Back to work :(

I am now back at work. Missing my baby so much. I don't have a lot of time to blog but here are some pics of Connor and Jenna :)

Jenna 1 month






Jenna 2 months





Jenna 3 months with her brother Connor :)








They are both getting so big!

Jenna Lynne

Though I doubted it for many many many weeks before she was born she finally did come!! She was born on June 27th @ 5:20pm after 24 hours of labor. She weighed 6lbs 13oz and was 20 inches long. I can't believe that she is already 5 weeks old!!

It has been a LONG TIME!!

I haven't blogged in a long time partly because my pregnancy has been an experience I will never forget. Some things I have experienced....

*All day sickness till 7 1/2 months
*Insomnia the entire time
*Puppp rash at 20 weeks coving my entire body (itchy and bleeding)
*Pre-term labor at 24 weeks
*Testing to see if my liver is malfunctioning at 24 weeks
*Oncology appointment 28 weeks
*Leukemia testing 30 weeks
*Pregnancy induced hypertension testing 35 weeks
*Testing to see if my liver is malfunctioning at 35 weeks
*Antepartum Testing 2 times a week till I give birth
*After she is born I will go for a Bone Marrow draw to complete the Leukemia testing

Though I am not sure that I will do this to myself again I am happy that we are going to have a baby girl in no time at all!!

Some updated pictures!

17 weeks pregnant


Ultrasound pics at 20 weeks




35 weeks pregnant


3D Ultrasound!



Miss Jenna's room :)






Another big thing that has happened...
May 21st 2009 My little brother was deployed to Afghanistan for 6-12 months. Please pray for his safe return.


My dad went down to San Diego to see him off and brought Miss Jenna home a gift :)


I am 36 weeks pregnant today and have finally made it to my last day at work till after Miss Jenna Lynne is born. I am not quite sure how I did it but I did :) Yea!!

Who would have thought!

Mark and I have tried to think of all the ways that the new baby would affect my stepson Connor. Obviously we were not thinking of what he currently goes through and how different it would be.

Currently his Dad and I have him Tuesdays, Thursdays, and every other weekend. It averages out to be 3 days a week. We just realized that he is starting to notice that his mommy lives in a different house than his dad... they never stay the night in the same house.... and he is always being shuffled around. We were watching TV a few weeks ago (John and Kate plus 8) when he said to me they are like Sarah and Daddy. I asked him what he meant. He said Daddy and Sarah live together and so do they. Keep in mind at his Mom's/Grandma's house he is the only male in the entire house. I thought to myself WOW he is really putting things together.

Last week Mark had to run out and exchange some chairs that we bought because they were too big for the table. (God forbid we measure before we buy things) I was eating dinner with Connor when he was telling me that his mom would need to feed the baby. I just sat there in shock. He continued to tell me that the baby would also be staying the night at his Mom's. I hadn't even thought of the fact that he had no clue about the living situation after the baby was born. Mark and I had a long talk after he went to bed on how we would tackle this one. YIKES!

Blurry but cute pic of Connor on X-mas eve :)

A day at the mall.

Mark and I took Connor to go see Santa on Saturday. He was so excited. He knew exactly what he wanted to ask him for. A bat mobile from the new batman movie. I am very sure that he hasn't seen the movie but has see the toy on a commercial. So off we went to the mall. Connor being a very apprehensive 3 almost 4 year old we had to really talk up Santa. We met my Aunt, Uncle, and cousin's at the mall. I thought that if Connor saw Taylor who is 2 going to sit on Santa's lap then he would think that he could do it too. And what do you know IT WORKED!! Of course I forgot that pic at home but I do have a few others :)

We were walking around after our meeting with Santa and Mark noticed a Journey's for kids. My face dropped as soon as I heard the words come out of his mouth. I knew that we would be spending money :( So we walked in and of course Mark loved every shoe that would fit Connor's feet. I looked over and Connor was telling the young girl that worked there how he just sat on Santa's lap and how he could snap. Mark was distracted by the same conversation and looked over at me with a smile and said "that's my boy... picking up on the ladies". It was all very cute. So we picked out a pair of shoes against my better judgment. I have always been against buying expensive shoes for little kids cause their feet grow so fast. I thought about it and Connor only has a few things that are really his and he treasures those things. Going from our house to his mom's and back. I can't even imagine how hard that would be. We obviously can't afford to buy him shoes like this every time but it is nice every once and a while :) Of course Mark found a hat too so we got that. He also needed new pants and a white collared shirt to go under his vest for Christmas. It was an expensive day but it was all worth it to see the look excitement on his face :)

Totally bummed!

So I had a Doctor’s appointment today. I was all excited this morning I get there and checked in I was talking with the MA. My doctor came in and I found out that she wasn’t even going to do an Ultrasound and we couldn’t hear the heartbeat. I am almost 12 weeks shouldn't I be able to hear something? I told her that the NP that I saw about 5 weeks ago couldn't get an accurate measurement of the baby because I was only approximately 6 weeks and 1 day. So she did an internal one again and the baby was way too close to see it well. I was totally bummed. The only good part was that I could see the heartbeat and that made me feel better. Oh and I lost a pound even though I feel like I have gained about 20 :( and I am 1 day further along that they thought. 11 weeks and 5 days :) So I guess that is OK. O well maybe next time.

Finally....

So we finally got our house cleaned up. No more boxes everywhere!!!! I will have pictues soon but for now I have one of our Christmas tree. I know I know Christmas is almost here and it is kind of a waste of time to put it up now and then take it down next week but whatever. It doesn't feel like Christmas with out a Christmas tree :)



I really hope to have pictures of the house up tomorrow! Tomorrow is my 12week Dr. apointment so I will also have a new Ultrasound picture. Men are so funny. My husband was talking to one of his friends yesterday and I just happend to overhear him say..."Yeah the last Ultrasound we didn't get to see much and aparently this time it is supposed to have arms and legs". Too funny! You would think after having a child already he would know this stuff but he didn't get to be a part of the pregnancy last time. (Under no fault of his own!)

I am happy to report that I am not getting sick everyday all day. Just here and there :) Yea!!