31 Weeks!

This was Johnny & I at 31 weeks in 2008, I think I was more watermelon looking with him lol.

This is our 31 week picture for Kaitlyn & I!

Father's Day Week :)

My sister, her husband and baby Miah came last Friday for Father's Day and are still here :) We are excited about their lonngg visit since we don't see much of them to begin with. Mimi and Papa are soaking up the grand baby loving right now! I am SO in love with my nephew! Pictures from their visit are coming soon in a later post.

It has been wonderful to visit with my sister, I miss not having her near. We have been sewing up a storm! We are creating new products to sell online with Etsy and also to Paris Baby in Paris, TX where my sister lives :) I'll do a post later about the store on Etsy and feature its items in a later post.

We also had an ultrasound done with the Perinatal Center of Oklahoma. They initially thought that Kaitlyn had a condition which the name has escaped me, where some of the intestines are sticking out of the abdomen and need to be surgically put back in at birth. Talk about scary! I was in tears upon hearing the reason of our appointment and poor Johnny was just looking at me very concerned saying "mama" in the sweetest voice. THANK GOD that was not the case and the specialist took a look at our sweet little girl and said she was perfect, that he hasn't had the privilege of seeing an u/s that good in a long time. We came out of the experience even more eager to have her in our arms and we got to see a really cool show during the exam. We even got a few pictures from the experience and they are below as well. :D He also touched on the issue of my EDS and recommended a few tests that should be done as a precaution otherwise gave us some overall information about the disease and what it means for me now. Basically he told us what we knew, "You are in pain and its more likely to get much worse than even a little better before the end is in sight" <-- his words, I think he should have sugar coated it somehow but he didn't, he was pretty blunt. That's okay though, at least we have an accurate picture of what to possibly expect. Anyway there are a few good pictures below :) Enjoy.

Squished face! ^ She is literally in the ready position to come out, her little head is resting up against my cervix on her side of it, lol, SO comfortable!

Feet

Dr. J you were definitely right with that "It's a Girl" call earlier!


Lips and Nose

Profile Shot!

Ugh, 8 more weeks, can't wait!

Frequent Flyer

It appears we are going to be frequent flyer's at the Labor & Deliver section of our hospital, since EDS is as unknown to me as it seems to be to everyone else. The whole rather be safe then sorry keeps coming up. So far she is in there pretty snug even if her house seems to be falling down :/ They have talked about a few options, steroids to speed up Kaitlyn's development, full bed rest, moderate bed rest and a few more, I suppose we will here a verdict from my OB soon after they get some test results from last night. They seem concerned for a higher risk of premature birth with Kaitlyn so we aren't taking any chances, we want her to cook as long as possible! Thought I would update some of you :) Other then being in pain and sometimes a lot of pain I am generally okay. Keep the prayers coming though, this is going to be a long trimester!

Kaitlyn looked amazing on ultrasound last Friday and finally gave us a peak at her face :) They did a full U/S and we completely enjoyed our 30 minutes with her!

Johnny has graduated to a big boy bed recently and he is doing amazing with it. John and I feel spoiled in every way with that. He stays in his bed until he falls asleep for both naps and bedtime and he sleeps all night without coming into mommy and daddy's room. It's wonderful! He is getting so big too! I cant believe how smart he is! He is very aware of his surroundings and pretty responsive to them too! Can't wait to watch this little guy grow up more!

OKC

We have been super busy this last month, getting school in order and settling into our new place. People ask how we like our new place and the song Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood comes to mind every time! We are comfortable with the road we are traveling but less comfortable with this particular stage we are in. I suppose we are going through much different stages then others around us because we are so young with kids trying to finish our degree's. It certainly isn't easy but eventually we'll make it :)

We have not been successful in finding a church yet but we are still very optimistic and are trying a new one this Sunday. The churches in OKC are usually very big and even more baptist and we just aren't comfortable with that. I hope to get plugged in somewhere soon but we need to find the right church first.

We have not seen our handsome nephew since leaving TX a few weeks ago so pictures are our only vice in that area. He is already getting so big and he is only a month old!

Johnny has been extra "lovey" the past few weeks and Buddy gets an awful lot of hugs these days!

We often find Johnny under our bed with Buddy and a handful of toys to keep them both company. :)

Johnny is getting so big and doing a lot of Big Boy things, including eating a cheeseburger the Big Boy way!

We spend a lot of time at the pool, it is SO hot and humid here in OKC. The pool is nice to have :)

I have been doing a lot of sewing over the last couple weeks but I thought it was time for a break from the thread and needles to paint something for my grandmother who has long been asking for something. She will see it when she comes out in July for her visit but until then John will likely have it up on a wall somewhere :)