FYI

This blog will not be kept public after the baby is born, so if you would like to keep up with him after he is here, you will need to email me your email address. My email is jamienjackson@gmail.com.

And, don't assume I will add you, because I won't.

Also, if I seem bitchy, I am blaming it on my hormones even though it is probably normal, but I have been worse lately and please excuse the random outburst of tears.

Feeling body parts

Now that Henry is getting bigger, I am starting to make out more of his body parts! This morning when I woke up, I could feel his hip/thigh at the top of my stomach right under my sternum and the rest of his body was curved going down my right side. He feels so big already! I hope he is not too big though :) He really has not been bad about kicking any organs or ribs that cause pain, thank goodness. On Friday he was bouncing on my bladder, that wasn't very nice!

I am looking forward to to Thanksgiving, my mouth just waters thinking about all of the yummy food! When I have talked to my grandmother, she talks about all of this food her and my mom are cooking, mmmmm! I am not looking forward to the ride though. My back hurts when I am riding for just 45 minutes to a hour, much less 9+ hours. I told the babies that they are going to have to share their bed with me in the back of the car! I am baking Turkey cake pops to take and I am thinking of baking something else, but I am not sure. I know it is going to be a hard holiday season, too. I have been thinking about my grandaddy alot lately and how I wish I could have said good bye and wished that he was here for Thanksgiving and to meet the baby when he is born. I know he is in a better place though and that he is not having to suffer. It is just hard.

Aaron bought us iPhones yesterday! They are so freaking awesome! I have also put our Christmas tree up, but it is not decorated. I will probably get it decorated today and start on the rest of the house. We went shopping in Milwaukee last weekend and bought a cute ornament that is for expecting parents.

Appointment

My appointment today was short and sweet! I gained 5 lbs., not to bad. My blood pressure was down to 124/70, which I am very happy about! His heartbeat was 130-140 and, of course, he was kicking the dr.! She also felt his butt up high on my left side. I have been feeling it for a while, but I didn't know if it was his butt or head. I measured 30 weeks, which is just a few days ahead, but she said that was good. I now start my every other week appointments. I think that is about it!

I wanted to add that I think the pregnancy hormones are getting the best of me now. I feel like I have not been moody at all, until now. The stupidest stuff makes me mad or cry. I feel like I should be in control of everything that has to do with the baby and if I am not or I can't do anything about it, it upsets me. I have told Aaron some of the stuff that has bothered me and I can tell he is just laughing at me thinking that I am blowing everything up into something it's not. The joys of being pregnant! Poor Aaron!

Poll

If you are voting on the same name more than once, please stop. I don't now if some one is or not, but it seems like it and this poll does not mean that is what we are going to name the baby. I wanted honest opinions and not a poll that one person votes on every single day.

Thank you for a SINGLE vote :)

Can I get any bigger?

I was looking at my belly in the mirror yesterday and I swear it is gigantic and it could not possible get any bigger. Then a girl came in yesterday that is due in February and she was still so tiny, she was tall, but still. I guess I should not complain since I seem to be all belly. I do think that my face may be getting chubby now, maybe it is just me.

I go for an appointment tomorrow and then they start every 2 weeks. My boss asked me a few days ago what my plans were for maternity leave. I am planning to work until I have the baby, as long as I feel good and my blood pressure is ok. I hope that my blood pressure is fine and I don't get Pre-e because I could not stand being on bed rest. If it is what is best for the baby, I would, it just would not be for me. They also asked if I was coming back and if I was going to work full time. That I have not really decided. It is looking more and more like I will be staying home.

$230 saved!

I bought a Britax convertible car seat for $43.00 last night! If you don't know anything about them, they are normally $280 and are the safest car seat there is. It will be for when Henry outgrows his infant car seat, but it can be used when he is small as well! This is the car seat we would have bought when it was time to go up to the next size with Henry, so we just saved $230.00 and it was free shipping! Thanks for the screw up target.com :) They also had video monitors for $12, but I didn't get in on that deal fast enough.

How in the world am I supposed to wait another 77 days to meet this baby? It seems like February will never come! Can you tell I am getting very antsy?!?! Maybe I will not have to wait that long and he will decide to come a little early! I have had this feeling for a week or so that he will come early. I am hoping to have everything we need by the end of the year. We will be buying diapers very soon, since we don't have any. I can't imagine not having any if he does come early. I like to wait until the last minute for alot of things, but not when it comes to the baby!

I am thinking about getting out our Christmas tree this week while Aaron is gone! We will not be here to put it up the day after Thansgiving, so why not put it up earlier instead of later!

New belly picture!

It has been almost 5 weeks since I have taken a picture, so I thought it was time! I feel like I am gigantic today.

It is now 9:15 am and.....

I still have this stupid indigestion, even after vomiting. I can't take another zantac until this afternoon and tums don't seem to be helping, ugh.

In other news, Henry is back to himself this morning! He was kicking, punching, rolling, and who knows what else this morning! I had my hand on my stomach and I could feel something small and round. I am not sure if it was a knee, fist, foot, elbow, or what. He was giving me quite the show though! I am glad he is back to himself and not making me worry about him!

Indigestion sucks...

Why am I up at 2:20 am and have been for over an hour? Because I have stupid indigestion. I did not eat anything that I would have thought set it off last night, but apparently I did. Zantac is not working and I know if I eat some tums, I will be running to the bathroom next. So I guess I just sit here and hope it goes away while Henry is just sleeping away.

About this little boy growing in my belly.....
I have not felt him NEAR as much as I am used to, so I called my dr. yesterday to see what they say and they told me as long as I feel him, he is ok. I did feel him more last night, but still not like I am used to. Maybe he is just running out of room, who knows?
Sunday morning, Aaron and I were laying in bed next to each other and Henry got to kicking like crazy! I don't now what he was trying to tell his daddy, but he was kicking hard and fast. The little stinker!

Poll

There is a poll to the right, if you didn't notice. Aaron and I can't decide on his middle name, so let us know which one you like better! If you didn't already know, his middle name will start with a N because both of ours do.

"Hey, I am sleeping in here"

I think that is what Henry was trying to tell me earlier when I was listening to music on my laptop! The speakers are all the way up against my stomach and I started feeling really hard kicks and punches! Maybe he just liked the music, or didn't like it! Who knows :)

I am getting so anxious to have him here in my arms. I am hoping the holidays will make the time go by quickly. I still feel really good. I get tired and out of breath like I am a fat, old person. Sometimes just going up the stairs I get out of breath, I am not that out of shape! I was planning to clean the whole house last Sunday, but I was exhausted by the time I got the downstairs cleaned up. I did do alot of deep cleaning, like waxing the hardwood floors, but I used to be able to do whatever I wanted! I think my belly can not possibly stretch anymore. I weighed myself this morning and I have not gained any weight in the past 2 weeks (when I last went to the dr.). I guess I just had a growth spurt or something. I know I will still gain more weight, I am just hoping it will not be like last month! My indigestion has gotten better. I have been eating earlier and trying not to eat anything I now will affect me. I also take a Zantac if I fill like I have the least bit of indigestion before bed. It was horrible there for a while though. If the old wives tales is true about babies growing hair when you have heartburn, then Henry will have a head full! I don't know how much I believe any of that though since none of the tales were true about the sex of the baby.

The babies and I have missed Aaron SOOOO much this week. He has been on site with his customer since last Friday. He will hopefully be coming home tomorrow.

Abby has been having a bad week this week with her feet. I think they have been sore because she has been licking at them and has even made one toenail bleed. I have been giving her pain medication and tonight she vomited, which is probably from the medication. It is one of the safer pain meds, so I am going to try it again because I don't want her to be in pain. There is not much I can do to keep her from licking her feet. I could bandage the one that she has made bleed, but she cries when we do that. I could also put an e-collar (aka lamp shade) on her, but I know she would hate that. I just want the poor baby to get better before the baby gets here because that will be alot of stress on her.

We are expected to get some accumulating snow this weekend. Not much, but it is snow. I was watching the news earlier and they predicted that we would get around 50 inches this year. That is not to bad considering it was over 100 last year.

That is all for now.

The election

I don't really have alot to say about Obama being our next president. I am somewhat scared to be expecting a baby with so much unknown in our future. I don't agree with any of the policies that Obama says he is going to put forth. I do not believe in taxing the welathy to give to the poor, at all. I think what the average American does not understand is that he is going to be taxing small businesses, which in turn means that they have less to offer their employees. If you work for a small business owner, do you not understand that your job is in jeporady? It is not that hard to understand. So many industry jobs are being taken out of America and sent to other countries. If they are taxed more, that means even more jobs will be sent out of the US. What does that mean? Even less jobs. I feel lucky that Aaron has such an awesome job with such great job security, but I do not feel that I have job security woring for a small business owner. I am actually very surprised at how well the clinic I am working for is doing with the economy, but the economy up here does not seem to be affected as much as the rest of the country. I also do not agree with universal healthcare. Do your on research on it. Do you want to wait 6 months to see a cardiologist because there is a line in front of you?

BTW, I think Henry agrees, because he is kicking and punching away as I type :) Silly boy!

That is all I have to say about the election. Hopefully things will turn out better than I expect them to.

3 months!

It is just 3 months until we get to meet our little boy! Time has flown by, but I can't wait to have him here! My 3rd trimester doesn't officially start until Monday when I am 27 weeks or 7 months.

I had a dream a few nights ago that my water broke around 37 -38 weeks and I was freaking out because I didn't know how I was going to push this baby out. I guess that comes with it! I kept telling Aaron that I wasn't ready to go to the hospital yet! My mom was also there, which is strange because she is not coming until I am already in labor. I also remember that I would not leave home because I had to clean the house one last time! I guess we will see how true that dream is!