Weekend Fun

We had a great weekend. Friday night we went over to our friend's house for some hamburgers. We didn't get to stay very long because Joe had to come home and get ready for work, but we still had fun hanging out for a while. Saturday I got up early and mom and I went shopping. We went to Hobby Lobby and Target. My mom had a gift card to Hobby Lobby and she spent it all (and then some) on stuff for Kylie's room! It was supposed to be for her to buy something for herself, but since she is the greatest mom (yaya) she used it for stuff for Kylie. We got alot of cute stuff. We got some butterflies to hang in the room, some green and pink woven baskets for the changing table, and a cute hook to hang up (don't know where yet). We spent quite a bit of time at Hobby Lobby. After Hobby Lobby we went to Target and mom bought me some new pajama pants to wear in the hospital (since none of my pjs fit anymore). I am happy that I finally have Saturdays off so I can do stuff like shop and whatever else I want to. I always have fun shopping with my mom! Pretty soon Kylie will be joining us on Saturday shopping trips:)
Sunday I woke up really early and went to work (like every Sunday). After work I headed home, and Joe and I drove out to my uncle's house for a Memorial Day/Family get together. We got there about 4, but Joe had to work that night so we figured we wouldn't get to stay that long. There were a lot of people there (as always when the family gets together:) ) About 7 Joe said he thought about taking a 'personal' day from work so we could stay longer. He called his supervisor who told him it would not be a problem, so we got to stay as long as we wanted. I was happy that we didn't have to go home early. It seems like every time there is a family "party" we have to leave early because one of us has to go to work. We hung out and ate alot of yummy food. We had hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, chips, beans, and many kinds of desserts. We had brownies, fresh fruit, cupcakes, and sopapilla cheesecake. It is DELICIOUS! I think the favorite was a tie between the fresh watermelon and the cheesecake. We ate alot of food! Joe went swimming with some of the family, and I sat with everyone else and watched. We had a blast! It is always a fun time when the family gets together, no matter what we are doing! We didn't leave until a little after 10. After we got home, we were going to stay up and watch some tv, but that didn't last long. We were in bed by 11p (which is early for us).
This was the last holiday with just the two of us. By the time the next holiday, 4th of July, is here, Kylie will be here with us! We can't wait...Not much longer!

Coming Sooner than we thought...

Looks like Kylie will be here sooner than expected. I had an ultrasound today and was told I have to have a C-Section. Doctor scheduled it for July 1st. She said not to hold her to that date, but she was on the phone setting it up with the hospital when we left the doctor's office.
So even though my ticker shows 56 days to go, we really have 44 days! I'm excited that she will be here sooner, but kind of upset that I have to have a C-Section. I think Joe is glad that we have a date set, so that he won't have to get a phone call at work and rush to the hospital. This way we can go in together and not have to rush around before heading to the hospital. Doctor said everything else is looking good. The baby weighs about 4 1/4 pounds right now. Next appointment is scheduled for June 2nd.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to the World's Greatest Mom!

Mom,

You have always been there whenever I needed you. You are the best example of what a mother is and should be. You are kind, thoughtful, loving, caring, and so many other things. You have taught me many things, and I hope I can be as great a mom as you are.

LOVE YOU MOM!!!!

Love,

Lindsey

p.s: Kylie says "Happy (grand)Mother's Day YaYa!"

4D Ultrasound..here she is

We had a 4D ultrasound on Thursday. It was cool to see what she looks like. Everyone is giving their opinion on who she resembles. The majority of people say she looks like me. In case you are wondering...the thing on the left side of the screen is her leg. She had her legs over her head the entire time. Future Gymnast I think. She also had a frown on her face the whole time.


Kylie Jo

Kylie's First Pictures and an Appointment

Pictures

Here are some pictures of Kylie. They are from the ultrasound from when we found out it was a girl, so they are over a month old. As you can see from the top picture, she is definitely a girl. The doctor told us to look at the picture as if she was sitting on a glass table. So we are looking at her butt and her legs. The other two are side shots of her. I think she has her eyes open in the second one and closed in the last one. (These are actually the second time we got to see her on the ultrasound, but the first time she was just a little speck on the screen). If you click on the image below it will give you a bigger picture.

Another Appointment

We had another doctor's appointment today (looking at the time I guess it was technically yesterday). It was another quick one. We were in the waiting room longer than we were in the actual doctor's office. When we finally got back to the room, the doctor came in and checked the heartbeat. The heartbeat was 163 bpm. Doctor said everything is looking good. She also let me know that I passed my three hour glucose test. YEA!!!! I am so glad I don't have to go back for the four hour one. Next appointment is scheduled for May 18th. At our next appointment there will be another ultrasound. This one is to check her measurements and etc, but also to check the location of my placenta. At the last ultrasound, the doctor told me that my placenta was blocking where she would come out, so she diagnosed me with placenta previa. She said that there was plenty of time for it to move so we will be checking at the next appointment. Hopefully it has moved. If not, I will have to have a C-Section. Definitely don't want that! I am also hoping I can get some more pictures of her.
Also, I am going to be calling my mom's friend to get an appointment to do the 3D ultrasound. Hopefully we can do that really soon. Those images are kind of creepy looking (in my opinion), but I think it will be cool to get a good look at her. I'm excited!

Pictures

I'm bored and I don't really have anything to blog about so I thought I would post some pictures. I'm at work, so I don't have much of a selection to choose from. Only a few wedding pictures. I will have to post some from my home computer after work.

Not sure what kind of look is on my face in picture below...I think I was laughing at something. Can't believe it has been two and a half years since we got married! Time flies.
I can't wait to post pictures of the three of us. Only 80 days (or so) to go!

Here is another one I found (took it from my mom's blog) It was one of the many engagement pictures that our friend Mark took for us.

A few more saved on my desktop at work.

Dancing at our reception My brother and Joe doing some kind of dance

Failed!!!

Well I got bad news last week. Two days after taking the one hour glucose test, I got a call saying that I had failed the test. The nurse told me that they want the test results to come back showing 140 or less, and mine was 142. I failed by two points :(:(
The nurse told me that I would have to make an appointment for the three hour test, so I made an appointment for this last Wednesday morning. So again, no food or drink (not even gum) after 11pm on Tuesday night. Luckily I was off from work. We got up on Wednesday morning and went to take my test. I thought that I would have to drink that gross sugar drink and then come back in three hours and have my blood drawn. We had stuff to do, so it would be enough time for me to get my errands done, and then go back and have my blood work done. I was wrong! I had to have my blood drawn, drink that nasty stuff, and then was told to come back every hour to have my blood drawn again. So after drinking the sugar drink, Joe and I went to HEB to get a puzzle book and magazine to occupy our three hour stay. The time went by pretty quick. I was glad not to have to sit there by myself. I had blood taken four times. I felt fine until after the last time blood was taken. After the last blood was taken, Joe and I went to get food (since I hadn't eaten in twelve hours). I started feeling very bad. I was weak and shaking all over. I knew it was due to not having any food and having all of that blood taken. After eating I felt a little better, but not 100% so we went home and both took a two hour nap. After my nap I was much better. (Not much that I good nap can't help!).

BASEBALL
Everyone that knows Joe, knows that he is a huge Boston Red Sox fan (he got me to be a fan too)! We wanted to go to Boston this summer, but for obvious reasons, that got a little postponed. After going to the Red Sox/Ranger game last year, we decided that when the Red Sox came back to Arlington we would have to get tickets to the game. The game for this year is scheduled for July 20th (I think). We had planned on going to the game, but I told Joe that we would probably be a little preoccupied with our new little red sox fan. Since we wouldn't get to go to the Red Sox game, we figured any baseball game would be fun, so we found some cheap tickets for the Rangers and the Orioles. We invited Ryan to go with us for his birthday. (Wednesday...the 15th was Ryan's 19th birthday! I can't believe my little brother is growing up so fast. I told him that even though he is 19, he will always be my little baby brother). The afternoon after my three hour test (and our two hour nap) we headed for Arlington Ballpark. We had a good time! Our seats were pretty good. We were right next to the visiting team's bull pen so we got to see all of their pitchers warming up. It was dollar hot dog night! I now know why they are only one dollar. The were little and barely warm, but I still ate two. I could have spent $4.50 and had a nice hot jumbo dog, but why would I spend that when I can get five 'dollar' dogs for the price of one jumbo one. Even though the Red Sox weren't playing we still had fun. We left during the bottom of the 7th inning, and the score was 14 to 3 (Rangers were winning). We got home about midnight. We were exhausted.
A few days after the game, Joe was watching some of the replays from the game we were at and he paused it to see if we could see ourselves. There were quite a few plays that were near us, and we could see where we were sitting, but it was too blurred to figure out who was who. Joe also found out that the Red Sox will be back in Arlington in August. I told him that we could possibly go to one of those games (maybe).