update

No changes. That's what the Dr. said. Although the baby's head is even lower now, so he can't get into a breech position. That's reassuring, especially with all the flipping around the other night. Last night he tried to do that circus trick again, but I quickly sat upright so he couldn't.

I was disappointed with the Dr appt, especially with how miserable I have been feeling. I was hoping the pain and nausea were at least related to changes. I've lost weight because I have been feeling so ill, but they said the baby is fine and it isn't enough weight to worry about. If I make it to Thanksgiving, I'm sure I'll gain it back with all the good stuff my mom made:)

I put Mason to bed at 6:45 and felt a little guilty, but he is already asleep at 7:00, so I made a good call on that one. Craig is at his small group, I am in my PJ's (Napolean Dynomite ones. It's just a picture of his face and it looks hilarious with my belly), and going to watch Lord of the Rings.

Mason had some time with Nana today, which was a blessing for me. I actually laid on the couch for 2 hours. Unheard of. And Mason had a blast with his Nana. When everyone left on Sat he said "I just want some alone time with my Nana. sigh" He was happy to have it today. He told her all about the Sibling class and all the things he learned.

I think he is anxious about all of it though. He doesn't like the unknown (who does) and is really questioning when the baby will be here. He overheard me talking about my water breaking with someone, and heard about it from his baby book...so today he asked "Will the water come out of your belly button?" When I explained that, he asked "Will it hurt when the water comes out?" So, he is really trying to put all of this together. It probably explains some of the meltdowns he is having over things that never really bothered him before. This a.m. he crawled into bed with me and asked if we could snuggle. He snuggled up so sweetly and it really was wonderful under all the blankets. It is hard to imagine that someday he won't even want to be seen with me or talk to me.

I'm trying to enjoy all these last days alone with him and I wish I felt better so we could do something special.

Praying that I can be patient with the baby too. Trying to trust God and His timing with all of this, but it's hard. I really don't want to go another week feeling like this, but we'll see.

no baby yet

well, no baby yet. Although, I am extremely uncomfortable. I thought maybe this afternoon I would be going in, but no. Last night the little guy decided to flip from face down to face up, but then decided he wanted to be face down. He had to work very hard to do this and I thought he was going to come through my stomach. He is very strong and persistent.

The crampiness is getting worse and so is the nausea. I hope it doesn't last for a week, just a day, but I have no control. My appt is tomorrow, so I'll hopefully have some good news. Maybe they will send me over to the hospital!!!

Mason went to the Sibling class tonight at the hospital. He had a blast. He ran down to the front with the "teacher" without any hesitation, or even acknowledgment that we were there! He diapered his teddy bear...without help..(he has been practicing for weeks now) and was excited that the teacher taught him how to swaddle the bear in a different way. We toured the birth center, so he saw the rooms where I will stay and the nursery and a newborn. The baby wasn't all that exciting for him.

It was nice seeing you Aunt Janis and Cathy!! I wish we all lived closer, but this blog is fun to use to keep in touch. My mom is going all out for Thanksgiving and the entire meal is gluten-free, but good gluten-free food. I hope I can be there. I was hoping I could go in today and have the baby and be out in time for Thanksgiving. i just can't wait to meet this little guy and actually hold him!!!!! I just look at all the little PJ's and it makes it harder to wait, although I am praying about this so I chill out a bit.

That's all the news. I'll update after my appt tomorrow. I was hoping that when we toured the birth center my water would break, but no such thing.

What not to do....

What not to do when you are 10 days away from your due date: Multi-task, hang Christmas decorations by yourself (especially garland), run up and down stairs, drink Raspberry tea that is supposed to induce labor....because none of this gets labor going, it only makes one very crabby.

what's he waiting for?

Still no baby. I have been scrubbing the floors on my hands and knees, I chased Mason up the stairs tonight, to which he commented :"Wow Mom! You're fast!!!", I have been carrying heavy baskets of laundry, moving furniture around....and still no labor. I still need to hang up Mason's lizard, so maybe this little guy is waiting for this.

My Dr. said if I go to my due date, this little person will be 9 pounds. I would like to deliver a little smaller baby than that if at all possible. Tomorrow I may do some laps around the yard.

I will miss the alone time with Mason though. He is so precious and I just love everything about him. His giggles, jokes, comments, thoughts, ideas, energy...just everything. I hope it isn't harder to remember things about him as we meet this new little guy. And I hope I remember everything about this new little guy like I remember Mason. It is still hard to imagine I can love them both, because I love Mason so much...but everyone tells me I will.

I am just trying to enjoy the time with Mason now. When I told him I was going to have a picture of him with me at the hospital he said " Are you kidding me?! For real?!". He also told me yesterday "Mom! When you are in the hospital, Daddy and me will be at the house ALONE!!!!!" and was very excited about it. This is a good time, because he is really identifying with Craig and wanting a lot of "Daddy time". He still loves his momma and needs at least 1 snuggle a day, but he is also really relating to Craig.

It's all about the TV dinners

Mason is very excited for his brother to be born, because he gets to eat TV dinners. He keeps looking in the freezer and saying "I can't wait to eat those!!!! When will my brother be here?"
When I was at the Dr. on Tuesday, he told her "I get to eat TV dinners when my brother is born!!!!" We only have 2 in the freezer, we may need to stock up!

Mason is also excited just to meet his brother as well. He keeps asking when he'll be here. It is hard to wait. We went through Mason's baby book and he asked me to read the part about him being born and he asked what I meant by my " water breaking". So I explained it as best I could and Mason had a very disgusted look on his face and said "I don't want that water all over me!" So I had to explain how it doesn't go everywhere and he was making sound effects of slushing water.

He was trying to guess what his Christmas presents are and these were his guesses: "A paddle of my very own!", "A pogo stick!", "A sewing set!", " A new box of crayons!"...and of course we did not get him any of those items, although they are very good ideas! He always surprises us with at least one gift request...like the sewing set. On Valentine's Day he said "I sure do hope I get my own lotion!!" When talking about his birthday a month back he said "I sure do hope I get my own desk set!" He's a creative one with the gifts, that's for sure!

Well, this baby is still in here and moving like crazy at night!! And there isn't much room for him to move around in. ouch. Maybe he is trying to find his way out...follow the light little one!! Next Dr. appt is on Tues; I hope there will be more changes by then. Well, ladies' weekend coming up! Can't wait to see everyone!! Maybe we will have our little bundle by then. I can at least hope right?!

Traction Man

Mason and I checked out a hilarious book called "Traction Man is Here" by Mini Grey. It is great. It is about a toy a boy wants called "Traction Man" and all his adventures. The boy's grandmother knits Traction Man a green romper suit with matching bonnet. And the action figure wears it and Mason laughs and giggles like there's no tomorrow. I am going to buy it for him for Christmas. And maybe one for Vinnie, Nic and Gianni. It is that hilarious.

Shots Not Welcome

Mason had the flu shot at his 5 year check-up last week, and I had his lead levels checked
(because of all the dangerous, tainted toys out there) so that required a finger poke.

Well....he had the shot and did OK, until after the shot. Then the SCREAMING started, "I'm never coming to the Dr again!!!!" " I hate shots!!!!" "I hate her!!!!!" and of course the door to the exam room was open. And I did feel bad for him. I do not like shots either, and I passed on the MMR booster since we could wait until next year, so he would only have 1 shot and 1 finger poke.

Then came the finger poke. Unfortunately, the tech explained the entire process to him, so it took 10 minutes for us to open his little fingers and he was wailing and shouting and screaming and yelling. Other staff came and tried to help calm him down, but it just revved him up more. So I put him on my lap, and we coaxed out a finger. The poke took a millisecond, and then the tech had to squeeze out the blood from his finger which seemed to take forever. Poor guy was grunting through his teeth "It hurts!!" "I want a bandaid now!!" "Stop it!!!" I think the whole process took 10 minutes. When it was done, he was completely calm and about every staff person came in to say "goodbye" to Mason...people we had never seen before. He had made such a commotion, everyone wanted to see who it was and they all knew his name. We went to the bakery for carrot cake and stopped to eat it with Nana. I told Pop about the appt and he said "That vocabulary isn't always so good huh?"

Well, Mason survived, didn't talk about it again, and had a great rest of the day. That night he was so tired from his emotional stress, he asked "Do shots make you tired?" Poor guy. i hope these things get easier for him, because it breaks my heart to see him so upset.