During high school I had made a "pact" with him promising that we would quite smoking together. Needless to say, it felt right to do it then. Bittersweet.
Back to the casino.... I was so hungry and Rob asked, "Can I just play $20 in pull tabs before we go?" I didn't care, but wanted to make it quick... So we made our way to the boxes but about half way there, I was so shaky I had to sit down. I wasn't trying to be dramatic - but couldn't force walking any further... Rob and I went back and forth a couple of times; Him:let's just go Me: No - just go, I'll be fine, etc. His addiction took over and he went to the boxes. I sat and waited, and waited and waited... Then, out of the corner of my eye, I see him at the end of a very long hallway waving me over. I gathered my things and booked it over to him. As I got closer, I saw him talking to a gal and thought he was about to introduce me to someone.... As I approached, he reached out his clammy and trembling hand and said, this is going take a while. I was still not really sure what he meant - but then he announced that he pulled a 50 cent pull tab and won $1200. Selfish me, I instantly imagined myself surrounded by a HUGE buffet of french toast, strawberries and orange juice... HAHAHHAHA!
Rob was super excited and shared every detail of how the win took place... I was so happy for him!
Friday, I went into the dr. for my diabetes test and Rhogam shot. The test started off normally - quickly gulping down the sugary orange drink only to sit and wait. I did enjoy the quite hour of reading (wished it was longer). My dr. saw that I was reading Water for Elephants and raved about the book! I had only gotten to chapter 5, so she spilled the beans a little more that I would have wished for. Oh well - the book is catchy and I am having a hard time setting it down and picking it back up, for that matter.
Anyway, after my hour was up, I headed down the hall for a quick weigh in and dreaded blood draw. I am officially in a heavy weight class after gaining 4 lbs in the last 3 weeks. If you are keeping track, I am now up to 138 (+14). The nurse shared that this is exactly what I weighed with my #1 one pregnancy at 28 weeks...
For the blood draw ,I requested to lay down and all the nurses (yes you CASSIE) saying it would be fine, but whatever I wanted to do... So, the draw started and I started to feel really nauseous. I could feel the lights dimming and I started to mumble that I wasn't feeling all that well. Before I knew it, I woke up to 3 ladies holding ice packs on me telling me to take deep breaths and one far away voice yelling, "Don't worry, I've called your husband". OMG! I was really out of it and incredibly embarrassed, but hey - this wasn't my first time! After a while, they checked my blood pressure and it was really really low. I was attended to for what seemed like hours until I insisted I was 100% and begged to go home. The sterile smell of the office and freshly applied lipstick of all the gals was overwhelming. And, I was feeling incredibly claustrophobic at that point..... So, Rob and Olivia were outside ready to rescue me up and as soon as I plopped into the car I fell victim to my emotions and started balling.....
Saturday was refreshing and I was super pumped because I had a photo shoot at one. Daddy and Olivia hung out until about 3:30 and then we dropped her off at g'ma Flanary's house for a night of adult gaming at Hinkley. I had hoped to to get there by 7, for BINGO - but we were just a little late. I have been craving more Bingo since Thursday, when I played with some gal pals and won $99! Rob took off to the poker tables and I wondered aimlessly around the casino trying to find my "lucky" machine. I had to force my way through the walls of smoke and decided it just wasn't fun. About 9:30 I texted Roberto to let him know I was in our room resting. About 3 a.m. I woke up to mr. big shot rolling in. I was too tired, but wanted to ask how much he won..... The sun shining in our room early that morning woke me up and I was ready to head out..... Mama was HUNGRY! I took a much needed shower. I had forgotten how filthy that smoke feels.
On that note, I am proud to share that on 3.2.11 I celebrated my 6th year of being smoke free! I quit the night of a good high school friend's wake. I still, as many of you do too, remember the day I got the call that Keith passed away..... Rob and I were just lounging at my NE apartment and my phone had been flooded with texts and calls. During high school I had made a "pact" with him promising that we would quite smoking together. Needless to say, it felt right to do it then. Bittersweet.
Back to the casino.... I was so hungry and Rob asked, "Can I just play $20 in pull tabs before we go?" I didn't care, but wanted to make it quick... So we made our way to the boxes but about half way there, I was so shaky I had to sit down. I wasn't trying to be dramatic - but couldn't force walking any further... Rob and I went back and forth a couple of times; Him:let's just go Me: No - just go, I'll be fine, etc. His addiction took over and he went to the boxes. I sat and waited, and waited and waited... Then, out of the corner of my eye, I see him at the end of a very long hallway waving me over. I gathered my things and booked it over to him. As I got closer, I saw him talking to a gal and thought he was about to introduce me to someone.... As I approached, he reached out his clammy and trembling hand and said, this is going take a while. I was still not really sure what he meant - but then he announced that he pulled a 50 cent pull tab and won $1200. Selfish me, I instantly imagined myself surrounded by a HUGE buffet of french toast, strawberries and orange juice... HAHAHHAHA!
Rob was super excited and shared every detail of how the win took place... I was so happy for him!
After a short period of time, he was presented with check and we were off. He called his family to brag and of course made everyone jealous.. : ) The trip home flew by as we discussed the event and what we could do with the winnings. Once we got home, Rob went to my mom's to pick up our gal (and share his story) I rushed back to the studio for another photo shoot.
This week has flown by too, we skipped ECFE on Tuesday - just too tired. The news of my test came yesterday, and no diabetes. But, I have incredibly low hemoglobin and now have to take a couple of extra iron pills each day. My doc explained it is likely from my vegetarian diet, the energy I put into taking care of my child and 5 others each day.... I hate to take pills, but would do anything at this point to pep up my expanding baby bod. This includes quitting (or at least lightening the load of) my day job! YIPPPE!
To make a tired ma and pa even more tired, we have started looking at new refrigerators. The one we have in our kitchen broke early this week. I was slightly jealous that it's water had broken.
This week has flown by too, we skipped ECFE on Tuesday - just too tired. The news of my test came yesterday, and no diabetes. But, I have incredibly low hemoglobin and now have to take a couple of extra iron pills each day. My doc explained it is likely from my vegetarian diet, the energy I put into taking care of my child and 5 others each day.... I hate to take pills, but would do anything at this point to pep up my expanding baby bod. This includes quitting (or at least lightening the load of) my day job! YIPPPE!
To make a tired ma and pa even more tired, we have started looking at new refrigerators. The one we have in our kitchen broke early this week. I was slightly jealous that it's water had broken.
