ooooooh Melissa!!!

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Monday MADNESS!

     ** WEEK #37 **

So we are on the final countdown!

According to "Babygaga.com" this is the final calm before the storm...

Apparently Lil One is about 7 pounds at this point, and about 20 inches!! 

We can't wait till she is on the outside...

We have a BUSY day today

•  9:00am - Calling BabyPictures to reschedule (for a THIRD time) the second appointment for 3d ultrasound pictures.Which we are only still doing so we MAYBE can get something so its not a COMPLETE waste of already spent $$$.. for possibly later today??
• 12:00pm - Aversion with the birth specialist @ Valley's Birth Center
• Bring Anthony home to get ready for work
• 3:00pm - WIC appointment (gotta luv those) 
• ?:??pm - (Possibly) BabyPictures??

Then on Wednesday we will meet with Dr. Paretsky to talk about (whatever) the outcome of today is.

...Like scheduling the C-section if she doesn't turn AND bring her feet down... *Sigh*

I know this doesn't seem like a lot to most people, but this kind of day can really wear a girl out... especially GiBBs. (Melissa) On top of that she has not been getting good sleep lately with all the pain she's been in...

BUT, she's almost Done...

Then we all wont be getting sleep for a whole NEW (&Wonderful) reason ;)

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Random Pugg  Moment:

Mazda sleeping @ the foot of the bed

My alarm clock woke him up!!

Damn Stupid Doctors...

At this point, I'm getting so sick of all of these DAMN doctors...
Every time we see one, they tell us how the last doctor wasn't quiet right... & we have gotten so many mixed bits of information. We run around town like chickens with our heads cut off. Its Stupid!

So last week we go in for a simple position check on the baby. Annaise, we discovered, is in whats called Frank Breech.
(For those of you who don't already know, that means instead of being head down like she's supposed to be, she's face up, with her legs strait so her feet are in front of her face, and she happens to be huggin her knees. )

We laugh & say how she's already a pain-in-the-butt like her daddy.. :)

When the ultrasound tech (who we love dearly, her name is Lynda-wit-a-Y, as she tells us) goes to look, she gets very worried.. there isn't a lot of fluid around baby. So little in fact, that she wants us to wait, while she goes and calls one of the specialists. SERIOUSLY?? what the heck does that mean? So we wait for awhile, & they finally tell us that its okay to go home, but not to go far from the hospital cause we might get called back in... Okaaay. So only a little freaked out, we head home. Which is nice because we have to meet the police back at our house to talk about my hubby's car getting stolen that morning. 

(Oh yeah, it had already been a Shitty Lovely morning.)

So we head back, meet the cop, and JUST as we are all getting into the garage to talk to him, Melissa gets a phone call, so she steps to the side to have some quiet.

The look on her face two seconds later scares the crap outta me. 

"We have to go back, The might need to do the C-section today."

She says, & I can see the tears of fear welling up instantly. 

So we leave the  boys with the police officer with the assurance that they will hurry and get done quickly, and I rush Melissa back to the hospital, Trying desperately to calm her down while focusing on the cars on the road. She has tears are streaming at this point, which I hate more than anything. 

"It's okay babes, we'll figure this out, its okay, I've got you, babes I'm Here."

I'm holding her hand while shifting gears, praying that things aren't as bad as they sound. I get her to the hospital and fly to the birth center. I feel like I'm on a skateboard with her in a wagon-tow behind me. And OFCOURSE today is the day the hospital is doing senior immunizations.. so the hospital is PACKED.

We finally get down to the BC and get her checked in. I help her get all un-dressed, and gowned, and into the bed, and they put her on the fetal monitor. (Remember, this is BOTH of our first times with pregnancy, so we are both confused & TERRIFIED) As soon as they hook up the monitor, Annaise's heartbeat sounds loud and clear. We both smile...hearing that sound was extremely calming.

They left us like that for a little bit, just listening. She was even calm enough that I could step outside for a little bit and call the boys, see where they were at. When I finished calling them I head back in to the room and Melissa says the doctor is on her way in. Right as the boys get there, the doctor says she's going to do a cervical exam. 

(Remember: she's also only recently 20, and only ever had ONE pap... when she found out she was preggo... so that is all still new to her as well.) So I stay by her side while the boys wait in the waiting room. The doctor is extremely nice & gives a lot of information, but then starts to explain that she is a little concerned. The baby doesn't look like she has a lot of fluid and they are hearing some compression kicks that they aren't liking.

So they want a detailed ultrasound. OK, sounds reasonable.. I step out to let the boys know whats happening, and as I walk back in, Melissa is crying. 

"WTF? I was gone for two seconds? what happened??"

Melissa then through tears tells me that the doctor just came back and said she called the specialists at Swedish, & they recommended that if she is under 5cm of amniotic fluid like they are thinking she is, than she needs to get the C-section for sure.... TODAY.

I think my heart stopped. & at the moment, Melissa began bawling.

As soon as she let me go, (I'm not gonna say she calmed down cause that was DEFINITELY not the case) I ran out to the waiting room & grabbed Anthony, explaining everything very quickly. As he ran back to be with her, I started making the phone calls. 

"Melissa's in the hospital, Baby has not alot of fluid, best case scenario: Melissa is kept over night, & put on bed rest till she delivers. Worst case? Baby comes TODAY." 

I had alot of very worried family members scrambling to get their butts to the hospital. I get back to Melissa and she is already in the ultrasound room. I walk in and am expecting to see more tears... but she's smiling! "What the hell??"

Melissa just laughed, "She's okay! She has 14cm of Fluid!" We get to go home!" 

Are you FREAKING kidding me?! 

I mean, at that moment I was happy, for sure! But I was also thinking "CRAP!" Now I gotta call everyone back, INCLUDING her boss who I have called and told she for sure wont be able to work anymore..."

& at that moment, I think my head (Happily) exploded.

Now today was spent, waiting in the doctors office, for Dr. Paretsky to tell us she really wants us to do an aversion since there is enough fluid, even though she doesn't think the chances of her turning and bringing her feet down are high, she still wants us to try. Even though Melissa said she'd really prefer not to and has really already gotten used to the fact that a C-section is most likely what will happen, and doesn't want to get her hopes up for nothing...

But we go ahead and tell her we will go to the consultation, and decided from there. So we drive around even longer, wait even longer, finally get into to see Dr. Cole, and he tells us the same things. "That's night quite true." "She's not quiet accurate on that." BlahDEfreakingblah So we figure what the hell. whats the worst that can happen, right?? So we scheduled the aversion for Monday and went home.. we were so tired at that point, NONE of us cared anymore.

So hopefully things go good on Monday... HOPEFULLY.

I did my Best to participate in #FF this week.. but all that got accomplished was TWITTER. 

*poo*

...O well....

Wordless Wednesday??

Apparently Wednesdays are FREE days... 

So we decided to use it for *Baby Stuff* thank-yous

(So sue us, we're new @ this!) ;)

Thank you:

Mom, Stephanie, Virginia, Daryl, Tia, Carrie, Amber, Katie & Justin, Fidel, Shawn & Heather, Tonya, Emily, Codi, Chrissy, Summer, Brian, & Brittany.

Thanks again everyone! 

Baby Shower Success!

After months of planning, cramming, inviting, creating, and stressing the baby shower is FINALLY over!

We had quite a few people show up and even though I was a little stressed out

(okay more than a little)

that things wern't as together and organized by 2pm like I wanted, but everything flowed together pretty well in the end! 

We met new friends, had great food, everyone had a blast playing games, and Melissa was so happy I thought She'd never stop smiling!

We played a few games:

(IMelissa & I had gone to the party store and stoked up on a whole bag of fun penny toys as prizes!)

Who's that Baby?:

 Before games start, go around and make sure everyone has a name tag with their real names on it. (This helps for ice-breaking, so works good for a beginning game!) Prior to the party, create a piece of paper with numbered lines for roughly the amount of people who will be attending the party. On your invite, ask that guests also bring along (or email ahead of time for printing) a baby picture of themselves to the party. have a collection box somewhere when guests walk in the door to deposit pictures in when they arrive. Try not to let people "show-off" their pictures before hand. When everyone has arrived, and mingling, start hanging the pictures to an easily accesible wall. once all the pictures are hung, take numbered post-its and place them each correspondingly with a baby picture. When all babies have been numbered, provide each guest with previously made number paper & a pen. Then allow guest to continue mingling while trying to also figure out which numbered baby matches which person in the room, writing thier name next to the correponding number on the list.Remind everyone NOT to give any answers away! (While they are working, Walk around and quietly ask everyone which number their baby picture is and write down on your own paper for and "answer list") When everyone feels they have had enough time, have everyone join around and call out the number and the PROPER name for each baby! Person with most correct Wins!

Team BabyButt: Get into equal groups (depending on group size) and everyone in the group chooses their favored hand. Each group is handed a baby and a "Diaper" (we used washcloths folded once to make a triangle) and 3 safety pins.  The goal: when the host says "GO" everyone in the team is to work together, each person using one hand ONLY to secure the diaper on the baby! go until the first team wins!

 

Clothesline Chaos!:  Before party, hang a long line of twine or clothesline between two points that are accesible. (like to trees in the yard) Have a pile (5 seems to work good) of cheap (dollar store) baby clothes, Clothespins, a baby doll, and a toy cellphone. Each player gets one minute to hang as many clothes on the line as the can while holding baby and "talking" on cellphone at the same time. Most clothes hung properly in the shortest time wins!

 

Pin the baby on the Preggo: Prior to party, cut out baby heads from magazines and have in a box. allow each guest to pick "thier" favorite baby. Using scotch tape, mark an "X" right on (Preggo) guest of honors shirt right about where her belly button is. Shower host should stand next to Preggo with safety pins. 

Each player is blindfolded, spun, and directed towards Preggo with a pointed finger. they must try to find mommy's belly using just the sound of her voice. first place their finger touches, is where host will pin the baby head. 

(REMEMBER: Hosts! please protect Preggo from harm or unwanted "groping", help your guests out a little by assisting in the guidance.) 

Once all baby heads are placed, the pin closest to the center of the "X" wins!

Dont say Baby!: Before the party, have simple string or twine necklaces with a loop for each guest to wear. attach 5-10 paperclips to each necklace loop. Guests must refrain from saying the word "baby" for enitre party. If they do, the guest that "catches" them can steal a paperclip. (any other synonym for baby can be used.) Near the end of the party, have guests count how many paperclips they have left. Person with the most, wins!

In the end, things went great. Melissa and everyone else had a blast and Melissa didnt do to bad on the presents front either! ;) 

(More on what she GOT tomorrow!)

We had alot of fun, and now are even MORE excited for the BIG FINALE! :)

I Luuuuurve 

my Bestie! <3

(oh my GAWSH you can see how tired I am!)

hahaha