should I stand on my head?

Here is a picture of Baby Eric taken today! Isn't he cute : ).

He was very active during the scan making it difficult to get good still pictures but showing his healthy happy self.

The one thing that wasn't perfect was his breech position! They informed me that by this time he should not be breech. It is still possible for him to turn and I will be starting exercises in hopes of helping him turn but if he doesn't turn it is looking like a C section which I DO not want! Maybe if I stand on my head everyday he'll turn over : )

After the ultrasound we had a non stress test to see how he was handling all my contractions etc. His heartrate was around 140 most of the time which is good. He seemed fine through my contractions but I only had about 2 mild contractions while I was there and there have been many days that I have had a lot stronger and longer lasting contractions than I had today but Oh well. I also had some pretty significant swelling in my legs, feet and fingers and the nurses really wanted to see that be reduced. Hopefully not being as busy tomorrow will help that some.

Anyways that is our update so now its time for me to get some sleep. Kayla is feeling better and I imagine she'll be up bright and early ready to play before I'm ready to get up tomorrow morning but its nice to see her feeling so much better.

Fences, farriers and the runs

Here is the latest since my last post here.
The farrier came and to say the least, it was an interesting experience! One horse got trimmed and it took a very long time. I told her I'd call her back if I needed her to do the rest of them ; ).

Kayla is doing better as far as the ear infection is concerned, however she is now dealing with side affects from the antibiotics. This has required both Greg and I to spend lots of time comforting her and cleaning up messes because the diapers just can't keep up! Lots of baths, carpet cleaning and even a complete take apart and cleaning of her carseat. I am staying home from church with Kayla this morning and we'll see how today goes before deciding if we can go to tonights service.

For the most part we have finished the fence at the horse pasture so that while the new house comes in the animals will have a place to be. It is probably a little over 1/2 acre so there will be room for them to move around and we have locked them out of it now in hopes that the grass will grow more to give them a little more pasture for the few days they'll have to be confined to that part of the pasture. Its raining today, so hopefully that will be lots of help to our pasture. Also rain is good for our foundation pad so it will be packed as hard as possible for our house.

Our current house is another issue and needs lots of attention. Maybe since I have to stay home today I can catch up on dishes and laundry. I am also figuring it will be a good day to get off my feet as much as possible since they are suffering from the effects of pregnancy.

Anyways hope all is well with all of you. Enjoy this day that our Lord has made!

Much better than yesterday

Kayla is doing much better. Her fever broke for a while yesterday afternoon and never got real high again. She still has an occasional mild fever but that doesn't concern me because I know fevers have a job to do! She also finally started eating and drinking again. And of course she continues to be a happy girl that has fun in all she does.
Last night we spent some time at the property putting up some panels to make a small pasture for our horses to live in while we have to open the front fence of the pasture to let our new manufactured home come in! Things are moving quickly and within a couple weeks we should have a new home set up Yay!
After months of searching for a farrier to come take care of my horses feet I finally found one last night and she will arrive this morning to trim the horses. I really don't want to deal with that today with everything else I have to do but my previous farrier dissappeared and I haven't seen or heard from him since December even after multiple phone calls I have made to him. Holliday's feet are really bad so I just can't wait any longer. Hopefully this new farrier is a good one because she is a little more expensive than my last one.

I didn't order a child with chronic ear infections

I can't believe it! Kayla has ANOTHER ear infection! I kept thinking that I was just being over worried and that she just had a little viral cold. She had a fever last friday but seemed much better since then until today. After playgroup this morning I took her temp and it was 100.4 on my thermometer. I called the Dr. office and they said they could see her if I took her in right away, so I did. At the Dr. office her temp was 101.3 Dr. Mcleod looked at her and decided it didn't look viral and put her on antibiotics. He said they were stronger than ones we have used in the past. He said we'll watch her through the summer but if she continues to get ear infections we'll have to put tubes in her ears. This is her third ear infection in less than 2 months.

pregnancy progress

Yep its progressing! Had my checkup this morning and the heartbeat is strong and healthy. Because of my pregnancy history the Dr. wants to keep an eye on this pregnancy a little closer in order to monitor possible problems. A couple more ultrasounds are in the schedule and a fetal monitor will be hooked up for a couple hours to watch for stress etc. to baby. He also said that his date range for delivery will be between June 7th and 10th. That does not mean he will automatically induce at that time but if there are any concerns close to that time he might want to induce. I'm hoping for a very natural labor with no induction because I've been there and done that and its no fun but I'm thankful that my Dr. is watching things closely. Anyways maybe in a couple weeks we'll have more pictures to share of baby Eric!

Mondays are always crazy

Today seemed a bit crazy but I guess every monday is. Kayla is always extra tired on mondays and today was no exception. Today she was holding my hand while walking with me to the bedroom. She pulled away from me which caused her to fall right in to the door jam of the bathroom which resulted in a beautiful bruise on her forehead. Why do I feel so guilty because I'm not sure what I could have done differently since I certainly didn't expect her to pull away like that. I ran errands all morning and feel as if nothing got accomplished that I felt needed to be done. Greg seemed extra tired this evening too but by the time we all got to bed it was 10:30pm. I woke up unable to sleep shortly after falling asleep so here I am blogging so you can read this boring post!

This weeks schedule includes childbirth classes, Dr. appts, church responsibilities, Kayla's playgroup day as well as hopefully a night out for Greg and I to celebrate our anniversary. I feel as if I am ready to pop but I still have a couple months to go!

Here is a picture of the beginning of construction of our homesite. We have purchased a manufactured home and it appears that we will be moving it onto our 10 acre property at the beginning of may.

Hope everyone is having a nice spring this year!

blog spam

I just wanted to give a quick warning about this site. Somehow we seem to be getting some spam in the messaging. If you see a message that requires you to "click here" to read it, then I don't reccomend you do so. I have reported each and every one of those messages to blogspot and I delete them the moment I see them but I am concerned about not catching them and I don't want anyone to have a problem resulting from those spam messages. I enjoy those who comment on this blog so please keep the comments coming. It is nice to know someone is reading it and the comments let me know you were here.

More news and maybe some more pictures coming soon!

Day out

We are enjoying a visit from my cousin and her family. Here is Kayla with her Aunt Beth at Stingray flats at the TX State Aquarium. Kayla had so much fun today and didn't want to miss anything by taking a nap so she stayed awake until we left the Aquarium at almost 5:30pm but she was a good sport all day.

I'm thinking that tomorrow should be a "take it easy day" for us.

pregnancy checkup last trimester

Well I'm in the home stretch of pregnancy now. Dr. McLeod is happy with my progress and says that my contractions probably won't go away between now and birth but he is content with how baby and I are both doing. I am slowing down an aweful lot now and am unable to do near what I was doing even a few weeks ago. I think you forget how miserable the last bit of pregnancy is unless you are experiencing it at the moment. I still haven't gained much weight but my clothes are shrinking shrinking shrinking. Kayla loves to come rub my tummy and say "Babaaay", She also loves to kiss my tummy and smile. I don't know how much she understands but I'm beginning to realize she understands more than I give her credit for. We have finally managed to make her room pretty much baby safe so she loves to play in there and make a BIG mess for mommy to clean up but I love it because she has lots of fun and it doesn't mess up the living room as much. She can now undress herself and put sandals on by herself.

This picture shows her giving her baby doll a bottle.

My big blessing

Most who read this site know that I had a baby when I was 17 years old. I gave her up for adoption when she was a couple days old and since it was an open adoption I was able to receive pictures of her for the first few years of her life. For years I received no contact from her adoptive parents about her but I continued to pray for her and for them. When she was 14 I got a letter and a picture of her and then had not heard anything more over this past 4 years. She just turned 18 and many of you have joined me in prayer as I begged the Lord to work in her life and the life of her family. I have been praying that she would have a desire to contact me once 18 and as can be expected God answered my prayer. Last week she sent me an email! We have been emailing back and forth since that first email and I am learning little bits and pieces about her life and she is learning about mine. Katie is a beautiful young woman now, This picture was taken last summer. She will be graduating from High School in June. Please keep her and I in your prayers as we develop a unique relationship as birthmother and birthdaughter. If we are extra blessed maybe she'll comment on this blog for us.