White Castle Candles

Anyone know of anyone who has one of the white castle candles? They sold out SO fast from the stores, and are not getting anymore until Christmas! If you know of anyone who has one, and want's to sell it, LET ME KNOW :)

FYI, it's not for me, it would be given as a gift :)

Pool Time!

Being that it has been SO hot out the last few days, we bought Asa a pool and he LOVES it! He would sit in there all day if we let him. This was taken from my cell, so the quality isn't so great.

Smoke!

Adam and I were laying in bed last night watching a movie when all of the sudden i asked Adam if he smelled smoke. I know that being pregnant i can smell wet dog from 3 rooms away, or smell dirty feet from across the room. He sat up and sniffed and said he smelled smoke too. He walked into the hall and opened Asa's room, and said "Ana!" (in a very alarmed voice) i jumped up immediately thinking there was smoke coming from Asa's room! I walked into the hallway and saw smoke in the hallway. I followed Adam's voice into the kitchen, and looked to see that the dishwasher was smoking!?! I started opening doors, and windows to try to let the smoke out, as Adam went into the garage to get the fire extinguisher. We weren't sure once the dishwasher door opened if there would be a fire or what. Adam opened the door and there was not a fire, just a little more smoke. We weren't sure what was going on? I told him that i had pushed this Air Dry/Lock button on the dishwasher once it was running, because Asa was trying to push the buttons on the washer. I thought this would lock the buttons. This is the only thing i could think of that would cause this to happen. Adam ran the dishwasher today and everything ran fine and no smoke. I guess we will not be pushing that button again!

After we settled down and climbed back into bed after the ordeal, i was trying to calm my heart and my nerves, and all of the sudden i realized that Caeda was not in bed with us. Panic again...and we were both up searching for Caeda. For a bit we had all of the doors open (back, front, garage, and basement) so we searched the house thoroughly and couldn't find her. We thought she could have gotten outside. By the way, it was about 10:30 and pitch black outside at this point. Adam went out the garage to search and i went out the back door. I looked off of the deck, and there she was sitting right to the side of the deck. (We don't have any steps on the deck yet) She must have jumped down from the deck and couldn't get back up.

After all was said and done, we had no fire, and our family was safe...what a nightmare.

The biggest God point of them all, was that this happened the day Adam got home from his weekend trip. The night before he left we heard noises in the house sounding like someone was coming in our house, only to have Adam investigate and find it was the wind opening and closing the storm door. I can't imagine either of those things happening when Adam was gone!

Sunshine and Weekends

I am so grateful for the sun we have had this week. I hear that on Sunday it is supposed to be around 90 degrees! FOR REAL!!! Adam leaves this weekend for a men's retreat with church. He is going to the retreat with my dad and my two brothers. I think it is going to be a really great experience for him, however am not necessarily looking forward to him being gone another weekend. My mom and i are going to get together and do something and i think i am going to stay overnight there so that either of us has to be alone :) Ali's hubby is gone this weekend too so i think we might hang out also:). I am working right now, and am off at 3, and am excited to get home and hang out on the deck that is ALMOST done. Just a few more railings need to go up and it will be complete!

Ultrasound dr. follow up

We had our Dr's appointment yesterday to go over the results of the ultrasound, and everything is wonderful! The only real difference between this pregnancy and the last is my placenta, which i described in the last post. This is such a fun change for me because i feel the baby move ALL of the time! I barely felt Asa moving, and when i did it was such a great feeling, but rare until the last 5 - 10 weeks.

The other difference between the two pregnancy's is by this time last pregnancy (4th appointment) i had gained 16 lbs!!!! I have only gained 2 so far. This makes me feel great because i know i am much more active and not such a couch potato :)

A few things that were 1sts for Asa over the weekend. He got his 1st kiss from a non family member, and he skinned his knee for the 1st time crawling up and down the hallway at church on Sunday.

Until next time!

20 week ultrasound...or so we thought?

We had our 20 week ultrasound today. As far as we know, everything is great. We have our appointment with our Dr tomorrow to go over the results form the radiologist. The ultrasound tech seemed in good spirits, so i am assuming all is well...

At my initial appointment at around 8 weeks, they calculated that my due date was October 3rd. When all was said and done at my appointment today, based on measurements, they put me at about 18 weeks 4 days. A few measurements measured right around 19 weeks, or 19 weeks 1 day, however, the main calculation of measurements put my due date at October 14th. It doesn't really bother me that the due date was changed, except for the fact that you want them to say, "oh, you are actually measuring right around 22 weeks." This way you have less time to be pregnant. I am just glad everything seems well with the baby but i'll update tomorrow.

Before the ultrasound they tell you to drink at least 16oz of water so that your bladder is full and pushes the baby up away from the pelvic area. About an hour before, i drank about 30oz. Mostly because when i drink a lot of water or eat food, the baby becomes more active, and i can feel it moving around a lot more. I thought drinking more would help it to be REALLY ACTIVE. Well, when i got the the appointment, my bladder was only like an inch thick. I couldn't believe it. I felt like i had to pee the entire appointment, and here she is telling me my bladder doesn't look full at all...what in the world? Also, just like Asa, this baby was in total chill mode. It moved a little, as in, it moved its head back and forth a bit, and moved its hand up and down a bit, but not much. Despite the fact the baby was very still, it was SO low in my pelvis, and was head down. She had to push really hard on my pelvis to get good pictures of the head. Baby was curled into what looked like a really uncomfortable ball with it's head pushed down into my pelvis. What a weird baby! The tech told us that her first baby was really still during the ultrasound, and he is a really mellow child, and her second baby was totally active and is a really hyper child. We figure if her predictions are at all right, that we will have a second baby just as relaxed and mellow as Asa.

Also, i have a posterior placenta. With Asa it was anterior, which in case you don't remember, meant that the placenta was connected to the front part of my stomach. They explain this as a slab of something like liver between my belly lining, and the baby, so it is really hard to feel the baby move, and takes really long to feel movement. With this baby, the placenta is connected to my back close to the spine, so that is where the thick tissue is. This explains why i have felt so much more movement and so early. I don't think i felt Asa move until close to 20 weeks, and it was minimal. I was already feeling this one move around 16 weeks. This is SO fun for me, because i didn't get to experience it the first time around.

Gotta love when little ones are growing inside you. Boy or girl, we can't wait to meet it!

9 MONTHS

Yesterday, Asa was officially 9 months old. I can't believe August 4th, was already 9 months ago...boy how time flies. Today we had Asa's 9 month check up appointment. Adam is still busy working on our deck, so we decided he would stay home and keep working and i would take Asa to his appointment.

9 month stats:
Head: 18 1/2" - 80%
Length: 29 1/2' - 90%
Weight: 20lbs 2 oz - 50%

All else was well. No shots this appointment which i think both Asa and I were happy about. We did have to go to the lab to have his finger pricked so they could check his hemoglobin and iron. The technician told me to sit on the chair where they draw blood with Asa on my lap. I had to hold his body with my left arm and his right elbow with my right arm. He said that i would have to hold tight if he squirmed. They pricked his finger, he let out a grunt, and then he sat still as a rock for about 5 minutes while they slowly took his blood down the straw into the container. Two other nurses came by to comment about how unbelievably good he was being having this done. They put a bandage on his finger and told me to leave it on for 10 minutes and to watch him because they always try to stick it in their mouths. He even advised me to sit in the waiting room for about 10 minutes before i put him in his car seat to bring him home. Instead, i put him in his car seat, and swaddled his blanket around his arm so he couldn't get to it, and about 2 minutes into the car ride home he was sleeping.


Asa is so close to walking. At least we think that is the case. He stands on everything and reaches for other pieces of furniture from the piece he is standing on and moves over to it. He also is so funny when he trys to get into things he knows we don't want him to. For instance, Adam really dislikes it when he pulls the cup holders out of the center counsel of the couch. Asa will reach into the cup holder, and pull out the holder itself, then look over at us and smile. Adam will say "No touch" and Asa will just laugh at him and proceed to pull the other one out while staring at us smiling. Adam can't help but laugh and try to say "no touch" with a straight face (It doesn't work). I asked our pediatrician about the "no" thing this morning, and he said, just save no for circumstances where he is in danger, because besides that he won't get it and will think it is a game.


Asa is such a good sleeper too. His bedtime is still 9:00 pm, but if he happens to be wide awake at his bedtime, we will lay him down in his crib, he will sometimes let out a few whines, but will put himself right to sleep and not wake up until about 8:00 am or so. Being that we don't have to take him to daycare, we will let him sleep in until he wants to wake up. This is very nice for both Adam and I! Because of this, i think is why he will stay up so late in the evening.

Asa is also SO smart! As i was sitting here typing, Asa turned on the TV with the remote by himself! He can give a high five, give kisses, and wave - although the waving is him shaking both hands and arms in the air violently. He can climb up stairs, which we don't have any he has access to, except the 6 stairs that are that of doggy stairs that go from the floor up to our really high bed. We often find him there if he is exploring down the hallway. We will look in his bedroom for him, and then look on our bedroom floor, only to find him sitting up on our bed, so proud that he climbed there "all by himself"


The pregnancy is going well. I am almost 19 weeks already, and we have our ultrasound on the 17th. We are going to wait until the baby is born again to find out if it is a boy or girl. We just feel it is the best miracle and surprise God could give us. I have a feeling it is a girl because i was sick this time, have not been gaining as much weight, and feel i am carrying much higher. I totally could be wrong, and could contribute the lower weight gain to chasing after Asa all day:). I have had so much more energy the past few weeks, and the pregnancy is going by MUCH faster then the last one. I can hardly believe i am almost 1/2 way already. Cravings: i crave some of the same things that i craved when i was pregnant with Asa. I always want Sushi, cheese, and any coffee cooler from anywhere (McDonald's, caribou, Starbucks...) These are things i shouldn't really even be consuming. I have developed a bit of a sweet tooth lately again as well. However, i am better at keeping it to fruit yogurt instead of ice cream. Although, i did take Asa and the dogs on a 8:00 pm trip to DQ last night for a blizzard. I only ate 1/2 of the small Reese's blizzard and left the other 1/2 in the freezer for Adam to eat. I feel much smaller in my stomach at 19 weeks then i did last time too. I know most people have told me that your 2nd pregnancy you show much quicker then the 1st, but unless i told you, most people would have no idea that i was pregnant, even when i am wearing tighter shirts. This is OK with me, because at this time my last pregnancy i had already gained almost 20 lbs, and i am still down 4 lbs...knock on wood. I also always joke with Adam about how i feel like people look at me and think, "Man, she must not have lost much of her prego tummy from giving birth to that 9 month old boy!" I want to wear clothes and swimsuits that say "yes, this is number 2", or "I AM having another baby."

Adam is doing wonderful as well. Busy Busy working on house projects, bless his heart. Every time he finishes one, i crack the whip and get him on another...haha, actually i am not that bad. Most of the time it is him that starts something new, or finishes something old. He is doing really well at work as well, selling lots of jobs and staying busy. He has already been with the company 7 months, and much praise is being said from the owners about how well he is doing. Who'd have thought he was such a natural salesman :)


The doggies are also doing really well. We put Chole on a diet about 4 months ago to get her to lose some of her chunk (she had gotten to be over 4 lbs when we had her weighed in February, which means she had gained a pound in a year...oops) I took them in today to be weighed and here are their stats:
Chloe:
February 23rd: 4 lbs 4 oz
May 5th: 3 lbs 2.5 oz

Caeda:
February 23rd: 3 lbs 12 oz
May 5th: 3 lbs 3oz

Crazy that Caeda finally weighs more then Chloe!

All in all, things are good around here!