tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4946149349841446142024-03-05T09:40:25.602-05:00Falling for BabySarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14109435826887215070noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494614934984144614.post-53639094548605590912013-03-16T14:26:00.004-04:002013-03-16T14:26:53.270-04:00Our One SMALL Step VideoIt was emotionally draining to go through all the photos of Lillian's first 3 years. Putting those three and a half years into a three and a half minute video wasn't easy, but I'm happy with the outcome. <br />
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Check out our video and then go to <a href="http://onesmallstep.fpwr.org/dw/walking/location/541">http://onesmallstep.fpwr.org/dw/walking/location/541</a> to donate or sign up to come to our event! There are events all around the country and even international. <br />
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Or check the locations and see if there's one close to you. I promise they will be fun, family friendly, and uplifting, and all of the money raised will go towards Prader-Willi Research.<br />
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Sometimes I think I should take them out into the world just to bring some sunshine into the mundane moments. <br />
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Exhibit A. Our trip to the post office yesterday:<br />
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They wave so sweetly to strangers with a smile and blow kisses to them as we walk away. How did they learn to be so loving? And they love each other so much. Today I snuck around the doorway to the play room to see them quietly sitting down "reading" a book together.<br />
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In the evenings they so willingly end the day with hugs and kisses. Eric makes the most silly kissy face and walks back and forth between Phil, Lillian, and I sharing his kisses. Lillian makes sure she gets to kiss both cheeks of each family member. She taps her cheeks so we know to kiss her goodnight too. At night before I lay Eric in his crib, he lays his head on my shoulder while we say our evening prayers. He lets me hold him and hug him and cherish his sleepy little body. It doesn't matter at that moment how our day was. All that matters is that we still have each other. <br />
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I don't want to forget how excited Lillian gets when she finds out she's going to ride the bus to school in the morning. Or how she yelled "WOAH!" louder than I've ever heard her the first time she rode her therapy horse, Cody. I don't want to forget how she runs towards the door if I tell her it's time to ride Cody, or see Grandma, or anything she's excited about. I never pictured her running until it actually happened!<br />
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I don't want to forget how Eric lays his head on my shoulder when I carry him up to his bedroom just before naps and bedtime. I try to soak up that time with his head nestled next to mine, giving his tired body an extra tight hug before laying him down. I don't want to forget how he says "uh oh" any time we ask him "Where did ____ go?" Or how he likes to pretend to sweep the floors with the broom that is twice his size. <br />
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There are so many little expressions and excitements I don't want to forget. This has been such an enjoyable time with Lillian starting preschool and Eric becoming a toddler! Their personalities are really blossoming. And it's so nice to finally live our lives rather than spend each day waiting for therapists and sitting in doctor offices, although we still deal with the occasional orthopedist appointment for her scoliosis. <br />
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I hear a boy waking up from his nap and see a sister trying to empty the much loved ballerina bandaids from their box. <br />
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Lillian is doing really well. She went through some "terrible two's" during Eric's newborn stage and I think putting her in part time MDO might have made it worse (although at the time helped me keep my sanity). She picked up some bad habits and was spoiled rotten by the staff, but thankfully she has returned to the sweet girl I knew the first 24 months of her life :). <br />
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</div>Right now Lillian is getting therapy 5 times a week. She gets speech therapy twice a week, once in home and once through a private therapist. She also gets occupational therapy, physical therapy, and developmental therapy once a week. Even though we are consumed in therapy much of the week, we are also thankfully consumed in our social life as well. I've joined a fabulous mom's group through the church we go to, and Phil and I also teach the 2 year old's Sunday school class every other Sunday. I'm also part of another women's group at church that meets once a week, so Lillian and Eric get to spend 2-3 mornings a week with other kids their age at church. The volunteers there are good friends of ours and the kids absolutely LOVE it! Not to mention, it's been so good for me to get some adult interaction after 2.5 years of being so wrapped up in therapy and PWS. <br />
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This spring has been so refreshing. Lillian is finally able to navigate most playground equipment and I'm able to just stand back and let her run and play. She climbs up the stairs, goes down the slides by herself, and makes friends along the way. What a breath of fresh air that is compared to last year! She's also been spending time on our family farm with my Father in Law. My goodness does that girl love tractors! Keep in mind her idea of a tractor is one with an enclosure and air conditioning, but nonetheless, she has her grandpa wrapped around her little finger and manages to get in on quite a few rides bailing hay. <br />
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When she's not hitching rides on tractors around the farm, you can find her with my Mother in Law checking out the hatching chickens/turkeys/geese in the incubator, or over at the neighbors barn petting the horses. I think she's going to be VERY involved in 4H when she is old enough! <br />
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Right now Lillian is having a bit of a speech blossoming. I wouldn't call it a "speech explosion" because like everything else with her development, it tends to be slow and steady. She has started saying "hi" "mo" (more) and still says mama and occasionally dada. She says "oh yeah" "hi buddy" "I awn that" (I want that) and "openit" (open it). It's NOT always easy to understand her, but we've noticed these things she's saying now she has probably been saying for a long time, we just couldn't understand her. She will imitate the sounds ssssss, ooooo, eeeee, wwww, ba, da, ma, consistently. Inconsistently I can get her to do the p sounds. <br />
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I think the twice a week therapy has helped, as well as adding in some prompt therapy and some other methods that the private speech therapist has integrated into therapy. Another thing that I'm now convinced has helped her speech blossom is adding B12 back into her supplement routine. Before adding B12, I stopped giving her carnitine and coq10. So currently she is only getting HGH and B12. After a few days of giving her B12, she started to seem more in tune to what was going on. She was able to match all of her puzzle pieces accurately, started saying more words (she was only saying no and mama before we started B12), and she is now able to pick up new signs very quickly. She's learned to sign horse, on, potty, and she also uses the gestures we're teaching her in therapy to help her with sounds. At first I was really skeptical about the B12 being the connection to these new developments, but after her therapists went on and on about how mature she has been in the last few weeks and how she seems to be absorbing so much more and focusing better on tasks, I finally started to accept that the B12 had to be doing something. If you ask her OT, she's like a completely different kid! She's also sensory seeking less and saying "no" less... which is nice. If anyone has questions about B12, you're welcome to leave a comment with your email address and I'll answer any questions you have! I do plan on introducing carnitine and coq10 back into the daily routine one at a time. I'm wondering if one of those might lead to irritability, so hopefully I'll be able to see that clearly. <br />
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As for now during the summer, we're looking forward to lots of days spent at the pool, park, farm, gardening and traveling. Our plans to build a house over the summer have changed and it looks like we might put it off another year or so. We want to make sure we do everything carefully and with as little stress on our family as possible. In the meantime we're just going to keep doing this...<br />
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I wanted to print out this really cute Easter print from pinterest. I saved it on a flash drive we had and while I was saving it I noticed it had some files on it called Teaching and Nursing Resources, Community Health, Fall 2010 Semester, etc. Neither Phil nor I took nursing classes so I just assumed he found it laying around and tossed it in our "all things technology" basket.<br />
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So I get to Sam's and I ask the guy if they can print photos 16x20 size from a thumb drive. He says, sure... I'll help.<br />
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So we insert the thumb drive as I'm telling him I have no idea what's on there and it might take a minute to find the picture. WELL, what I DIDN'T know was how many pictures of straight up penis and vaginas covered in genital warts we'd get flashed with trying to find the picture that I wanted to print. <br />
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I DIED. <br />
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I mumbled something about "I'm so sorry, there are a lot of nursing files on here and I had no idea those pictures were in them".<br />
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And then I died again.<br />
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And of course the photo I actually wanted to print wasn't a freaking jpeg, so it didn't even show up. My innocent little Easter photo. <br />
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He suggested that I go home and upload the photo I want printed to Sam's Club online. He was really nice and said he was a surgical tech before he retired (did I mention this was a sweet old man?) and photos of genital warts were nothing for him. <br />
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And then I took my cart with my sweet precious innocent little children sitting in the front and got as far away from the photo department as possible. <br />
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And that, my friends, is going in the "things I'll never forget" file.<br />
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I'm so excited to be doing this. Surely it will help us get the house ready to sell!<br />
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I know I said I'd update about Eric and how things have gone over the last 5 months. But basically it was a combination of crying, rocking, nursing, tickles, giggles, kisses, and coos. That sums up most of our 5 months. <br />
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Eric, if you're reading this when you're older, you have been one of the biggest joys in my life. Yes, you cry a lot as an infant, but your eyes tell me you love me and it makes it all worth it. You are mostly crying because you don't ever want to be put down or have the attention on anything but yourself. Hopefully over the years you'll learn to turn that into something positive. Even at 3am when I'm tired and know you're not really hungry, I still rush in to hold you because I know it's not always going to be like this. You have me wrapped around your little finger and that's OK. Even when you're fussy, I know I can pick you up and toss you in the air and you'll instantly be happy again. You love to be tossed, swung around, and smothered in kisses! Everyone else is scared to death to throw you around, but I got you babe. One day it's going to be you and me riding the roller coasters and jumping out of airplanes, snowboarding and wake boarding, white water rafting and rock climbing. Your dad can teach you hunting and fishing and how to change a tire. I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up with this blog during your newborn stage, but I was too busy holding you and trying to catch up on sleep.<br />
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Here are some pictures to make up for lost time:<br />
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Now, back to the new year and resolutions...<br />
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I'm jumping on the 366 project bandwagon. Basically you take a photo every day of the year. Here's a little blurb about why it's awesome and why you should do it too - <a href="http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/project-365-take-a-photo-a-day/">http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/project-365-take-a-photo-a-day/</a>. Since this year is a leap year, it's 366 (duh) days instead of 365. To make this a realistic goal, I'll probably use my phone a lot for the photos and will likely update the blog every few days if I'm not able to do it every day. <br />
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Another resolution I have is to run a half marathon. Let me preface this by saying I. am. not. a. runner. I don't even like jogging. But we'll be having another Running for Lillian Fundraiser in October and I really want to run the half marathon. All the money raised will go towards the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research. More info to come. (if anyone is interested in running, shoot me an email and I'll give you details on where the race is.)<br />
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If anyone else is doing the 366 project this year, please leave a comment and let me know! I'd love to follow along and keep each other motivated to keep it up!<br />
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This fall was beautiful and the weather has been really mild. Lillian's birthday was a big hit. She had an apple themed birthday party with LOTS of friends, family, and babies. <br />
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Lillian is growing up so fast. She picks up on so much going on in the house too. Ever since we brought Eric home, she has been ALL about her baby dolls! She puts them in his swing, on his play mat, in his jumperoo, in his bumbo seat, she lays them on the bed and puts diapers on top of them, puts the swaddle on them, etc. She burps them and rocks them too. I just love watching her and if she's playing with her dolls, then she's staying out of trouble... <br />
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Speaking of trouble, turning two has been interesting. She has learned how to get my attention by getting into anything and everything she's not supposed. Drives me absolutely batty! It's especially hard with a newborn who cries and nurses all day and I'm trying to soothe him while keeping my eye on her. Oy. And all while sleep deprived. <br />
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It's been really hard to not loose my mind the last 4 months. I was so desperate for a break, and felt horrible that Lillian wasn't getting the attention she was used to. Finally out of desperation I called the local PDO program (parents day out) and asked if they had any openings, and thank God they had one opening in her age group. We went in and toured the facility and I talked with the teachers in her classroom for a while. It took a few visits before I was comfortable leaving her there for the whole day (9-3), but I'm thankful they are willing to make a few adjustments for her and were more than willing to learn about her syndrome. The kids eat snacks and lunch at "school" and I'm able to provide Lillian with all her own food, so that makes everything much less stressfull. I found a great PDF file written for preschool educators of children with PWS. The link to that file is <a href="http://www.pwsausa.org/Educator/">here</a>. I also printed this out for all of her therapists because it's really great information on how they learn best. She absolutely loves going to "school" and usually doesn't want to leave when I go to pick her up.<br />
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So now Lillian's schedule for the week consists of 2 days at PDO, 4 therapies (PT, ST, OT, DT), and church 2 mornings a week (once during a mom's group and once on Sunday). She's a busy girl!<br />
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We also recently went to the national PWSA conference in Florida and met some really great people. Lillian enjoyed swimming and we spent some time at the beach. <br />
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Eric deserves (more like demands) a whole post to himself, so I'll update on him later. He's an absolute joy and I'm really enjoying this age with him! Lillian loves her brother too and luckily has shown no jealousy of him whatsoever. Hopefully it stays that way.<br />
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Any sleep advice for a 4 month old is welcome :). I'm sure many of you have experience in this department! Since he was a colicky newborn, up until this point I've basically done anything to get him to sleep. Rocking, nursing, singing, etc. Now that he's not crying all the time, I'd like to get him out of the habit of needing to nurse to sleep because i'm really not getting enough sleep to be a good mom. I'm just so tired. <br />
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If you're anything like me, you want the facts fast. Sometimes I just want to know what happened, cut to the chase, don't give me the long winded version. <br />
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So here are the Cliff Notes:<br />
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<li>Labored at home all day, visited doctor around 2pm to have membranes stripped (4cm dilated), went back home</li>
<li>Called my mom around 5pm and told her we were heading to the hospital around 9pm</li>
<li>Mom shows up to watch Lillian around 7:30pm</li>
<li>Continued Laboring at home timing contractions 4-8 minutes apart, 1.5 minutes long</li>
<li>Water broke at 9:04pm in the living room</li>
<li>Left house about 10-15 minutes later</li>
<li>Car ride from hell</li>
<li>Got to hospital around 9:30pm</li>
<li>Barely got my clothes off in time</li>
<li>Baby arrived at 9:52 - no epidural, no doctor, no problems!</li>
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Thank God for a great nurse who didn't lose her cool when she realized she was alone and about to deliver a baby by herself, and a quick on call mid-wife. The mid-wife literally introduced herself, I nodded my head, grimaced and said "OK" while bracing for the contraction-straight-from-hell, and then his head popped out. Woah nelly.<br />
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If my husband had parked the car in the parking garage instead of leaving it in front of the hospital doors and grabbing the wheelchair conveniently left next to the door, I would have had the baby in the hallway :-/. Thank goodness he listened. <br />
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And here's a picture of my 1 month old little colic monster. Don't let the smile fool you....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And ridiculously easy smell good stuff like <a href="http://thegreenbeanscrafterole.blogspot.com/2010/11/ho-ho-ho-handscrub.html">this</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And yummy food like <a href="http://thelarsonlingo.blogspot.com/2011/05/easiest-dinner-ever.html">this</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and <a href="http://recipes.health.com/recipes/10000001087041-zucchini-oven-chips">this</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/61121760_vcoqauPa_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/61121760_vcoqauPa_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And for inspiring photos like <a href="http://www.dandelionwishesphotography.com/blog/northern-va-suburban-md-dc-metro-area/chic-pregnancy-photography-maternity-photographers-pregnancy-pictures-maternity-portraits/">this</a> (oh hey, it's my 40weeks 4 days belly!)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;">If you don't pinterest, you are totally missing out. If anyone needs an invitation, I just need an email address and I'll send you one! You won't regret it! </span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are a few pins I have pinned to <a href="http://pinterest.com/sarah_peden/">my boards</a> just waiting to be used! </span></div><div align="center"><br />
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Oh yeah, and I'm still pregnant. Here I am at 40weeks 3 days:<br />
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Lillian has decided to go back to 2 naps a day which is A-OK with me. Momma needs a break, and a donut, and some coffee. And some peace and quiet. And to NOT be climbed all over thankyouverymuch. I love my girl and her rough housing but I'm huge and exhausted and just need a wee break in the day. We're still trying to keep our regularly scheduled activities of PT/OT/ST and trips to the pool and splash pad. It's not easy though.<br />
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So for a while Lillian had this really cute thing she would do. I would say "Lillian, say CHEESE" and she would give me this hilarious wide open mouth "smile". It was adorable. So adorable that I thought, this could turn into a great gift idea for Father's Day! A friend of mine posted a photo like this on Pinterest....<br />
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We finally got around to finishing Lillian's new big girl room... only 2 months late. We were really hoping to move her in long before the little bambino showed up, but here I am 39 weeks pregnant and she still hasn't slept in there. She does play in there and all her clothes are in there, so I think she understands it's her room. I guess we're just going to wing it and hope for the best when she gets transferred to sleeping in there.<br />
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The words along the shelf and the bird mobile were made by moi (I have a brief tutorial for the words to post another time). Phil painted the "dresser" which was originally two extremely ugly poop brown night stands. He painted them white and painted the handles green - which I loooove! The bookshelf came from IKEA (I'm thinking about painting the backboard of it), and the mirror came from a consignment shop. She has a walk in closet, so there's plenty of space to store her cute little wardrobe. Everything else we had on hand!<br />
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Overall it's exactly what I was hoping for, something timeless, girly, and a bit sophisticated without being too grown up.<br />
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Yep, I'm over it. Is it July yet?<br />
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We're busy. Sooooo busy. On top of all the last minute stuff trying to prepare for another baby, we decided to buy property and build a house. But before we start building our future home, we need to make some pretty big improvements to our current home before selling it... Oh yeah, and did I mention we're having a baby?! oy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those horses are hanging out in our future yard :) <br />
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</div>I have a lot more to share about the new property and the home improvements we're making, but I'm just too pregnant for this blog. Or anything else really. I just want to kick my feet up with a banana split in my hand and sit around until July. Oh yeah, but I have a toddler. A full time walking toddler. <br />
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<strong>*Total weight gain:</strong> 17 lbs<br />
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<strong>*How big is baby?:</strong> The size of jicama<br />
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<strong>*Sleep?:</strong> Sleep is still pretty good thanks to my awesome pillow. But now I'm up about 3 times a night thanks to my smashed bladder.<br />
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<strong> *Best moment this week?:</strong> Trip to IKEA!<br />
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<strong>*Movement?:</strong> Still pretty darn active. I've got a video to prove it!<br />
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<strong>*Food cravings?:</strong> Everything...<br />
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*<strong>Labor signs?:</strong> Nope.<br />
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<strong>*Belly button in or out?:</strong> About half and half. <br />
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<strong>*What I miss:</strong> My pelvis not aching<br />
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<strong>*What I'm looking forward to:</strong> Taste of Cincinnati!<br />
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<strong>*Total weight gain:</strong> I'm still not really sure. Somewhere around 15ish lbs.<br />
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<strong>*How big is baby?:</strong> The size of 4 naval oranges<br />
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<strong>*Sleep?:</strong> I'm up about twice to pee, but otherwise sleeping well.<br />
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<strong> *Best moment this week?:</strong> Lillian does this new thing where she rocks her baby dolls. That was pretty darn cute.<br />
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<strong>*Movement?:</strong> He's still pretty active but it does seem like he's running out of room. Hopefully he'd head down.<br />
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<strong>*Food cravings?:</strong> Everything...<br />
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*<strong>Labor signs?:</strong> Nope.<br />
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<strong>*Belly button in or out?:</strong> About half and half. <br />
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<strong>*What I miss:</strong> Wearing normal clothes<br />
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<strong>*What I'm looking forward to:</strong> This weekend. Hopefully we do something fun for Memorial Day.<br />
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<strong>*Total weight gain:</strong> I'm still not really sure. Somewhere around 10-12 lbs. Tomorrow's my appointment and I'll get the official number then.<br />
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<strong>*How big is baby?:</strong> The size of a cabbage<br />
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<strong>*Sleep?:</strong> Not bad. The crazy pregnancy dreams sure are interesting.<br />
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<strong>*Best moment this week?:</strong> We got 15 steps out of Lillian today! That was pretty exciting.<br />
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<strong>*Movement?:</strong> Still kicking.<br />
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<strong>*Food cravings?:</strong> Sugar<br />
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*<strong>Labor signs?:</strong> Nope.<br />
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<strong>*Belly button in or out?:</strong> In, but nearly flat<br />
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<strong>*What I miss:</strong> NOT having SI pain. I literally can't stand or sit with weight on my left side. It's torture. I'm currently icing my butt cheek praying the pain lessens before bedtime :(<br />
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<strong>*What I'm looking forward to:</strong> Getting this SI pain under control. It's killing me.<br />
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It's so hard to believe we're already 30 weeks into this pregnancy. Even though the first trimester was so much harder this time around, the pregnancy as a whole has been so pleasant and low stress. <br />
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I don't know if it's because we experienced one of the "worst case scenarios" with Lillian's birth, or if it's because this is the second pregnancy, but this time I feel a sense of peace knowing that we CAN do this... whatever the outcome. <br />
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Every bump, thud, turn, stretch, roll I feel in there brings a smile (and sometimes a little grimace of pain) to my face. As far as we know, he's a healthy growing active boy and will continue to be that way upon arrival. The movement is so different from my last pregnancy. Lillian would move enough that I knew she was still alive, but it was nothing like this. <br />
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In a way I'm glad she was my first because I just didn't know any difference. I'm glad that the concerns we had with my first pregnancy were the typical concerns of a first time mom. And I'm glad that this time I can really enjoy knowing how typical THIS pregnancy is. <br />
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I know we're not totally in the clear, but I choose to remain optimistic and truly enjoy it. It may be the last. <br />
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She can walk longer distances holding one of our hands but that's much harder to do while taking video :).<br />
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<strong>*How far along?:</strong> 29 Weeks<br />
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<strong>*Total weight gain:</strong> Not sure. Yesterday I was back under 10lbs in the morning and gained 4lbs by night :-/. Who's dumb idea was it to include this question in a pregnancy week by week questionnaire?<br />
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<strong>*How big is baby?:</strong> The size of a butternut squash<br />
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<strong>*Sleep?:</strong> Sleep is still pretty good with my amazing great wall of pregnancy pillow :)<br />
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<strong>*Best moment this week?:</strong> Lillian took 6 steps by herself!!<br />
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<strong>*Movement?:</strong> Ok, here's the thing... this baby spent about 3 days wedged sideways in my belly this week. The little booger was kicking and punching me in both my sides, while also jamming his hard head into my left and his big but into my right. I usually like all the movement, but this was taking it a bit too far. Thankfully today he's in a better position.<br />
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<strong>*Food cravings?:</strong> Fried Chicken, I finally gave in and had some tonight.<br />
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*<strong>Labor signs?:</strong> Nope.<br />
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<strong>*Belly button in or out?:</strong> Still in! (and Lillian is fascinated by it)<br />
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<strong>*What I miss:</strong> It's cinco de mayo and I'm missing margaritas<br />
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<strong>*What I'm looking forward to:</strong> Hopefully a third tri ultrasound!<br />
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This month has been CRAZY busy! As if you can't tell. You know when I only have time to do short Wednesday updates that there's something big going on. I wish I could say that things are going to calm down soon, but they're not. Because on top of being crazy busy I've also been crazy procrastinating on the baby front. <br />
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So what have we been up to? Oh, just a little trip to St. Louis to hang out with some awesome friends and their sweet husbands and babies! We had a great time at the Magic House and the St. Louis Zoo. Really, if you ever get a chance to go to that zoo, GO! It's amazing and beautiful and so well taken care of. We loved it and will certainly be back.<br />
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</div>After our super fun trip we spent the week trying to recuperate from colds. Lillian's was really bad and we had a trip to the ER, followed by another trip to the doctor, antibiotics, steroids, breathing treatments every 3 hours, etc. She still has a bit of a cough, but thank goodness it seems the worst part is over. We still managed to have a great Easter weekend and she's really starting to walk well in her orthotics. She can take about 5 steps and then topples over, but at least we're moving in the right direction! She rocked her orthotics and airwalks in her Easter dresses :).<br />
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</tbody></table>And you know that stage in pregnancy where you realize "wow, I'm huge" ? I've definitely reached that point. It's so surreal. Yesterday was the first day I stooped down to pick Lillian up and then realized my legs couldn't straighten and there was no "up" happening. I had to set her back down, stand up, and schlop her up to my hip while half grunting and smiling embarrassed that people could see me in all my whale-ness glory. Yep. I'm there. And you can tell in this photo Phil took on Easter:<br />
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</div> And last but not least, I've been SUPER busy creating accessories for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lilyandrose">Lily & Rose</a>. Today was my first spring craft show and maybe my last! Who knew that just sitting at a booth for 8 hours could be so exhausting? Usually I have a blast at these shows, but my cheeks are sore from smiling all day, my back is on fire from loading/unloading everything, and lets face it - I had to pee every hour and just wanted to stuff my face with the hot dogs and hamburgers they were serving. Maybe I should stick to online sales until this baby makes an appearance? <br />
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Oh, and tomorrow? Tomorrow is my first ever trip to Ikea. Do you think they'll have a wheel chair I could borrow? This Ikea trip may be a bad idea, but as long as I come home with a few things to finish Lillian's "big girl" room it will be worth it.<br />
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And there still ONE HUGE GIANT thing we've been working on this month - but I can't say what it is until it's final. It's <strong>that</strong> huge. ;-).<br />
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Oh yeah, and we ended the day doing this.....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, that's dirt in her mouth :) oy vey</div><br />
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