Pregnancy/ Owen Update-- Getting Close!

So here I am, about 35 weeks and officially on bed rest. As most of you know, my blood pressure likes to rise significantly at the doctor's office, but be wonderful and perfect at home. Well, last night I took my blood pressure before bed, and it was about 126/88 (my normal at home runs in the 110's/70's). I had also been having some flashes in my eyes and a headache. When I woke up in the morning I took my blood pressure again and it was about 127/96. I went to my non stress test where my blood pressure is typically perfect, but every time it was taken today it was 140's-150's/90's. They measured my fluid and it is still on the low end of the normal range, but definitely not an issue, and Owen passed with flying colors! We also determined he was still breech, which I already knew. After my nst, I went up to my appointment with my OB-GYN. They took my blood pressure and lo and behold it was about 153/95. My doctor was definitely a bit concerned at this point when he saw the reading on the machine. I went ahead and went into the room and he came in and pretty much told me I needed to come back in on Thursday for another nst and a visit with him to see where my blood pressure is at. He said it looks like I will be having the baby around 37 or 38 weeks, if not sooner. Then we talked about the second concern, Owen being breech. We talked to him about the external cephalic version, and he really made us feel comfortable with having it done. We all decided that we should definitely get it scheduled and at least try to turn him. So my ECV is scheduled for a week from this Wednesday (I will be 36 weeks). We are really hoping that this will work, because he checked my cervix today and I am already 1 1/2 cm dilated and 25% thinned out! If this does not work, or we do not make it to 36 weeks due to my blood pressure, than we will just be scheduling a c-section. So for now, we are just trying to get my blood pressure to calm down and get Owen here safely whenever and however that may be!

Pregnancy/ Owen update!

I can't believe I am already 33 weeks! This pregnancy has flown by and it is starting to really hit that Owen is going to be here in just a few short weeks! This pregnancy has been a lot like my last pregnancy with Calla. I have had morning sickness since about week 7 and it has yet to go away. Thank goodness for Zofran! I have also had some awful heartburn like I did before as well. Owen is definitely more active than Calla was during pregnancy. I feel like he is just constantly moving and I love it! These past couple of weeks have been a little bit scary for us and we have been worrying about Owen a lot. At my 31 week appointment my doctor measured my uterus and I was only measuring between 27 and 28 weeks. I have also had some very high blood pressure readings at the office (not at home though!) He was a little bit concerned just because my pressures have been high, so we had to schedule a growth ultrasound and begin non stress tests this week. Well, yesterday Owen passed the non stress test with flying colors and we found out he has a normal amount of fluid surrounding him. Then when they checked his growth, they said he is measuring maybe a couple days smaller than what I am but he is pretty much perfect and on track at approximately 4 lbs 5 ounces! All of this was very reassuring for us, but of course there had to be something else... Little baby Owen is BREECH! :( This was rather disappointing seeing as my doctor was hoping he would turn by 32 weeks. So Dr. Kaelberer told me pretty much what my options are. 1. He says there is a chance that he will turn in the next few weeks. 2. If the ultrasound at my next appointment shows he has not flipped, than he will schedule me to have an external cephalic version between 36 and 37 weeks, which is where he will manually try to turn him from the outside (if that is what we want of course). 3. We will plan for a C-section. I am terrified of having a C-section, but I am also terrified of the risks that are associated with the version. So, my plan for the next two weeks... I think I will try some of the weird natural ways to turn a breech baby! Such as sticking my butt up in the air with my face on the floor :) I also will be having weekly non stress tests until he is born. My next appointment with my doctor is in about a week and a half at 35 weeks and we will see what Owen has decided to do by that appointment! Obviously in the end, Tim and I will chose what is best for Owen :) But I am really praying his will flip on his own!

A New Addition to our Family!

Tim and I are so excited to finallly make our big announcement! We will be adding a new little addition to our family this July! We found out that I am pregnant the day before Halloween! I was only 3 weeks and 4 days, so we have been waiting quite awhile to tell everyone! I had a few scares very early in the pregnancy, but we had our first official prenatal appointment a couple of weeks ago and the doctor said that everything looks great! We had an ultrasound and got the see the little baby moving around and its little heart beating! :) I am now about 12 weeks and 2 days pregnant! So far this pregnancy has been a little different from when I was pregnant with Calla! As for morning sickness, the doctor pretty much prescribed me Zofran immediately after I started throwing up so I wouldn't have to go get IV's and such, but with this one I am very nauseous even with the medicine, but I don't throw up as much. Smells are also a terrible thing this pregnancy, I can hardly change a diaper or do the dishes without gagging. I also already look pretty huge haha (well showing wise) so that's pretty awesome, althrough I have yet to gain any weight! We are very excited to meet this little baby and for Calla to be a big sister! My official due date is July 11, 2012 :)

Calla's 1 year well child checkup/1st Birthday!

I can't believe Calla is officially a toddler now! She had her well child check up yesterday and the doctor said that she looks great! Here are her stats: weight: 18 pounds 4 ounces (10th percentile) height: 29.5 inches (60th percentile) Head: I have no idea, but about the 60th-75th percentile :) The doctor said she is right on track, and said her throwing small temper tantrums is just fine, we just have to make sure we handle them properly :) (aka, not giving into what she wants!) We are also introducing her slowly to whole cow's milk by mixing it into her formula, so far that is working! She is now standing up on everything and cruising, so not too long until she walks! She is also getting brave enough to stand up all by herself without holding onto anything! She sleeps about 10-12 hours at night and takes a 2 hour nap during the day. It is awesome :) She is also eating anything and everything haha :) She also just celebrated her first birthday on December 1st! We had a party with Tim's family and my parents and Elise were watching haha via skype and facetime :) We went to Mcdonald's for dinner and got her her very own happy meal! She liked it, but I think she liked the toy better haha

Then we came back to our condo and had cake, which I made! It was a giant cupcake cake :)

She loves cake! Well the frosting especially! She exceeded our expectations of awesomeness when it came to eating cake... she dove her face right into it! My mom and dad got to sing happy birthday to her through the computer and Ipad (my mom is in Michigan helping out after Elise had the baby and dad is in Katy!) with everyone else! It was fun for them to be a part of it! Then Tim and I gave Calla a bath and then she opened her presents! (well... we opened her presents while she played with the bows and the paper :)) Then she went to bed! I think she had an awesome first birthday!

Calla's First Halloween!

This post is a little late... but here is all about Calla's first Halloween! Calla and I spent the day together doing our normal stuff like running errands and cleaning up the condo. We headed over to Tim's paren'ts house for dinner around 5 o'clock. Tim had to work, so he didn't get there until a little bit later. We had some dinner and I got Calla all dressed up in her costume. She was dressed up as Rapunzel! We got her costume from the Disney store, it was so cute! She didn't have the long hair, but she had a little purple puff bow. She looked adorable! I don't have any pictures up yet, because Tim's brother Alex took the pictures on his camera because I didn't have ours. So once I get the pictures from him I will post them! Once Tim got there, we finally got to go trick-or-treating! Grandpa Pranger came with us! We just went around their little coldasac plus a couple of more houses. It was really fun! Calla was really tired though, because by this time it was already like 8 at night. Everyone thought she was adorable anyways! haha It was so much fun and we got some awesome candy haha :) I mean Calla got some awesome candy... :) It was a great first Halloween for her! Pictures to come soon! :)

In other news, Tim got a job for the winter! Yay :)

Family Update!

Here is what has been going on with us lately! I will start with Tim :) Last week Tim was working really hard to practice and get prepared to take the PAT (Players Ability Test). Now, I'm not very good at explaining what it means but... basically if you pass the PAT you get to become a registered member of the PGA (Proffesional Golf Association). You have to shoot less than +7 over par over the course of 36 holes. (that's 2 rounds of 18 holes played back to back!) Tim was able to shoot +1 over par total, which means he passed!! Calla and I are so proud of him! :) Other than that he is spending his time working at the golf course, teaching lessons, going to school, and spending time with Calla and I. As for me, I have been going to school, which is so hard this semester. All I want to do is stay home with Calla and take care of her, which I basically do, but going to class is so hard! I only have one class on campus (biology). I spend most of my time cleaning, cooking, and of course taking care of Calla! It is such a fun job and I love being a mom! Last, but definitely not least, we have Calla! Calla has developed in so many ways since the last time I posted a family update! She will be 11 months old on November 1st. I cannot believe how old she is already. It is so wierd to think that this time last year she was in my belly and I was huge just wanting her to come out already so we could meet her! And now she is almost a year old! I think we will be spending her first birthday with Tim's family. I have decided to make a giant cupcake cake with mini cupcakes around it. I might even put icecream in the big cupcake! We will find out if I am talented enough for this haha. Some milestones that she has hit in the past few months are: crawling at around 9 and a half months, she got her two bottom teeth some time in the middle of August, she is now getting her two front top teeth, she is eating basically everything we eat now (besides straight up cow's milk), she is trying to pull up on things and stand up, she says mama and dada all of the time, she learned how to click her tongue, and she shakes her head no all of the time! You ask her any question and she will shake her head no at you! As you can see, she has been busy! On a not so positive note, she had a phase where she just wouldn't sleep through the night. It was after she started crawling... she just really wanted out of her crib! She often times falls asleep now curled up in the corner either on her side or on her knees... it's so cute! She has just now started to sleep through the night again... thank goodnesss! Last night was a very good night for her, she is actually still asleep now! We love Calla so much and love to see her grow in different ways everyday! in family news, we will be going down to Katy for Christmas this year! We are so excited! Right before that my sister, Elise will be having her second baby! Their baby could possibly be born on Calla's birthday! That would be pretty crazy, but I am predicting baby will come earlier than her birthday :) We also go our family pictures taken a couple of weeks ago, which I'm sure you have seen on my Facebook! Well that is it for now! :) The next post will most likely be about our Halloween fun! :)

Calla Crawling!

Calla can finally crawl! She has been trying so hard to figure it out for the past few months and she finally figured it out :) All I had to do was make myself a grilled cheese sandwich and eat it sitting on the floor with her. She just crawled right too it! It was so fun to see her first time crawling, I wish Tim had been there to see it too! Tim had lessons all day, so he rushed home in between his last two lessons before she went to bed to see her crawl :) We are very proud of her! Here are a couple of videos of her crawling :)