I was cleaning out the linen closet while getting Braxton's bath water ready and he came over to me (naked of course) and said:
B: Is this my uterus?
M: Nope buddy, you know what that is..it's your penis. Boys don't have a uterus, they have a penis.
B: What is this?
M: getting down a level and trying to figure out what he is talking about.....oohh..those are your testicles.
B: oh - they are smooth (pronounced sssmmmoootthhh)
M: ok! Time for that bath!!
aiy carumba!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Updates...Updates...Updates!!!
Update 1:
I have finally posted some pictures and post from months ago. SORRY!! I will start them and either never finish or won't get around to adding the pictures. Some of them go back to Mother's day and Father's Day....so take a trip back if you have a minute or two! My goal this week is to finish posts from 4th of July as well as our Folly Trip
Update 2:
We had yet, another trip to the hospital this weekend. I woke up Saturday morning with a very dull pain in my right side. Through out the morning there were times that it got super intense. When I say intense, it was to the point I couldn't walk and could barely catch my breath. I was a little worried, but thought it would go away. We tried to do a family trip to the mall for shoes for the boys and an outfit home for Baby C and literally I couldn't walk. I noticed the baby wasn't moving around as much either. Needless to say....I was starting to get scared..even freaked out a bit. I called the Triage department at the hospital and they said I needed to come in for monitoring. I called our sitter who was already scheduled to come in later Saturday night for Bryan and I to enjoy a last date night before our family grew. She came over to stay with Braxton. The whole way to the hospital I was stressing out, I forgot to tell braxton good bye and I loved him (and that alone made me ball), I thought "could this be my appendix?" How would that work? Would they have to do a C-section and then take my appendix. uugghh!
Dr Vogel was on call. He was the one who delivered Braxton. I instantly thought, is this an omen, are we having this baby today? After an 1.5 hours of monitoring, we were told the baby looked beautiful...again! Dr Vogel said since I didn't have the symptoms, he would rule out that it was my appendix and that the pain I felt was more than likely my muscles and tendons stretching to allow room for the baby...pphheeww! As much as I hated to spend a few hours in the hospital Saturday, it was reassurance that things were still smooth! Plus, we got to meet a few more nurses...in prep for our big day!
Bryan and I were still fortunate enough to enjoy date night. We went to the movies and saw the Hangover - very funny! And then went to Fox and Hound for appetizers. It was so nice just the 2 of us going out, not having to entertain a 3 year old and enjoy adult conversation. My favorite part was holding hands back to the car...it's the little things that make me happy!
Update 3:
Not only is this an amazing time in our lives while we await the arrival of baby carpenter, but I am also going through a few things that I would rather not be going through. The company I work for will be shutting the doors sometime late fall. It's very sad for numerous reasons. I have been here for 9 years. These people have seen me get a degree, get engaged, married and have 2 children. It comes at a very scary time too considering I will be going out on maternity leave. I think it may all work out though. I think I may put the kids in daycare part time and stay home with them part time for a while....that's my goal anyway!
In addition to this, my sister was just diagnosed with breast cancer on June 1st. I haven't blogged about this yet...I just haven't been ready...I think this will have to be a blog to come in the near future. There is alot that I need to say and feel inside and want and need to get out, when the timing is right. (if there is such a thing).
Stay Tuned...
I have finally posted some pictures and post from months ago. SORRY!! I will start them and either never finish or won't get around to adding the pictures. Some of them go back to Mother's day and Father's Day....so take a trip back if you have a minute or two! My goal this week is to finish posts from 4th of July as well as our Folly Trip
Update 2:
We had yet, another trip to the hospital this weekend. I woke up Saturday morning with a very dull pain in my right side. Through out the morning there were times that it got super intense. When I say intense, it was to the point I couldn't walk and could barely catch my breath. I was a little worried, but thought it would go away. We tried to do a family trip to the mall for shoes for the boys and an outfit home for Baby C and literally I couldn't walk. I noticed the baby wasn't moving around as much either. Needless to say....I was starting to get scared..even freaked out a bit. I called the Triage department at the hospital and they said I needed to come in for monitoring. I called our sitter who was already scheduled to come in later Saturday night for Bryan and I to enjoy a last date night before our family grew. She came over to stay with Braxton. The whole way to the hospital I was stressing out, I forgot to tell braxton good bye and I loved him (and that alone made me ball), I thought "could this be my appendix?" How would that work? Would they have to do a C-section and then take my appendix. uugghh!
Dr Vogel was on call. He was the one who delivered Braxton. I instantly thought, is this an omen, are we having this baby today? After an 1.5 hours of monitoring, we were told the baby looked beautiful...again! Dr Vogel said since I didn't have the symptoms, he would rule out that it was my appendix and that the pain I felt was more than likely my muscles and tendons stretching to allow room for the baby...pphheeww! As much as I hated to spend a few hours in the hospital Saturday, it was reassurance that things were still smooth! Plus, we got to meet a few more nurses...in prep for our big day!
Bryan and I were still fortunate enough to enjoy date night. We went to the movies and saw the Hangover - very funny! And then went to Fox and Hound for appetizers. It was so nice just the 2 of us going out, not having to entertain a 3 year old and enjoy adult conversation. My favorite part was holding hands back to the car...it's the little things that make me happy!
Update 3:
Not only is this an amazing time in our lives while we await the arrival of baby carpenter, but I am also going through a few things that I would rather not be going through. The company I work for will be shutting the doors sometime late fall. It's very sad for numerous reasons. I have been here for 9 years. These people have seen me get a degree, get engaged, married and have 2 children. It comes at a very scary time too considering I will be going out on maternity leave. I think it may all work out though. I think I may put the kids in daycare part time and stay home with them part time for a while....that's my goal anyway!
In addition to this, my sister was just diagnosed with breast cancer on June 1st. I haven't blogged about this yet...I just haven't been ready...I think this will have to be a blog to come in the near future. There is alot that I need to say and feel inside and want and need to get out, when the timing is right. (if there is such a thing).
Stay Tuned...
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Not ready yet.....
All of you know that I have a tendency to be routine, regimented, some may say even a control freak, but there is no way I would have predicted that even my pregnancies could be somewhat routine.
If you will recall, with Braxton, I was placed on "bedrest" March 30th. On the morning of April 2nd, I went to the hospital around 2am with very intense and frequent contractions. After being monitored for 8 hours, they sent me home with 2 ambien....the absolute best sleep ever!!! I sat at home on bedrest for 6 very long days and contracted fairly regularly and on the 6th day, my water broke and 3.5 hours later Baby Carpenter entered the world. At that time we still hadn't decided on a name and he literally was Baby Carpenter for 1.5 days.
Pretty much a "text book delivery!"
And the fun starts with baby #2 - at 35 weeks and 3 days! As I mentioned in the previous post, we left Folly Beach a little earlier than planned due to some different feelings I was having. While at work yesterday, I noticed I was contracting...ALOT...and OFTEN. I happened to time it within an hour and low and behold, I had 10. So I called the doctor's office to give them a heads up. They called back and said "honey - go ahead to the hospital so we can monitor you!" I was not expecting that at all. I figured they may want to check me out, but I was thinking maybe at the dr's office. Due to it being after 3:00pm, they said that they wouldn't get results back like they could at the hospital. I freaked! What about Braxton? My bags aren't packed (I knew I should have washed clothes when we got back Tuesday)! We have no food in the house for whoever helps with Braxton! The sheets aren't cleaned! These my friends are the thoughts going through my head!
After calling Bryan, I called "Aunt Kelly" to see if she would come stay with B....she said yes! phew! So I had Bryan arrange for a car and car seat to be left for her, and I called Gateway to let them know. I called Leslie on the way to the hospital, left her a message. I will forewarn all: the reception is horrible at the hospital....basically NONE AT ALL!!! I checked in and an IV drip administered. After my quick review, I was dehydrated, 1-2cm's and 80% effaced...OMG!!! That's a big change from where I was last Friday. After 3.5 hours and a shot of terbutaline I was discharged. What an eye opener and lessons learned. Bryan was amazing. not only did he grab my bag and camera, but he even laid out clothes for Braxton to wear the next day as well as jammies for the night and even found a soup from his toddler years. I was very impressed.
Needless to say I will be taking it extremely easy over the next couple of days and weeks. We would love for this baby to bake for at least another week or two. As much as we are looking forward to meeting you sweet baby - we just aren't ready yet!!
If you will recall, with Braxton, I was placed on "bedrest" March 30th. On the morning of April 2nd, I went to the hospital around 2am with very intense and frequent contractions. After being monitored for 8 hours, they sent me home with 2 ambien....the absolute best sleep ever!!! I sat at home on bedrest for 6 very long days and contracted fairly regularly and on the 6th day, my water broke and 3.5 hours later Baby Carpenter entered the world. At that time we still hadn't decided on a name and he literally was Baby Carpenter for 1.5 days.
Pretty much a "text book delivery!"
And the fun starts with baby #2 - at 35 weeks and 3 days! As I mentioned in the previous post, we left Folly Beach a little earlier than planned due to some different feelings I was having. While at work yesterday, I noticed I was contracting...ALOT...and OFTEN. I happened to time it within an hour and low and behold, I had 10. So I called the doctor's office to give them a heads up. They called back and said "honey - go ahead to the hospital so we can monitor you!" I was not expecting that at all. I figured they may want to check me out, but I was thinking maybe at the dr's office. Due to it being after 3:00pm, they said that they wouldn't get results back like they could at the hospital. I freaked! What about Braxton? My bags aren't packed (I knew I should have washed clothes when we got back Tuesday)! We have no food in the house for whoever helps with Braxton! The sheets aren't cleaned! These my friends are the thoughts going through my head!
After calling Bryan, I called "Aunt Kelly" to see if she would come stay with B....she said yes! phew! So I had Bryan arrange for a car and car seat to be left for her, and I called Gateway to let them know. I called Leslie on the way to the hospital, left her a message. I will forewarn all: the reception is horrible at the hospital....basically NONE AT ALL!!! I checked in and an IV drip administered. After my quick review, I was dehydrated, 1-2cm's and 80% effaced...OMG!!! That's a big change from where I was last Friday. After 3.5 hours and a shot of terbutaline I was discharged. What an eye opener and lessons learned. Bryan was amazing. not only did he grab my bag and camera, but he even laid out clothes for Braxton to wear the next day as well as jammies for the night and even found a soup from his toddler years. I was very impressed.
Needless to say I will be taking it extremely easy over the next couple of days and weeks. We would love for this baby to bake for at least another week or two. As much as we are looking forward to meeting you sweet baby - we just aren't ready yet!!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Folly Beach 2009
Well..we got the "all clear" from the doctor this past Friday and made our way down south for the annual Folly Beach trip. This has been an annual trip for our family for 25+ years. It started with my granddaddy and his siblings and their kids, add in our generation and now we have our own generation to add in. I LOVE IT! It was so good to see everyone. Here's the skinny: 12 adults, 1 teenager and 6 kids 5 and under...needless to say, quiet is not something we experienced very often. It was great to get all the kids together. Funny how some of them only get to connect once a year, but it's like they see each other every day. We had a great beach day and played hard, enjoyed a nice walk hand in hand with Bryan while Braxton ran hard. Braxton and daddy raced and learned how to rock throw! We even got stopped on a few occasions to let us know how handsome our boy was!! We enjoyed one day downtown at the aquarium and lunch out. Papa, Gigi, Uncle Ryan and Uncle Blake came out too. It was awesome seeing everyone. I even connected with girlfriends that I have known for 22 and 26 years and haven't seen in years.
Unfortunately we had to cut the trip short a little due to not feeling too well. Actually I was having a tingly sharp sensation on the verge of cramping that just didn't feel right. At this point in the pregnancy it's the idea of the unknown that is very scary to me, especially in another state where my doctor's aren't. Don't get me wrong, my entire family would have been thrilled if we had the baby in Charleston, and I am sure there are very capable ob's that could deliver this bambino, but I would much rather have it here in Wilmington. My fear was that I was going to have to find a hospital in Georgetown or Myrtle Beach. Fortunately we made it home safe and sound. The disappointing part was I had family pictures set up for us at the beach yesterday am and we had to leave before the pics were taken. I was bummed! Hopefully we can get a few shots before baby C makes the big debut!
Here's to another fun trip at Folly!
Unfortunately we had to cut the trip short a little due to not feeling too well. Actually I was having a tingly sharp sensation on the verge of cramping that just didn't feel right. At this point in the pregnancy it's the idea of the unknown that is very scary to me, especially in another state where my doctor's aren't. Don't get me wrong, my entire family would have been thrilled if we had the baby in Charleston, and I am sure there are very capable ob's that could deliver this bambino, but I would much rather have it here in Wilmington. My fear was that I was going to have to find a hospital in Georgetown or Myrtle Beach. Fortunately we made it home safe and sound. The disappointing part was I had family pictures set up for us at the beach yesterday am and we had to leave before the pics were taken. I was bummed! Hopefully we can get a few shots before baby C makes the big debut!
Here's to another fun trip at Folly!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
REALITY CHECK!!!
Wow - today was an eye opener for me. This kid is coming! YIKES!! I have been having contractions quite often lately and what I thought was the baby tightening (to where you could feel body parts) sounds like they were contractions too - so I am having twice the amount of contractions than I thought. Fortunately I had "one" in the doctor's office this am, and they confirmed sure enough they are contractions. So with that being said, I mentioned to the doctor that I get them alot when I am taking a class at the gym. For instance at last night's step classes, I contracted with every song - that's a contraction every 4-5 minutes. As much as I don't want to stop working out, I know that the important thing is to keep the baby and myself safe, so I think for the balance of the pregnancy (or 36 weeks per the doctor) I will limit it to walking. The doc said I could go back to classes at 36 weeks. Due to the amount of contractions the doctor decided to do a little check up. The baby is starting to drop and my cervix is weakening (HOLY COW)! I have not started dilating..phew! I mentioned our trip to Charleston starting 07/18 and he now wants to check me before going to make sure everything is a-ok. So I go back again next Friday.
All stats were great - weight gain..good, blood pressure..good, baby's heart rate..good! So all in all another good appointment - just a little alarming...this baby will be here before we know it.
Which then makes things very scary in preparation of our sweet Braxton. I need to figure out what we are going to do with him and what all that entails....his bag packed, car seats that are available to send with whomever. It would be ideal for a mom to be here to help and keep him in his own surroundings and routine - but that's the "perfect world scenario" - so we might be calling on our extended family here in Wilmington - we thank you in advance!!
Stay Tuned until next Friday!
All stats were great - weight gain..good, blood pressure..good, baby's heart rate..good! So all in all another good appointment - just a little alarming...this baby will be here before we know it.
Which then makes things very scary in preparation of our sweet Braxton. I need to figure out what we are going to do with him and what all that entails....his bag packed, car seats that are available to send with whomever. It would be ideal for a mom to be here to help and keep him in his own surroundings and routine - but that's the "perfect world scenario" - so we might be calling on our extended family here in Wilmington - we thank you in advance!!
Stay Tuned until next Friday!
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