Back to work.

Today is my first day back to work after 8 weeks of maternity leave. Let me tell you, I did not want to come back. My days at home with Payton were so sweet. He is a wonderful baby and I do not like to be with out him. I never spent more than 6 hours away from him the whole time I was on leave. I am so thankful I was able to have this time off with him. I am also thankful that I have a job to come back to.
It was really hard to leave my sweet little baby this morning and I may have teared up a little in the process. In the coming posts I will update on Payton and his 8 weeks. He is so sweet and takes great pictures. Of course I think that he is adorable because I am his mother and can not get enough of him! I will also update in the rest of the family. Glad to be back among adults with real conversations.

38 weeks

I had my 38 week check up this week. This was my last appointment. Payton will be here next week! We are still measuring big. I have been having a lot more contractions but did not get checked for progress as I am having a c section. I also had my last appointment with MFM. Payton is still very happy growing away in my belly. They estimated his weight to be 9lb 15oz. That is a huge baby. The tech did say that they are almost always measured on the big side. I sure hope so. That is a 2 month old not a newborn!

We will go in early Monday morning at 6am for our c section. We will be the first case of the day. Surgery is scheduled at 8am. This is so my sugar is low when they take him so his doesn't drop drastically after birth. Payton will have to be monitored in the nursery for a bit after he is born. They will watch his sugars and also be taking a look at his kidney. The left one looks to be severely swollen and not doing its proper job. The right one is just fine. He will have to have a few tests and will most likely be placed on low dose antibiotics daily. This will continue until the swelling goes down. I am sure he will be fine, but I can't help worry about him. Sometimes big babies have problems breathing when they are born as well. I have prayed for his lungs and kidneys to be functioning great when he is born.

I am so excited that we are finally going to meet Payton. And I am nervous about having surgery. But we are in good hands and things will be fine. Next time I update I will have a tiny (or not so tiny!) tyke.

36 weeks

Just got done having my 36 week check. Everything still looks great. He is still measuring BIG. Your belly measurements are supposed to coincide with how far along you are. So I am 36 weeks and should measure at or around 36cm. Today doctor got me at 42 cm. We are definitely going to have a big baby. We talked about what would happen if my water broke or I were to go into labor before my scheduled c-section. She said it would be up to me if I wanted to try to have this baby vaginally. I told her that with the measurements of his head I would be scared to try. But the more I think about it, the more I think I would try to have him naturally if my body went into labor. It would be a quicker recovery time. So if it comes down to it and I go in to labor I would give it my all to get this baby out! I think I would labor at home as long as I could stand it and try not to have drug intervention until I could not stand it. A woman's body is made to have babies and I would like to see how it works!

Everything else is going good as well. The kids are getting in to a good routine as the school year progresses. Jaxon and Serena both are getting really good grades and I could not be more proud of them. Layne, as always does well with her schooling. Campbell is doing excellent as well. I have to take my big test to get my license for massage therapy. I am waiting until after the baby comes to do that. I can not see sitting comfortable for a 3 hour test.
Tim is doing pretty good. About 2 weeks ago he was in the hospital again for a small bowell obstruction. This is due to all the trauma and surgery he had earlier in the year. It was scary seeing him in pain like that again. All I kept thinking is that we could not handle going through this again. I prayed from the minute his pain started until he was out of the hospital. God must have gotten tired of hearing the same thing over and over again because it only took about 48 hours for Tim to be feeling better! Thank goodness.

So I am going to walk walk walk until this baby comes out!

35 weeks

Here is my little butter ball at 34 weeks 5 days. In the top picture you can see that he has chubby cheeks and it looks like a little smirk on his face. He doesn't like to get caught on camera. Normally he has his hands, feet and umbilical cord in front of his face. We were able to get some good pictures this time. He is measuring huge right now! Already 7 pounds. That will put him roughly around 9 pounds at birth. That is what I weighed when I was born. Jaxon and Serena were 8lb 14 oz and 8 lb 15 oz. So this one is just following in big siblings foot steps!

My doctor today suggested that I cut some of my hours at work. Maybe just leave a couple hours early every day. I think that sounds like a great idea! At least then I may be able to function at home. Right now when I leave work I go home make dinner and then get nothing done till I go to bed. I could clean and get the house in shape for us to have a little one. We have 25 days until we meet this little man. I am so excited and can not wait to have him in my arms!!

I did have a little scare last week Friday. I was having contractions every 15 minutes for about 3 hours straight. Dr told me to go home and take it easy. I did that and since have not had problems. We had a rough week last week. Tim was in the hospital for a small bowell obstruction and I was running on little to no sleep. At 34 weeks pregnant that is not a good idea. So I am goingt o take it easy and let this little one bake a little longer!

Posting from Work

We no longer have internet at home. So I will post from work on my lunch break when I can.

We are doing great. Tim is feeling better and better. He is back to his normal goofy self. He will have nights where his stomach hurts a lot but I think it's mostly from over doing it.

I have become a mini van driver. Gasp! I swore that I would never ever own one, but when you have 5 kids and one on the way you have to have a car that fits. And we can not afford the gas for a monstor SUV. So I am rockin a gold Kia Sedona. And I have to say that I actually love driving it! On the pregnancy home front we are doing good. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 29 weeks. I have been doing really good on the diet and my sugars are under control. Payton has decided that he really wants to be a line backer and has been putting on the pounds like its nobodys business. We are 33 and half weeks along and the little (or should I say huge?) guy already weighs close to 6 pounds. We measure what someone at 38 weeks would! I have only gained 6 pounds total. That means that I have really lost weight right?!! Starting next week we will go for weekly ultrasounds and non stress tests to make sure that Payton is still growing and developing like he should.

The kids started school last week. Rena did so good and is enjoying kindergarden. She is still a little leary of getting on the bus every day but by the end of the afternoon she is fine. Jaxon is a pro at it by now. Both kids are already getting excellent grades. I am so proud of them.

Everything else seems to be going good. I am DONE with school and am loveing the freedom of just working and being a mom. I have to take the big test soon to get my license. I think I am going to wait until after Payton is here. I can't imagine sitting for 2 or 3 hours concentrating on test questions right now.

We are looking into getting internet back at home. I really miss it.

Took a slight break from blogging. Not that we don't have a lot going on, but we are not supposed to have internet at home. I cancelled this a month ago. So we put the lap top away and forot about having internet at home. That is until we received our Charter bill. We are still getting billed for internet and we still are hooked up. So I called 3 days ago to complain. I was told that it was for sure cancelled this time. Hmmm 3 days later and I am on the internet. So I am going to take advantage of it before I call once again!!

We are doing well as a family. Tim has had his reversal surgery. He only required 2 nights in the hospital this time. What a trooper he has been through all of this. He is doing great afterwards. Took 3 weeks off from work. Today was his first day back. He is still a little under weight but getting stronger every day. I thank God every day that he is still here with us. After all of this he has absolutly no diet restrictions at all. I think that is awesome. He is still a little leary about eating certain foods. And I don't blame him!!!

Layne had a great birthday and we all had a good time having the whole family over. Serena's birthday is up next in August. She has already started a count down! Right after her birthday she will start kindergarden. It is so hard for me to think about my little Rena to be going to school. She is beyond excited. She wants to ride the bus with her big brother!!!

I am doing good with the pregnancy. As of tomorrow I am 28 weeks pregnant. My little ticker is off and I need to re do it. We have scheduled our c- section for 10/3/11. I am nervous about it but I competly trust my doctor and God. Payton is growing at a fast past these days. I was doing really well on weight gain up until about 24 weeks. Now it seems like I am gaining about a pound a week. I am up to 9 pounds now. Yikes! Really that means I am up 5 from pre pregnancy weight. The average weight gain by now is between 17 pounds and 25 pounds. Thank goodness I am not up there. I am hot and uncomfortable as it is. Payton measures about 2 weeks ahead of where we are in the pregnancy. I guess this is what happens when mom is 5'4" and dad is 6'3"!!! We are going to have a long baby!! I am so excited to meet the newest member of our family. I wonder what he will look like?

I only have 2 weeks left for school. Every day is one step closer to finally being done. I am so excited. I do love massaging but the school is HOT and I am uncomfortable bending and leaning. I know once I no longer have a squirming baby in my belly I will be more thatn willing to massage. Want to know something crazy? After the first of the year I am going to continue with my education. Yea you read that correctly. I want to be a registered nurse. I would love to combine massage therapy with nursing and help as many people as I can! I am going to take it slow and easy. Classes maybe one week a night. The goal is to have my degree by the time Payton goes to school.

Sorry this turned into such a long post but I had a lot to catch up on. I am sure there something that I am missing. Hopefully it won't be as long until I post again.

Just because

I have not blogged in a while, so I thought I'd catch up. We have been focusing on getting Tim healthy at home. Things have been going well. Tim feels a little better every day. He did get a nasty cold and also a staph infection. Those things are also on the mend. He goes back to see his surgeon on Tuesday to set a date to have his second surgery. This will get rid of his ileostomy. He will feel so much better after this. We have been praying that everything goes great. I am so thankful that this long battle looks to be coming to an end. It will have forever changed us.
I am doing ok with the pregnancy. I have gained 5 pounds. Which really means only one pound because I had initially lost 4! This is going exactly as I wanted it to. Although I have been a lot hungrier in the past few weeks. I am trying to continue to stay active and eat as healthy as I can. I am currently 23 weeks along. The only complaint I have is back and hip pain. It is an everyday ordeal for me. As the day goes on the pain gets worse. I have a lumbar support on my chair at work and I have a support belt that I wear. It seems nothing that I do helps the pain. I even get massages at school. Speaking of school I am going to be finished in about 7 weeks. Though this dies not sound like a long time, it sounds like an eternity to me. I love my new profession but being a massage therapist is hard on a pregnant mama. Probably one of the many reasons I have such bad back pain. After school I don't think I will be doing a ton of massages. After the baby is here I will pick things up.
We have a very busy week this week. School and work for me. Tim has to work and see his doctor this week. This weekend we will be celebrating our one year anniversary and Layne's 14th Birthday. We are not doing anything for our anniversary this month. Since Tim has been out of work, it's just not in the budget. So we will celebrate Layne's Birthday and Father's Day. Then next month we celebrate. The timing stinks but the important thing is we are still together and in love. We are going to be together forever to come and will have many more anniversary's.
We are finally going to start taking pictures of my belly next week. I will post them as soon as I have them.