WVU Farm Day - April 2009

This morning MOMS Club went to the WVU Farm for their annual Family Farm Day. It was crazy busy with every preschool/daycare there! Kids were EVERYWHERE! Brooklyn had a great time after she learned not to run down the rocky hills. She fell twice and skinned one of her knees!

Mommy & Brooklyn with the cows!






A few friends from Brooklyn's playgroup...


Jenn and Bella with the cows...

30wk Midwife Appointment

I have not posted about this pregnancy in a while so I thought that I would update everyone.

This pregnancy is proving to be very much LESS stressful than Brooklyns. Praise God! I know that many of you have been praying for me and this pregnancy and it seems to be working. Yea!

I had my 30wk appointment this morning. I still cant believe that I am ALREADY going to every 2 week appointments and that this baby could be here in as little as 10 WEEKS. Crazy but exciting!

My weight and blood pressure were good! I ~was~ up 6lbs total from my last appointment but have seemed to lose 2lbs in the last 2 weeks. I really don't know what I am doing to NOT gain weight. Ask Dave, I eat EVERYTHING! hehehe

My urine had some protein in it AGAIN! Ugh...I swear that I drink water! They want to test my urine for a silent UTI just to rule it out. Other than that, they are NOT worried about it.

The baby is STILL measuring 3 - 4 weeks ahead. I am 29wks 4days and the baby is measuring at least 32wks. Not a huge difference, but big enough that they went ahead and scheduled a ultrasound for sizing. She asked how big Brooklyn was at birth (I told her...7lbs 1oz - 3 weeks early) and she told me that I could just have big babies. I guess only time will tell. They scheduled that ultrasound for 2 wks from now (with my next appointment). I will be sure to update after. I have to say that I am excited to see this little person again.

They baby is currently HEAD DOWN! I was so happy to hear that. I have been stressing and stressing about it for weeks. He/She is head down with its back to the left side and feet on the right. Please pray that he/she stays that way!

I am still meeting with Teresa (my doula) and getting ready for my VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section). I have a new belly pic that needs to be uploaded...hopefully, I will be able to do that later today or tomorrow!

Hope that everyone is enjoying the wonderful weather, I know that we are!

~ Easter 2009 ~

I hope that everyone had a great Easter with friends and/or family. We had a great and most important relaxing Easter Sunday.



Dave, Brooklyn and I went to a new church in the morning. The service was nice and Brooklyn enjoyed the nursery there. I was surprised when the service was over and I had NOT been called to the nursery to retrieve a screaming toddler. We had communion at church that really grossed me out but that is another blog post all together. Yuck!



Like normal, I made Easter dinner. I was so excited to sit down and eat! Having food/dinner holidays are so good to have while pregnant. I wasn't really able to enjoy my hunger at Thanksgiving since I was still little queasy part of the pregnancy, but I made up for it on Easter. Woot!



After dinner, J and Brooklyn were begging to play outside. Shannon and I were eagerly trying to convince them that it was too cold but they didn't care. Outside we went... While outside Brooklyn and J hunted for Easter eggs and played until Shannon and I were begging to go back in. The sun was starting to go down and it was SO cold.



By the time that everyone left I was beat and ready for jammies and bed. Which is exactly what I did! Until next year!

On the hunt for eggs!

Today our MOMS Club - East group had their Easter Egg Hunt. I was wondering how Brooklyn would react to hunting for eggs, but she had a great time.





I was planning on having to carry her Easter basket around for her but she insisted that she could do it. She did a great job even though the basket was ~almost~ as big as she was. hehehe









I cant wait until next year...

Easter Fun...

Shannon, an online friend and I were planning on taking a trip to Pittsburgh to visit the Children's Museum there. Michelle and I have been there before and Brooklyn and Caitlin had a blast. We couldn't wait to get back. I am sure that Brooklyn couldn't either, judging from the amount of fun that she had last time.

Well, when Tuesday rolled around and we all woke to find SNOW on the ground, we knew that it wasn't the best day to be driving over an hour.

Shannon had the brilliant idea to have a Easter Party! It was so much fun...a few friends came over with their kids and we hung out, ate and make Easter eggs!





I had the idea to make Rice Crispy Easter Eggs and dip them in chocolate, sprinkles, fruit loops, etc.





The finished chocolate dipped eggs....they were YUMMY!





Hunter seems to really like the eggs and I couldn't believe that he kept his bunny ears on the whole time he was there.



We also decorated hard boiled Easter eggs. I must say that the type of decorations that are available these days are VERY different from what I had to use growing up. Maybe that is why I don't remember decorating eggs when I was younger. It was because I was so BORED doing it.



Here is a pic that I took today - I call it pregnant Brooklyn. LOL