Dr appt

I had my weekly dr appt yesterday.  Everything still looks good, i'm still dilated at a 1 and 60%efaced.  He did decide that because my fluid level remains high and the increasing problems i'm having breathing and the pressure in my shoulders that if she doesn't come on her own in the next week and a half he is going to schedule an amnio for the morning of the 10th and will prob induce that afternoon if her lungs are mature enough.  I go for our growth assessment tomorrow so we will have a good idea of how big she is.  So, no matter what i know we will have her here in less than 2 weeks!!!  

So, we have been working on potty training for almost a week now.  Gareth is doing so well, he hasn't had an accident in 3 days, i'm thinking it may take another full week for him to be completely trained.  I was hoping to have him trained by the end of this week but i'm thinking it may take a little longer...we'll see.  He's still not asking and wanting to go, i'm still having to say "Ok, let's go sit on the potty."  He is getting increasingly excited for his new baby sister.  I think it is finally starting to sink in that mom is having a baby and that he is gonna be a big brother.  He goes with us to my fetal assessment appointments and he gets so excited.  As soon as we get into the room and he sees the monitor he starts smiling and saying "Baby Kahlan" before they even get me hooked up.  He is such a good boy, he sits there the whole time and just loves to watch her.  The days that we get pictures from our ultrasounds he has his hand outstretched for baby kahlan and he keeps the pictures with him until we get home.  It's so cute.  Gareth is soooo big.  Everywhere we go, people comment on how tall he is and are so shocked to learn that he is only 2.  He's as tall as a lot of friends with 3 and 4 yr olds.  He towers over the 3 yr olds and is about the same size as the 4 yr olds, it's crazy!!!  He's suppose to be my little boy but he is sooooo big.  He is full of sooooo much personality and is making us laugh all the time.  He has this new thing where he will tell you he wants something for example he loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and last night he wanted to watch it and asked his Daddy for Mickey but then continued to have his own conversation with himself and this is how it went  "Mickey, mickey, what do you say.....please.....ok ok.....now what do u say......Ank you (thank you).....ok ok.....you welcome."  We were laughing because he kept saying this over and over, he probably had that same conversation with himself like 4 times.  This is our normal routine, when he ask for something i always ask him "what do you say" and he will say "please" and once i give it to him i say "Now what do you say" and he will say "Thank You" and i'll say "your welcome" and he says "you welcome."  We are also working on "Yes sir, No sir, Yes Mamam and No Mamam."  I am bound and determined for my kids to show respect b/c most dont out here.  It's so different from growing up in MS.  PLus, it makes you feel good when you are out places and someone gives him something and he always says "Thank you" and people are always commenting on how polite he is.  

Preg update

I'm sure most of you know about my issues the last few weeks but for those who dont i thought i would blog about it.  I went in for my regular scheduled ultrasound earlier in the month and when they measured my amniotic fluid it measured 24.5, which is considered to be high.  So, they started scheduling me twice a week for NST ultrasounds and stress test to monitor Kahlan and to check my fluid.  The next week when we went back my fluid had jumped to 27.2 cm, but then went back down 2 days later to 25cm.  The issues with high amniotic fluid is it can cause your body to think you are further along than you actually are and can cause pre-term labor which i experienced last Wednesday at 33 1/2 wks.  They gave me two bags a fluid thinking that i was possibly dehydrated and that was what was causing me to go into labor but the fluids didn't stop the contractions so they had to give me shots to stop them.  3 shots later and 3 hours later they finally stoppped, but not before they gave me steroid shots to help mature her lungs.  I was sent home on bedrest and then the next night (Thursday) i started contracting again and had to go back to the hospital for another 3 shots to stop my contractions.  My Mom flew out on Friday to help since i was put on bedrest and Micah works weekends.  I saw my dr yesterday and i'm still dilated at a 1 and about 60% efaced but he said if i go into labor after Saturday (I will be 35 wks) that he wont stop me and I can get off bedrest...yay!!!  If she hasn't made her appearance by 37wks they will probably do an amnio and if her lungs are mature enough, he will induce me.  

So much for potty training.  I was hoping to really push it this week and try to have Gareth potty trained by the time Micah got back from his trip on Friday but alas he will not cooperate.  Every morning i get up and change him and say "let's put on big boy underwear and you can go potty on the big boy potty."  And what does he do???  He whines and says "No, no, no, diaper" and will go and get a pull up.  He refuses to wear his big boy underwear.  He had actually been showing more interest this last week so i though we'd have some luck this week but i guess not.

7 months preggo!!!

Woohoo, i can't believe how fast this pregnancy has seemed to go.  She is growing and making it harder and harder for me to breath, ugh!!  I never had that with Gareth, alot of the time i have to yawn in order to get a deep breath.  We've had so many ultrasounds this pregnancy and we have one more next month.  Our latest was our 2nd 4D and Micah was able to be there for this one.  She looks just like her daddy!!!  She is soooo precious and i just can't wait for her to get here.  I've had sciatica problems pretty much the whole pregnancy but i increased my workout routine about a month ago and since doing that I have been pain free.  It has been such a blessing.  Working out is giving me so much energy and i feel 1000 times better, plus i know she is enjoying it b/c she is moving more.  She is a pretty quiet and laid back baby.  Gareth was so busy when he was in my belly, he use to do barrel rolls across my tummy and kicked ALL the time.  She is much more subtle and really only gets active in there about 4 times a day.  Gareth is going to be such a great big brother!!!  He loves little babies and he's always kissing my stomach and saying "Baby Sissy" or "Kahman"...haha I love how he says Kahlan, it is so cute.  He is growing and changing so much everyday.  He is sooooo smart.  I know as a Mom i'm suppose to think that but people are constantly telling us how smart he is for his age.  When he turned 2 he already knew the whole alphabet including recognizing each letter and could count to 20.  Now he does all of that, knows all his colors, all his shapes, can count backwards from 10, can count by 10 up to a hundred (we are working on counting backwards from 100) and knows the sounds that each letter makes.  He is always thinking.  It's so amazing, he totally thinks outside of the box, if you give him a chip, he refers to it by it's shape, when we walk down the grocery store isles he is constantly picking out numbers and letters in places you'd never think to look.  I love that he is so eager to learn, I hope Kahlan is the same way.  He is still a big love bug.  He loves giving hugs and kisses and wants to give them to you ALL the time.  It's the greatest feeling when you leave, even if it's just to go to the gym for an hour, and you come home and he just runs and gives you the biggest hug and kiss.  I love it!!!

Micah is gone all this week on high adventure with the YM.  This is his first time going and i know he is going to have a blast.  They are staying at a members cabin in Beaver, UT and hiking 4 miles one night to do a big camp-out by a lake.  Im sure he will have lots to tell when he gets back.  Gareth and I are missing him so much already, he's only been gone a few hours but this is the first time he's ever left us and it isn't easy.  He finished his EMT-I on May 8th and he passed his written exam the first time he took it which is pretty rare.  Most people have to take it twice.  We are so proud of him and his diligence and hard work.  He is now looking for part time work to get some experience and will start a fire science class at CSN in September.  He is working so hard and doing everything he can to prepare for the FD and I am extremely proud of him.  I am married to the most amazing man!!!!  I will forever be grateful for all that he has sacrificed and had to go through in order to provide for our family.  I thank my Heavenly Father for him everyday.  

Well, that about sums up all that is going on for us.  I'm trying to be better about posting but i'm just not...haha  

So, Gareth is showing a little bit of interest in potty training but not near enough.  We can't lay him down for naps in just a tshirt and diaper anymore b/c he will take is diaper off and pee in the crib or if he has pooped, then he will play in it and smear it EVERYWHERE.  So, this last week we went to the dr and found out that he has a sinus infection so he has been on some heavy duty antibiotics that are causing him to have diarrhea.  He has really bad diaper rash so i've been trying to do some potty training but it has been a no go.  He will go and sit on the potty but will never go.  On Saturday, we laid him down for his nap with pants on and a tshirt, 40 min late Micah went to check on him and he had been digging in his diaper and smearing poop all over him and all over the crib.  So i'm pretty sure these are all signs that we should be potty training and i'm totally trying but he just really doesn't want to go yet.  It's driving me nuts.  

We had a great Easter.  We had 2 really great talks in sacrament meeting and our ward choir sand 2 really beautiful songs along with 1 song from the primary children.  After church, we had a small egg hunt with Gareth which he loved and then Gareth and I went to the Jorgensen's for Easter dinner.  Nothing exciting has happened thus far this week, it is a pretty busy week though.  I'll try to stay on top of things and update when something fun happens..haha

Bad Start

Ok, so this is a total frustration post.  We haven't even been up an hour and already Gareth has dumped a box of cereal onto my couch and as i'm cleaning that up and picking up the rest of the house he is playing with his fire truck on the kitchen table.  I go into the kitchen and he has his fire truck in one hand and the salt shaker in the other, he had dumped the WHOLE shaker onto the table and floor and was running his fire truck through it.  I have a feeling this is going to be a very LONG day.  

Yesterday we took Gareth back to the dr for a check up since his cough has gotten worse and he's been getting stuffier at night and he doesn't have an upper resp. infection, he has a sinus infection.  Dr. Conti started him on antibiotics on top of everything else we are doing and said if he's not better in 2 weeks to bring him back and he wants to send us to an ENT to have his tonsils looked at.  Poor baby boy, he hates going to the dr.  WEll, as of right now that's all to update but if Gareth keeps going the rest of the day the way he has this morning i may have another post...lol