This has gone from my spot to share all my questions, fears and experiences to a necessary outlet for the good, bad and the ugly that goes along with having two boys. I wouldn't change it for the world!






Thursday, May 3, 2012

36 Weeks, 3 Days and Counting

At 35 weeks I was dilated to 1 cm and 50% effaced. The doctor said that is common with second time moms and could stay that way for some time. She also said that these final weeks are critical for brain and lung development. The Dr said that she wouldn't put me on bed rest or stop progression since a baby can be born healthy at 35 weeks, but suggested that I stop doing photo shoots and try to take it easy. With the utterance of "brain and lung development" I knew that I would hear those words from the Hubs repeatedly until my next check up. Guess what? I was right. Now Johnny is doing his work, my work at home and forcing me to relax. He's been great!

We'll see what they say at my 36 week appt tomorrow. Baby Johnny didn't really get the memo about 'taking it easy', but he's been a real trooper and has had some outings with Aunt Lisa, GG and Dad.  When I have contractions I get antsy, like let's do this or stop faking it. I'll try to hold him in a little longer. I don't really want him smaller than Baby Johnny was, who was born 15 days early.

Well, back to my movie. It won't watch itself.

Better With Age

The older that Baby Johnny gets, the more fun it is for us! He loves to interact, chat, play, dance, run, hide which are all so much fun for us.  He's great at going down for bed now without a fight. He has his good night routine that he loves including brushing his teeth and saying goodnight to Kylie. He always wakes up happy in the morning, although I wish it would be later than 5:30-6 a.m. Ugh. That's really going to bite me in the --- when new Baby Shebl gets here. He loves to play ball, go outside, "drop the hammer" on Dad, read and is picking up new words including yes, which is such a relief from the constant "no" that we used to get for EVERYTHING. He's learning new words everyday and will mimick us in reciting A, B, Cs (which I tried to record today but didn't go well).

He loves exploring new places finding spots to hide things or himself. I finally found my comb after 2 weeks of searching. It reappeared in the living room. Johnny went to put on his work boots and found playdough, an outlet plug and dry grass.  I'm still searching for a scarf from December...thinking I need to let the dream die on that one.





How could I forget stairs?! He LOVES stairs.


29 Weeks

This was 29 weeks....seems like a lifetime ago. This was also the week that we received our first gift for our newest arrival. A super cute outfit for our "whaley cute" boy. This outfit looks so tiny compared to our 16 month old boy's clothes. 



This is what big boys look like, real busy in the backyard!! Someone has to help Dad.