36 Weeks!

Well, here I am at 36 weeks! My belly is huge!

Me again

Chris and Maggie having a fun time looking at pictures on the computer.

I'm actually getting very excited to have my baby! I'm excited for labor and delivery - excited to meet our little girl. I am just as excited to get off bedrest! I'm getting off bedrest on Halloween, so we'll see how long it takes me to regain some strength, and how long I last before I go into labor. I can't believe the end is so close! I'm so happy. Even though I know having 2 kids will be anything but normal, I can't wait to get our lives back to normal! Wahooo!

Happy Birthday Maggie! 2 Years Old!

Maggie turned 2 yesterday, October 14th. She had such a fun day with a cousin birthday party in the morning and then a family party at night. She got adorable gifts and a new wardrobe because she suddenly outgrew all of her clothes! Not to mention she didn't have any winter clothes. It was such a fun day! Maggie is the joy of our lives and she is still the happiest and sweetest girl that she ever was. We gave her a new cabbage patch baby to help her when our new little girl arrives, and already Maggie loves her and feeds her :). Chris' coworkers Josh and Bonnie gave Maggie an adorable fairy costume that Maggie had a lot of fun dressing up in (yeah, a Halloween costume!) and Maggie's aunt Alina made her a holiday dress! Maggie gots lots of clothes, dresses, shoes, and winter coats and boots from us and from her Grandma Tueller. She also got a visit to the pumpkin patch. We love you Maggie! Happy Birthday!

34 weeks - a milestone to celebrate! (again) :)

Hi everyone! Yes, I made it to 34 weeks. The doctor says that's a pretty huge milestone, and my next milestone is 36 weeks which could mean a take-home baby! Wahoo! Only 2-3 more weeks of bedrest and then I'm so outta here! I guess the baby will be too pretty quick after that - atleast if what the doctor predicts is true. Nothing very exciting has been happening around here. I have read quite a few books lately - thank goodness for good books! I'm still not done with my 3rd baby blanket because I've gotten so bored with it I can hardly pick it up. Even my favorite TV network HGTV shows are starting to bore me. Phew! Chris and I have been selling some of our household things we don't use on our local classifieds website and that has kept me intrigued and motivated for a couple of weeks thank goodness. Other than that I am counting the days. Here are a few pictures from the past couple of weeks that I think are adorable. (Not in order) Chris took Maggie to the fair, Maggie and Lindy playing in their cute matching dresses, Maggie sleeping in the glider (that's how I found her when I peaked in during her nap!), and Maggie helping Grandma Mower make Halloween sugar cookies! She sure loved that frosting! Chris' mom spent a week with us while my mom spent a week with my other sister who just had a baby. We are so grateful for everyone's sacrifices to help us!

Jelly legs...funny bedrest story

So a couple of weeks ago I was getting ready to go in for a doctor's appointment (I have an appt every week), and I decided that I desperately needed to shave my legs. I can't usually shave my legs because it's way too much work, and I couldn't get Chris to shave my legs for me at the time (ha ha). Besides, even showering is a lot of work and I only get to shower every 2-3 days - 5 min showers. Anyway, I decided to shave and I spent like 20 mins in the shower (it sure is hard when your belly is so big!). After all of that effort and then getting dressed and my hair pulled back and my face washed I had been on my feet for probably 45 mins or so. I tried to make it out to the couch to plant myself there for the next few hours and I barely made it to the couch! My legs almost gave out on me. I collapsed on the couch (gently) and my legs were so exhausted feeling that I watched them and they literally shook for the next 45 minutes! I decided to try them out to get something off of the counter and when I stood on them I almost collapsed to the floor! I sat back down and for the next 2-3 hours my legs felt very weak and wobbly. It felt kind of like restless leg syndrome. I made it down our stairs to go to my doctor appointment and thankfully got to sit in a wheelchair most of the time at the hospital (I always use a wheelchair since being on bedrest - besides it's uncomfortable and exhausting to be on my feet!). I get a lot of great looks of pity and comments from people when I'm pushed all over in wheelchairs. One time a girl was walking with her mom and I heard her say "Mommy, what's wrong with that lady?" It was pretty cute. That reminds me, did I ever tell about the time Chris had to take me shopping at Kohl's and he was pushing me around in a wheelchair and he kept doing wheelies with my wheelchair! It was pretty funny but embarrassing because I couldn't get him to stop and I had no control over it! Oh, Chris, what a hoot. ANYWAY...for the rest of that day my legs felt weak and it took some very cautious steps to get around. It was quite an eye opener to me at how weak I have already become! Talk about muscle atrophy. I'm nervous as to how weak I'm going to be by the end of my bedrest confinement. I'm eager to get up at 36 or 37 weeks and to try and rebuild some strength before I have to face labor and household duties again. How long will it take to recover? It will be interesting.....