Saturday, November 15, 2014
Rides!
One of the kids new favorite activities is to have Elinore lay down on a blanket and have her brothers pull her around the living room and kitchen floor. They all get a real kick out of it!
Friday, November 14, 2014
38 Week Appointment
This morning Elinore and I went in for my 38 week dr. appointment. We had to wait about an hour to see the doctor because they'd had a small emergency that morning that sat them behind. I used to be so much more annoyed by that kind of thing, but I've learned patience, and it wasn't so bad. I think I learned patience after I was the patient that caused a back-up one day. It suddenly makes things more clear.
Anyway, Elinore charmed the waiting room for half and hour or so of that time, and then she turned her charm to the nurse when I was moved back to another room. She didn't let the doctor not get her a sticker either. She was insistent and not very patient about it.
Baby's heart rate varied between the 130s to 160s while we listened. When we finished it was about 145 bpm. I also had her double check that baby was still head down, which it was!I knew I didn't really need to worry about it, but a sleepless Wednesday night had me worried about it for sometime, so I just needed some reassurance there!
She said next week they'll check my cervix again and see if anything is happening.
Anyway, Elinore charmed the waiting room for half and hour or so of that time, and then she turned her charm to the nurse when I was moved back to another room. She didn't let the doctor not get her a sticker either. She was insistent and not very patient about it.
Baby's heart rate varied between the 130s to 160s while we listened. When we finished it was about 145 bpm. I also had her double check that baby was still head down, which it was!I knew I didn't really need to worry about it, but a sleepless Wednesday night had me worried about it for sometime, so I just needed some reassurance there!
She said next week they'll check my cervix again and see if anything is happening.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Hospitality
For well over a year now, I've been following She Reads Truth. It's an online, women run, daily devotional. It's flexible in that it's in my email, in my RSS feed reader and now on my app on my phone too. They have an online community converastion daily about the devotional too. I've not really participated there, but now with the new app, I am reading in there more than I ever have too!
Anyway, the plan we finished over the weekend was a devotional plan about Hospitailty, and it was very moving.
In our modern culture today, hospitality seems to be about hosting parties and dinners and celebrating with friends, but from a Biblical perspective, hospitailtiy is about opening your heart to everyone and loving your neighbor as yourself. It's not easy, and it's doesn't come naturally, at least not to me. But it is so important to consider when trying to live our your life like Christ.
After I finished the study, I've gone and ordered their paper study pack to go with it because it's something I can see myself revisiting and sharing. It has had me thinking a lot!
One day's devotion espeically has stuck with me. The theme of which was to allow myself to be interrupted.
http://shereadstruth.com/
Anyway, the plan we finished over the weekend was a devotional plan about Hospitailty, and it was very moving.
In our modern culture today, hospitality seems to be about hosting parties and dinners and celebrating with friends, but from a Biblical perspective, hospitailtiy is about opening your heart to everyone and loving your neighbor as yourself. It's not easy, and it's doesn't come naturally, at least not to me. But it is so important to consider when trying to live our your life like Christ.
After I finished the study, I've gone and ordered their paper study pack to go with it because it's something I can see myself revisiting and sharing. It has had me thinking a lot!
One day's devotion espeically has stuck with me. The theme of which was to allow myself to be interrupted.
http://shereadstruth.com/
Monday, November 10, 2014
Sister Now!
Keith and I installed the car seat for the new baby about a week ago. Now, everytime we get in the car, Elinore tells us her new sister is going to sit there!
This morning I was adjusting the mirror for us to see baby from the front seat, and Elinore asked for baby sister there NOW!
As sweet as that was, I told her she'd have to wait hopefully a couple more weeks!
She's been talking a lot about waiting for a baby sister now though.
This morning I was adjusting the mirror for us to see baby from the front seat, and Elinore asked for baby sister there NOW!
As sweet as that was, I told her she'd have to wait hopefully a couple more weeks!
She's been talking a lot about waiting for a baby sister now though.
Thursday, November 06, 2014
Monotone
When Elinore gets deteremined to have or get something from one of us, she transforms her voice from the nice little girl voice she has to a lower monotone voice. It is usually saying something like "get me napkin" on repeat. Or "get me something" on repeat. We have to remind her to use her manners! It's hard not to giggle sometimes though at the lower, monotone sentences she spills out there when she's determeined to get something. Even her brothers giggle sometimes at it.
Wednesday, November 05, 2014
36 Week Appointment
Last week I had an appointment with the doctor at 36 weeks.
I had gained 30 pounds at that point, which I think is getting close to more than I gained with Elinore, and more than I was expecting too. Although that combined with the time change over the weekend and I started a little bit more working out again (at least for two days now anyway)!
The doctor checked, and baby is no longer breech! Sometime in the last 2 weeks, baby flipped. I had thought baby had flipped, but I was confident, and I needed that confirmation! She also thought so, but we did confirm with an ultrasound, so we got to see baby's little head in the down position and baby's little legs crossed! We avoid certain areas so we still don't know what we're having, which is just the way we want it!
Baby's heartrate was 160bpm, which is higher than it's normally been. I asked about that and the doctor said that it was probably due to the feeling around she'd done to check for head down position.
Before we confirmed the baby was turned, we learned all about what we could have done at the hospital to manually turn the baby by one of the doctors. I think we'd have gone that route if baby was still breech, but luckily we don't have to! She said there was little chance baby would turn again. Also good news!
She checked and said I might be at 1 cm already, but hadn't progressed much and that it was normal at this point in the pregnancy to be there since I've had a baby before.
We're down to weekly appointments now, so we'll see how they keep going!
T-minus 3.5 weeks, plus or minus!
I went through the baby clothes over the weekend and started laundry so the little one has some clean clothes! I have the contained in Elinore's closet with the boy clothes and girl clothes we have too, so I can wash those up once the baby's here and we know what it is! But, either way, most of the clothes are very summer-y. After all, Elinore was a July baby! So we may have a need there, but Christmas will be right around the corner once baby's here, so I'm sure we'll receive at least a few gender specific items for the holidays!
We also installed the car seat base in the van for the little one. I had to put a replacement part on Elinore's over the weekend, which I did while it was out since she had been with my mom over night anyway. So I got them both out. The seat itself has some parts being washed currently, but I'll assemble it soon to put in the van too!
I had gained 30 pounds at that point, which I think is getting close to more than I gained with Elinore, and more than I was expecting too. Although that combined with the time change over the weekend and I started a little bit more working out again (at least for two days now anyway)!
The doctor checked, and baby is no longer breech! Sometime in the last 2 weeks, baby flipped. I had thought baby had flipped, but I was confident, and I needed that confirmation! She also thought so, but we did confirm with an ultrasound, so we got to see baby's little head in the down position and baby's little legs crossed! We avoid certain areas so we still don't know what we're having, which is just the way we want it!
Baby's heartrate was 160bpm, which is higher than it's normally been. I asked about that and the doctor said that it was probably due to the feeling around she'd done to check for head down position.
Before we confirmed the baby was turned, we learned all about what we could have done at the hospital to manually turn the baby by one of the doctors. I think we'd have gone that route if baby was still breech, but luckily we don't have to! She said there was little chance baby would turn again. Also good news!
She checked and said I might be at 1 cm already, but hadn't progressed much and that it was normal at this point in the pregnancy to be there since I've had a baby before.
We're down to weekly appointments now, so we'll see how they keep going!
T-minus 3.5 weeks, plus or minus!
I went through the baby clothes over the weekend and started laundry so the little one has some clean clothes! I have the contained in Elinore's closet with the boy clothes and girl clothes we have too, so I can wash those up once the baby's here and we know what it is! But, either way, most of the clothes are very summer-y. After all, Elinore was a July baby! So we may have a need there, but Christmas will be right around the corner once baby's here, so I'm sure we'll receive at least a few gender specific items for the holidays!
We also installed the car seat base in the van for the little one. I had to put a replacement part on Elinore's over the weekend, which I did while it was out since she had been with my mom over night anyway. So I got them both out. The seat itself has some parts being washed currently, but I'll assemble it soon to put in the van too!
Tuesday, November 04, 2014
Jokes
About a week or so I ago I had a very proud mommy moment.
Elinore told her first knock knock joke.
I have a love of corny, cheesy, kid friendly jokes. And there are many knock knock jokes that fall into that category!
Her joke went like this:
Elinore: Knock Knock
Me: Who's there?
Elinore: Daddy
Me: Daddy who?
Elinore: Daddy's here!
She's repeated it many more times, and it's always Daddy. She's shortened them though, we know longer go through the daddy who? step. It's just: knock knock, who's there?, Daddy's here!
Keith wants to know why he's always the butt of Elinore's jokes!
The boys love it though and they're trying to get her to get back to the full length knock knock joke version!
The boys current favorite joke: Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
Because he didn't have any guts!
Elinore told her first knock knock joke.
I have a love of corny, cheesy, kid friendly jokes. And there are many knock knock jokes that fall into that category!
Her joke went like this:
Elinore: Knock Knock
Me: Who's there?
Elinore: Daddy
Me: Daddy who?
Elinore: Daddy's here!
She's repeated it many more times, and it's always Daddy. She's shortened them though, we know longer go through the daddy who? step. It's just: knock knock, who's there?, Daddy's here!
Keith wants to know why he's always the butt of Elinore's jokes!
The boys love it though and they're trying to get her to get back to the full length knock knock joke version!
The boys current favorite joke: Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
Because he didn't have any guts!
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