38 weeks and counting.....

Not much to report these days.....I am still not dialated and the doctor is still going to be out of town until next Tuesday, so instead of having Lilla tomorrow like I was hoping for we are scheduled for June 30th unless of course my water breaks or I start having regular contractions. I guess it is possible bc I have been having them, but i am not counting on it-i think she is just content to stay put! I am ready though...i never thought they would let me go to 39+ weeks with a repeat section, but I was wrong i guess. Of course I want her to stay in as long as she needs too, but by this weekend if i am still pregnant I will be convinced Lilla is just already trying to test my patience:) In the meantime, I am going to enjoy my last week with only one child and really attempt to take him to do something fun-maybe to swim if i can find an abandoned pool to go too:)

I will post some nursery pics this week too....one positive to all this is now i will have PLENTY of time to get the nursery 100% ready, right now it is at about 90%.....

Oh, and her carseat cover came in today...it's pretty cute huh?!?

36 week update and drumroll please.......

We went on Monday to my 36 week appointment and by we I mean myself, derek, and Beckett. The ultrasound showed that she was measuring 6lb. 10oz. and in the 70th percentile. So i guess that means she will be 8 or more pounds when she gets here! I was not dialated so Dr. T said we would just continue to see what happens on a week to week basis. I am hoping to have her the week of June 21-i will be 38 weeks then and that is when Beckett came. She did tell me that if i am not dialated she will make be wait until June 30!! I have NO intentions of carrying her that long bc I can hardly walk as it is, but we will just have to see I guess. Surely i will make some progress before then:) Beckett got to she her on the screen for the first time and he was a little shocked. He actually said "she looks strange" Nice! But after a bit he warmed up and just smiled the whole time, he was a bit concerned bc we weren't taking her home that day! I go back on Monday so we will see how that appt goes i guess, hopefully nothing major though bc my doctor is out of town!!

Now, on to what has been my most asked question of the past 4 months....What are we going to name her????? Well, after MUCH deliberation and stress we have decided she will be named....

Lilla Henson Strong

Lilla is from all the versions of Lillian that scatter our family trees-Lily, Lila, Lillis, and Lillian. Henson was my great grandmothers maiden name. So everyone is happy!! Oh, and it is pronounced Lil-la and we will not be using a double name...just sweet little Lilla!! Naming this little girl was much harder than I thought it would be but we are happy with our decision and I am getting used to calling her by name:)

And one more thing......

To Derek: happy 11 years of togetherness! 11 years ago today we became a couple! crazy how much has changed, and i love you more now than i ever thought i would:) I can't wait to see you raise a little girl....5th-10th grade will be the best days of your life:) LOVE YOU

All about Beckett

With baby sister coming soon i wanted to make sure i took about minute to do a little update about Beckett! He is 2 years and almost 9 months old.

-We have been working on the whole potty training thing for quite a while now and we recently made a big leap-i am sure some of the mommas know exactly what i am talking about:) He still however won't use any "public" bathroom in any way (teetee or poopoo), and this includes his school-Any advice on how to fix this will be GREATLY appreciated!!
-He still loves Dora/Diego but he is also really into Thomas, Mickey, Wubzy too.
-He is all boy in the sense that he loves any kind of ball....baseball, football, soccer. Derek has been playing church league sports lately and the other day Beck asked me if there would be fireworks after the game!! I hated to break the news to him that this wasn't quite the same league as the Braves:)
-His diet is still pretty much the same as it was at 18 months, but now he will eat "green french fries" aka. Green Beans. He pretty much lives off of chicken, friut, milk, oj, and nutrigran bars
-Talking up a storm. There is nothing he can't or won't say these days.
-We moved him into a big boy bed when we moved into the new house. He does fine in it but has a big tendancy to sneak into our bed in the middle of the night. I know we need to fix it, but i am so tired these days and derek's gets up so early it is a battle we just aren't ready to fight yet.
-He can name pretty much any and all forms of construction equipment. They are building a house right across from us and the day they used dumptrucks to bring in dirt he thought he had died and gone to heaven. We spent most of the day eating popscicles on the front steps:)
-People comment a lot on how tall he is. I am wondering where he measures up on the charts, but we have a few more months til we are back at the doctor.
I guess i could go on forever, but i will wrap it up and say that we are super excited about seeing him being a big brother to his new sister. He loves to talk about what he will do for her and how he will get to hold her when she comes out. I am hoping he doesn't get too confused when she gets here and the transition goes well:) so we will see in a few weeks i guess!!

A Night in the Hospital

Swimming with daddy!
He seems to prefer that vest to a ring these days...

Causey, Clayton, and Beckett chilling on the beach

So as I am sure many of you know about 2 weeks ago while we were at the beach I got one heck of a stomach bug on our last night there. Without going into details I will just say it was really bad, and as a result it landed me in the hospital overnight for dehydration. This is the 2nd time this pregnancy I have had the stomach bug and it is NOT fun when you are 8 months pregnant! It took about a week, but i finally recovered-yay! The main thing I took away from that whole experience is 1. i will never eat another shrimp poboy and 2. it reminded me just how much that i.v. in your hand hurts and i am not looking forward to that when the time comes in a few weeks!

Speaking of a few weeks, we were also told by Dr. T that she really doesn't see me making it to the end of June. I didn't really know that when you have a repeat section that once you start to dialate you pretty much deliver then. There is no "just go home and we'll schedule you next week" like before. With Beckett I started dialating by 37 weeks and when i went in to be induced at 38 weeks I was 3cm. I am still holding out for sometime the week of June 23, but the doctor told me to be ready to go by 37 weeks. And that means i still have a TON to do:)

The nursery is coming along, and i think my MIL is almost done with the bedding. We are this close to picking a name too, so stay tuned for that:) It has been the hardest thing in the world for me and I am so ready to just settle on something.

So, until then here are some pics from the beach!!!

Baby Girl Update

Ok, so i stole this from a friends blog so that I could do a little update on Baby #2! Sweet little thing needs some attention:)

How Far Along: almost 28 weeks
Total Weight Gained/Loss: +12 pounds, i guess what they say about chasing a toddler all day is true...by this point with beckett I had probably gained about 20 pounds!
Best Moment of the Week: Ugh...this has been a bad week....i had to take a 3 hour glucose test Friday-it was not much fun. Praying for good results!
Food Craving: Strawberries and Fried Rice
Food aversions: it will be awhile before i can eat an orange popscicle or drink Sunkist again...they taste strikingly similar to "orange cola" i had to chug 2 days in a row!
Morning sickness: All that ended around 15 weeks-PTL
Gender: Girl-no name yet....Beckett wants to name her airplane-helicopter and at the rate we are going that might just be it:)
Labor Signs: not so much, just some muscle soreness here and there
Belly Button: in
What I miss: Sleeping through the night
What I'm looking forward to: Deciding on a name & getting her fabric in next week!
Milestones: I am going to the doctor every 2 weeks now! Time is flying by!!!

Now that we are moved in the reality that we don't have much longer until this little girl makes her appearence is starting to sink in. I am trying to get the house decorated and all fixed before she gets here bc i know it won't happen once i am taking care of 2!

Easter 2010

This is the look i got after i told him not to touch the sidewalk chalk.....he is a mess!
Hunting eggs at Causey's egg hunt...i swear we came home with 65

Beckett and Kate at the Tri Delt Egg Hunt

So.....we got moved in and somewhat settled just in time for Easter. Beckett had so much fun this year hunting for eggs. Obviously now that we have internet and our computer up and running at the new house I can do a much better job at keeping the blog updated!

Easter Sunday

The Easter bunny brought Beckett what he had been wanting for months....a helmet!
Family Pic!

Sweet Boy.....

Riding in the golf cart at Annandale with PopPop