35 weeks and 2 days! :)

Grant and I went to see Dr. Hales this morning! :) It was a great visit! Tucker is weighing in at 5 lbs. 9 oz.! They say he is in the 26th percentile. Dr. Hales projects he will be 6.5-7 lbs. at delivery! My little peanut. :) My fluids were great at 16, my cervix is almost 4 inches (still thick), my placenta is where it should be AND......drum roll please.....he is HEAD DOWN! I truly can't believe this! I have thought for the past 3 weeks he has been transverse (sideways)! When I contract (which is quite often) I can feel his body from left to right. He may have been transverse at some point but today he is head down! His body remains sideways though. So his head is down and his little body and legs curve to my right side! Weird! I guess its a good thing so he is not constantly jabbing me in the ribs! I think I have been feeling his little sideways body this whole time when I have a contraction! We were able to get a couple of "ok" pictures of his profile on the 4d US today....not good enough to post I am afraid! But we know he is still a boy ;) and that he has feet, ears, toes, hands, a cute little nose, etc! Dr. Hales was thrilled that he actually had a labor and delivery nurse with no "issues." He seemed surprised and relieved! We hope it stays this way through the actual delivery!

Anyways...I have been busy working lately. I worked last Friday and Saturday, had off Sunday night and then worked Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday! I am TIRED and my feet are swollen! The good news is I only have 2 more weeks of work or 6 shifts to be exact! And no more 3 in a row! Yippee! My last day will be the 10th of April and then I will have 10 days to relax before I deliver---at least that is the plan! :) Everyone knows Tucker is in charge of when he wants to show his pretty face! In that time, Lora, Kari Jo and I are having a girls night and I will try to have some "get togethers" with other friends before my time is up! Of course sleep is of the utmost importance! I will definitely make sure to get a lot of that! Grant, I am sure, will continue working on his truck and other people's vehicles with his friends and try soaking up all the relaxation he can get!

The family is coming in town today for a baby shower that my wonderful friends are throwing for me! We are having a birthday dinner here at the house tonight to celebrate Grant's grandmother Dorothy's birthday and his Dad's bday as well that will be on April 3rd! We are expecting around 13 people! Hope we all fit-haha! :) I will soon post pictures from all the showers thus far as well as nursery pictures! :) We are on the countdown people! Keep us in your prayers! Love to all!

32 weeks and counting...

Today I went to Dr. Lampkin's office! Nothing exciting at all except that now my sweet little boy is laying sideways or "transverse" as we like to call it! And he is still facing to the back! He is a stinker! I hope this is not a sign of whats to come-haha! Oh well! Anyways, everything is going great! We had a great time this past weekend in Dallas! I had a couple of showers and was "showered" with gifts galore! Thank you to everyone who came to the showers and for all the wonderful gifts! I have spent the past couple of days organizing all the new goodies and figuring out where things needs to go! It is fun but overwhelming! I still have 3 more showers! :) Woo hoo! We are still waiting on the crib that DID NOT arrive today like it was supposed to! So we will see if it comes in on Friday and then get all of the bedding on and pictures taken for all to see. It really needs to get here...we are getting ancy! We have been waiting since the middle of January! I am also working on some artwork for the room! I have to incorporate Uppercase Living somehow...and of course spell out his name with fun lettering! Hope all is well with everyone! Gotta go get ready to run some errands this evening! Love to all!

Visit to Dr. Hales

On Wednesday we visited Dr. Hales office for a follow-up appointment. The doppler studies are back down to normal limits! In other words, the blood flow from my placenta to Tucker is normal again. They did not estimate his weight at this visit. We will go back on March 27th and they will do that then! We did try to get more pictures but he decided to face toward the back AGAIN! All we got were more foot, ear, and arm pictures! Darn! We did find out he is BREECH right now---with an arm under my right rib! He has alot more time to turn back around but if he doesn't it will be a cesarean section (which I am not opposed to at all!) :) Anyways--we are in Dallas now for a couple of baby showers! I have one tomorrow and one on Sunday! We will then head back to Lubbock with presents in tow! When we get back, we will pick up our crib and get that put together this week! Yippee! We are fixing to watch a movie with the parents! Hope everyone has a good weekend!

It is Getting Close! 30 Weeks!

Today Grant and I had two of our doctor appointments. It was great to kill two birds with one stone! First, was the Dr. Hales appointment. This is the fun appointment! We saw Mr. Tucker's BACK today but could not see his face. He just so happened to be face down at the moment! So no good pictures off course! But he is head down with his legs right at the top of my belly! Getting close to rib kicking time I fear! He weighed 3 lb. 2 oz.! My cervix, fluid, placenta etc... is on track and normal! They did some doppler studies to look at the blood flow from the placenta to the baby. My levels were elevated which means there is some resistance in blood flow from the placenta to Tucker. However, these numbers usually peak at 30 weeks and then tapers off. He is not worried at all because of this and the fact that Tucker is growing right on track. If he hadn't been growing normally,the studies today may have been evidence that the blood flow is an issue! But at this point we are good! I go back next week for a follow up visit to make sure they go down! And to get better pics! After this, we headed over to Dr. Lampkin's office for the usual visit! Nothing eventful but we did decide on a date for induction of labor! Monday, April 20th-I am on the books! I will be 38 weeks and 5 days! We have been thinking of this date for some time! I have been trying to time it just perfect with my friend's work schedule in postpartum so she can take care of me etc! Its fun to work in L/D so I am able to get on the schedule so early! Now I can "reserve" good ol' Dr. Hegde to do my epidural or spinal if have a c-section! :) Of course, anything can happen and I could go earlier or later! But at least this is a starting point! 

On another note, Grant had a great birthday on the 8th! The big 27! After I woke up from work we went to eat at Lujan's and then went to a movie! We ended a great night with ice cream cake that Molly bought for Grant from Marble Slab! Yummy! 

Hope everyone has a great week! I will post another update next week--hopefully with some good pics! 

Healthy...

I guess I am free and clear of gestational diabetes! If I were anemic or had gestational diabetes, I was supposed to hear by Friday from Dr. Lampkin's nurse Sylvia---and I didn't! Yea!!! So...unless otherwise posted I am healthy! This makes me very happy! Well..Grant finally got better after 3 days of resting at home this week. Everyday there seemed to be progress and now he is almost as good as new! I am still feeling well---we made sure to disinfect everything he touched! Tucker sure has been moving ALOT! Its so weird that the bigger they are, the more you can feel and even see when looking at your belly! Its just amazing-truly. I love it!!! I just can't wait to meet him! I think Grant is getting excited too. He is in awe of my belly-its so cute! Grant's mom is working so hard on the baby bedding! I heard she was up til 2 am the other night looking for all of the fabric we picked out on this website but at a cheaper price online! She supposedly found it all for cheap! WOO HOO! That's all for now! Better get back to work and take care of the preggos!

Poor Grant!

Well...its official. I got the early morning phone call at work! Grant got the "bug." Poor thing has not gotten sick like this since he was a child! A small child... Last week it was me for 3 days and now it is him! Fever and ALL! Its my turn to take as good of care of him as he did of me last week! I am finally feeling back to normal. Now I have to try and stay away to prevent a relapse! If you think about it, say a little prayer that he has a quick recovery and can get back to work and for me that I stay healthy! I have an appointment in the morning and will be tested for gestational diabetes! Yea! I'll leave an update later! Talk to ya'll soon! Gotta go take care of my man!

Just Call me....Mrs. Sicky!

Well, so last week we found out that I had a UTI. I got on my 4th antibiotic on Friday with some pain medication I was actually able to take at work if needed. Before Friday, I was in so much pain and was only being prescribed narcotics-which obviously you can't work with! Thursday was the worst day of pain in the 1 week + of this ordeal! Of course narcotics eased me through it! VERY frustrating as I need to be at work accruing time to have enough hours to be paid while I am on maternity leave. So by Friday night I was actually feeling GREAT--and on Saturday even better! I was so excited to go to work on Sunday-believe it or not. However, to make matters WORSE--my body decided it wanted to catch a virus on Sunday! So-beginning yesterday I spent on the toilet all day with 100.5 fever, nausea, back pain, and some contractions from being dehydrated. I was MISERABLE! This lasted all night without sleep and into today. One of the worse nights of my life-truly! I continue to spend most of my time on the toilet wondering when this will stop! I had to call in to work last night AND tonight. Of course, this made the whole work issue even worse for me! So... yesterday I told myself-Jill--God knew all of this was going to happen--it all happens for a reason and you will be taken care of like always! I can't turn back time nor can I dwell on what could have been! So this has given me some peace through it all! Its just hard knowing that your colleagues suffer when you call in and are probably frustrated with me not knowing what all has gone on in the past week and a half! But I can't worry about that! I have to take care of me and Mr. Tucker! I am sure they will understand when I get back! In the meantime, I am thoroughly hydrating myself to keep those dehydration contractions gone and to get myself back to normal! I just hope Grant doesn't catch whatever I had---I will be so sad if that happens! :(

On a more positive note---the days (Friday night and Saturday) that I was feeling good we went to dinner with some friends for a birthday and came home to organize our utility room. Its amazing how much space can be utilized when you have a NEED to utilize all the space in your house! On Saturday, I cleaned out our whole HUGE closet in the morning while Grant was working on truck stuff. In the afternoon, we cleaned out both our office and nursery--moving furniture, placing/labeling stuff in plastic bins, putting together our bookcase for the nursery, etc.! Quite a chore but we are almost done with this big task called "organization." I guess you would say I am nesting! I just feel like there are so many little things that I am not going to want to do once this baby comes! So--we are doing it all now and it feels GREAT! Now we are just waiting for the crib and dresser/changer to arrive so we can put it all together! Also, Grants mom is sewing our baby bedding which is going to look AMAZING! That is in the works too! I can't wait for the room to get all decorated so I can post some pics! :) I just know he is going to love his new room!

*We found out this week that our good friend from Grant's off-roading club, Tony, has inoperable lung cancer! Please keep him in your prayers as he will be traveling to MD Anderson and starting some pretty aggressive treatments very soon. He is so strong as well as his wife Sharon. He has such a good attitude and will pull through! Every prayer will help! Thanks everyone!

Hope all is well with everyone! Have a blessed week!