Dating Prenatal Appointment

I had my first OB appointment today.  I was a bit nervous since there is always a chance things aren't progressing the way they should be. When Dr. Huynh came in she was so funny.  She said she was so excited to see me, and especially so soon. Then she stopped and examined my face and said, "Wait, should I be excited, are you excited?"  I had to explain that I was, but a bit guarded since it doesn't happen this fast for us.  She then did an internal and external physical exam to make sure that my uterus was expanding like it should be, it was.  Then it was time for the ultrasound.  I immediately saw the heart fluttering which eased my heart and mind a bit, then she turned on the sound and measured it.  The heart rate was 177bpm which is faster than any of the other 3 were.  Emily was 174, Mordecai was 176, and Ruby was 164, so it was a good speed. 
(I don't know why it put my pictures on it sideways)

I was supposed to be 8 weeks today, but during all the measurements Dr. Huynh took during the ultrasound I was only measuring 7 weeks and 3 days. So now my due date in November 12, 2012.  Everything else looked awesome and I go back in four weeks. My body is starting to bloat, and I don't think it is going to be easy for me to gain the weight this time since I went from weight loss mode directly to weight gain mode. Oh well.

Mordecai's Well Child

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Mordecai had his 4 year well child check today. He did awesome.  They tested his hearing which was perfect, and his eyes which were about 20/15.

Weight - 38 lbs, 75%
Height - 41 1/4", 75%
BMI - 15.9, 50%

4Years

We celebrated Mordecai's 4 year birthday today. I still can't believe he is 4.  He chose to have hot dogs and hamburger for dinner.  Who would have guessed, ha ha. He picked cheesecake for his cake, and then afterwards he opened his present of a new V-Motion game.  Then we headed to Wal-Mart to get his real present, which he loves.  A bike and a helmet.  He loves his helmet so much that he asked to wear it to bed.

Jazz/Hip Hop

Emily has been in a Jazz/Hip Hop dance class for the last 6 weeks. She has loved it! Today was her recital.  She expressed some nerves, but did awesome.

Bike Rider

Emily learned to ride her bike without training wheels today.  She had about a 15 minute lesson/practice last Wednesday, and then another 15 minutes of practice today when she just figured it out.  The first day I would let go and just let her think I was holding on, but today I just told her I was going to stand and watch.  She is amazing to me.  I am sad she is growing so quickly.

We are Having Another

We are pregnant!

Let me start from the beginning.  This month Mike and I had talked about getting ready to start trying to have another baby. 

Mike's feeling was that he is getting old, so if we start trying and aren't pregnant by November then he would like to be done since he turns 40 in November.

My feelings were that I didn't even think it was possible any time soon because I didn't even think my body was ready.  I just barely weaned Ruby on the 24th of February. My cycles hadn't been normal, I mean I barely got my first period in November, and since then they have been trying to regulate themselves.

So I took the advice Cherstin gave me and bought some ovulation/pregnancy sticks combo on Amazon. Sticks 1 & 2 were taken on the 18th. 3 & 4 were taken on the 19th.  I was pretty sure stick 3 was positive and so was Mike and Cherstin and Dan (I texted her the pic).  BUT then stick 7 happened (positive too) on the 21st and confirmed what I had thought already, that my body wasn't ready.

Earlier this month I had a dream where I took a test and it was positive.  I just chalked it up to doing all the testing to see if I was even ready.  Then on the 27th of this month I had a bit of brown spotting, which I have had since my periods started since Ruby was born and then I knew I should expect a period soon. So I kept thinking about the dream even though I "knew" I wasn't pregnant (remember the spotting) so I took a pregnancy test on Wednesday the 29th, negative. On the 2nd of March I was getting ready to take Mordecai to the Hospital to take him to get an X-ray when I decided to test again just to make sure, well it came back positive which completely shocked me and Mike. I then pulled the stick out of the trash that I took on Wednesday and it was positive too.  I quickly ran to the computer to read the reviews of the test sticks I bought on Amazon.  They all said they were more sensitive than grocery store kinds, but took longer to show the positive.  I still questioned it so I bought a grocery store kind and it was positive too.

We are due November 8th, which is not normal for us since our 3 other kids were born February/March.  It will also put Ruby and this one at 21 months apart which is close for us.  Mike thinks it is a boy, I have no clue.  My first OB appointment is on the 29th of this month.

X-ray

We went in today for an X-ray for Mordecai's foot.  The technician, Dave, was the technician I had when I was pregnant with Mordecai and having all my X-ray's and tests done.  Kind of fun to think back and then see how old Mordecai is now.  Anyway, the tech didn't see any breaks, but we will have to wait for the official word from Dr. Miller.