My walkin' little man

Will is walking! Yay! One day he decided it was okay to walk around and just started toddling everywhere. He loves to walk to the door when grandpa comes home. He is getting very confident. :D

He is also collecting a fair number of words he can say, although dada is his favorite. He can say momma (though he likes to save that one for very rare occasions lol) gamma (grandma), night night, and of course, dada. He can also wave bye-bye and makes a motion for all gone. He has figured out how to take of the tray on his highchair, which is very convenient. He can also open the dishwasher and pretty much anything else that he observes. Pens have been very fascinating for him and he actually scribbled in a notebook yesterday, it was pretty cute.

So he is making wonderful progress.

We found out the sex!

I am sure that most of you have heard already that we are having a boy!! It is hard not to say "another" boy, I don't really want to say that because I think it understates how amazing having a new baby boy is.

We got to see him in 3d, which was extraordinary. Will wouldn't cooperate when I had my ultrasound at 27 weeks and all we got to see were his feet, but this baby showed us his face most of the time. we had a a problem with him putting his hand up by his face and hiding, but I was just happy to get a glimpse of his chubby little cheeks. Most everyone agrees with me that he looks a lot like Will, I think he and his brother are going to look very similar. I could already see some fat rolls around his wrists too, so I think I am right to say that this baby is going to be a chubby one! I am, apparently, measuring 3 weeks ahead, which with Will I measured 2 weeks behind. So that means I am measuring 5 weeks bigger with this one! Yikes. I am a little scared at how fat this one is going to get lol. Josh's grandpa weighed 12 pounds at birth and had four teeth! Hoping that if the baby is fat, that at least it doesn't have teeth because I am planning on breast feeding. Of course, I had wanted to breast feed with Will but he would NOT latch. I had lactation specialists try to help me out and it just didn't work. So I pumped for four months and supplemented with formula. I am hoping to not have to use much formula with this one. But we shall see how it goes.

I have a drs appt with my delivery doctor on the 9th of March. We are going to discuss delivery and also get a tour of the place. We wanted to make an appt before Josh goes into the military. I also have another drs appt at my regular clinic on the 13th of March.

I am a little worried about the drs appts after Josh is gone. I am afraid that I will not be able to make them late enough for my mom to watch Will and it would pretty much be impossible to take him with me. It is making me a little anxious.

Test Results

So apparently everything came back normal with my test results, which honestly I thought they would. I really wasn't worried about the diabetes test, and my pre-eclampsia medical signs (other than swelling of my body) didn't appear until week 37 when I was pregnant with Will. I am happy that the hypertension test came back normal but I am still trying to make sure that I am noticing signs of preeclampsia. My doctor never even had an inkling that I had preeclampsia until I went in at 37 weeks and then had to have my son.

I didn't feel too great today. I had some slight cramping and back pain along with my stomach being upset. I think that the baby was in a bad spot and also growing, which hurts with my c-section scars. I spent a lot of my day in bed, but then found that sitting up helped me feel a little better.

I have my ultrasound tomorrow and Josh (like I knew he would be) and I are very excited. I am hoping that I feel better tomorrow, but I am going to go even if I do feel under the weather. I have wanted to know the sex of the baby for so long that practically nothing is going to keep me away.

Blood Tests

So I went in to have my blood taken for my gestational diabetes test (routinely done) and my pre-eclampsia test. The gestational diabetes test, although I know it is done for a reason, is just a pain in the butt. They make you drink this super sugary orange glucose drink and then make you come back after an hour to take your blood. The pre-eclampsia test was simple, just a bunch of blood. I asked my dr what they were looking for and he rambled off a bunch of stuff, so I don't exactly remember. Apparently they are just looking for signs of it.

We are supposed to have a drs appt friday at 1030, but that is if the test results are in. If not we will reschedule for early next week.

Still super excited for the ultrasound on Saturday! Yay! A lot of people have told me that they think I am having a girl, but I am definitely not convinced. Boys run in Josh's family. His dad had three boys, Josh already has a son, his brother had a boy. So, I am definitely expecting them to find a little penis in the ultrasound. Then I would have two perfect little boys, and I am completely happy with that thought. :D

Drs appt news

So as I mentioned lately, I have started to feel my feet, my ankles, my face and my fingers swelling up. I talked to my dr about the swelling, I also had an increased amount of weight that I put on (grr 6 pounds) which I am sure is fluid retention. My blood pressure was 141/91, which I think coincides with my weight gain and fluid retention. I talked about my preeclampsia from the last pregnancy and he said that some women get it again and some don't. I, personally, feel like it is coming on again. It just feels the same...

So I am having a preeclampsia blood test on tuesday along with a gestational diabetes test.

I am not sure whether it can come back positive at this time...since I really had it come on at 37 week with Will. I don't know. We shall see.

Just hoping to keep my blood pressure as low as possible for as long as possible.

Ultrasound!!

So I have really, really wanted another ultrasound not only to know the sex of the baby, but to have some memorable moments for the baby for Josh before he leaves. Since he is not going to be here for the baby's birth, I wanted us to do something special together with the baby. We are going into Modesto (they had a special on ultrasounds for 99 dollars!) on Feb. 21st for a 20 min, 3d/4d ultrasound. They are going to make us a dvd set to music, print out 6 3d pictures, 4 2d pictures, and will gives us 2 cds of the pictures to print out at our leisure. I am so very excited. Josh told me that he has mixed feelings. He feels that once he knows the sex of the baby, it will become more real to him and it will only make him realize what he is missing even more. I hope and think that after he sees that baby, he will feel differently and will realize that this was something special that we can share together for the baby.

My brother and his wife are meeting us in Modesto (which is only about 30 mins away from where they live) to come with us to the ultrasound. My parents are going to take us down there also, my dad gets free gas through his company car so we won't have to worry about the cost of gas.

So hopefully in about a week and a half I will know whether Will is going to have a little brother (which is what I think) or a little sister. I am just hoping for a happy, healthy baby. After the ordeal I went through with Will, I appreciate having a healthy baby.

Our Trip back to SD

Well, Josh and I just arrived home on Sunday from our trip to SD. Overall it was a very good trip. The worst part, obviously, was actually getting there and then returning home. Will really is a very good boy, but a 3 hr flight, an hour and a half flight, and a 2 and a half hour drive are a lot to ask of a 16 month old. By the end of both trips, he was beside himself he was so tired. When we got home on Sunday, he went straight to bed (it was about 10:30) and he slept until about 9:00am. He then took a three hour nap AND went to bed at 6:00pm. He was one tired boy.

We spent the week at his parents house, seeing our nephew Trey for the first time and visiting with his family. We also did some shopping for Will and the new baby, which I always love. Shopping for my kids is my favorite thing to do.

When we returned home on Sunday though, I noticed that my fingers were feeling swollen, a lot like they did when I was pregnant with Will. I know that swelling is normal during pregnancy, just not sure how much. My mom and my husband agreed with me that my feet, my face, and my fingers all looked swollen. I am a little nervous about that, because apparently from the research that my mom and I have seen, preeclampsia likes to come on at about 26 weeks and I will be 26 weeks on Wed. So I am keeping an eye on the swelling and if it gets too bad I will call my doctor. We do have a drs appt on Friday so I am going to talk to him more thoroughly about my blood pressure and the swelling that I have experienced lately. I am actually hoping to switch to a high risk pregnancy dr when I go to Fresno community because I am very worried about my preeclampsia returning. There are times when I feel like my current dr is not acknowledging that I had preeclampsia in my last pregnancy. But he doesn't have any idea how bad my preeclampsia actually was, my dr told me that I had the second worst case he had ever seen and he had been a dr for over 35 years.

Anyways, had a good trip and now I am going to focus on staying healthy during the rest of my pregnancy. Crossing my fingers that I can keep my blood pressure down, but unfortunately for the most part, it is out of my hands.