Day Out With Thomas The Train!

This past weekend we took Logan to Day Out With Thomas at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union IL. We went last year as well, but Logan seemed to have a lot more fun this year and wasn't as scared of taking the train ride as last year. Logan had fun seeing all the trains and kept asking to ride on Thomas, he only got a little upset when we actually got on the train but he was much better than last year and enjoyed the ride for the most part. Since he is a big almost 3 year old now, he was able to go into the bounce houses they have set up which he loved and he also rode on the little push trains they have set up with a little help from Daddy. Logan loved watching the little Thomas the Train the model railroad had running and he had fun playing at the train tables they had set up as well. Logan got two tattoos as well (one of Percy and one of Rosie) on each arm. They also have a little mini golf course set up so Logan got to play mini golf for the first time, and he was actually pretty darn good at it, we attribute that to all the Wii Golfing he does...Of course the best part is getting to watch Thomas run through the park area, it is amazing how much kids love Thomas. We had a wonderful day together and here are some pictures from all the fun!

32 Week Check-Up

We had our 32 week check up this morning, for the most part everything is ok, but wasn't the greatest check up we've had. First off by feeling the outside of my stomach the doctor said baby seems to be head down still, but after finding the heartbeat above my belly button, doctor thinks baby may have flipped back to breech. So that is not great news, I will have another ultrasound at 36 weeks to confirm position and if baby is still breech we will talk about doing an external aversion, which we are still undecided about we have to do some more research and talk to the doctor more in depth about it because there is a slight risk of having to deliver if something goes wrong while they are doing it. If baby is indeed breech and we pass on the aversion or it doesn't work we will schedule a repeat c-section for 39 weeks, but as always this is our very, very last resort. We also found out that I am starting to spill protein in my urine (one of the signs of pre-e which I had with Logan) however it was just a little and my blood pressure is still perfect (whoo hoo!) so doctor said not to worry and that the chances of having pre-e with subsequent pregnancies is low. My blood pressure with Logan started to go up at 36 weeks though, but I didn't start spilling protein until they checked it when I was in labor, so I seem to be doing the opposite of last time. So really we just wait now, I have another appointment at 34 weeks which is two weeks from now and then at my 36 week appointment we will do the ultrasound and my last prenatal test which is the group B strep test and start weekly cervical checks and ob appointments and then we can make some decisions on delivery once we know position, although our ultimate goal is still the VBAC. We will just keep an eye on my blood pressure and protein and pray it doesn't develop into pre-e again and I can avoid the mag that I had to be on last time which made me feel like death.

Summer's Last Hurrah!

Last week we went up to Lake Geneva to go to Timber Ridge Resort and Water park with my family. We have been wanting to take Logan to a water park hotel, and thought it would be something fun to do with him before the baby comes next month so we were excited to be able to go up and Logan loved having his Grandma and Grandpa and uncles and aunt there as well. We had a fun day, Logan took to the water right away and the water slides. It was so cute to see him trying to "swim" in the water. Matt of course got to enjoy all the water park had to offer, and for me it was kiddie play area and the lazy river, but it was still fun. We had a nice suite were we could relax and fix food and Logan got to watch some movies and play there as well. It was a nice way to end the summer for us, we won't be doing any more traveling for the summer since I am getting increasingly big and uncomfortable and it was probably our last get away as a family of 3 which seems weird to say. Here are some pictures from our day!

Just Because...

It's so darn cute!
Father like Son for sure!

3D/4D Ultrasound Pictures!

We had our 3D/4D ultrasound done this morning, it was my birthday present from Matt and we got some great shots of our new little one! Baby has had the umbilical cord in front of it pretty much every time we have had an ultrasound, baby really likes to play with it. We saw baby grabbing the cord, sucking on it's hand, frowning, smiling, yawning and we got to listen to the heartbeat something we haven't gotten to do since 18 weeks. It was so much fun, I am so glad that we did it again. When we did our 3D ultrasound with Logan he was pretty much sleeping through the whole thing, and we didn't do the longer session with him so we just got facial shots with him so we had fun watching this baby yawn and play with it's cord. As if the ultrasound couldn't get any better, baby was head down today!!!! If you remember at our appointment on Monday baby was breech during the ultrasound, so this was wonderful news for our VBAC attempt, now we just have to keep baby head down for the next 10 weeks give or take haha. We got 40 shots and 2 movie clips of the ultrasound, so take a look at our next bundle!

Baby is on the left, mouth, nose and hand kinda in front of face

Feet!

Sucking on it's hand

Making a frown face

Giving us a smile!

Showing off those cheeks!

Any new gender guesses now that we have some better pictures to go off of???

28 Week Update

We had our 28 weeks OB appointment and our follow up ultrasound to check on the baby's brain ventricles. We are happy to report that all is totally normal with the ventricles, whew what a relief! Baby is measuring at 3lbs 3oz and growth is spot on! Of course since it's one of our kids we have a new challenge which is in the past month the baby has flipped to the breech position, which is not going to jive with our VBAC plans. I have some exercises to do to try and get the baby back to head down, if the baby stays breech in the coming weeks, our doctor will discuss doing a version where they try and turn the baby from the outside, but there are some risks involved with that so worse comes to worse baby will be here a little earlier than expected with a repeat c-section. Of course this is the last thing I wanted to have happen so just thinking positive and doing my exercises and hoping for the best. We didn't get any good pictures of the baby today, but we have our 3d/4d ultrasound this weekend so hopefully the stinker will get into a better position for us. Oh and the ultrasound tech said it still looks like the same gender she told us last time.

So far the guesses are:
Mom-Girl
Katie-Boy
Grandma Blume-Girl
Matt's Mom-Boy
Cousin Kelly-Girl
Kim-Girl
Anyone else think they know?

Baby Update

Just a quick update on the baby front. Around the time of my last appointment, I did my GTT test (Glucose Tolerance Test) to test for Gestational Diabetes and am happy to say that I passed. Since I have diabetes in my family I am at higher risk to get it when pregnant so I am always glad to hear that I passed. When they do the GTT test they also take blood to check for Anemia. Unfortunately, I didn't pass that test, my hemoglobin is low and I am now on an extra Iron supplement in addition to my pre-natals. They want to see that number go up, being anemic is making me very tired, but otherwise I feel ok, but it can cause problems for the baby and at the time of delivery because of blood loss, so hopefully these supplements will do the trick and next time they check I will be ok.