Baby Benson, 32 weeks (31 weeks, 6 days REALLY)

Hello to you all! I have so much to blog about from the weekend but wanted to give you all an update on Baby Benson...I will get to the rest at some point...hopefully this week! This update comes a few days early after an unscheduled doctor's visit this morning. I was originally supposed to go on Thursday but ended up having to go in this morning. I didn't feel that great all weekend and then Sunday night I rested hardly any...very uncomfortable but didn't really know why. Then y'day I wasn't up for working and it hit me that I probably was heading towards a UTI. So I called y'day around lunch time and again around 4ish and still hadn't heard anything at all at 5:45 PM! I then decided to call one of the midwife's cell numbers b/c she said that if I needed anything at all to call. So, she sent me to the store to get me some discomfort medicine to get me thru the night and said to call back 1st thing this morning b/c I would need to come in so that they could get a urine specimen. I knew that UTI's are one of the main causes for early labor so she wanted me there this morning ASAP...so I called and got an 8:45 appt. The strip that they test for there in the office was OK/NORMAL so that's a good sign...she is still sending the specimen to the lab for further analysis. She still gave me meds and told me that way I would have them if the results came back positive or if I got to feeling bad again...it's all really weird b/c I feel GREAT today BUT she said she was glad I came in---better safe than sorry! She then proceeded to tell me that it very well may have been the way the baby was lying PLUS I probably over did myself the weekend lifting, etc (I didn't tell her that part). Anyway...she went ahead and checked the baby...all was GREAT once again with Baby Benson, heart rate was 135. I had gained 2 lbs but am still measuring a bit small but she still said that was NO worry at all b/c of my small frame. So, it's back in 2 weeks unless they find something in the culture...she will call me on Thursday to let me know those results. Until then...

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom, sister, and Mother-N-Law and to all the other Mommy and Mommy-to-be's out there! Hope you have a wonderful day! Mom and Me last year on Mother's Day!

My sister, Whitney, last year on Mother's Day!

My Mother-N-Law, Sandra, 2 years ago on Mother's Day...not sure why I didn't get a picture last year!

Tucker just a cooking!

Mom sent me these pics from y'day of Tucker making his Daddy and Uncle Junior birthday cakes. I thought they were too cute not to share. I'm not sure when or if he got Junior his y'day but here are the pics of the process and then him taking his Daddy a cake at the shop. Always gotta taste throughout the process!

Does this not look like a little Dennis the Menace???

CHEESE!!!!

Icing the cake!

I can see him saying "I did it all by myself"! Look at that mouth...you know he had to make sure it was fit to eat before carrying it to his Daddy!

Not bad for a 2 1/2 year old!

Taking it to Daddy at the shop!

"Here you go Daddy...Happy Birthday"!

Tucker and his Daddy!

"Let me try Daddy"!

Welcome Camrey Beale Nelson!

My friend Melissa had another baby girl on Monday, Camrey Beale Nelson, 7 lbs, 13 oz, 19 1/2 inches long! Kevin and I went to see them last night...she was so sweet! I got to hold her almost the entire time I was there. They came home today! Congrats to Mark, Melissa, and Big Sister Caroline!

Happy Birthday Charlie & Junior!

Just wanted to wish a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister's husband Charlie and to Amanda's husband Junior, yes they have the same birthday! I didn't have any pics that I could put my hands on of them by themselves and we haven't gotten together just yet for ALL the May birthday's in our family (there's Charlie, Junior, ME, my sister Whitney, and Amanda too)! I will try to share more recent pics when we get together! Hope the birthday boys have a wonderful day!

Ice Cream, Ice Cream...we all scream for Ice Cream!

Had to share these pics of Tucker with y'all...a week ago we kept Tucker since Whitney and Charlie had ball practice and I'm can't play this year...well...we decided to have some ice cream. Uncle KK had already given Tucker a brown mule to eat which he completely devoured! Well then I break out an orange sherbet push-up and he wanted to taste so I let him. Needless to say I didn't get it back! He thought it was the best thing and b/c you have to push it up he thought that was the NEATEST. We got so many laughs at this...you can see his excitement in the pictures below as he shouts "Ice Cream, Ice Cream...we all scream for Ice Cream"! It was too funny...Amanda was at our house as well and got to enjoy this as well...we just couldn't stop laughing!

Phase 1...Nursery Progress

Many of you have been asking for pics of the nursery...we are slowly getting there. We've just had a lot going on and haven't been able to work on it like I wish we could. Kevin painted the green last Monday while he was off. It looks more yellow in these pics but I can assure you that it is green. We have decided to stripe the wall that the crib goes on so my sister-in-law Brooks is planning to help me out with that Friday afternoon when I get off. She has striped walls in her house and said she would be glad to do it so I am very excited to see the outcome. The rest of the walls will be solid. Hope to share the stripes with you over the weekend! Hope everyone has a great Monday! Kevin and I are off to our first child birthing class tonight!