Think Geek

We recently received a couple of onsies with cute quotes on them. The first one says "Let's Hug It Out" so being big Entourage fans we thought this was pretty funny. Since we are both geeks we like the one that says "Laptop Model" and has a little picture of a laptop on it. A cute idea to say the least.

This web store has a lot of cool geeky things. Here are some Maternity and Baby themed items I thought were especially funny:

For baby

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/kids/9b07/

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/kids/5e09/

For Mom

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/ladies/9b11/

Here's one for you Monty Python fans

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/ladies/9d05/

This one is from CafePress but still funny

http://www.cafepress.com/totrocket.46363913

Hope you enjoyed them.

Family Portrait

This past weekend we attended the GreyStone Power Cooperative Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting is a chance for all Co-op members and their families to enjoy a fun day and also attend the Business Meeting. GreyStone hosts a health fair for adults and a carnival for the kids complete with rides and games. There is even a pony ride and free food! Not only are we members of GreyStone but our good friend Megan works there in the PR Department. Megan took this photo of us at the Meeting.

This weekend marked the first time I realized I might not be able to do everything I want to do like walk around a carnival and stand around in the sun. During the meeting we were standing in the back kind of getting a feel for what was going on. My foot fell asleep so I started looking for a place to sit down. A man behind me who had been standing in front of an empty chair for several minutes walked away into the crowd. I sat down in his chair to massage my foot back to life and unfortunately he came back about that time. He gave me a dirty look and made a comment about being a Floria State Fan and therefore in a good mood - I did not understand what that meant but I tried to get out of his chair and found my legs did not want to cooperation. Jamie had to pull me up. At that point the guy realized I was pregnant and made a half hearted attempt at apologizing and said I could keep the seat. I graciously declined.

Not long after, Megan came along and took the picture of us and not long after that we went to visit the ponies.

Baby Shower

We had my Baby Shower on October 6th. It was so much fun. Everyone did such a good job on the decorations, food and games. It made me feel very special and loved. I had several comments on the large number of gifts we received. It made me feel so lucky to have friends and family who already love our child enough to shower him with the things he needs.

The party was held at a local church in their rec room. The theme, as you can see from the picture was duckies. My cousin Alina made the cake - isn't it awesome? The little duck is swimming in a bathtub of blue fondant bubbles and there's even a little bar of soap. It was really cute and tasty! There was blue punch with a little duck floating in it served in a washtub. All the food was really delicious - Finger sandwiches, fresh fruit and dips. They made sure everything served was something I liked. There were little rubber ducks every where. Balloons and yellow mums, even the favors were little yellow chocolate ducks. We played games like Guess the Baby Food, The Price is Right and the "Baby" Game where you can't say the word "baby"...well we all had little ducks we had to give up if we said "baby".

I guess what I'm trying to say is - it was a really cool party and I had a great time. There were a lot of people there and it made me feel good that so many people took time out to come and be a part of this special day. Thanks to everyone who came to the party and helped put it together.

You can see more pictures on our Shutterfly account here.

Worst Case Scenario

Have you seen those books?? Some of them are pretty funny. Very good practical advise for what ever situation you find yourself in. All except mine...trust me I looked. Perhaps I am being over dramatic.

Last week we had our regular appointment - we are now having check ups every two weeks. We had a lovely visit with Dr. S and went over the results of the ultrasound. Dr. S recommended that we go ahead and schedule our c-section to be sure we got it booked when we wanted. She pointed out that we can always cancel the surgery if the previa resolves and we go natural. It made sense so we got the ball rolling.

I got a call from them two days later with my surgery date - November 28th at noon and guess who is on call that day and will be performing the surgery? THAT WOMAN! The one doctor in the whole practice that we can't stand. So not only would I be essentially forced in to a surgery I never wanted but I would then have this procedure done by a total bitch. And I have to PAY HER !!!

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Ok so that may have been the hormones talking.....

I know a lot of people who have had c-sections and they really dig them. They say it's the easiest way to have a baby. You know when it's coming and you have time to prepare. This is true but you also have time to sit and tick away the minutes until that time and be all nervous and stuff. It makes my stomach jumpy like right before you go on vacation or something. Knowing the time and place is really not helping me feel better. Surgery scares me (see the first post for a detailed description of my first surgery experience) and watching ER and House doesn't help me feel any better about it. Complications happen in surgery and hordes of people will get to hold my baby before I do - now how fair is that?

Having this child naturally is very important to me. I'm not sure if I will ever get another chance to be pregnant and give birth. Liam may be an only child. I know that the end result - a healthy mom and baby is what matters most but I've always been of the mind that the journey makes you who you are and this is a trip I really wanted to take. Anyone who knows me, especially anyone who grew up with me knows that all I ever wanted to do was to get married and have kids. That was my goal. I didn't go to college and I don't have a career. I've been living life waiting for these precious few moments to happen.

This is what our female bodies were designed to do - make babies. I want to experience all that goes into that process even birth. I've been reading all these RAH! RAH! Natural Child Birth books and it really has me siked to experience the whole deal even the pain. They don't call it labor for nothing and I feel like I can take it. I feel like after spending 9 months making the baby, to just lay down and let someone else take over is a cop out.

I know the decision hasn't been made yet so I shouldn't worry to much about it. But this is just how I feel.

Slaying the Sugar Dragon

So I had to take the 3 hour sugar test last week to check for Gestational Diabetes. I failed the 1 hour test by 7 points. The test wasn't too big a deal but I got stuck 4 times so they could take blood. By the end I had given blood in both arms at three different sites. But I got through it and made it most of the way through John Grisham's The Brethren.

I got the results the next Monday at my next appointment. My numbers were all very normal and mostly right in the middle of the range allowed. Of course they cautioned me about going over board with eating and that I still might be a little insulin resistant so still be careful. I don't know how much more careful I can be but I took it to heart anyway. I snack a little through out the day and I have been eating more carbs but I don't feel like I am eating a lot. To date I have gained about 13 lbs and since they are still reporting him to be on the big side don't think I am depriving him of food.

We also had our check up on the previa. Things are progressing - the placenta is no longer touching the cervix however it is not far enough away to give me the green light. Thanks for all your prayers in this area. They really seem to be working. The doctors would like to see it about 2-3 cm away from the cervix before they pass you through for natural delivery. During our ultrasound Liam's head was down in such a way that he was blocking most of the view of the placenta so it was hard to get a reading. Their best guess at the time was about 1.5 cm - so not far enough away. We made another appointment to check back on November 5th. If it hasn't moved enough by then...well then we will have a c-section. I'm not thrilled about it but I certainly want to do what's best for me and the baby.

Here's a cute picture of Liam's face from our last ultrasound. I hope you can make it out.