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Wednesday

10Mar2010

Sometimes Things Change..plus maternity pics!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 4:06PM

Tomorrow my wonderful little girl turns three! I am so excited and was also very excited she would be sharing a birthday with her little sister, who was set to be induced that day!

Well the plan changed....her lungs are just not mature and I now have gestational diabetes. It kind of sucks, I am not going to lie. After two long years of being pregnant twice, dealing with the loss of Ashlyn and just the physical pain of it, I was ready to be done ready to hold our baby and hear her cry. That is all I want and hope that delaying the delivery doesn't take that away from me.

The new plan for delivery is induce no matter what on March 17th unless my body decides to go into natural labor. This is very much possible since my stomach is measuring so many weeks ahead from the extra fluid. All I know is that if my water breaks I have been told to expect a tidal wave! Sounds like fun huh!! I really am not expecting that to happen, I am just not that lucky!

So to brighten the mood a bit.....

Here is some of the pictures of me at for my maternity pictures at 37 weeks! You can tell I am huge but they turned out wonderful, big belly and all!! I am so grateful to Colleen Eide Photography , they are just what I was wanting!!

Here are a few of the family pictures that I really love! I can wait to get them ordered and in prints!

So although the plans have changed and I am a bit bummed out, I look at these pictures and think, I can wait. I can wait one more week to have her safely and I pray that each day I wake up I feel lots of kicking and at the end a nice big cry welcoming her into the world! So for one week I plan to enjoy my little peanut Avery and help welcome her into her 4th year of life!

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Tuesday

09Mar2010

evaluation of goals, how adding a newborn in March might mess us up a bit!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:00PM

Courtney

At the beginning of 2010 I set up a list of goals I have for the New Year. I think the only way to keep myself accountable is to reevaluate my goals each month to remind myself what I am not working on, what I am doing well (because I love accomplishments!) and to add anything new to the list that become important throughout the year.

Febuary was a good month although I did get off a bit at the end. My body started to feel the last few weeks of my pregnancy and I had lots of school work to finish up just in case baby came early. I will not be adding any goals for March cause I have no idea what to expect!! Hopefully I wont be too sleep depreived or stressed with starting a class two days after I delivery the baby! It will be one interesting month that is for sure!

Personal Goals

Keep on track with my way of eating- This went back and forth in Febuary, I was just so low on energy that Brian had to bring home a lot of dinners. I hated that we did it but fully plan on getting on track in a few weeks. So far the begining of March hasnt been great but once we adjust to new baby, we will very much be back on track. With spring coming and local veggies and fruits showing up I couldnt be more excited for this month and eating healthy!
Read at least one book a month (can be an audible book if need be!)- No books completed in Febuary, I got way off on this. In March I plan on finally listening to Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver. Probably high hopes but hoping to do some listening while I am waiting for labor to happen.
Be a better wife to my husband- of course we have our ups and downs but I think I gave B lots of space this month to enjoy his time before baby comes! This month will be very challenging. I still remember our first month with Avery, aww
Be resourceful with my garden- No sprouting last month, so I will buy from a local organic guy who does great at sprouting in April! I hope to get a rain barrell put up this month, plans layed out for what I want, get the garden beds ready for planing and build a few more garden beds.

Family Goals

Be more active with Avery (just cause I love being at home doesn't mean Avery does)- it was a bad month for me, but I have high hopes for March! She will get some extra time with the grandparents and its getting nice outside so I plan on talking walks as much as possible and visiting some local parks.
Set up a learning schedule each week – I have the schedules all planned out but we actually only did preschool for two weeks in Febuary. Next week is ready to go with supplies purchased. Looking forward to a St Patricks Day theme!.
Have a date night with my husband at least 2 a month (hey we already get to see free movies, shouldn't be too hard right!)- we had a several date nights this month where we were able to just stay at home and relax with some movies and go out to dinner with friends a few other times. This month might be very hard for date nights so not expecting too much. We have a few fun things planned in April so I wont get too upset!
To be more patient- work in progress

Blogging Goals

Setup a schedule and stick to it- I got very behind in Febuary so working on getting back on track in March. It will be interestinschool load if this will work!
Try to post every day of the week (planning in advance of course!)- Well as you can tell I am behind but hoping to catch back up! .
Try more foods I have not had and blog about it- I cant think of anything I tried this month but hopefully with my CSA in March I can try a few new things.

House Goals

Get and keep areas organized on a regular basis. I think the house is still organized as much as it can be! We had someone come over on Saturday to do some deep cleaning and it looks awesome! At the end of March I will start working on this again if my body and baby are willing!
Be more consistent on menu planning and sticking to it. Did pretty bad in Febuary, take out became a staple for some days, or easy foods like oatmeal and pasta where made over and and over again
Recycle more than I throw away- work in progress but doing great!
Finish up the nursery- Pictures coming soon!

Project Life: Project 365.....Catching Up!

Monday, March 8, 2010 at 8:00PM

Courtney

Wow I am so far behind on Project Life. I havent posted pictures in weeks and well I havent taken that my pictures. I just dont have much of an excuse other than I am lazy and tired! Hopefully when I get home from the hosptial this weekend I will start bouncing back into shape. I know that the baby will make me tired but it should be easier to take pictures as we see Avery and her new little sister grow up together!

Here is a collage of my pictures for the month of Febuary and first week of March!

I also am pretty excited cause I can finally order pictures for my Project Life Scrapebook. I was waiting until I had enough photos and the certain sizes I wanted to get done. I have my journaling and pages setup so it will be fun to add the pictures in! Project Life really is worth the investment and is so easy to keep up with! I love it and hope to make it a yearly staple in in this house!

Its not too late to join in on the fun over at Jessica's Blog The Mom Creative for her weekly post on your Project Life or Project 365 Pictures!

Just a Few More Days!!

Monday, March 8, 2010 at 11:20AM

Courtney

We have a couple of days left until we go get induced. I am praying that baby decides to come naturally so I do not have to be induced but its probably best with my blood clotting issues to be monitored the whole way through. My energy level the past week has pretty much been non existent. A few nights ago I had to have Brian push my back just to get up the stairs, that is how pathetic it is! I was able to get enough energy to go and have my maternity pics done though! I know they will look great (hopefully she can photoshop some energy into the pictures!) and cant wait to show them in the next few weeks!

(this was a cheesy over the shoulder pic at 37 weeks, apparently I look bug eyed in all the normal ones. I am even bigger now cause my fluids keep getting higher!)

I have one more appointment before the big day and it involves an amniocentesis. Although I will be 38 weeks we want to check the lungs and also remove any extra fluid that we can before delivery. I am currently above 30 on my fluid level (my stomach is measuring 42 weeks, eeck!)which is above what it should be. Since they are already watching me so closely we dont have to do too much in regards to the fluids. If it seems high during my amniocentesis they will be able to remove some. The good thing of it, is that it helps to explain why I am measuring bigger and hopefully account for some of my weight gain!

Now that I have hit the 37 week mark, I always feel like I need to leave the house prepared just in case anything where to happen. I didn't do this with my last two pregnancies at all but from some reason I just have to leave with it being a little bit clean and always having clean sheets and towel ready for my sister while we are in the hospital! I started to do some major cleaning the other day cause I had a bit of energy to spare but than i remembered...someone was cleaning my house on Saturday!!! WOOT! My wonderful mother is having a friend of my mother in laws come over and clean all the stuff I cant phsycially do! THe house looked wonderful and its nice to know I dont need to do much at all this week.

Did any of you make sure you left the house clean every time you went out in your last few weeks?? I know with Avery I finished packing with contractions and she only came two days early so I was unprepared! Not sure how the house looked but thanks to my mom and mother in law when we got home it was very clean!

Tomorrow after my appointment I pretty much have to be off my feet until delivery so I am hoping to get my blog post ready and updated for you all! Sorry for the major lack of posting the past few weeks. Sitting at the computer desk has been the last thing I have wanted to do and typing a post on the iPhone is just a bit hard!!

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Sunday

28Feb2010

Menu Planning!

Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 6:00PM

Courtney

I must admit my mind and body seem to be losing lots of steam lately. I will be 37 weeks on Tuesday and a week from Thursday we will be delivery our little baby girl. This last week was a hard week as it was the week in pregnancy in which Ashlyn passed away. Once we hit 37 weeks it will be another milestone in the process of grieving and this pregnancy. I have no more NSTs and am very happy with that, they cause way to much frustration for me. After having a lot of complications with the machine we decided to just do a bioscan the next two weeks. My fluids are just at the level of being a bit high so this is a better way to monitor me and the baby.

This next week we will be taking it easy, getting everything around the house ready and making sure we are stocked up on everything.