2 months old!!!

Wow.... time flies doesn't it? I can't believe that our little peanut is already two months old.... well tomorrow. Today was the last day that I get to spend at home with him.... just the two of us. I go back to work on Monday and Wesley starts daycare. I am excited about my new job and sad that I am gonna have to leave my little man. I know that he will be in good hands. He is going to a home daycare that Austin and Kaleb stayed at during my student teaching. Lesa is fantastic!!! Wesley has changed so much over the last 8 weeks already. He is laughing and talking to us every night now.

Speaking of nights.... man is he a great sleeper!!! He eats at about 8 and then usually lays down for the night and sleeps until around 7 or so. Next week he will have to get up earlier, so maybe he will still be fine. I have been trying to get us both adjusted to a schedule this week, but that has proven very difficult. Next week should be a fun adjustment for all of us. Say a prayer for us..... we will ALL need it :-)

He's here!

Our new little peanut got here on Monday, June 21 at 11:50 am. He weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces and was 19 and 3/4 inches long. His name is Wesley Eugene Harris. Check out his newborn picture above done by my college friend Suzanne from B Real Photo! It's amazing!

We are all doing good and trying to adjust to life with Wesley around. Austin and Kaleb having been staying with Nanny and Gamma down in Bolivia so I can try to get Wesley and myself on a schedule. It's been nice having this time, but I miss my boys! They are coming home this weekend.

Wesley had a check up last Saturday. When we left the hospital, he was down to 6 pounds 2 ounces. Two days later at his checkup, he weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces. Yesterday someone from the Smart Start program came out. He weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces. So we are almost back to where we started! Yay! He is a great eater!

More pictures and blogs to come soon.....

It's Time!!

Ok, so I know I have been a slacker..... but today will be my last post before our little peanut gets here! We have a scheduled c-section for 11:30 in the morning and I can't wait to meet him!!!

He officially has a name.... Wesley Eugene Harris. We liked Wesley and Eugene is my grandfather's name. So, that's how we came up with it. Really scientific, I know.

It's been a long past couple of weeks, especially knowing when we were going to the hospital. I think we have been been counting down (at least the boys have) since the beginning of May.

I'll be sure to post pictures and an update as soon as I can.

The next time I write, we will be a family of five.... plus the 2 dogs :-) Still the only girl in my house.....

4 more weeks.....

Well, it's almost time! We have less than 4 weeks left now (26 days to be exact). I think we are ready. We have had two GREAT showers that I got to share with lots of friends and family and we got pretty much everything we need. There are still a few odds and ends that I am sure we need, but we have all the major stuff covered for now.
Today I am still working on organizing our files at home so I won't have that to worry about those and later this afternoon I am going to work on our hospital bag to have ready just in case he decides to come early. That would totally be fine with me. After all, Thursday is the full moon. But, there is a good chance it will be 26 more days before he gets here.
He still doesn't have a full name yet, but we are almost there. We have our list narrowed down to four names and I think we are almost ready to pick.
The boys are still excited and are asking everyday how much longer it will be until "peanut" gets here. They have been pretty helpful the last couple of weeks and I am trying to get them into new routines of helping with laundry and other little things where they can help out when he gets here.
I'm going to the doctor every week now starting this week and I get to see Dr.Ross now, since she will be the one doing our scheduled c-section. They said they will check this week or next week to make sure nothing is happenening early. So far, everything has been great the last several visits. Heartrate is good, blood pressure is good and my weight is good. Weight gain according to the doctor is only about 6 pounds. With any luck, I will leave the hospital smaller than I was before the pregnancy. That will be a first for me!
Been craving lots of sweets this week, which is totally unusual for me. Other than that, food in general is what I have been craving! Hopefully I can update later this week with a name!

Ready.... well at least the room is!

Well, decorating the nursery was success! We got it done all in one weekend and it is exactly what I had in mind. I am very excited that we got it done. I've been able to get things that I already had put up in the nursery and now all we need is a baby! And of course a few other things like diapers and stuff :-)
The nursery walls are green and one wall has brown polka dots. We got our nursery furniture off of Craigslist back in January and it looks absolutely wonderful in the room. Josh did a great job not killing me as I had lots of little projects for him to work on in there. He put up new blinds and a new ceiling fan in addition to re-routing cable to the next room so Austin and Kaleb could still have their TV to watch. The nursery bedding is the Jungle Babies theme by NoJo and we have lots of it in there! The glider/ottoman is the same finish as the furniture and has light yellow cushions. It's perfect! Sometimes I just go sit in there now and rock.
The baby and I are doing great. Last appointment everything looked fine. I was measuring just a little bigger than I should have been. His heartrate looked good and so did my weight (5.5 pounds total gain) and my blood pressure. We have the c-section scheduled for Monday, June 21st at 11:30am at Women's Hospital. I'm very excited, and to be honest, I hope we are there before then! Next appointment is next Thursday.
Next Friday I will go down to my mom and grandma's for a shower on the Saturday before mother's day. Then the next weekend we are having a shower here at our house. After that, he can come any time!

30 weeks!!

Well, we have made it to 30 weeks! It seems like this is taking forever :-) Peanut is is a mover and a fighter. I think he is training for some kind of kickboxing competition. Last check at the doctor said he was good. I was measuring about 31 weeks which was 2 weeks bigger than I should be. But the doctor says nothing to worry about. We both looked great, other than the fact that I was SUPER stressed out! So far, I have only gained about 4.5 pounds! This is very hard for me to believe, considering I feel like the size of a house! I think this going to be a big baby. It's been a rough few weeks. My doctor filled out the paperwork and I am officially on medical leave for the rest of the year. It's been a big relief. I can stay at home and rest and take care of both of us and get ready for his arrival! We will have baby showers in a couple of weeks and I hope we get everything that we don't already have. We already have most of our big stuff and will be decorating the nursery this weekend. I will post pictures when we are done. I can't wait! Next appointment is on Friday and I am hoping we will schedule the c-section. I will try and update on Friday after the appointment. We should have about 8-9 weeks to go!!!

27 weeks!!!... tomorrow

Tomorrow we will be 27 weeks! Yay!!! I know that some people have said that time is flying by, but to me it feels like its crawling by. Things are going pretty good so far. I am still sleeping on the couch, because I hate our bed! And the fact the dogs sleep in it too doesn't leave much room for all of us.

I started having leg cramps this week on Thursday night. They were so bad, I woke up and wanted to scream out loud! I probably would have but didn't want to deal with the dogs. It hurt so bad that for the last three days, I haven't been able to walk on my legs without them hurting. But, its part of the job, right?

The doctor said this week at my check up that I am measuring 28 weeks.... not too big and not too small. That's good. I have this silly feeling that this is gonna be a big boy, but we will wait 4 weeks until the next ultrasound to see how he is measuring. So far, I have only gained 6 pounds! I think this is crazy. I fel as big as a house, and I am starting to look like it too. I eat ALL the time. That's why I think he is gonna be big! Where else is all this food going?

Peanut is moving around alot now. I can see my shirt moving around alot and the boys and Josh have gotten to feel him kick already. He isn't a big fan of the bath tub still, so we are still working on that. We are also gonna have to work on this whole 2 am kicking party that he has every night. Without fail, I have to get up at 2 am every night, go to the bathroom and wait for him to go back to sleep before I can sleep. But, at least he seems to be on a schedule already, right?

It's Spring Break this week and I wish I could say that I am relaxed, but I am not. Work sucks right now, even worse than it did weeks ago when I wrote that it sucked. It's terrible. At this point, if I didn't need insurance, I think I would turn in my resignation! It's so stressful that I actually asked my doctor about going back on my prozac. She said it was ok, but I am still debating it. I know the doctor said it was fine, but I have done so good without ANY meds, even when I had the flu! So, I will make a decision about that this week. I wish I could find another job right now.

The stuff for the nursery should have been shipped this week and when it arrives, I will go pick out which shade of green we will be putting in the nursery. I got the decals for the wall and I am all ready to paint..... except for getting all of Austin and Kaleb's things out. We got storage cubbies for their stuff and we are refinishing those now. Once they get done, I will start moving things over in their room. I am hoping to get this done in the next 2 weeks.

Off to enjoy the wonderful thiunderstorms and tornado warnings now.