Rough Nights

She started balling at 7:30 - not her usual I don't want to go to bed cry and kept at it until 9:30 We couldn't get her to stop. At 9:30 she fell asleep in our bed for 45 min or so then woke up screaming again. So we called the doc and told them what was going on they said go to ed (I had just gotten her calm again) but they thought it could be twisted bowel... We got to the ED and she was fine - happy alert and perky. We were there for two hours and didn't get seen (they were slammed) other than being treaged. At 1:30 she was still happy so we went home.

She slept ok and we went to the doctor the this morning. The doctor said she didn't think it was a twisted bowel (which is what the on call was worried about) but she was wheezing (probably the bronchitis) and that I should stay home to observe her just in case. She ate a great breakfast (almost two eggs, 1/4 piece of toast and some yogert) at 9 and still ate a decent amount at lunch. When I put her down for her nap she played for a little while then went to sleep.

We both had a nice long nap and had a great time playing for the rest of the evening. She has been her happy self ever since the ED visit. though she hasn't pooped since yesterday in the morning which is a bit unnerving. but she seems happy so I gave her some prunes for a snack to help move things through. I'm guessing she had heartburn but I'm not sure what caused it - I just wish we knew for sure.

Medicine problems...

I am always very careful when giving out medication to Evelyn. This morning as I gave Evelyn her antibiotic I realized that I had given Evelyn the wrong dose of medication yesterday morning. When I gave it to her I thought to myself this is a very small amount but it is a strong antibiotic... I This morning I realized my error and gave her the full first dose (with the medicine you give more the first day then the rest of the 5 days). so she essentially started the meds today. I guess it was the 4 hour nap that made her feel better not the medicine but I'm guessing the medicine did help her fever to drop even in the small amount she got. Sigh... at least it didn't hurt her but my lesson is learned I will double check from now on especially when something seems off.

Getting fat...

Today was testing day at work. It is the day where we shut down the clinic for national testing day and basically run tests all day long. We had a decent turnout though I don't know how many tests they did it seemed like they were always busy. I was stationed at the bike ride table trying to promote our fund raising bike ride ( www.aidsredribbonride.org ) talking to everyone about the ride trying to get interest and more riders involved.

One of my coworkers did the 40 mile ride last year and was talking to me about the ride this year. We were looking over the routes...

Me: Yeah it's too bad I will be 8 months pregnant at the ride this year.
Doc: You did the ride last year...
Me: I wasn't 8 months pregnant last year.
Doc: yeah...

Later a co worker came up to me and said she talked to the Doc who asked her if I was pregnant and when she said yes he replied to her that he thought I was just getting fat.

Earthquake...

Today we had an Earthquake - in Rochester. Apparently it was a 5.5 J was driving at the time and felt it for 10 sec. I didn't feel a thing and I'm pretty sure that I am not so oblivious that I could have missed it but then again I did miss it. Anyway my day was filled with conversations about the earthquake including my conversation with Jason where I thought he typed that he had gotten rear ended - what he said was he felt like he had gotten rear ended.

The good news is no one that I know of was injured but it makes for an interesting day.

Week 27!

Yes an eggplant again. He is not growing a lot length wise but there is still plenty going on! He is now about 9.6 inches from crown to rump and weighs a little more than 2 pounds. His hands are active and muscle coordination is such that he can get his thumb into his mouth. Thumb-sucking calms the baby and strengthens his cheek and jaw muscles. He can cry now, too. You may see stretch marks as your uterus continues to expand. Balance and mobility also may be changing as you grow larger.

Total weight gain/loss: Yup gaining weight *Whistle*

Maternity clothes? Yup got some new stuff from a co-worker though She is a little shorter than me and well a little bigger so I'm not sure if it will fit or not. Still haven't tried it on.

Stretch marks? no change here.

Sleep: Doing ok as long as I don't drink too much water at night.

Best moment this week:

Movement: Holy cow he's hit my ribs already....

Food cravings: chocolate, waffle cones and soft serve icecream (I've avoided two of three and am doing better on my diet - mostly)

Symptoms: Hip pain when sitting for too long, small bladder syndrome, irrational mood and no control over my appetite. But the leg cramping went away for the week!

Gender: Male :)

Labor Signs: None

Belly Button in or out? What belly button?

What I miss: Not getting the side eye when I do stuff that I want.

What I am looking forward to: Evelyn feeling her brother move and her reaction!

Weekly Wisdom: Exercise is as important as oxygen.

Milestones: getting to the third trimester :) Even by teh most conservative sources I am in the home stretch!

Productivity

Today was a great productive day for me. While Evelyn napped I took out the reel mower and mowed the lawn. I ended up taking a break after the front yard for sunscreen and water. I even put away the laundry while I was inside and only checked the time a few times hoping it was almost time for Evelyn to get up and play. Then as I was finishing up the back yard mom came over and we cleaned up the back bed! She did a great job edging as I pulled leaves and weeds out. The bed looks a lot better we still have some work to do (I should have weeded the front bed as it is harder to do with miss Evelyn to watch, but will probably start that after she goes to bed some night this week.

After Evelyn got up I put my last load of laundry away and we went to find some garage sales that were close to the house. Unfortunately they had all seemed to close up shop as we couldn't find any of them.

We had a great time at G/G K's house at the fathers day dinner.

Happy Fathers Day to all the daddies!

Incredable find

Today while Evelyn napped mom and I went out to run some errands. We got a lot done (some returns and checking out a sale that ended up not being worth it). and ran into a garage sale on the way home. We found a little tots toy storage chest with book shelf for $5 and it was in excellent condition! I usually don't do so well when I go to garage sales - It must have been mom's luck but I am excited to have the storage for the toys as our current system does not work well (or is not neat). J approved it though he didn't want to take it to the house until after we close on the new one. My hope was that we could put what toys will fit in it and organize Evelyn's toys and make the house sell-able by moving stuff out after we close but before we officially move out. Apparently not what Jason wants. oh well...