By amy on March 14, 2008
Well, a watched pot never boils – or so the saying goes.
The family has come and gone and Tadpole remains hidden inside me despite the wishes of it’s aunts and Grandma. My mom and sisters provided good distraction and caused the week to fly by! From walks to playgrounds, from baby stores to zoos, from games to radio bloopers, every minute was filled! I had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the visit. One of the last activities was a photo shoot of Brian and I – compliments of Stacie. I thought I’d share what are most likely the last pictures of us as just a couple!
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By amy on March 4, 2008
After a meeting with the midwives last night to discuss our options, we met with another midwife this morning to try another technique to make this baby turn! After assisting in over 2500 births, this midwife has acquired certain skills, one of which is external manipulation on the baby in an effort to turn it around. After a little coaxing, the baby turned around! We were all elated and praised God for working on our behalf.
In other news….
At my appointment last night, it finally happened – my weight caught up with Brian’s!! After several weeks of little to no gain, Brian felt he had to get sick and help my chances. Well, it paid off, because I now weigh out at 155 – putting me just inside the range of normal pregnancy weight gain of 20-25 pounds.
After washing our car in the warm rain, the next day brought snow! Ahhhh, Texas. Yet, after last nights little cold spell, today is bright and sun-shiney with the temperature climbing back up to the comfortable level.
And for your enjoyment:
Due to all the excitement of being right side up, Tadpole had it’s picture taken again last night – quite a bit bigger than last time! If you can’t see a baby, that’s okay, it took me a while last night to see it too. Hopefully you can see a green profile and a green hand sticking up – maybe sucking it’s thumb 🙂
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By amy on March 2, 2008
I got a new toy yesterday – an MP3 player!
It’s my new mommy gift from Brian. Not that I’m ‘officially’ a new mommy, but I’m having to do some things to help me come into my role a little easier. The baby still has not turned around so Brian figured if it was a good idea to play music to the baby, then we might as well get something portable so I can do it more often (previously I had to hook up to my laptop). I also have to lie on my back with my hips propped up, 3 times a day for 20 min. Another trick is to put an ice pack on my tummy on the idea that the baby might move away from the cold.
Here I am doing all three things at once – plus reading a book to help the time pass 🙂 I’ve also been to a chiropractor to have some adjustment done called the Webster technique that is specifically used to turn a breach baby. This of course is combined with much prayer because the only way that baby will turn is if God has a hand in it – all that I do is nothing, it’s in His control.
Prayers along this line would be appreciated because it might mess up our chances of a home birth. Further details along that line will be discussed at my appointment this Thursday if the baby hasn’t turned by then.
In other news….there was a rainstorm this evening and our car was really dirty. So during a lull, Brian and I raced outside in swimsuits with a bucket of soapy water and scrubbed the car down. Life sure is fun when you can do wacko stuff.
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By amy on February 28, 2008
While Brian was sick last week, we took the opportunity to visit some of our local parks. We hadn’t found much to get excited about through Google maps – one outing about a month ago turned up this gem of a park:
We biked over with a picnic, all excited about our little date and just laughed when we got there….at least it had a tree!
Well, we had much better luck this time using the Irving Parks and Rec guide. One park turned up great landscaping, a nice Rec center and a pleasant walking trail. Another had an incredible skate park, a wooded jogging path and very friendly squirrels. The last one we visited mostly just had playground and picnic tables with a lot of land. Being the only ones around, Brian and I decided to try out the equipment – so we would know if Tadpole would like it. 😉
These are the kind of slides that generate a lot of static electricity!
Brian slid down a long one then chased me and shocked me! (It was a short chase)
I liked this brick circle and had Brian take “tummy picture” of me.
The parks provided some interesting outside time while Brian felt bad and helped us to get a feel for what activities were in the area. So next time our family visits…
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