The boys are both doing great. Blake is starting to articulate his words a little better and Owen is growing his vocabulary each and every day. He just started saying "baseball" when he sees it on t.v. and he's trying to say "I love you" even though he always pokes his eye whenever he says I. Blake is getting tough, it's both good and bad. He rough houses with the older kids at CDC and then comes home and realizes that Owen is smaller so he can pick on him. Don't worry though, Owen doesn't have a fear in the world and he takes Blake down every chance he gets!
Apparently Blake has more than one butt!
So Blake wants to wrestle almost everyday, and before dinner is usually when it goes down. This night was no different except when he fell he landed wrong on his butt and that's when he said “daddy broke my butt!” lol. Needless to say, the wrestling continued right after we put the camera away.
Owen is a little monkey!
Owen figured out how to climb in the crib and he is very proud of himself for doing so. He managed to throw the pacifier out of the crib (but remember exactly where it was located so he could get it later) and he pulled down the baby video monitor. We wanted to see how exactly he did it so Anthony gave him encouragment to do it again while recording.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Vinny Watch!
On the 19th, I went off base to run a couple errands and while walking back on base I started having some really sharp pains all over my stomach and I was having a hard time walking because of a horrible pain in my pelvic bone. I picked up Anthony, planning on having him help me get the boys and going home, but he insisted on going to labor and delivery to make sure everything was ok. I went in and shortly after the pains stopped but after being on the monitors (one that checks Vinny’s heart rate and the other checks for contractions), the doctors realized I was having too many contractions for their liking, 4 in 10 minutes to be exact (they tell you to come in if you have more than 5 in one hour.) The doctor did an exam and saw that I was dilated ½ cm and at 35 weeks, that was not something she wanted to see. She gave me some medicine to try and slow down the contractions, told me to come back in 2 hours to see if that helped at all but if it hadn’t then she was going to admit me. I went back and was then 1cm dilated, I was admitted and had to stay for 24 hours. I was monitored all night and some hours I had 8+ contractions, other hours I had 2. When I was checked the following night, I was 2cm but since it took me an entire 24 hours to dilate that far, they said I could go home on strict bed rest. I was only allowed to get up to go to the bathroom and take one short shower a day. I went back into L&D on the 23rd because I hadn’t felt Vinny move in 12 hours and even when trying to make him mad and kick, it still took me over 4 hours to get 10 kicks in (they want 10 kicks within an hour). I went in and he still wasn’t moving a bunch (he normally is a VERY active baby) but his heart rate was good. The doctor came in thinking I was going to be having a baby that night because my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart for the entire 20 minutes I was being monitored. She did an exam and I hadn’t dilated anymore since Thursday when I left the hospital. After doing an ultrasound and having Vinny start moving a lot and seeing everything was fine with him, she sent me home. I was told I no longer had to be on strict bed rest but to take it easy. She figured since I was having so many contractions, it was cruel to make me sit in bed and not try and help things along.
I’m now almost 37 weeks and still no baby but still having lots and lots of contractions. I’m hoping either these contractions turn into labor and I have him very soon or they stop and I won’t be in constant pain for the next couple weeks until he decides to make his appearance. Good news though, he is now head down (they think him turning is what all the sharp pains were that got me into L&D in the first place) so there is no worries about them having to turn him or me needing to schedule a c-section!
I’m now almost 37 weeks and still no baby but still having lots and lots of contractions. I’m hoping either these contractions turn into labor and I have him very soon or they stop and I won’t be in constant pain for the next couple weeks until he decides to make his appearance. Good news though, he is now head down (they think him turning is what all the sharp pains were that got me into L&D in the first place) so there is no worries about them having to turn him or me needing to schedule a c-section!
Vinny's Baby Shower
I had the baby shower for Vinny on the 16th and I had a great time. Vinny got some very cute outfits and he now has TONS of diapers, almost all size 2 lol. I’m very thankful for my friend Vanessa for hosting it. This is a video of me playing one of the games, I didn’t win but I came close and it was a lot of fun. Probably would have done better if I didn’t have the big belly lol. The goal of the game is to hold the doll, a cell phone and broom while hanging as many clothes on the line as possible in 1 minute and you cannot drop the doll since it is suppose to be your newborn baby.
Here are a couple pictures from the baby shower, I don’t have many because I haven’t seen the pictures that other people took, these are just from my camera.
Here are a couple pictures from the baby shower, I don’t have many because I haven’t seen the pictures that other people took, these are just from my camera.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The boys: May edition!
Owen is 18 months now and is finally above average in the height department. He is in the 66th percentile for height and 25th percentile for weight so he is tall and skinny. He is learning lots of new words and even though we may be the only people that know he is saying puppy when he says paby, we are just happy he is trying. Owen is a huge dare devil and is constantly doing things that would hurt most kids. He loves to wrestle with Blake and will jump on Blake at every chance. Everytime we change Owen's diaper he tries to escape and run around naked, this time he got away so instead of grabbing him, we grabbed the camera! This picture will come in handy when he starts dating.
Blake started baseball last week and he loves it, he is always saying "I need to play baseball." His second practice was cancelled due to weather but hopefully that will be the only cancellation. They don't have the bats and balls in yet so they just had all the kids use plastic gloves and those crazy looking rubber balls. Hopefully this week they will have everything in so he can use the real stuff. He is really getting good at saying full sentences and stating what he wants. He still has his moments where he copies Owen and just points to things but we are working hard on getting him out of that. He loves going to “school” and playing with all his friends. He is also tall and skinny in the 80th percentile for height and 42nd percentile for weight.
Every day the boys are growing and learning and we love to watch. They are typical boys who love each other one moment and then won’t stop fighting the next. We don’t know how they don’t get seriously hurt when they are constantly wrestling and trying to body slam each other. There is now an area in our house (a rug in our living room) that if you sit or lay on, they think you’re fair game to jump on!
I’m 34 weeks pregnant now and we are getting anxious for little Vinny to come! Blake says daily “the baby needs to come home” or “the baby needs to come out,” he doesn’t understand when I tell him he has to wait a few more weeks lol. Vinny is doing great, growing well with no complications. He is very active and, I think, likes to creep Anthony out by rolling all around so Anthony can see.
Since we just started this new blog up, we’ll be posting pictures in the next week of Japan since we’ve been here.
Blake started baseball last week and he loves it, he is always saying "I need to play baseball." His second practice was cancelled due to weather but hopefully that will be the only cancellation. They don't have the bats and balls in yet so they just had all the kids use plastic gloves and those crazy looking rubber balls. Hopefully this week they will have everything in so he can use the real stuff. He is really getting good at saying full sentences and stating what he wants. He still has his moments where he copies Owen and just points to things but we are working hard on getting him out of that. He loves going to “school” and playing with all his friends. He is also tall and skinny in the 80th percentile for height and 42nd percentile for weight.
Every day the boys are growing and learning and we love to watch. They are typical boys who love each other one moment and then won’t stop fighting the next. We don’t know how they don’t get seriously hurt when they are constantly wrestling and trying to body slam each other. There is now an area in our house (a rug in our living room) that if you sit or lay on, they think you’re fair game to jump on!
I’m 34 weeks pregnant now and we are getting anxious for little Vinny to come! Blake says daily “the baby needs to come home” or “the baby needs to come out,” he doesn’t understand when I tell him he has to wait a few more weeks lol. Vinny is doing great, growing well with no complications. He is very active and, I think, likes to creep Anthony out by rolling all around so Anthony can see.
Since we just started this new blog up, we’ll be posting pictures in the next week of Japan since we’ve been here.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Happy Mother's Day!
Last night was the special opening for the daycare so Anthony and I were able to go out on a kid free date. We went to a Thai restaurant that is VERY good, got some dessert from a Japanese bakery, rented a few movies, then went and picked up our sleepy boys and headed home. For the other special openings we have went an hour or so from base but since I'm getting close to my due date we decided to play it safe and stay close.
Today was Mother's Day and it was a great one! I had planned on sleeping in this morning but Owen had other plans, he decided to scream from the second he got out of his room until he saw me downstairs. Anthony made a delicious dinner and was a loving husband who did not make me change one diaper all day! The boys, Anthony, and I relaxed at home all day and just spent the time together as a family. We hope everyone else had a great Mother's Day too.
We wish we could have been with our own mom's but being on the other side of the world made that hard. We will be back in the states by this time next year so that will be more likely.
Today was Mother's Day and it was a great one! I had planned on sleeping in this morning but Owen had other plans, he decided to scream from the second he got out of his room until he saw me downstairs. Anthony made a delicious dinner and was a loving husband who did not make me change one diaper all day! The boys, Anthony, and I relaxed at home all day and just spent the time together as a family. We hope everyone else had a great Mother's Day too.
We wish we could have been with our own mom's but being on the other side of the world made that hard. We will be back in the states by this time next year so that will be more likely.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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