Cool Church Activity

Our church had a really fun activity this Wednesday. My husband works with the youth, and they had a "Where's Waldo?" activity. Basically, various members of the ward dressed up in disguises and walked around an outdoor mall. The kids had to walk around also and try to find all the ward members. If they saw someone they thought was a ward member, they had to go and ask that person if they had any Grey Poupon. Patrick dressed up as a teenager. It was so funny! He looked so different!




Here is his moody teenager look!

My husband is awesome!

Here is my funny little guy and the funny way he puts his legs up. He doesn't do this much anymore though.




My husband is so amazing! I am really lucky I married him. I look at Levi and think that if I had made different choices, I might never have had the opportunity to have him. My husband is so helpful with the baby and is always thinking of small ways to help me out.

For example, the newest sweet amazing thing he has done is create a website all about Levi. Go check it out! The website is www.levitrainor.com!

My baby is here!!!

Here is daddy and Levi hanging out together.

I have been really bad about blogging, but that is because I am getting used to having my little guy around! I probably should be sleeping right now, but I decided it was finally time to talk about Levi's arrival.

As you know, I was breech. I was scheduled to have an inversion, which means they were going to try to push the baby around the way it was supposed to be. I went in bright and early Monday morning for my inversion, and they did an ultra sound to make sure Levi really was still breech. He was, and the baby had one pocket of fluid. That's bad. The doctor told me we were going to have to do a C-section if we couldn't turn the baby around. I said, well, I guess we could schedule one for Friday, but the doctor said, No, I was thinking today. So we tried to turn Levi around, but he wasn't going anywhere. So I was scheduled for a C-Section and had one 2 hours later.

I am kind of glad it turned out that way because I had no time to be scared about having a C-Section. Instead I was calling Patrick to tell him to get to the hospital, I was making lists of things and people for him to call and cancel appointments for me, and I was busy getting ready for surgery. He later told me that when he called my mom, her first words when she heard about the baby were "Oh crap!" My mom is so funny.

I had my C-section, (thankfully Patrick gave me a blessing before it started) and everything turned out extremely well. Levi was stuck under my ribs, which caused the doctors to have to pull on him for a few minutes, but he came out nice and healthy. His legs were by his ears the whole time he was inside me, and when he came out his legs went straight up to his ears again. It was so funny.

The hospital stay was easy. The service and people were great! I had great nurses, and lots of visitors. My mom got there about 8:30 the night I had Levi. She brought my sister Katie and her husband Mike along. Mom said she could tell Patrick was in shock. He had 'wild eyes' as she put it.

So now Levi is 3 weeks old and we are on a pretty good schedule. He wakes up about 8:30. We eat and based on how tired mommy is, we either sleep or get up. Mommy usually gets a shower while Levi is sleeping, and gets dressed. She foes stuff until Levi wakes up, then Levi gets fed again, he gets a bath, and gets dressed. Then he usually goes to sleep. Then mommy does stuff around the house, like clean or do laundry. Then she feds Levi again and then eats herself. Then she spends the rest of the day cleaning or doing errands, with feeding Levi and playing with Levi mixed in. then daddy gets home around 5:30, and they all eat dinner, watch Tv or do more chores around the house, and go for a walk, then talk before mommy poops out around 9:30. Patrick takes Levi and has tummy time and plays with him until he gets hungry, then brings him in to me to get fed. Then we have night feedings and sometimes Levi stays up late to be michevious, but mommy and him hang out until he goes to sleep again.

Mommy is tired after staying up all night.

CRAZY DAY YESTERDAY

WOW! Yesterday was one of the scariest/exciting/emotional roller coaster days of my life! On Wednesday I had an ultrasound to confirm that my baby is breech ( which he is, his little legs are both up by his ears). They also checked my amniotic fluid and discovered I was a little low. So they called my midwife and she was a little concerned, but told me to drink plenty of water. She scheduled an appointment for me on Monday to try to turn this little sucker around.

So Thursday (yesterday), I get an unexpected call from my midwife, who has just received the report from the radiologist. Apparently the only thought I had a reading of 3.1 for my amniotic fluid. (That's bad, Your fluid is supposed to be 5-25, and 5 is considered very low). So she told me to get my things together and meet her at the hospital. They were going to do another ultrasound to check the fluid level, and moniter the baby for distress. Since my baby is breech, low fluid means they can't try to turn him around, which was the original plan. So if he was in distress, we were going to do a C-Section today.

So after frantically packing a suitcase I did not have ready, I called my husband and left a message because of course he didn't answer, and hit the road to go to the hospital. At the hospital, they hooked me up to a contraction moniter and a baby heartbeat moniter. And then I sat. For forty five minutes. Then I had an ultrasound. I had a fluid level of 7 today, which was not great, but much better than 3! So around 2:00, three hours after I got to the hospital, they discharged me.

Here are the thoughts running through my head on the way to and in the hospital:
1. We aren't ready! We haven't even put his car seat together yet!
2. We don't have a name picked out!
3. I am going to have an ugly scar!
4. I didn't buy a father's day present!
5. I am supposed to teach the lesson at church on Sunday!
6. Is my baby going to be okay?
7. I still have two weeks of child care prep class left!
8. Great! This means my mom and sister will be here by tonight and I can have fun with them!
9. I wonder how much a C-section will cost us?
10. I need a few more days to get things ready!

Patrick had gotten my message around 11:30, ( he was in a meeting until then), and was heading for home until I caught him on the hospital phone. I told him to stay at work until 2, becasue the hospital was super busy and they wouldn't be able to ultrasound me until then. Well, he left work around 1:30, drove home, packed a bag for himself, and was driving to the hospital when I called from home to say I was discharged. So he came home and took a nice nap with me, and we realxed until we headed off to child care class that night.

Last night, I woke up at 3:15 AM with an ouch! feeling in my belly. I had a few contractions on and off until 4:30, when I finally fell asleep again. I sat there thinkin, great! That's all I need, a C-section in the middle of the night! So I ignored them and went back to sleep. They are still there this morning, but not very painful, so I plan on ignoring them.

So yesterday was a crazy day for me, but at least I know that I need to get my rear in gear because I could be having this kid next week!

BREECH BABY!

So I went in for my appointment today and I was supposed to get checked for the position of the baby. Well, they checked the little guy and didn't think his head was where it was supposed to be, so they sent me for an ultrasound. Turns out the little guy has both of his feet up by his head and is trying to come out butt first. Not only is he breech, but the ultrasound lady measured my amniotic fluid, and that is low as well. Which I didn't think was a big deal until I looked it up on the internet at home. Turns out low amniotic fluid means no trying to turn the baby.

So funny news as well - my baby's head is huge! It was measuring in the 91-95-97th percentile everytime the ultrasound lady measured it. I could tell she thought that she was measuring wrong, but I know better. My nephew was born with the biggest head on this earth since the last baby elephant. So I know all about having huge headed babies, and it made me laught to know I am having a big head baby too. I also found our that the baby weighs 7lbs., 3 oz. right now. If I can keep him inside for another two weeks, he will be around 8 and a half pounds when he is born.

So I am waiting for my midwife to call me back to tell me what we are going to do now. According to the ultrasound, I am 38 weeks along. Whoa! I thought I was around 37 at most, and the midwife had me down at 36. So if this baby doesn't turn itself around in the next week, I might be getting my very first surgical scar in the next two weeks. Yippee!

So to the good news - I am thirty eight weeks! Only two - three more weeks of misery to go! Yippee! Also, I am hopeful that I will have the baby in June, while I am still covered by two insurances. No huge hospital bills to wipe out our savings! Starting July 1st, I only have 1 insurance. So having the baby in the next 13 days would be lovely!

On to other, less personal news. Patrick is expecting his big bonus from work next month. He is planning on spending it on a flat screen T.V. He spent a couple of hours on the internet researching it on Saturday night. He will be getting his bonus in the middle of July, but it will be interesting to see if he has time to even think about it if the baby is here already.

Our Minnesota refund arrived yesterday! We are just going to save it (Boring) but it is the responsible thing to do. We have lived in Minnesota for one year now. How exciting! Patrick will also get his raise soon, just in time for extra insurance for the baby to kick in! At least we aren't poorer!

1 Month To go!

I went to the doctor last week and they think my little guy is in breech position right now. That just means he is sitting Indian style in my belly right now, instead of being upside down like he should be. So I might end up getting a C-Section if my little one doesn't decide to turn his keester over.

I only have 1 month left to go! I cannot wait! I am going to the pool every day until my kid is born. I will be there every day from 1-3. My job is officially over since school is out for the summer. I am really glad because I was really dragging the last two weeks. My mom is coming down in about three weeks so she can be here when the baby is born. I am really excited about seeing her. I am kind of bored of just hanging around the house by myself already.

Tonight is child preparation classes. I am going to take a tour of the hospital I am going to be giving birth at. I am really excited. I am also going to meet my baby's pediatrician today. So much going on! I have been trying to keep busy around the house, but it is hard to stay busy when it takes forever to do things like bend over, carry things, or sleep comfortably!

This weekend we are going shopping for the baby's stroller and for his crib. We have picked out the ones we want at Target and now my husband is going to be researching them to make sure that they are safe, and if they are we will be setting up our Nursery this Saturday!

28 weeks!

I am done with parent teacher conferences and am in for the final stretch! Life is getting so busy! We have a few baby things, but I am excited to find really good deals before I buy things. My belly has officially 'popped'. A lady checking me out at the grocery store actually asked if I was due any day. Ouch! I have only gained around 16 pounds, so I don't know why I look so big!

Patrick is still loving his job, and I am loving the fact that I am almost done with mine! We had my parents come down and see my house . It was really nice. They helped fix a few things, and I got to see them! I also got to spend time with my sister in law and her husband which was fun! I can't wait for the next time I get to go to Illinois to hang out with my family! I only have to wait until my sister gives birth!