Always behind!

I know I am so far behind! This last month has just flown by! I can't believe Christmas is just 4 days away! I will admit....I have not finished shopping yet! I've barely started actually! But this is the norm in my life! Always behind!!

This last month has been quite uneventful. We were called in for another growth scan and our boy is just growing by leaps and bounds! At 23 weeks he weighed in at 1 lb. 9 oz. WOW!! He's big. He was "head-down" at this appointment, so we didn't get any profile shots! I was so uncomfortable for about 5 days with him having his head planted squarely on my bladder. I thought I would never make it! But he moved up and we've been OK ever since. His size led the the assumption that gestational diabetes was rearing it's ugly head. I was put on a strict diet and told to expect to fail the glucose tolerance test. Well, I heard from the doctor's office today that I have passed!! WooHoo!! I am so relieved! Ron was a big baby, so maybe that is why this baby is just plain BIG! I'd rather him be big and healthy, rather than small and behind in growth. He is way ahead of the curve and is measuring in the 90th percentile! Wow! A c-section may be in my future & I'm totally OK with that, but my doctor seems to be firmly against it! We'll just wait & see, I don't care how he gets here!

The little bubbles & squirms quickly turned into hefty kicks, and now have turned into bulging rolls that move across my stomach. I really love this part of pregnancy! I wasn't sure I would at first, but I love to sit and watch and feel him wiggle. Ron loves to feel him move! Most mornings before I'm awake, Ron lays his hand on my stomach and I wake up to him smiling and saying, "we've been hanging out while you were asleep!!"

My sister is due in the next 2 weeks. I'm really excited to meet my new nephew, Jackson. I was so distraught when I first found out she was pregnant, but I learned how to handle everything really well. It was hard to accept at first, but everybody can't put their life on hold because of our loss. I'm so lucky to have such an understanding sister, who is very loving & forgiving.

I would be completely honest to say this pregnancy has been vital to our healing process. Everyday is hard and stressful and filled with anxiety (how long has it been since he last moved?), but it's starting to feel like it is all worth it. Maybe this time it will all work out & we'll be able to bring him home. It's impossible to not be completely attached at this point. I love this little guy to pieces & can't wait to meet him!

We started decorating the nursery which is really strange and hard to believe! I have had these plans in my head since January of 2008. To see them actually getting done......it's both exciting and scary at the same time. The "what if's" are still there in the back of my head! I'm excited to finally create all of the home-made projects to decorate his room I have been thinking of for almost two years. And at the same time, scared for things to go wrong and having to avoid that room for months on end once again!

So there's an update about the last month! Ron will take a picture of me this week and hopefully my sister will "cross her legs and sit on her foot" so we can take some photos of our bellies/boys together on Christmas Day!

Here's wishing everyone a very, very Merry Christmas!!!

I'm a bad blogger!

I'll admit it, I'm a bad blogger!!!

Life has been kicking my ass lately. I have so much to write but no time. Work is unbelievable right now. Busy, busy, busy!!! Today is the first day in over 2 weeks I have had time to actually respond to an email or post on my other blogger friends blogs. I'm a bad blogger and a bad blog friend.

Let's see.....I have a huge list of excuses!!

1. Work is killing me, but I finally got the very large project off of my desk today!!! WoooHooooo!!!!
2. The fun little lawsuit threat I spoke of several months ago is still hanging over my head. Clock is ticking!!
3. Computer had a close call with death.....it recovered.....then died a slow & painful death.
4. Had to buy a new computer.
5. Had to re-buy quickbooks and reinstall quickbooks for Ron's company. It took 3 days!!!!
6. Have to find a new AutoCAD program to be able to work from home & on above mentioned lawsuit. Think this may finally be solved!!!
7. We went on vacation.

I still haven't reinstalled my camera transfer software to my new computer, so writing a post about Frio without pictures would be NO fun! I took some pretty neat pictures and worked a little bit on my photography, but not nearly as much as I wanted to. I will do a Frio post very soon!

We had another appointment last week and things still look good. This little on seems to be growing at a great pace. We're still waiting for the big ultrasound on October 22. I think after that day I will feel much better & maybe a little more secure. Maybe start working on the front room. I still don't want to jinx anything. Everyone knows already...I'm expanding rapidly!

We celebrated my 30 Birthday Saturday. I'm 30 years old! My sisters keep reminding me by saying, "I talked to "so-and-so" the other day and told then you were going to be 30 and they couldn't believe it"!!! THANKS SIS!!! Ron told me he made a reservation at one of my favorite restaurants "The Olive Garden" and it would just be us. Great...Ron does not like Olive Garden and I NEVER get to eat there. So I was excited. We got there at 7:00 and told the receptionist we had a reservation at 7:00. "I'm sorry sir, we don't take reservations on the weekend, but we have a table open." She proceeded to take us to a table. Ron looked completely dazed and kept looking around as we walked to our table. As soon as we sat down he said, "I have to go to the bathroom" and took off. I KNEW something was up. He came back and said our table was actually on the other side of the restaurant. We walked over and my mom, sister and our great friends Stephen & Jen were all waiting for us. Ron tried so hard to pull it off & the restaurant screwed it up!!! But it really makes for a funny story!! His face was just priceless when we sat down at the wrong table!! We all ate some great Italian food and I watch many drink lots of wine! My best friend Jen made me my favorite cake...almond cake! (BTW - The Frio post will have "The Great Tale of the Crazy Frio Cake Lady & the Almond Cake".) It was a really great birthday.

So there is a quick update just so I don't get so far behind that I simply don't want to blog anymore. I'm going to be better this month....I promise. And my most sincere apologies to my blogging friends for being M.I.A for most of the month.