Happy 1/2 Birthday

Happy Half Birthday Pea-Nelly!

We celebrated Penelope's half birthday on Monday since on her birthday the spot light is not just on her! The girls got her a balloon and they wanted to have a cupcake birthday! The girls helped to make red velet cupcakes, they picked out heart sprinkles and white frosting! Pea really enjoyed being in the spot light!!

When you give Lilly a camera

These are the pictures you get..

Daphanie taking a nap

About 8 pictures of herself, 2 that were clear enough to see who it was!

It will not be long..

It will not be long, and this little girl will be up and moving with her sisters. For now she is happily watching them play. Most the time it is loud and busy, but Penelope doesn't seem to mind, she just watches, or dozes off to sleep!

Pictures

Daddy holding Penelope and Lilly's first look at Penelope! Lilly holding Penelope's hand after her first bath and shots!

Daphanie's first time meeting Penelope, two great big sisters and a wonderful new little sister!

Last morning in the hospital, ready to go home!

Sunbathing at home in her cute little cloth diaper!

Baby #3 Update

I had another OB appointment this week. There was no drama this time around! The doctor was a little concerned with the size of my belly as it is measuring 3 weeks behind. I also haven't gained any weight since the last week of November, but I had a big gain of weight then (Thank you Thanksgiving meals).
My belly measuring small doesn't worry me all that much as I have measured small with both the girls, and I seem to make small and healthy babies! But with the doctor being concerned she would like to do another check-up and ultrasound to check the fluid levels and growth of baby. So I will get to see the baby again on Monday morning and hopefully all is well!
My contractions have seem to be just here and there so it looks like this one will hold off till after Christmas! I would love to have this little one on the New Years Eve, and the baby would be full term by then!

Baby #3 Update

I am now over 34 weeks pregnant with baby #3. I have been having some braxton hicks contractions, which are normal pre-contractions to the real thing. I have also been having real contractions. At my last OB appointment I was given the fetal fibronection test which checks for a chemical the amniotic sack gives off when labor is near. Well mine was elevated which means my body is getting ready for labor, but the test doesn't give an exact answer as to when, a couple days, a week, 3 weeks. So getting a positive is a hit or miss, but a negative is a good sign labor isn't near. I also got my cervix checked, and it has started to open and thin out.

Well I got a call from my doctors office a couple days after my appointment and they wanted me to come in because the fetal fibronection test came back positive. They wanted to put me on the monitor and check my cervix again. While on the monitor I was having short and soft contractions which would be the braxton hick kind. My cervix was a little more open and a little more concerning for my doctor! I was then given an ultrasound to check fluid levels and of course see that precious unknown gendered baby! Yes, we still don't know what this little one is and it's by choice! Everything on the ultrasound looked good, and it was measuring baby to be over 35 weeks gestation, and over 5lbs! Hopefully that is right!

I was then sent to the hospital to be able to get the steroid shot for the baby's' lungs. I was then put on the monitor and was showing real contractions now, they watched me until 5pm and my doctor wanted me to stay the night to receive medication to stop the contractions. After my contractions had been stopped for a couple hours the nurse called my doctor back and I was able to get out of there at 9pm!

I had to go in today to my OB office to get another steroid shot, it is a set of two shots about 24 hours apart. I got the shot and was able to come home. I have to call or go in if I am feeling any other contractions, otherwise I will be seen again at my regular OB appointment in two weeks!

not the best pictures but here is the little one flexing!

see look at the chubby face!