Daisalana

Poor Ethan, I agree these kids are so lucky to have such great grandparents!!! Congratulations on 4 years Pammie!!

I didn't feel mine for a while, I believe it was at 23-24 weeks. But I have an anterior placenta, which apparently 'cushions' it.

No.. but if you read the pregnancy books (or infinite literature on the net) spotting is not a sign of bad things. HcG levels, I'm not personally familiar with what low levels mean (I mean I do, but I don't know if that's a bad sign or just a not-typical sign). Many women spot however.. Time to call the doc? It's morning!

Kat, Manda is in my prayers... I have been reading what you said about Kinsey, I am confused.. what is oozing? Did she cut her hooha? How did she cut so bad just from falling on the tub? Maybe I missed a part of this, but I thought I read it from the beginning! And you're not a bad g'ma, kids are accident prone after all..and very resiliant! Just got back from grocery shopping, forgot how expensive Atkins is.. we spent more than we've ever spent before.. the cashier even made comments, which irks me. He asked if we had kids and we said not yet and he's just like wow.. what cows these people must be. Unpacking groceries I see what happened, Russ bought a billion cheese snacks.. seriously, took up 2 drawers in the fridge!!! I am making duck tonight. I also bought quail--I love duck, never had quail, but thought I might like it, so I'm going to try it one day. I did good and got my 100 calorie packs and veggies, fruits, etc.. and I didn't realize how good for you Cream of Wheat was. I haven't made it in years, I like it, just don't think about it.. after seeing how packed with iron & calcium it is, I bought some and that's going to be my b'fast. Also bought some SmartOnes and Lean Cuisine lunches to take to work. Then I bought a small size (I tried to do as good as I can while being bad) rainbow sherbet, and some doves chocolates. :/ Off to make some duck breast & brussell sprouts. Yum!

Just layin in bed with my morning allergy attacks.. The girl in the window - St. Petersburg Times I stumbled across that yesterday, incredible(y sad) story, and can't get over that mom didn't serve any jail time. It's a long read..

Yeah in Gruene it came up somehow and you said it was good in the beginning, then you said they just keep going back in, busting out, going back in, etc. But you did say it started good!! Russ & I are always looking for new shows that we BOTH would like, so we are giving it a go. So far, I do like it for the eye candy mwhaha. Story is actually good right now too.

Me too!!! I got 1h20m left..zzz. Russ is back on Atkins, so we have to go to the store and get him some atkins friendly snacks. I got my Rockabye Baby (beatles) CD's. They are so cute, I've been listening to them. Hopefully he likes them too, or he maybe he will because I listen to them now. I like how there's no vocals and it's all lullaby-ish.

Woohoo, we expect lots of pics from both of you!! :confused:)

No chocolate? Must be why I had enough for 2..or 4. I had a chocolate bar for b'fast (Hershey's), and then a slice of german chocolate cake with dinner.. and an m&m ice cream for bedtime. I think I also ate a Hershey (new) caramel bar sometime yesterday too.. I fuzzed it out. I did only eat a couple bites of the cinnamon buns though! That counts for something, right? Gah, if I did a pie hole report these days I may end up shooting myself.

((Kat)) Thank you Suzanne & Judy for the cards, ya'll are so thoughtful! I never think to do cards :confused: I agree Michelle, he redeemed himself with flowers, how sweet!!! TGIF.. can't wait to get home (and get out of this bra). Bending has become a chore, feels like I'm squishing everything inside of me everytime I bend slightly (even to get out of the car). I feel like a really fat person who can't move correctly. I got my hair trimmed and eyebrows waxed today.. the lady who has been doing my eyebrows for YEARS (at least 8), somehow never remembers exactly who I am. She confuses me with someone else, I wonder who. Last time I went she said something about how last time she saw me I had bright pink hair (that never happened). This time she said my hair was so long, she's never seen it so long.. last time she saw me it was (pointed to my ears).. my hair has never in my life been that short, and I've been growing it for a while--last time I was there was only a couple months ago.. but whatever. Went to O'Charleys and had the cedar planked salmon.. yum yum. Couple friends are suppose to be coming over tonight for girl chit chatting. Haydee we bought Prison Break (season 1) since you said it was good, we've watched most of whatever disk we're on.. he's about to break out, they had the prison riot and revealed the tunnel inside of the demon head thing.. it's pretty good! I like the main guy, he's seeexxxxy. Piercing blue eyes.. mm. Anywho.. I saw a onesie online today that had a cartoon computer and it said "Newbie".. I sent the pic to Russell to laugh with me, and he said "I bought that last week!". First time he's bought something for Carson, and it's pretty fitting in our house lol. Back to work.....................

I'm sorry Kat, but this is treatable right? Sorry I'm not following along very well, I had to skim through the past 10 pages when I got back! We went to the bank today and started up a savings account to pay for private school when Carson starts preschool.. weee. It's cheaper if you can pay all at once, vs. monthly payments to the school.. so I figure if I save up all the monthly payments from now till then we'll save money in the long run. Putting enough each month to cover up till 1st grade, and sometime between now and then I'll be making more money. I already am having a record month for January. Normally, it's our dead season and sales go down but I've been going UP.. yay. I have had 2 record breaking weeks in a row.

Yeah it did seem to take forever for me to feel him, and I think it has to do with the placenta location as well as my belly fat! But when I finally started being able to feel his kicks, I feel them every morning when I wake up and in the evening when I lay in bed to go to sleep. Throughout the day sometimes I feel it, and occasionally he kicks hard enough it makes my whole belly jump.. but when we did the ultrasound, I only felt him once--he did a big kick that caused my whole belly to jump, but all the kicking and waving and rolling he was doing--I didn't feel any of it! Occasionally I will wake up and won't feel his kicking, so I roll onto my belly for a moment--which really gets him going, just so I know he's still in there!

Awww a girl, congratulations!!! I went for my 4-d ultrasound yesterday. I have an anterior placents, and Carson likes to snuggle his head into my uterus, so they had a hard time getting any good pics :bananalama: We tried me bouncing and rolling around and she shook my belly, but he just rolled his head side to side like saying "Nope, I'm not moving!". She said he moved more than any baby she's ever seen--especially for one who isn't actually going anywhere. His hands and feet were going like crazy the entire time.. and he kept opening his mouth.. she said he's either going to be a talker or an eater. I said.. probably eater by the way I'm hungry all the dang time. Here's the best pics I got out of it..

Thank you! Someone at work made me cinnamon buns. Russ is on Atkins again, so it's just me and the cinnamon buns...... We're getting a nice dinner to-go tonight and going to watch a movie at home.

Oh how exciting.. getting so anxious just reading your story...

I love my Wii Fit! It's new, and I don't do the run due to pregnancy, but I love the yoga & aerobics--the step aerobics, which are like dancing.. are my favorite. I should probably get DDR. I had it on PS2 and the mat, but I hated it. Maybe I'd like it more with the wii fit board. What's also nice, is my husband does it too--so we compete for top scores, etc.. keeps us motivated. If you & son did it together, you could be competitive. Ok my only complaint (though minor) is when you step up on the board, mine always goes "OH!" --reminds me of those Kathy comics where her scale is always making fun of her. Oh well. Does it to DH too, so I thought that's what they do. But I saw my mom get on it and it says "Great!" so I was like..grrr.

I still (now in 3rd trimester!) get super hungry all the time. Still gaining weight, still get lectures from my doc... I'm resigned, it's almost over.. I'll get my fill and get back down!

I got an unfill at around 4 weeks, because I was super tight out of the blue (before I found out I was pregnant). My doc only did a slight unfill. It's still too much (taken out), but my doc is a ways away as well, so I'm toughing it out.. and gaining quite a bit of weight. I plan to refill as soon as I'm done, and get back on the wagon. Congratulations Ask your ob-gyn & fill docs what they recommend, but honestly.. if you're not too tight, I wouldn't go for an unfill. You can get the calories & nutrition in just fine without it--as long as you're able to eat solids.

Woohoo we skipped ahead!

Surprised to hear that, like what?

LOL I agree---you should do this. Normally when I go out of town without Russ, I leave notes hidden all over the house with a treat (normally candy.. ho hum). For him to find while I'm gone. You could do this, but with a to-do list. :tongue:

Here are just 3 of them, they really didn't get any good pics that were easy to see. But watching him was funny, he opens his mouth CONSTANTLY and moves his hands all the time (he smacked himself a few times..) she said he moves more than any baby he's ever seen--yet gets nowhere. He never moved out of that spot, they had me moving and pushing on him, etc.. trying to get his head out of my uterus so we could get some good pics.. but he wouldn't budge, he would roll his head side to side, kick, and slap.. but not move! And since they had a hard time getting a clear shot at the last ultrasound, she got a VERY clear shot of his scrotum & peepee this time..

I'm back!! We stayed an extra day (having fun) so we got back last night. I popped into LBT for a minute, saw I was 10 pages behind here and decided to wait till I got to work today. Then this morning I had my 4-d ultrasound, so I just now got time to get on!! Short & sweet of Tunica, we had fun, came home with exactly what we went with ($$ wise) and so that's a WIN, since we played for 4 days. Ultrasound was bleh, he was too snuggled into my uterus so none of the pics turned out very good. I'll post them in a little bit (trying to catch up at work too). I skipped a few pages so I could hurry up and post and let ya'll know I'm fine! I did see your tatt Pam, it looks AWESOME! And HUGE!! The bra line confused me though, you'll have to get Sus to take a better pic without that gown thing on. Hope everyone is doing well :cursing:)

Wooohooo! I just got back from vacation and saw the good news! He is sooo adorable, aahhh I want one!!!!! )

WOOHOOO ) Can't wait for pics!!!