Garrett O'Banion

Everyday we are just amazed at the things he says and does, it's different then when he was a new born, but it's still almost daily he'll say something and I'm just amazed. He understands his name really well, Garrett O'Banion. Yesterday he did something I didn't like and I said, Garrett Wayne, and he looked at me and said, "i not garrett wayne, i garrett o'banion". Lol, no matter how hard I tried he did not believe me that wayne is his middle name!!

Christmas

It's been a busy week for us! The 23rd we had dinner with some friends. Garrett & Grace played pretty well together, I think Garrett forgets (or doesn't really understand), that she's half his age. He's a little rough for her, but in the end, she kissed him pretty thoroughly and tried to bite his foot!! He loves his "Baby Grace" though.

The 24th we had dinner at Matt's uncles, and Heather came to visit. Poor thing, it took her 7.5 hours to get here from Dallas! The roads were so bad, for 2 hours she just sat in park on the Hwy. Our night was pretty uneventful. Garrett got to play Santa and opened a few presents. We were both still feeling pretty crappy so we didn't stay late.

Christmas morning was fun. I'm pretty sure Garrett walked right past the tree and didn't even see that Santa had come! When he came in our room he was just so excited that Daddy was still in bed, when we asked if Santa had come he had no idea! He loved opening presents, even wanted to open ours too, which we didn't mind at all. He didn't get an overabundance of gifts this year, but he doesn't know the difference and he seemed to really like what he got.

On the 26th, we went to Matt's parents and celebrated with Matt's family, Garrett & I were both feeling so much better, and he loved playing with Ryan, so he had a blast. Of course, he got to open more presents! He asked me today if he would be getting more presents, lol! I don't think he gets that Santa only comes once a year.

Heather stayed until Sunday afternoon. Garrett got a bike for Christmas and he has just loved riding it. Well, yesterday he & i went to the park, it was freezing and we weren't dressed right at all! But, on the way home he says, "momma, we forgot to wake Aunt Header", he thought we had just left her at home in bed!

29 weeks

Somehow I got a week off on my Dr's appt, my ob says it's because she's off next week and didn't want to wait 3 weeks to see me, so now I'll be going on odd weeks.

According to her scale I lost 1 pound :) lol, so I am 19 pounds at 29 weeks, I am so happy about that!! I can still wear my rings and tie my shoes, I do feel better with this pregnancy then with Garrett, the weight gain and swelling were so bad with him, maybe that means this one is a girl :)

She finally let me talk to her about picking a date, I told her Feb 22 or 23 would be perfect for me and why and she said, ok, I can live with that :) She said we'll discuss it more as I get closer, but tentatively it looks like this baby has a birthdate!!!!

It's been a bit of a rough weekend, Garrett has been so sick and I've got a touch of it, she gave me some antibiotics to be safe and Garrett has a Dr's appt at 2pm. I was debating with him, but when I told her his symptoms, she said take him in. She's worried about h1n1, I'm not, but I promised her I'd take him in, so we are going. Of course, it's right at nap time, so that's never good, but what can i do?!?!

Garrett's Dr said it's just a nasty virus, she gave me some rx cough medicine to help with the cough and congestion. Should have gone with my gut & saved myself $30!!

28 weeks

I had my second ultrasound yesterday. My parents are here visiting and they were able to come with me. So, it was Garrett, Grandma, Grandpa & me all in the little ultrasound room! My parents loved seeing the baby, they were very happy they were able to be here for that moment. Everything is good. The baby is 2.7 pounds, I've gained another 4 this month, so we are both right on track. The Dr said again, she will deliver me at about 38 or 39 weeks, so I have only about 10 weeks to go :) The heartbeat is very strong. All in all it was a great checkup for the baby.

This is the first time Garrett has ever gone to the OB with me, he wasn't too sure about the u/s, the tech let him sit on the table with me, he laid with his head on my shoulder for part of it and told her not to hurt his momma. She let him help move the probe around my stomach, but he wasn't too interested in the black & white tv monitor, he did like hearing the heartbeat though. The funniest thing was when we went into the exam room, he wanted to sit on the exam table and I'll be damned if he didn't put his feet in the stirrups!! I laughed SO hard. It was hilarious! He also used a tongue depressor and some crazy over sized q-tip. Then he wanted me to measure his tummy and he measured mine. He was very entertained while we waited for the Dr. After she checked me out, Garrett wanted her to check his tummy, so he laid on the table again. I think he likes the OB!!

I start going every 2 weeks now, hard to believe i'm that far along already.

Third trimester

I have one book that says 27 weeks is the third trimester and another that says 28 weeks is, so I'm not really sure if i'm in my third trimester or not!

27 weeks

It is official, I am now in my third trimester! Not much to report. I am right on track with weight gain, I am very proud of myself this time. I go for my second ultrasound next Thursday, my parents will be here so they will be able to meet the little one. Some minor swelling starting, my rings are getting tighter and tighter, although with this cold weather, it's been better the last few days. I have to keep asking Garrett if he's cold because I'm so warm, he thinks it's funny and just says "I fine, momma". I am excited that I only have about 10 weeks or so to go, not 13!! Now, if we could just agree on some names!!

Sky Fiber

After 3 weeks and 2 interviews, I finally got a call......I did not get the job. Apparently they made an offer to another candidate yesterday, so when I called to inquire they were scrambling with what to tell me. The other candidate called back and accepted the job this morning so they called to tell me sorry. He did say if the other candidate hadn't accepted they were going to offer it to me. Oh well.