33 weeks a haircut/color and a little Noah update.

I am officially 33 weeks and I can not believe that I only have one week left of bed rest. I remember from before that this is the hardest week to be on bed rest. I really don't have a lot to report on Asher. I can tell I am getting farther along b/c there was no sonogram at this point I wouldn't be put in the hospital anyway. I was happy and sad about that b/c I really wanted to see how big Asher was but happy that I am far enough along not to worry about my cervix anymore. What I do know is that I only have 3 more 17p shots left and that makes me incredibly happy. I also know that I will be taking my Terb pump out on October 14th. Since, I will be doing that Dr. E wanted to also take out my cerclage on that day. She said a few things could happen. One, once it is out I could dilate right away and if that happened she would take me right back to do a c-section also, my water could break during the procedure and once again if that happened we would do the c-section, or nothing could happen and I go home and wait. So, I figure if Asher doesn't get here on October 14th it won't be too much longer after that.

I did want to a least take a picture of my belly. This is not my typical belly picture but I did it on purpose. On Friday my mom took me to get my hair colored so I did a two in one picture. I have my belly picture and also a before and after. I was supposed to get my hair done the week I got put on bed rest so I have gone 10 weeks with out it getting cut and colored. It was getting very dark and very long. My cousin Cara does my hair and she said that my hair was getting darker with this pregnancy. Oh, that makes me so sad.

Here is the after my hair appointment. I felt so much better with what I consider my normal color (only b/c I was blonde for the majority of my life it has recently begun getting darker and darker) and with shorter hair. So, now I am officially ready to be off bed rest and see people.

I know I just did a blog on Noah's first day of school but I wanted to do a little bit more of an update on Noah. He has really been doing some of the cutest things lately and I wanted to share that. First, he has discovered Brian's and my bellybutton. The best part is he doesn't say his 'T's' very well so it comes out bellybumpin. It is so funny that I laugh so hard every time he talks about it.

Noah enjoying a cookie and making his "cute" face. Another thing Noah really enjoys is dressing up like his favorite super heroes. He loves to pretend to be superman, batman, a power ranger, or being a transformer.

He asked me to take a picture of his cape. He loves this cape and he wants to wear it all the time.

Noah's First Day of Preschool

Thursday (Sept. 10, 2009) was Noah's first day of preschool. Since, I worked the last two years he was unable to go to preschool, which always made me sad. I am so excited to give Noah this opportunity to go to preschool. I know he will really enjoy going as well. Thankfully, with all of the bed rest and hospital stuff that has been going on I was able to be at home for his first day. It was kind of a rough morning b/c Noah doesn't like to get up early and did not want to wear what Dad had set out.

Not as excited about taking pictures as momma was.

At least he smiled in this picture and I look horrible. I tend to gain weight in my face at the end of my pregnancies.

Here is a cute and happy picture of Noah getting ready to get in Grandma's car.

I thought this was too cute of his 'Cars' backpack. He loves this backpack and was very excited about putting it on. It is almost too big =) but it is what he and Dada picked out.

Okay, so I waited to write this post so I could ask him what his first day was like. I was so excited when he got home so he could tell me all about it. Well, I got nothing. All he wanted to do was play but I think that was so he would stay awake. Grandma put him down for a nap pretty soon after he got home and then had to go in a little after 5:00pm to wake him up. He was so tired that he slept for 2 and 1/2 hours.

His teacher did say to Grandma "He is a busy guy isn't he." Uh-oh, I hope that is not a bad thing. After his nap I did get him to tell me that Elmo told them the rules. One was to not yell, something about hitting, walking, and also about spanking. Most of it did not make a lot of sense so hopefully one of these days I will get a little more info from him.

WoW! What a week and a half

I had hoped to not spend any time in the hospital this pregnancy but no such luck. Although I really can not complain too much b/c one week is nothing compared to the 7 weeks I spent in the hospital pregnant with Noah. On Saturday Aug. 27th I was having contractions that were 4 minutes apart so my home health care company sent me to the hospital. I honestly thought I would go and be out in a couple of hours. Unfortunately, that was not the case they could not get my contractions to slow down and Dr. E was worried that my water would break.

The biggest problem (at least to me) was that Brian, Noah, and the grandparents were at NRH2O and I had no way to get a hold of them. I did not want to call NRH2O and have Brian paged b/c I knew he would freak. At some point in time, I decided that I just needed to have Brian paged mostly b/c my contractions were still not slowing down even though they were giving me lots of stuff to slow them down. I was right of course that Brian did freak out. Apparently he drove to the hospital with his flashers going and running red lights. He came running into my room soaking wet with his bathing suit still on. He was so worried he had missed Asher being born.

Since, they could not get my contractions to stop they decided to give the me the worst drug of all time, Magnesium Sulfate. This drug is a smooth muscle tissue relaxer or something like that basically it slows everything down so much you feel horrible, nauseated, and very hot like you are on fire. Thankfully, after 12 hours on this med my contractions got better but Dr. E wanted me to stay until I was 32 weeks.

This is the hospital room they moved me to for my stay. This room was bigger than my room last time but the patio was not as nice. I had a little patio with some green but it was mostly a brick wall. This time I did get a fridge and a microwave.

This is Brian's bed when he stays the night with me.

Noah and I in the bed after he got back from MS. We had already planned for him to go to MS before I was put in. I thought it would be best, it probably was for him, but for me it was awful. I didn't realize how much I needed to see him while I was there.

Here is my 31 week belly picture.


Sweet Asher! He is weighing 3lbs. 14 oz. This is not one of the best sono's of him but the actual sono session was the best one I have ever had. I had been worried about him b/c whatever med's I get he gets. He had seemed a lot slower since the mag. I asked the doctor about it so he did the little thing that gives them a tickle. It was so sweet that it made him stretch and then yawn. The yawn was the neatest thing, I could see his little mouth and lips so perfect. It really made all of the stuff that happened this week so worth it.

The end of week had a few bumps but the best part was that I got to experience the new Mommies in waiting program. I also ended up being on the news offering the perspective of having the program this time as opposed to not having it when I was there before. Hopefully, I will get a CD that I can put on my blog. The program is actually really cool and I would of loved to have had it when I was there with Noah. On Monday they have an education class, on Tuesday they do crafts, Wednesday is rest day (b/c most of us get sonos that day), Thursday is massage day, and Friday is movie day. The best part of the program was getting to meet Missy. She has been in the hospital since she was 23 weeks and is now 33. I felt a little bad about leaving her but she gets out next Friday. It was great to meet someone who was in my same situation and I think that is the greatest benefit of all.

This is one of the crafts we made. It is a no sew blanket. You just take two yards of fabric cut the edges and then tie them together. It felt great to just have something to do but also to make something for my sweet little guy.

This is the other craft we made which was Missy's idea. It is just like the chain that is made at Christmas. I made mine from 31 weeks until 37 weeks b/c that is when I get to take my Terb pump out. It has been so much fun to tear off the links especially for Noah. He asks everyday sometimes twice a day to tear it off. It is good for him b/c I tell him when we get to the last one it will be time for baby brother to come.