SNOW 2012

On Christmas day is started sleeting which turned into snow which ended up with Central Arkansas seeing the most snow in forever!!  We were fortunate to never lose power, but we had tons of friends around LR that were without power for days.  Some are still without power and have been without since Christmas night.  We got around 10 inches at our house and it was beautiful.  Fortunately we are off work for Christmas break and didn't have to get out and brave the roads unless we wanted to.  

Here are a few pictures of the crazy snow of 2012.

 

  

27 & 28 Weeks

• I am still here and still feeling good.
• I am up 14.4 lbs which isn't bad considering we are only 2 days passed Christmas.
• We braved the snow and ice (which is another post all together) and I made it to my doctor's appt today.  Everything is still looking good and on track.
• I have felt Carter move more and move lately.  He really gets going around 8pm every night.  
• I have no complaints.  I can't believe I have made it this far.  My next appointment is in 3 weeks and then we will go to every 2 weeks then every week!  Crazy!!
• We have made a lot of progress on Carter's room.  We cleared out all of the Christmas boxes, rearranged the furniture, and brought home the rocker and changing table that were being refinished (before and after pictures coming soon hopefully)
• While my parents were here over Christmas, mom and I washed all of the clothes and got them organized.  My cousin has 3 boys and gave my tons of clothes.  It was becoming overwhelming looking at them in tubs.  Now they are all hung up and we have a general idea of what we have and what we will still need.
• Carter is already being spoiled.  He got diapers, books, an outfit, and a toy for Christmas this year from family.

Praying for CT

26 Weeks

• Thanks to prenatal yoga, my back pain is pretty much gone.  I am sleeping in the bed again and getting a great nights sleep.
• I went back to the doctor on Monday for another U/S and to take my glucose test
• The U/S came back great.  Everything looks good and the amniotic fluid levels are normal.
• My iron is a little low but not low enough to be forced to take iron supplements.
• I passed my glucose test so no gestational diabetes.  I have to say the stuff you have to drink wasn't that bad.  It's fruit punch on steroids.  I have a major sweet tooth so maybe that is why I kind of liked the taste of it.
• This week I gained 0.4 lbs so I am up to 9.6 lbs overall.
• Carter now weighs 1 lb 14 ounces.
• I was hoping to get another good 4D picture of his face at the U/S but my stubborn child was facing my back and refused to turn around.  I figured he would be wild after I drank the stuff for my glucose test, but apparently it had no effect on him.
• I feel him move like crazy these days.  He seems to move more at night than during the day, but I love being able to feel him.

25 Weeks

• I have slept on the couch/recliner 5 of the last 7 nights thanks to this nagging pain in the middle of the right side of my back.  The past couple of nights the only place I can sleep is in the recliner.  Thankfully I am still getting decent sleep, but I really miss my bed.
• I lost 0.8 lbs this week (not sure how that happened), so I am up a total of 9.2 lbs overall.
• I have started back exercising and even walked a 5K this past weekend.  The weather has been in the 60s here lately so I have started bringing my tennis shoes and walking on my lunch break.  I even took my 1st prenatal yoga class.

View from my lunchtime walk

• Scott felt Carter move for the 1st time Wednesday night.  He has been moving more and move lately which I love.  It's a nice reminder that he is still in there and doing good.
• Now that I have hit 25 weeks, the chances of viability are starting to increase drastically.  I want Carter to stay put for as long as possible, but knowing that I have hit this mark makes me breathe a little easier.

Random Thoughts and Happenings

• It less than 20 days until Christmas and I am no where close to being finished with my Christmas shopping.
• Only 10 working days left until Christmas break....it can't get here soon enough.
• I am going to be an aunt again in one month from today, unless my nephew decides to make an appearance early.  I can't wait for him to get here and to see what his big sister thinks about him.
• The Razorbacks hired a new coach this week....FINALLY!  The same day Arkansas State's coach jumped ship after 1 year and headed to Auburn to be the new head coach.  
• I am an ASU alum who loves with the Hogs and the Redwolves (apparently this is VERY uncommon in this state although they aren't in the same conference)
• I find it funny that many of my DIE HARD ASU friends thought it was soo funny when the Petrino scandal went down and screamed and yelled that is U of A didn't fire him they were crazy...blah..blah...blah AND now those same people are posting about how they think he should come to ASU and coach.  
• I love Christmas movies and I am soo happy that Hallmark Channel is airing 2 new movies a week.  It keeps me entertained on Sundays when Scott is watching NFL.

Happy Friday!  I am sooo glad the weekend is finally here.

23 & 24 Weeks

• This past Monday, I went back to the doctor for my 23 1/2 week appt.  I had another ultrasound b/c they weren't able to get a good enough look at Carter's face and lips during my "big" u/s at the end of October.  They gave me sneak peak in 4D and it's amazing how much he has changed in 4 weeks.
• Carter is up to 1.5 lbs.  His weight had doubled in 4 weeks.  He is measuring 5 days ahead now.  He is a growing boy.
• I, on the other hand, am up 10 lbs.  I blame the holidays for this quick weight gain.  My doctor was happy with where I am so I good with that.
• Dr. Phillips called on Wednesday to tell me I am going to have to come back in a couple of weeks for another u/s.  For some reason that didn't get a good look at all 4 heart chambers this time like they did the 1st time so they want to take another look and one of their measurements of fluid showed a more than normal fluid, but another measurement showed it was normal so they are going to measure again.
• Overall I am still feeling pretty good.  I have started to have some crazy leg cramps in my calves and I went through a spell where I was having back pain about every day, but it seems to all be getting better.
• I took a week off from exercising over Thanksgiving, which was a bad idea, but I have started back this week and even signed up to walk a 5K this weekend.