Not going outside ANYMORE!

When we first started spreading the news that I was pregnant, the first question was "when are you due". The first response to my 'July' answer was, "ohhhhhh, it's going to be hot for you. You will be miserable!!!!" I thought pshh, I will just stay inside or in the shade. I can handle the heat! Well, NO I CAN'T!! It's hot. I don't even have to go outside, it's just hot. I have had to turn on the air conditioning, it's been on 60 degrees. And poor Jason has icicles growing on him. Every night when I get up to go to the bathroom, I see him laying in the fetal position shivering. Everything has been great though. Only 9 weeks left (well 8 and a half!). I can't wait. Nothing else to add. Nothing new going on. Cleaning this weekend. Getting some organization under way so that we can put all the baby's stuff where it will need to go. The poor dog has to move. Her bed and food and water bowls need to be moved because she is in the spot where we are putting the pac-n-play. She has been chewing on everything. Our blinds on the sliding glass door are done. She has chewed just about every part of them that she is able to reach. We are going to need to go to Lowe's for that now. GEESH! We have enough to do! I don't know what to do about her anymore. Training has become impossible and now I'm so in love with her, I can't get rid of her. Why did we get a puppy right before we were about to have a baby?!?!

Pre-term labor...

Well well well, I really should update my blog a lot more. Jason and I had a big scare on Monday morning. I noticed I was spotting and we immediately called the doctors office and went to the hospital. The ride to Civista was the longest of my life. I prayed the entire time. I was preparing myself for the worst. I just don't think I could have bared to hear the words. But we got there (alive thank God, Jason was driving like a mad man) and I put on a hospital gown and got into bed. They put the fetal heartbeat monitor on my tummy and I immediatley heard his heartbeat. It is the sweetest sound I think I have ever heard. I really don't think I had breathed all morning until that moment. I looked at Jason and just started sobbing and we just embraced and thanked God. Well the nurse came in and put an IV in my arm to make sure I got lots of fluids. I also got a shot to stop the contractions. I was dialated a centimeter and having contractions about 10 minutes apart. It all stopped and everything settled down. I was released at about 9:30 or 10:00 am with instructions to bedrest for two days. I went home and still felt like something was not right. My tummy was soft where it was always hard. I can always determine where his legs and butt are, but this time, nothing. I didn't feel him kick. So I called Dr. Aron's office yesterday morning and told them that I wanted them to order me a sonogram ASAP for piece of mind. As long as we could just see our little boy we would feel much better. He is so low. He could literally peak his head out and play peak-a-boo! Dr. Aron's office called us later that afternood and said they got the sono pictures and everything looks great. He is just fine. He is almost 4 lbs already!! He had a heartbeat of 163 (which seemed unusually high to me, but if the doc says it's ok then it must be!). I have always made it a point to pray to God and thank him for my blessings and not just ask him for what I need. Well I really called on him the past couple days and I think there is much to be said about the power of prayer. My little guy is going to be ok. Now he just needs to stay in there for another 6 weeks and then he can come on out. He is impatient just like his mommy and daddy.

Went to the see Dr. A today!

Dr. Aron said the baby was doing good and then he corrected himself and said, "no he's PERFECT!" It made me very happy to hear that. He said no more traveling after Memorial Day, which is perfect because Jason's mom has been planning a baby shower for us at their house in Pennysilvania that weekend! I would have gone either way though;) The heart beat was 143 today. We got back from Ocean City on Sunday. We had such a great time. It was much needed. We got there at about 10:30 or 11:00 Friday night. We checked into our hotel, the Americana. Yea....it was pretty ghetto, lol. But it was the cheapest we could find and it had a balcony facing the ocean. I drew the curtains and checked out what I could see of the ocean on Friday night. And woke up to the sunrise and crashing waves on Saturday morning. We got up early and went to breakfast and then walked the boardwalk almost all day. We bought junk we didn't need, played at the arcade like kids, and went to the Ripley's Believe it or Not museum. After we had lunch we went putt putting and I beat Jason horribly!!! It was such a nice weekend. We talked about making monthly trips from now on (we'll see how that works out with the little one though). I will post the pictures from our weekend as soon as I have a chance!