Halloween

Cinderella and Batman on Halloween!

Kaylee gave me about an hour notice that she was going to be Cinderella instead of Little Red Riding Hood (what she'd worn to school). That hour also included eating and getting costumes on, so then add to that me running around to do a princess bun and makeup and it was a bit mad around here just before we headed out to trick or treat!


Batman came across a large cat, pumpkin and Little Bad Wolf, who was in search of Little Red Riding Hood. Batman thought he recognized Little Bad, but couldn't be quite sure...(our next door neighbor, Carter, who's a month younger than Andy)


Batman mistakenly got into a fake Batmobile, but quickly realized the error of his ways and remedied the situation. Disaster averted!!


I love this shot of my little Batman flying through the night sky!


Kids and their glowsticks:


Once home, Kaylee insisted that we count how much candy each kid brought in - Kaylee was the winner with over 60 pieces, while Andy had just over 40. Of course, Kaylee also had a huge bucket full from trick or treating at school that morning, too! We put all the candy together in the bowl we had filled to hand out to trick or treaters...we have at least as much now as we did before, if not more! Oh, no!

31 week update

I had an appointment this morning with a midwife (appointments are every two weeks now) and all seems well with Ella. Of course I meant to confirm the gestational diabetes test results came back negative but forgot to ask. Oops. I am assuming that since I didn't get a call about it within a day or two after testing, and since the midwife didn't mention anything about it at my appointment, that I'm in the clear on that.

The midwife told me that Ella's head is down and her body curves around my right side, so her rear end is up and arms and legs punch and kick on my left side. She said she initially thought her body was on my left side, but I told her that while I feel movement all over, I feel stronger punching/kicking on my left. When she used the doppler to get the heart rate, that confirmed that Ella was, indeed, opposite of what she'd expected. (Because she found the heart rate on my right side, so that's where Ella's body is.) In talking about how she was positioned in there, I also forgot to ask about the heart rate. It's been in the 130's-140 range lately. I could break out the doppler I have here at home if I really want to know, I suppose!

I've definitely been having a lot more Braxton Hicks contractions this time than before. I don't think I had any at all with Kaylee, and with Andy they didn't start until about the last month or so. Now I've already been getting them for a month and I have two more to go! Luckily they aren't really painful, just an annoying tight feeling...so far. I think my second trimester "energy burst" (what little burst I got!) is completely gone now; I am feeling tired more often than not and have gone back to trying to get a little nap in when Andy naps when I can. I'm hoping that with all we have going on in November and December holiday-wise, it'll make the time pass more quickly and the next 2 months won't seem to take forever!

30 weeks!

 Me and Ella at 30 weeks!

Yikes!

Well, we have a surgery time set for Ella's c-section - 6:45am!  Which means we have to be at the hospital at 4:45am.  Can anyone say zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz?  I guess on the upside, no matter what time they tell you to come in, you're not supposed to eat anything after midnight, so there's less chance I'll be super hungry with a 6:45 time slot than noon!

Someone pointed out that Kaylee and Andy, who usually wake up between 7-7:30, will likely have a new baby sister about the time they're waking up that morning!

Ella update

I had another appointment this morning to check on Ella.  Things seem to be going well.  She's been very active, that's for sure!  Her heart rate was 134 bpm.  I did the glucose tolerance test where I got to drink a super sweet drink an hour before having my blood drawn to see if I have gestational diabetes.  I thought I remembered having gotten results at my appointments in the past, but this time I was out pretty soon after the blood draw, so maybe it just hadn't gone through before I left.  I didn't have GD with either Kaylee or Andy's pregnancies and don't feel much different than either of those times, so I'm not worried about the results, just don't have them yet.

Also, we scheduled the c-section date for Fri, 12/28!  (Time TBD)  My OB's husband's work schedule, and thus their holiday travel schedule, is a bit up in the air, though.  There's a slim chance it might change so that they'd leave town on the 27th instead of 29th.  She said if that happened, she'd reschedule the c-section to first thing on the 27th, then she'd leave town that afternoon (she's otherwise off that day).  But she said most likely things will stay as-is.  Either way, Ella's arrival will be in just over 10 weeks!

More Andy funnies

More funny Andy sayings, ones I forgot or that are new since the last post...

*bottle = bobble - as in, "DeeDee aah-doo bobble!" = Kaylee's water bottle
*up bed = up bay - when he wants to get up on the bed, or when referring to someone who's on the bed, as in "DeeDee up bay!"
*hop up - what he says when he wants to get up on the couch (I ask him if he wants to hop up, so now he says it)
*(TV) show = whoa
*oatmeal = meat-moe
*Minnie (Mouse) = Mimi
*Nemo (from the movie, or any clownfish) = Memo - we saw a tank of tiny clownfish at the Nemo ride/aquarium in Epcot and Andy just kept saying, "Memo! Memo! Memo! Memo! Memo!" while pointing at the little fish tank
*Cinderella's castle = Lella dah-doh - we heard that and "Beeee Lella dah-doh!" (Big Cinderella's castle) a lot at Disney

Andy with all the tiny Memos:


Also, it appears Andy will need a little while to grow into his bathrobe.