The end is near... I hope.
The Dr is monitoring for preclampsia/toxemia which means I have the following symptoms:
Headaches
Blurred Vision
High Blood Pressure
Piercing pain under my ribs
and the best feature... SWELLING!
I am officially the size of an elephant due to swelling. I took off my shoes tonight and my ankles and legs are the official definition of kankles (A disease in which the calf and the foot merge together, effectively cutting out the middle man - aka the ankle).
Oh yeah, I've never been sexier!
The not so funny part of it all is when the Dr's nurse asked if I had been feeling ok, I explained that I had a really bad pain in my ribs and my swelling was getting worse. She took my blood pressure and asked if I had any blurred or spotted vision and headaches that wouldn't go away with Tylenol. I confirmed and told her I thought it was from the pressure that pregnancy was causing. She looked at me like I was an idiot! I guess with all the symptoms combined, it means bad things. Oops!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
36 Weeks is a Crenshaw Melon
Baby Canterbury, almost 6 pounds and still packing on the pounds at a rate of about an ounce a day, is comparable to a crenshaw melon in size. (Length: more than 18 1/2 inches, head to heel.)
Surprises & MORE SURPRISES
Surprise #1
The surprises just don't seem to stop! This past week Arlene, the senior pastor's wife, asked me to lunch. It sounded like a great idea since I want to get to know everyone I work with. We headed out on Tuesday for the Buxton Inn in downtown Granville. We're just chatting away when I step into a room with lots of women I know all saying "surprise"! I had to laugh. Here the women at work had been planning a shower (literally right in front of me) and I hadn't a clue. They were amazed that I hadn't heard a single detail. I had to explain that unless you have my rapt attention and am fully focused on your face then I'm probably not listening to a word you say. I'm a terrible eaves dropper.
Well we all sat down and ordered lunch and chatted about motherhood and all the funny (and icky) stories that go along with it. It was wonderful! I work with a great group of women ...and men (sorry guys).
I'll post the pictures when I get them.
Surprise #2
That night I get home and rush to get the dogs around before Brandon gets home and we need to rush off to cell group. Tuesday we decided to do a potluck social and I had volunteered dessert duty. I made way too many cupcakes ...and a cake! We rushed to get to cell on time, but of course we were late due to me. We walk in and the people in the living rush shout "SURPRISE". I was like, "Huh? Hi?" I was so confused. I figured they were just being funny that we're always late. I walked into the kitchen to deposit the cake overload when I see the Kruegers and the rest of the group. The Kruegers gave it away since they were there and they aren't in our group anymore. I finally got they were throwing us a baby shower! Talk about a dense moment!
Cindy Baker had come up with the cutest games. Everyone had brought baby pics of themselves and we all had to guess who was who. It was HARD! I think Brandon only missed 2. After the game we all got plates of food and sat around and chatted. We have such an amazing cell group.
After dinner Cindy brought out the dry erase boards and the competition go started... Boys vs Girls in Baby Pictionary. It was high excitement and a lot of shouting. Of course the girls totally whipped the boys!
The group then gave us a journal that everyone had written advice in. Some of the entries made us laugh, some made us worry (does some of this stuff really happen???) and got us excited to have the baby in our arms. It was such a sweet gift.
Brandon then opened a huge box and low and behold.... DIAPERS- Economy size box!!! Julie Chio informed us that Jack went through 20 diapers a day in the beginning. I just stared in shock. I guess we're going to need diapers!
We then opened a smaller box to find a BABY BJORN!!! Everyone in our group with little ones swear by them so we were so excited to actually get one. We got a demonstration on how to use it b/c I was just staring at it dumbfounded.
It was a wonderful shower and a HUGE surprise!
The surprises just don't seem to stop! This past week Arlene, the senior pastor's wife, asked me to lunch. It sounded like a great idea since I want to get to know everyone I work with. We headed out on Tuesday for the Buxton Inn in downtown Granville. We're just chatting away when I step into a room with lots of women I know all saying "surprise"! I had to laugh. Here the women at work had been planning a shower (literally right in front of me) and I hadn't a clue. They were amazed that I hadn't heard a single detail. I had to explain that unless you have my rapt attention and am fully focused on your face then I'm probably not listening to a word you say. I'm a terrible eaves dropper.
Well we all sat down and ordered lunch and chatted about motherhood and all the funny (and icky) stories that go along with it. It was wonderful! I work with a great group of women ...and men (sorry guys).
I'll post the pictures when I get them.
Surprise #2
That night I get home and rush to get the dogs around before Brandon gets home and we need to rush off to cell group. Tuesday we decided to do a potluck social and I had volunteered dessert duty. I made way too many cupcakes ...and a cake! We rushed to get to cell on time, but of course we were late due to me. We walk in and the people in the living rush shout "SURPRISE". I was like, "Huh? Hi?" I was so confused. I figured they were just being funny that we're always late. I walked into the kitchen to deposit the cake overload when I see the Kruegers and the rest of the group. The Kruegers gave it away since they were there and they aren't in our group anymore. I finally got they were throwing us a baby shower! Talk about a dense moment!
Cindy Baker had come up with the cutest games. Everyone had brought baby pics of themselves and we all had to guess who was who. It was HARD! I think Brandon only missed 2. After the game we all got plates of food and sat around and chatted. We have such an amazing cell group.
After dinner Cindy brought out the dry erase boards and the competition go started... Boys vs Girls in Baby Pictionary. It was high excitement and a lot of shouting. Of course the girls totally whipped the boys!
The group then gave us a journal that everyone had written advice in. Some of the entries made us laugh, some made us worry (does some of this stuff really happen???) and got us excited to have the baby in our arms. It was such a sweet gift.
Brandon then opened a huge box and low and behold.... DIAPERS- Economy size box!!! Julie Chio informed us that Jack went through 20 diapers a day in the beginning. I just stared in shock. I guess we're going to need diapers!
We then opened a smaller box to find a BABY BJORN!!! Everyone in our group with little ones swear by them so we were so excited to actually get one. We got a demonstration on how to use it b/c I was just staring at it dumbfounded.
It was a wonderful shower and a HUGE surprise!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
35 Weeks is a Honeydew
Baby Canterbury, now as hefty as a honeydew melon at 5 1/4 pounds, doesn't have much room to maneuver in my belly. (Length: more than 18 inches, headto heel.)Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Just Call Me Grace
This past Sunday I decided to do the typical Sarah thing and lug way too much stuff down the steps in a single attempt. Needless to say I ended up sliding down the steps in my socked feet landing on the lamp shade in my right hand and crushing it. I was a sight sprawled out over the steps. As you can guess Brandon was less than pleased with me.
After a couple days of being sore and having some contractions, Brandon talked me in to calling the Dr. Sure enough, I had to go to labor and delivery to be checked out. Thankfully I came out of the incident with only a pulled stomach ligament and the full realization that I'm no longer able to do some of the things I normally would.
I think the tumble down the steps was God's way of getting through my thick head that I need to take it easy and ASK FOR HELP next time!
...I told Brandon that life with me would never be boring, and here's another story to prove it!
After a couple days of being sore and having some contractions, Brandon talked me in to calling the Dr. Sure enough, I had to go to labor and delivery to be checked out. Thankfully I came out of the incident with only a pulled stomach ligament and the full realization that I'm no longer able to do some of the things I normally would.
I think the tumble down the steps was God's way of getting through my thick head that I need to take it easy and ASK FOR HELP next time!
...I told Brandon that life with me would never be boring, and here's another story to prove it!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
34 Weeks is a Cantaloupe
Baby Canterbury has bulked up like the average cantaloupe -- to about 4 3/4 pounds. (Length: almost 18 inches, head to heel.)
Monday, February 2, 2009
Awkwardness
I'm getting bigger by the day it seems and its getting uncomfortable. Trying on 5 outfits every morning trying to find a fresh combination of the minimal maternity clothing choices is getting old quickly. Not that I can complain, it could always be worse. I only wish maternity clothes weren't so expensive so I could have more options! Baby needs to stop growing so I can stay in the clothes I have. Yeah, right!!!
Other than clothing fiascoes, I consider myself extremely lucky because I've had no real aches and pains other than a really bad pain in my ribs and back and just the getting uncomfortably chubby thing. If that's all I have to deal with then I'll keep the smile on my face.
Other than clothing fiascoes, I consider myself extremely lucky because I've had no real aches and pains other than a really bad pain in my ribs and back and just the getting uncomfortably chubby thing. If that's all I have to deal with then I'll keep the smile on my face.
Winter Wonderland
We officially made it through our first major snowfall in the country. Granted, I got my car stuck in the lane and had to be towed out, but all in all it hasn't been bad.
Brandon got a couple shots of deer in our yard which is a normal sight out here. Here are a few pics he got around the house...
Brandon got a couple shots of deer in our yard which is a normal sight out here. Here are a few pics he got around the house...
Sunday, February 1, 2009
33 Weeks is a Pineapple... OUCH!
Baby Canterbury is proportioned like a pineapple when it comes to weight -- a little over 4 pounds. (Length: more than 17 inches, head to heel.)
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