How about those Yellow Jackets?

Just had to give a shout out to the GT yellow jackets! How about that third quarter?! Ben was trying to take a nap but I kept waking him up yelling in glee. Lauren was on TV several times, poor thing in the rain! GT won 45 to 42 if you missed the score. I dreamt last night that she was on TV cheering at the game and they had her hair in a bunch of different braids (like people get sometime when they go to the islands or on a cruise) because it was wet and gross outside. Weird huh?

I got to talk to Lauren for a long time this morning and she is SO excited about her niece making her arrival. She kept telling me her cheer and school finals schedule to try to "schedule in" my giving birth. HA! That is so LAUREN LEWIS!

Gotta run, Ben just finished making dinner. We're having chicken and fresh green beans, yea! low sodium. I hope everyone has a nice week, I'm planning to get caught up at work so if labor happens sooner rather than later I don't feel guilty about what's left on my desk!! We'll see how "catch up" goes. For some reason I feel like I'm moving slower these days.

XOXO,
Shan

Baby News

We have some early labor symptoms happening. Nothing I think the general world-wide-web would care to read about but I'll just say this, I think the baby is coming early. Therefore, I am packing my hospital bag to be ready just in case!

*breathe in 1-2-3*

*breathe out 1-2-3*

Thanksgiving Thursday!

I posted about the Dr before Thanksgiving but oh well, I'll still tell you about both! We spent Thanksgiving with Ben's parents, siblings, Uncle Jimmy, Grandma, cousins Kristen and Jason and JD's fiancee Tiffany and our college friend Beau. I made pumpkin roll and cheesy mashed potatoes and they were both enjoyed (yum!) There was lots of great food, it was all so tasty. I love Thanksgiving food.

I thought I might have this baby on Thanksgiving, I was having contractions all day! It scared me a little bit, but once I sat down and put my feet up and drank water they stopped. They weren't Braxton-Hicks either, they felt different, more like how they describe real contractions.

Thursday night Beau, JD, Kristen and Jason stayed at our house. Also, Tiffany and Raymond came over to hang out and wii had a fun time. (haha, get it, we played Wii). We had fun, but I was a stick in the mud because I put myself to bed since I wasn't feeling well.

That's about it, I hope everyone else had a wonderful day too!

Wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends, we are so lucky to have in our lives :)

Friday Dr appointment

Friday my doctor appointment was eventful! Ben drove me to the hospital, but I just had him drop me off so he could go to Academy and do some Black Friday shopping. I guess I should have brought him in, because we got lots of news.

1. Two weeks ago I measured 34 weeks along. This appointment I measured 39 weeks. WOW!

2. I had called the doctor about my swelling a week ago but they thought I was OK since my blood pressure hasn't gone up. My urine sample indicated there was protein in my system and after seeing my swelling they made me test for Toxemia (Pre-Eclampsia). It's a 24 hour test so I stayed home mid Friday-mid Saturday so I could collect the "sample" they needed.

3. If the toxemia test comes back bad on Monday I'll be put on bed rest (NOOOOOOOOOOOOO). Please pray this doesn't happen, I would really like to work the next three weeks if possible, or at least until she arrives (maybe early?!).

4. I'm eating only whole foods now, raw fruits and veggies and grilled meat in an effort to easy my swelling. It's helped a little, but not completely. Kudos to my fantastic husband for baking chicken and slicing my apples for dessert at night.

Babies galore!

Here is a picture of a diaper wreath I made for my co-worker who is having a shower next week. I'm attending three baby showers in the next week~

Saturday for our friends Raymond and Tiffany. Tiffany is starting to get close to her delivery! She's starting to dilate. I can't wait to meet Baby Ryder :) and I'm just a little jealous, Tiffany do you think if we rub our bellies together I'll start dilating too and have this baby sooner rather than later?

Sunday for my cousin Cynthia at my Aunt and Uncle's house. Cynthia is having her C-section on Dec 29th. Another one getting close to delivery!

Friday for my coworker Mandy, who I've had so much fun talking pregnancy with here at work. We share laughs over the discomforts of pregnancy on a daily basis.

I feel thankful I've had these three local ladies to talk pregnancy and babies with during the last several months. They're all three having boys, so I guess Baby B will either be a tomboy, or have lots of little boyfriends to watch out for her :)

I hope everyone has a nice day, I'm going to try to be super productive today since we're out the rest of the week. I cannot believe after today I only have three weeks of work left before the school holidays and Baby's arrival. That seems so soon!!

Tuesday!

Things to report: Ben is being manly and going hunting in the wilderness tonight. Madison and I expect to sleep well in the middle of the bed while he's gone.

Also, it's my work "Thanksgiving luncheon" so I get yummy food at lunch today! The baby is the most excited about salad and cranberry sauce. I know she's related to me, but I would usually be looking forward to dessert, and this kiddo likes healthy food (and dislikes chocolate?!).

I've had morning sickness two out of two mornings this week. Grrr. I do not like this ratio. However, my swelling was much better yesterday than last week. Maybe taking it easy over the weekend means I'll feel better the rest of the week!

AND, I'm posting pictures of little Lauren from her football game last week. I know several family members get on to read the blog and haven't seen all the great pictures of Lauren at GT games, so I should share on here.

Lots to tell you...

I haven't blogged in almost a week! Yikes!

Thursday I headed to Austin for a big meeting dealing with state reports I work on for my job. I've learned my lesson, no more traveling and lots and lots of water for Shannon. I had TERRIBLE swelling in my feet, bad enough my boss wanted to leave early and take me home :( I hung in there (I found a couch to lay on for the last 30 minutes) and called the Dr. I was told to stay off my feet this weekend. I DID!

Friday I only worked a 4 hour day, ran by Hobby Lobby to pick up a couple items for a project I'm working on, then went home and got in bed by one in the afternoon. My swelling is now under control. Friday night we met friends for Mexican food, Tiffany and Raymond. Tiffany's due date is 2ish weeks away and I guess it doesn't occur to me how funny we must look when we are out places together. But people comment on it every time we go somewhere. Friday night it was our super skinny waitress who had a baby 10 weeks ago. (I was laughing in my head knowing I would *probably* not look like that so soon after giving birth). I was also surprised to find a box on my front doorstep from my Mom, she sent me a bunch of Santa ornaments to add to my Santa themed tree!! What a nice surprise, I had fun adding them in.

Saturday Ben and Raymond took a hunting safety course on post. It was supposed to be a half day course but took a couple extra hours because so many people were there! I was supposed to go to Target with my cousin to help her pick what she needed to add to her baby registry but she was recovering from surgery, and I was super swollen so we decided to postpone. SO, I did what the Dr. told me and stayed in bed all day. I did work on the diaper wreath I'm making for a friend's baby shower while laying in bed. I think it came out pretty cute!

Sunday Ben and I went to the movies and to a late lunch, then we headed home. We cleaned the house for a couple hours (I forget how fast it goes when TWO people are working on it!) and he even organized the garage...without me asking?! I think many wives would agree with me this is some kind of Thanksgiving miracle. Ben's parents brought his grandmother over so she could see our Christmas decorations and the baby's room. We taught Grandma how to play Nintendo Wii. She thinks it's pretty cool. Her exact words were "I think you have a lovely home and it seems like you have a lot of fun here." Wasn't that nice? We do have fun in our home.

I'm 35 weeks pregnant today. 5 weeks to go, but after another two weeks I'd be happy to have this baby at any point!