Its a BOY!

There he is, my boy! (Im a little nervous, a friend of mine just had a baby, whom she told was a girl, and it ended up being a boy! haha, I have a strong sense I am having a boy, ultrasound tech saw boy, but still, ya never know until the baby comes out!)

Now, what do we name him?!
Samuel Walter, Samuel meaning 'Name of God' 'God has Heard' and Walter was Sean's late Grandfathers middle name.

Sawyer Gordon, Sawyer meaning Woodcutter (fitting with my Mountain Girl and Man of the Forest boy) and Gordon is Sean's middle name, same as Silas..thought that might be kind of cool..all my boys would be SGM ;-)

Siara likes Sheldon (She loves the big bang theory) and I like that name too, but just don't see me naming my son that I guess. I did a random poll and I got 37 to 8 votes in favor for Sawyer. We have plenty of time thought. :) And who knows, we might think of a completely different name!

Im excited to start putting together my boys room and giving Siara her Princess Bedroom (meaning purple walls) that she has wanted for a while now. But first, comes the Kitchen remodel. We priced it, and we can get it done for under 3k so lets hope my budgeting (and accounting for extra cost by adding a few hundred dollars here and there) is correct. I cannot wait until its done..Im dreaming of it already..Ill be sure to document the experience since a lot of the time I have to sit back and watch..oh darn, I cant wait to decorate when they're done ;-)

Dreams and Things

Let me tell you, this pregnancy has been full of some of the craziest, wildest dreams! Like, seriously! Off the wall stuff! Last night, I had a dream I was at Target and ran into Golden Tate(Seahawks), who was looking depressed, so I pulled him aside and gave him this long motherly lecture about how the whole team should be proud of their run, they did so great! It was like a motherly talk about how he didn't need to be depressed, he needed to be proud, I woke up like..uhh..What the heck! haha.
Other dreams include me holding my new baby, a boy, with brown hair and brown eyes (we find out on the 28th!) or a dream about Siara finding a new Mommy..that one I didnt like, haha. I also have dreams that make absolutely no sense, like zombies and all that in one part and then Im at the beach in another, just crazy stuff.

I met up with my parents at Target over the weekend so my Mom could borrow my carpet shampooer, and my Dad and I were looking at Baby stuff, probably because I grabbed Silas a pack of Diapers and thats where he found me. Anyway, we were looking at the baby carriers, I really think I will need one of these this go around. Im not one to sit around, and I think wearing/carrying the little baby will be good when Im trying to navigate my two older, very busy children thru the store. I was chuckling a little bit at my Dad who was analyzing these carriers. Im interested in the Moby Wrap(I have to do some more research about it, like  how to use the darn thing, but the material feels so comfy), he says it doesn't look like it has as much support as the Baby Bjorn..I was just cracking up, he was reading boxes and everything. I realize they probably didnt have these when I was younger, but it was still a fun moment with my Dad. We looked at other things and he was very impressed at the car seat snuggler that keeps the baby nice and warm, I think Eddie Bauer makes it.

Sean signed up for an NRA membership and with it comes with a nice duffle bag that says NRA on it, he is excited, he says it will be his new diaper bag..haha.

Shayna and I are contemplating a cute gender announcement for this little baby, I've seen some very cute ideas on Pinterest, Im just having a hard time deciding which one! Speaking of this little baby, it gave me a scare at my appointment last week! I brought the kids in with me because they enjoy seeing my Dr too, and the nurse let Siara do my blood pressure and all that fun stuff, but she couldn't find the babies heartbeat! So she said, Ill let the Dr do it. Ok..Im starting to get a little nervous..Dr comes in chats with the kids, then starts to look for the heartbeat, which, he doesnt find after searching all over my belly. He tells me he is going to get his ultrasound machine. Im laying on the table, praying, God, I know you are in control, you give and you take, but please let the baby be ok! And thinking, IF something was wrong, how I needed to keep my composure for the kids. So, he comes back with the machine, quietly sets it up, and starts looking, I see the baby and Im looking for the heartbeat, I see a flicker and Im like, 'there, thats it right!' and he tells me, that it was, he knew there was a heart beat cause he heard it, he just couldnt get the thing to pick up long enough to count the beats per minute. So he did the measurements of the open and closing of the valves and the baby was at 137bpm..and I told him I was gonna punch him in the leg for scaring me, he could have said, I hear the heart just cant get a good reading. He kind of laughed and explained that the little babe had its spine facing upwards, so it was doing a good job blocking out his tiny little heart detector thing. *WHEW!* I really do love my Dr he is great. And another good thing, I didn't have any sugar in my urine, which was good. I ate scrambled eggs, with cheese and some avocado for breakfast before I went and had black coffee (thanks Aubri for the suggestion) even though I cant stand black coffee, I did it. haha.

Today we go to Ballet, so I better get my chores done..which includes daily sweeping and mopping thanks to my 80# shedding machine puppy..oiy. He graduates from intermediate puppy school on Saturday, he is going great, very well behaved and obedient, especially on the leash which is nice. :) Ok enough rambling, Im obviously trying to keep from my chores ;-)

In the clear..

For now! (as I updated in my last post) I do have to take another test at 24 weeks so Im not completely clear of the chance of having the gestational diabetes. Ill continue to monitor what Im eating closely and hopefully the slight exercise I will be doing will help eliminate that. But, if I do end up getting it, then I will deal with it at that time :) For now, Im patiently waiting to feel that little flutter from the babe! C'mon baby..thats one of my favorite feelings! :)

This morning is going to be a challenge, this I know. My sweet little daughter has woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Partially because I let them stay up a little later to see Daddy, which Im debating on not allowing anymore based on her behavior  Its hard, Sean gets home so late(different everyday, last night 9:05) and the kids wait allllllllll day to see Daddy, I feel so bad making them go to bed without seeing him. I made silver dollar sized pancakes for the kids for breakfast and Siara is throwing a monstrous fit because I did not give her enough pancakes and because Silas asked to watch Bubble Guppies before she could ask to watch Jake and the Neverland Pirates...gah. At the moment, Im ignoring her as she lays on the couch throwing a small fit. I have told her if she continues, she is going right back to bed. She is slowly moving closer to her plate, so I know she will get over it, but man, let me finish my coffee before we have a worldly melt down! ;-) All the while, Silas is eating his pancakes, no syrup just pancakes and apple looking at his sister like she is a crazed child possessed by some wild spirit. He looks at me, then at her all without saying anything and it is really quite funny.

Speaking of my coffee, that I am enjoying at the moment, Sean got these re-usable cups at Starbucks for $1! They are dishwasher safe and pretty nifty.

And even more 'speaking of coffee', I hear McDreamy bought Tullys, which I have never watched Greys Anatomy, but I have seen Patrick Dempsey in a few movies, he seems like a nice guy. I read the article and he said he loved the weather here, Im like..what?! Come to find out he is from Maine, so that explains that. haha. "

Im making homemade stew for dinner, seems like a good day for it. I just forgot the bread, so I might make cornbread..just not sure if that goes with stew..I know it goes great with chili. Sean likes to dip his bread in the stew so Im thinking it wont work :/ Ah well, I'll figure it out!

PS- the girl is eating her breakfast now.. :)

Fingers Crossed

Well, a little bit of a pregnancy update. When I went to the Dr to talk about my scare I had at Church and my UTI, I 'spilled sugar' in my urine...gaah no, please no I dont want the Gestational Diabetes..he asked what I had for lunch, and I told him, which he said was a good lunch so he wanted me to come back in a week to check for my UTI and he would check my sugar level then too. At this time I was
+2. One thing I forgot to mention to him, was that I had just guzzled down a Grande White Mocha..Iced and I didn't say Non-Fat milk..oops...I wonder if that had anything to do with it? Anyway, I take my antibiotics and start looking into the fact, what if I have Gestational Diabetes, so I started looking at what I have been eating and, well..Im eating a pretty diabetic friendly diet! I havent craved anything sweet this pregnancy(and yes, I know that fruits, veggies, all those things can be bad for a diabetic depending on amounts and which ones..like Peas..oh darn, I'll have to skip eating those).
My two main cravings are sausage and eggs and Tacos..but Im talking tacos from the Taco truck, authentic, just meat, cilantro, onion on a small tortilla with a huge squirt of lime. Mmm..8:30am and now Im wanting some tacos. Anyway..those are my main cravings and I dont eat them everyday anyway. If Im eating anything that isn't so diabetic friendly, its usually for lunch I have a glass of whole milk and a peanut butter sandwich. I will be sad to see that go if I do have it. So I went back a week later, UTI was gone, but my sugar was still +2..I had a cup of half decaf coffee and two pieces of toast with peanut butter right before I went in. He says Im a couple weeks early to be having the gestational diabetes set it, I am in my 2nd trimester, but it usually doesnt come for a few more weeks. So, he ordered that dreadful glucose test, blah. My nurse gave me Fruit punch, which actually wasnt too bad, so I chugged it down Friday morning and Siara and I left for the blood draw. We kind of made a Mommy/Daughter day out of it and went out for breakfast afterwards at the Pancake House, which, she loved because my eggs came with 3 pancakes and she ate almost all of them.
Now its Monday, so I should hear my results today. Im nervous, but not..all I know is I do not want to carry the chance of having diabetes AFTER the baby is born, so I dont care if I cant eat another dang cookie (Which I havent really eaten, except for a sugar cookie or too of Santas..oops hehe) I will miss: Starbucks White Mochas. I just love those things..but, I know that I could have a sugar free mocha! Im just trying to be positive about it..just in case I have to deal with it. :) Otherwise, Im feeling great..I can wake up and not feel sick if I dont eat as soon as I get out of bed, I dont have to nap everyday, but I sure to try to squeeze in a few minutes while the kids are napping..just because! I still haven't for sure felt the baby move yet, I thought I may have the other day, but wasn't super distinct. Siara asks me everyday how the baby is, I cant wait until the baby is bigger and she can see my belly jiggle when the baby gets the hiccups or kicks..she is going to love it! UPDATE: NO diabetes!!!! Yay! They also did a study on my blood forgot what it's called and that came back great too..yippee..still going to be careful since I will have to do the test again at the normal time :)

Anyway, on Friday after the Dr and our breakfast we went to Verizon and I went to the dark side, I got the iPhone 4s. I debated long and hard between the 4s and 5, and in the end, besides the 4s only be $99 as apposed to $199 for the 5, I realized there wasnt too much of a difference. Same camera, same processor, the 5 is 4g the 4s is 3g..big deal. By the time I have a new upgrade the iPhone 7 or something will be out. I love it though. My kids love it, especially Siara who has inherited my Ipod Touch fully loaded with parental locks, she will run into her bedroom and FaceTime me or her Papa. She FaceTime-d me while I was at Fred Meyer to let me know that Daddy was doing chores..very funny. :) On Saturday when we did some running around, my brother bought me this case, which I love, of course, as a late Christmas present! :D He had planned to buy me a case but waited, just incase I got the 5 instead of the 4s.

Here is Silas taking self portraits, I have about 10 more I could share..haha.

This, is me at Siara's age, but Sean thinks Silas looks a lot like me in this picture, and that we should grow his hair out..uh, NO. haha.