Valentine's Day and Baby News

Valentine's day was so nice. Frankie and I never make a big deal out of this holiday. We get each other a card, I get flowers and we go to dinner. We have done the romantic get away for the night to a nice hotel but not this year. Because of my diabetes issue Frankie thought it would be best to do dinner at home so that I would have more food to eat rather than trying to find a restaurant. He was right =o) He offered to cook but since he was at work all day I did the cooking. We had parmesan chicken, green beans, carrots, and salad. It was a nice candle light dinner at home, just the two of us.








Yesterday I was also 36 weeks along!



I had an appointment with the OB this morning and everything looks good. Joey's heartbeat was 134 and he's still growing. I found out he's dropped down in my pelvis which I kind of figured because of the discomfort I've been having and the fact that I'm going to the bathroom every 2 hours at night lol. Next week I get to have another ultrasound which Frankie and I are excited about. It'll be nice getting to see what he looks like now =o) I guess that's one of the perks of having gestational diabetes.

Comfy is the Way to Go

I have my bag packed and ready for the hospital. At first I packed 2 comfy pair of sweats and shirts to along with them. Last night Frankie and I went to the mall and lets just say I had to repack my stuff lol. We found these pajamas that were extremely cute and soooooo comfortable.



The pink top has half length sleeves and is a hoodie and of course the pants match. I then found another cute top that I plan to wear with my gray sweats. Yes I am aware that it is a tank top but I stay hot all the time so that will not be an issue =o)

Today I went to the diabetes center.... again. Luckily I only have to go there one more time and then my postpartum visit. My next appointment will be with the dietitian... did I mention this is my last appointment? Should I not have met with her for my FIRST appointment? Whatev haha

We graduated from baby class on Tuesday and they gave a cute little certificate. It was nice meeting all the new parents-to-be. At the end of class we all exchanged emails so we can keep each other posted on the arrival of our lil ones and we can hopefully get together in the future. It would be nice to have bunches of babies to play with =o) (yes... I meant to type bunches)

Monday I have my next OB appointment. I will find out if I'm dilated any. I'm kind of hoping I'm not because I really don't want to be placed on bed rest. I guess we'll see though. I'll update after the appointment. 4weeks left!!!!

Happy Scrappers

My mom left early this morning. We did a lot this past week. We went shopping (of course) and bought some last minute baby things for me to pack in my hospital bag. We also did some shopping for scrap booking stuff. I find that I only scrapbook when I am with her now because it is more fun that way. We both got quite a bit done. I decided to start on the scrapbook that I'm doing for Joey. I have it completed up until the present except for doing a page on his nursery. The rest of the pages will come once he is born. I decided to go ahead and make the templates for some of the pages, that way I'll only have to add photos once he gets here.

I also found out that my dad is supposed to be coming in town next week =o) It will be good to see him because I haven't seen him since late November-early December.

Other than that things around that Hudson home are pretty quiet. Frankie sold his truck which will cover the cost to replace our heating and air unit (thank goodness). Things with the pregnancy are still the same and I can't wait for the baby to get here. I do have to start going back to the Diabetes Center unfortunately. Not because of any problems but apparently my OB practice can drop me if they feel I'm being non-compliant. At least I only have to have 2 appointments with the crazy woman and one appointment postpartum (that's my understanding at least). Tomorrow night is our last baby class. It's amazing how fast the past 6 weeks have gone by. I hope the next 5 are just as fast so that we can have our lil man here with us =o)

Let it ice Let it ice Let it ice

I was really looking forward to the snow this past weekend but was let down. (I know I'm like a big kid) We got a few inches but it all turned to ice by the next morning so there was no fun to be had. Frankie and I decided to walk up to Harris Teeter because we needed to return some movies to Red Box. We also wanted to check out the road conditions. They were horrible! I can't believe there were people out driving in that mess. Below are a few pictures of what our area looked like.









On to baby news. I'm 34 weeks pregnant now!!



Time to get my hospital bag ready. I had a check up on Monday and things are still looking good. His heart beat was 147 and he is in the proper position for delivery. My OB felt his head and it felt really low to me. That night I started having some discomfort in my lower back whenever he would move. It wasn't a constant pain, just shooting (very uncomfortable). She said he is measuring properly and may be slightly big but nothing that she is concerned about at this point. I was happy to know that I won't have to be pregnant any longer than necessary. The doctor said that they will try and let a woman with gestational diabetes go into labor on her own but if she doesn't by her due date she will be induced (what a relief).

Are You Gelin'?

I've been meaning to blog about this since Friday but kept forgetting. I decided to take a nice relaxing bath tonight and the bottle of gel on the counter reminded me. Lil Cam Cam is starting to put gel in his hair to be like dad =o) Apparently we are doing this at his mom's too because when we picked him up on Thursday he was complaining about how hard his hair was lol. How frickin' cute is that! Of course he has to have the blue color gel... would you expect anything less? His excitement about the baby coming is getting better as well. Lately he has seemed real concerned that he may not get as much attention from daddy once the baby comes. I found out tonight that Frankie had a talk with him and I've already noticed a difference. We purchased a few gizmo's from Babies R Us and Cam wanted to help open them and he took an interest in the items that are already in the nursery. He also said he can't wait to teach his little brother how to drive his go cart and make fart sounds (go figure... what do boys love most... well at least this one).


Pregnancy changes. Well sleep is getting to be less and less so I should be very prepared for the sleep schedule I will have once the baby arrives. My belly button... ha! It is literally becoming a button now and I'm not excited. I'm starting to develop an outie :( lol. I've also got some Fred Flintstone feet going on right now but I think that is just a side effect of being on my feet for a few hours yesterday and shopping today... I'll be taking it easy the next couple of days until the swelling goes down. Other than that things are about the same. My sugars have been very well controlled. I've only had 3 "high" readings in the last week. I don't think that's bad considering I've checked my sugars 32 times lol. Anywho... below are a couple pix I took... I was bored and playing around with the camera the other day... enjoy!

Yay for hail damage!

Lately we have noticed several people in the neighborhood getting their roof replaced on their home. We discovered that they had hail damage and that insurance was covering the replacement. So Frankie decided it couldn't hurt to have insurance come out and do an estimate to see if we could get a free roof as well. To my surprise, considering how things have gone the past few months, we have hail damage!! It will be so nice to have a new roof to make the house look even better. We will be asking for a different color shingle, most likely a brown of some sort, to go with our paint color scheme.


Now onto baby updates. I had an appointment with my OB on Monday and things are still going strong. Lil Joey's heartbeat was 145 and I'm still measuring according to my weeks of gestation. (Thank goodness because this whole diabetes thing could cause me to have a large baby and I don't want that lol.) We had our third baby class last night and now I'm more confused than ever. I've always said I want an epidural when I deliver because of how intense my menstrual cramps have been in the past. Now I'm not sure. There are side effects to the epidural (which I knew) but I don't know if I want to risk it given our luck lately. I could try the IV pain medicine but supposedly that just "takes the edge off" and if I receive the drug too late the medication will be in the babies system, which could cause him to breathe less strong at delivery and would require him to get a shot. I've thought maybe I will try the IV medication and if that doesn't work enough I can always get the epidural still. The thought of a needle going in my back is scary but from what I've heard, I may not care at that point because I will be in so much pain. Ahh decisions, decisions.

32 weeks

I can't believe I am now 8 months pregnant!



Our lil man should be here in about 8 weeks and we are so excited! I've started having some back pain and difficulty getting to sleep but I feel lucky to have made it this far without those symptoms. The heartburn is getting out of control! I feel like I need to sleep sitting straight up in order to prevent it. The only other change I've noticed is that I'm starting to itch from the stretching on my stomach but lotion fixes that =o)


My diet is still irritating but I plan to talk to my OB at my appointment tomorrow. I've tried experimenting with different foods and some of them aren't panning out too well. I have now discovered that I cannot do baked potatoes. It made my sugar shoot through the roof even though I went by the recommended serving size. I can however do chicken nuggets from Chic-Fil-A which is wonderful because those things taste delicious! Hopefully I can make it through these last 8 weeks with no complications.


We were hoping our luck would change for 2010 but it really hasn't. I think we have both become numb to bad news because neither of us have been phased by it. We got our energy bill for December and it was almost double what it normally is. Come to find out we have a leak in our unit. Frankie's cousin came out to take a look at it and said we could try getting a coil but that would be like putting a band aid on a 27 year old unit. So the best thing would be to replace the unit inside and outside. I also noticed something strange about the house. Frankie was picking up leaves so I was outside talking to him. I looked at the house and noticed that the wood was starting to separate on the side of the house. I really hope that doesn't mean that the foundation has shifted :(.


Below are pictures to show my belly growth. This documents from 3 months up through now, at 8 months =o)