a few snaphots

Here are a few pictures from the shower on Saturday. I don't have that many until people send me some. :) This next one I stole off facebook so I think it might be huge.




Well that's all I have on my camera!

Fun weekend

I had a really fun weekend in Seattle shopping, eating, and going to my baby shower! We left Spokane early Friday so I could get some shopping in at Uvillage before the shower the next day. Jenny and I walked around and had a really good lunch. There are so many cute baby/kids stores down there, but wow I couldn't believe some of those prices!! I can't bring myself to spend $50 on one baby outfit. I did have a hard time restraining myself from buying the $50 ugg baby boots for Olivia. They were just SO cute! John thinks Uggs are the ugliest things on earth but I think they are adorable! (especially in baby size) I ended up getting 2 books and a diaper bag. Well actually I got 2 diaper bags to choose from and returned one before we came home yesterday. They were both the same brand and style, just different patterns. Here is the one I chose. I really like it!I do already have one diaper bag from the gap I got a long time ago, but I really liked this messenger style. I figured I could always use 2 (or more!) John got an awesome diaper dude (man diaper bag) as a shower gift from my cousin Matt and Sarah. It looks like this:

Sorry the picture is so huge, but you can see it really well! Anyway I'm excited for John to have such a nice bag he won't be embarrassed to carry! Sarah filled it up with everything John will need from diapers, to wipes, to plastic bags to put dirty diapers in!

I will post pictures of the shower later when I get more from people who took some! I had a really fun time. It was on Saturday at Joyce's house. It was decorated really cute with SUPER good cupcakes! I was lucky to get a hummingbird. Thanks Julie! I got a TON of really nice gifts. Too many to go into detail about! I think all I really need to get now is my breast pump, a swing, a car seat base for John's truck and a changing pad for on top of the dresser. I also really want to get a monitor, but the kind I want is kind of expensive so I might wait since she will be sleeping in our room for a while anyway. Luckily I have some gift cards I can use to put towards those different things.

I also had my dr. appointment this morning. It was super quick with no new news. I guess that's good! My blood pressure was fine and I didn't gain any weight in the last 2 weeks. She said she still thinks her liver may be a bit bigger because she is chubby. She also said she isn't chubby because of me since I haven't gained that much weight this pregnancy. Anyway so my next ultrasound is on Tuesday Sept 8th at 2pm. Hopefully she isn't getting too big!

more updates about today

The nurse finally spoke with my OB today and she is not concerned about the possible enlarged liver either. They are thinking she is big now because I am possible borderline diabetic? I don't know, I passed all my tests but they said that I came close to failing. Ugh that would've been good to know before my 1030 pm run to Dairy queen last week with John for ice cream! And of course I find this out right in the middle of baking John some M&M cookies... none for me I guess. :( Everyone says this is when you can eat what you want, but not me! I am back to being even better about my diet. I have tried to eat healthy, but I know I can do even better than I have been (like no ice cream runs to Dairy queen!) The nurse said that the dr would like for me to have an ultrasound in 2-3 weeks then weekly after that to see how Olivia is growing. I should be excited about them, but I'm not just because that means more possibility of finding things wrong... also I'm guessing I may be induced early since she is big and they will be monitoring her. I told John that I will be 38 weeks on Sept 25 so I wonder if she will come sometime around then?

Anyway here is the pile of baby laundry I did today. I'm SO glad I've been keeping up on it. This is mostly stuff from just the showers! I have boxes of clothes for the next year that I have already washed. Now I need to get to putting these away...

And look, Olivia has blinds in her room! They are blackout blinds and the are top down bottom up so you can raise and lower them from the top and bottom. (no strings) They are the same color as we got for our room too. You can see in the pack n play pictures, no more paper window covers! We are still working on blinds for the rest of the house... need to save the $! And here is a picture of me at 33 weeks exactly:

update

Just a quick update. I spoke with a nurse from my dr. office a minute ago and she said the on-call dr last week thought the possible liver enlargement was nothing to worry about and that it was a little overkill for me to do all those labs, but good just in case. That makes me feel a little better, but I do want to hear that from my own doctor! She said she would leave a note with my doctor and get back to me about it but she didn't think it was anything to worry about. I'm not sure if she will be calling back today or tomorrow.

On another note I had a funny dream last night. Olivia was a newborn, but at the same time she was 1 or 2 years old (weird how dreams work that way!?) Anyway she was SUPER cute with pale brown hair. That's what I mostly remember was her hair, and how good John was with her in my dream. Also I just kept telling her over and over in my dream "you're so cute!" She just laughed.

Look what we've done today

past weeks update

Sorry I haven't had time to write much. I worked 2 nights, then was off last night then go back tonight! Kind of a weird schedule this week... at least it's only 1 night tonight. Then I am off for 2 and back for 3 more! Aaahh but after that is my baby shower in Seattle, so I have stuff to look forward too! Olivia is currently kicking away in my belly. John felt her a lot last night. He thinks she is big and strong now so he can feel her a lot more. Sometimes she is more wiggly than others. Last night and right now she is especially wiggly. Probably just running out of room in there! Anyway I had a work baby shower on Monday and I had a lot of good food and GREAT gifts! I was so surprised by all the great stuff I got! Here are so pictures from the shower. It was on Monday 8-17-09. Here is me and the 2 other girls, Kailub and Trisha. Trisha is on the far right, having a boy and Kailub is having a girl!

Some of the tissue pom decorations:Baby clothes on hanger for a game:all the food:and me with my gifts before I opened them: I ended up getting clothes, a book, my pack n play for our bedroom and a big toy mat for her to play on! We might be setting up the pack n play in our room today to see where it fits well. I'm so excited we got it!

All 3 of us. You can see how much higher I am carrying than the other girls!Anyway I think John and I have a lot do get done around here today so I better get going. Only 11 hours before I have to go to work! Weird!

NEGATIVE

I called the hospital AGAIN to see if my lab work was done this morning. I swear you have to hound them to find out anything. Anyway she had to go into the computer into different screens she said to find out the results so I guess that's why they never knew they were done. Good news is the CMV and the toxoplasmosis labs were both negative. Those are bad infections to have. I was pretty sure I wouldn't have the toxoplasmosis, but you never know with CMV since I do work around sick babies, some with weird viral infections. I try to stay away from those ones of course, but you don't always know what different babies may be carrying. Anyway the bad news is I had a feeling yesterday that they weren't telling me everything about the ultrasound. Something about the lab work just didn't add up. It didn't make sense to me that they would be ordering the infection labs if she were just measuring big. So I called my dr office yesterday and FINALLY found out the ultrasound report that she was measuring about 1.5 weeks ahead but it also states a possible enlarged liver. UGH. I knew there was something. I wish they would have been honest with me at the ultrasound appt. Maybe they didn't want to stress me out, but they shouldn't take me for an idiot either. Anyway I don't really know what that means. What I had seen online is that infection is usually the #1 cause of this, so I'm sure that's why this lab work was ordered. Since I don't seem to have any infection, I'm not sure what it could be. I did see somewhere that a big baby could cause this too. I'm also hopeful on the fact that it says "possible" in the report. My dr. is on vacation until Monday so I guess I will just wait and try calling her next week to see if she can maybe answer what it could be for me. Anyway that's all I know now. Pregnancy is stressful. I don't think I will calm down until she is actually here and I can see she is ok.

some lab results

I did get the results of a couple labs yesterday. They said my A1C level was normal. It was 5 when it should be under 6 to be non-diabetic. They also said my parvo lab was normal. All they are waiting on now is CMV and toxolasmosis. My nurse practitioner said that it was highly unlikely I would have toxoplasmosis since I don't have a cat or even like them. Plus, I don't play in the dirt, like ever. I'm still not entirely sure why they ordered these labs. They told me because she was measuring ahead but it seems a little odd to me. I just hope there isn't anything else that they aren't telling me. I'm going to call the hospital today and see what's up.

2 week check-up at 32 weeks

So I had my dr appt. this morning (well actually with the nurse practitioner this time) and everything seems to be ok. I gained 1 lb in the past 2 weeks, my BP was fine and I am still measuring about 2 weeks ahead. They didn't have any info yet on my ultrasound or the lab results though. I called the hospital this afternoon and left a message asking about them. I hope they call back... Anyway she said that with her size now I am looking to have a 8- 8.5 lb baby. I didn't think that was too bad considering I had in my head that she would be HUGE. That seems fairly normal. She also suggested that I cut back on simple carbs in case I might have gestational diabetes and they missed it. I told her I had been doing that since I failed my 1 hour test. I know I am eating pretty well since I'm not gaining weight uncontrollably or anything like that. They actually haven't mentioned my weight being an issue as of yet. At an appointment probably a month ago they said it was in the normal range. Anyway Thats all I know for now, maybe I will know more in 2 weeks!

First baby shower

I had my very first baby shower at our house this Saturday. Jenny, Amanda, Rachael and Molly hosted it for me and it couldn't have been more perfect! Jenny designed the owl theme and decorated from there. She also made the cutest clothesline with clothes across the window, tissue paper poms to hang from the fan, and did a million other things! There was a great turnout, a lot of good food and wonderful gifts for Olivia! Here are a few pictures from the day:

And today I am getting ready for another dr appt. I swear when they are every 2 weeks they feel like very 2 days. Wasn't I JUST there?! I'm sure when I start going weekly it will be WAY too often! I'm hoping they at least have some of the lab results from the bloodwork I had drawn on Thursday last week. It is at 850 this morning so at least I don't have to wait all day to find out! Then I have a work baby shower at the park tonight! We are having a joint one for me and 2 other girls, I am really looking forward to it! In the past we have had it at restaurants or someones house. It works out nice to have it at the park for the girl who have young kids. They can go play in the playground and the moms don't have to worry about them breaking anything! Anyway, I'm off to get ready for this busy day!

Ultrasound 32 weeks

Sorry I didn't post these last night. Believe it or not I fell asleep at 730pm!! I slept until 530 this morning too so I guess I needed it. Anyway here are the pics I got. We didn't get as many, this ultrasound was a lot shorter since I guess the main thing was to see how big she was. Also she was stubborn and had her hand by her face so you only get to see part of it, but she does look cute from what I can see! Also they said she had a lot of hair! Crazy!

Ultrasound appointment

We got back a little while ago from the ultrasound and running errands. The tech said everything looked great other than Olivia being a little big. She is measuring about 2 weeks ahead and weighs approximately 4 pounds 15 oz already. YIKES I hope she slows down on gaining weight a little! (That or that they are off base with guessing size) Anyway it was a little stressful because the tech then had me go talk to the dr briefly who said they would like to do some bloodwork to see if I had underlying gestational diabetes or some sort of infection. I guess that can also cause a bigger baby. The dr. did say he wasn't concerned though because she really wasn't measuring too far ahead and that everything else looked normal. We got ultrasound pictures but they really aren't that great. She had her hand up by her face so you couldn't see much. I will post them later though- I just have some stuff to get done around the house. Don't worry, you aren't missing much.

Anyway it was fun to see her, but now I have more stress to think about! I keep thinking about how someone brought cinnamon rolls to work the other night and I somehow had the willpower to resist them and ate an apple instead. I had to save up for a cupcake this weekend! Anyway I should know the results of the tests in 3-5 days and they said they would call with the results when they get them back. Cross your fingers for me!

Nursery and craftiness

Well today is the big day of my 32 week ultrasound. I'm super excited to see how Olivia looks now! I'm sure she has more chub on her than the last look at 19.5 weeks. It is scheduled at 2 pm. Before that, Amanda is coming over so we can make a couple things for my friends at work who are having babies. We are having a joint shower on Monday. I'm really looking forward to that too! Here is what I made the girls at work so far (one is having a boy, and the other a girl)

I found these iron on patch type things at the craft store and pt them on onesies. They are SUPER cute in person, I especially love the little tie for a boy! And next are the diaper wipe cases I made. I got the idea from Amanda who made me one that I love. She showed me the directions, and they really weren't too hard once I figured out all the fabrics to buy.

That's all I have made for them so far. I think we may make something like burp cloths later today to finish up the present. I'm glad Amanda is helping, because I don't know how to sew!

Here is the nursery right now too. I got the bedding in the mail a couple day ago. While I was at work John washed everything and put it all on the crib, and put the mobile together. I think it looks super cute! I also included a picture of what the closet looks like right now. I have to get another couple of pink cube drawers and organize it better, but I think it will be a good thing to have for blankets and random things that are hard to find a place for. Plus we can use some of all the space in that closet!

Other than that. Not much going on today... just getting ready for my shower here on Saturday. I have a lot of cleaning and laundry to do! My first baby shower is going to be so much fun, then one in Seattle 2 weeks later! I love showers!

updates

I just woke up from sleeping for the day. I worked last night, pretty uneventful. I did have 2 of the cutest babies in the unit in my opinion! Twin boys, 3 and 4lbs each. Olivia was kicking like crazy when I woke up yesterday morning (at 6 am on a Sunday!). Will she be an early bird like me and John? After about an hour of it she gave herself the hiccups pretty hard core. John got to feel her moving and kicking a lot then he got to feel her hiccups! I don't think he had felt that yet. She didn't settle down until I got out of bed and took a shower. She was also moving a lot last night at work, and when I woke up at 3:30 pm today. It seems like me getting out of bed and walking around is the only thing that calms her down. When she was kicking yesterday I felt her on both side of my belly at the same time. I hope she isn't lying transverse. She better get into the correct position soon if she isn't already! Thursday is going to be a lot of fun!

There are so many fun things this week. My bedding is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. I think when we put that in the nursery will pretty much be complete. All I would have left is getting some sort of decal for the wall. I wanted to wait and get the bedding to make sure I loved it! We already have the closet set up and decided to just put the ikea chair in there as our "rocking" chair. Then on Thursday of course we have the 32 week ultrasound and this weekend my first baby shower here in Spokane! I'm also excited because I will get to see some family from out of town that I don't see very often. My cousin Brandon who lives in Florida just happens to be coming the same weekend!

Well, I hope everyone has a good week! I am supposed to work 4 nights in a row starting yesterday but I'm hoping to get Wednesday off since we are overstaffed. My assignment at work really isn't bad, but it is hard to work 4 12 hour night shifts in a row. Especially hard when 7 months pregnant and I swear none of the chairs are comfortable anymore!

15 weeks vs. 31 weeks

Amazing what a difference about 15 weeks makes!

maternity photos

My maternity photos are online now! Everyone can look at them by going to http://www.ambergphoto.com/ and the clicking on "clients" and the password is "olivia" all in lower case. I really like the majority of them! I may have to think about buying the whole cd.... We will see!

random

Nothing new going on around here lately, but I thought I should post something... John and I decided that we are just going to order blinds for the upstairs bedrooms and bathroom for now since It will be about 1/4 the prince of all the blinds we need. Since our living room faces a hill and no other houses, it's not that critical that we get them now. The only annoying thing is when 6pm or so rolls around and the sun is right in your face when you are sitting on the couch! Oh well, we just have too many things we need and those are down on the list.

I am making my mom's chocolate cake for dessert tonight, so that smells really good. We are having Amanda and Taylor over for dinner tonight- tacos! It will be nice since Taylor and John don't see each other too often. Amanda and I try to hang out every couple weeks or so. She made me a super cute diaper wipes case that she is going to help me make for a couple of my co-workers too. She says it's easy, and it looks so cute! So I will be busy today cleaning the house and getting ready for tacos. At least I will have the cake done in the next hour or so. Me and Amanda at a concert last year:

As far as Olivia goes, she was moving like crazy last night. John commented on how much she was moving, said she was probably trying to get comfortable spinning circles. That's what she felt like anyway! This morning she was on my left side, when she is usually on my right side- so that was different. It seems like she has days where she is super active (like yesterday) and others where I don't feel her quite as much. I am 31 weeks today. The time is flying by! I told John she could be here in 7-9 weeks! Crazy! Hopefully not any sooner than that though- I would not like to have her at work with co-workers taking care of her. I know she would get good care, but I want her to be healthy!

I hope everyone has a good day. It is supposed to be much cooler here today and tomorrow than it has been. I can't say I'm too sad about it, it's a nice break from all the 90-100 degree days. I am so glad I got this dress from target, I got it in 5 colors and I pretty much live in them now!

2 week check-up at 30 weeks

Today I had my 2 week check-up at my doctor's office. I met with the nurse practitioner (and will next time too). I can't remember why, but I think scheduling conflicts with my doctor and vacation... Anyway I think it was the quickest appointment I've had so far. Nothing out of the ordinary done. They took my weight, BP and measured me. I only gained 2 pounds so I think that was good. Also my BP was up at first, but they re-took it five minutes later or so and it was normal thank goodness! I always get worked up at the beginning of appointments! Also I was measuring 32 weeks. Right now I am 30.5. They said that was good and she was growing nicely. Otherwise nothing new or exciting to share, which I guess is good! I have another appointment in 2 weeks- on Monday August 17th. We have our 32 weeks ultrasound scheduled for August 13th at 2pm so that will be super exciting! I can't believe that is next week! I work Wed. night so I will have to make sure I don't sleep in and get there in time! Have a good day!

Leavenworth

John, Jenny and I got home yesterday afternoon from a fun night in Leavenworth with Julie and the kids. It was a quick trip, but it was nice to hang out with Julie and have fun in a pool! Here are some pictures from our stay. Next time John and I want to go inner tubing in the river! We always say that and then we forget by the next time we go. It was too hot to walk around town! I think I drank my weight in water!

Where we stayed. We stayed there once before and really like it. It is right in the middle of town and has a great free breakfast!