Camp #2 & Ultrasound :)

Well the weekend is gone & camp went really well! We had 6 younger girls & 3 teens come & each one of them was so precious, their faces are still stuck in my head :) Went riding on Friday & Saturday, but weren't able to on Sunday because of all the rain & mud. This camp was a little hard on some of the helpers because rodeo bible camp ended right before camp started so some of us were lacking sleep & patience... but we made it through & I'm hoping that next time we'll have more helpers available so a heavy workload doesn't fall on any one person. I edited a whole bunch of photos last night to prepare for the camp d.v.d. & there are so many cute memories captured!

This morning I had an ultrasound at McKennan to check up on my cervix (both of them..) & thankfully they're both the same size & they shouldn't have to see me for another 8 weeks! As of right now baby is breech but he still has some time to move around.... unfortunately the Dr. said that 'more than likely' I'll deliver by ceasarean, but there's a possibility to deliver naturally so... I'll keep praying :)

Oh yeah! We stayed in S.F. the night before manda's baby shower & I felt baby move for the first time (in the wee hours of the morning!) 6/6/10. Go figure, we were laying down to go to sleep 'at manda & jordon's in their nursery/guest room'.... which is where we stayed the night we found out we were pregnant! Steve was already asleep & I was just laying there & I felt movement on my left side, a little higher than I thought it would be... but it lasted for several seconds so I knew it wasn't just my tummy this time :D I told Steve about it later and tried to explain what it felt like & he said 'yeah you felt baby' :) hooray!! :D

AND it was our 2 year anniversary June 7, 2010 :D I love my man!!! Life just keeps getting better :)

Week 21 - The Mysterious Inner-Workings of My Womb....

So Steve and I went to our 20 week appointment with Dr. Wirtz on my birthday (this past Thursday) & there was some sort of mix up and they didn't have us scheduled for our ultrasound! I was so upset because Steve had taken the day off for my birthday & to see baby and now they were telling us it wasn't going to happen that day! I was really fighting the tears & I think my Dr.'s receptionist felt bad so she called them again and they said someone had cancelled and they could weasel me in yet that day..... *PHEW!*

We then proceeded to the ultrasound area of the building where we filled out paperwork/family history stuff and then went back. We saw our little baby on the screen while she was measuring everything (wasn't very good at explaining what we were looking at unfortunately, guess she was 2 busy), but she kept asking me all these wierd questions like 'so... you aren't having any cramping you said?' & then 'ok you just stay here and the Dr. will be right in' ...I'm thinking, what do I need a Dr. for?? & then I started to panic thinking it might be a male Dr.! I told Steve if a guy walked in that we were leaving... lol. Well it was a girl thankfully, but the first thing she said after introducing herself was 'have you ever heard of a uterine anomoly?' or something like that... I was just like oh great what now? She proceeded to explain that I have 2 cervix & my 'heart-shaped' uterus that I was informed of back in the day is actually more like 2 halves of a uterus with a wall down the middle! Chalk up another birth defect for Lana! She said my one kidney makes sense because kidneys & reproductive organs grow at the same time for babies.

(side note: it is storming like crazy right now! i'm at the office watching the rain..)

Anyways, this Dr. proceeded to explain that this just means the baby doesn't have a whole lot of room to grow so it could have low birth weight, be born early, or become breached & have to be delivered by ceasarean. I guess I can handle that... what I found amusing was how odd Steve & I are and how even more miraculous it is that I'm pregnant right now!!! It was nice to get a few pictures, although only 1 really looked like a baby because I guess 'he' (don't know the gender) was tucked down on my left side & facing my back so it was hard for her to get a good shot of his profile (little stinker)... we told her we were keeping the gender a secret so I don't think she tried too hard to find out, but probably wouldn't have been able to find out anyways cuz he moves like crazy! (cousin Katherine told her mom Ginny that her mom's baby was 'kickboxing' in their ultrasound ...they must be related!)

Having Steve home Monday was really nice (Memorial Day). We visited Grandpa J in the hospital (possible blood clot/difficulty breathing) :( & ate with mom & dad at mcdonalds afterward. It was really nice out so we stopped in Rock Rapids on the way home & wandered around the park & saw a cute baby goat at the little walk-by zoo they have by the pool. I wiped out when we got home cuz I think the sun wore me out... went to bed early (which is a rare occurence indeed)... starting to get uncomfortable & I keep forgetting to stay on my sides. Steve will wake me up if he notices me on my back, guess I'm not supposed to lay like that cuz it restricts blood flow to baby or something. 

They want another ultrasound before i go in for my 24 week appointment to keep a close eye on baby I guess & I might have to do weekly injections of progesterone... yay :P Oh well, whatever helps baby :D ...more later!

Week 19 - "Are You Expecting?"

So this past weekend my little sister Rebecca graduated from High School! Don't know where the time has gone & here I am expecting a baby!!! At her grad party someone approached me & asked if I was expecting, lol... I couldn't decide if he was trying to confirm a rumor he'd heard or if he saw the pooch & thought he should ask, haha! Oh well, I got a lot of congrats from people :) I think the best baby comment though was on Sunday in church Becca asked if she could borrow my shirt when I was too fat for it... nicely put, lol! Right now baby should be the size of a large tomato (6 inches long head to bottom) & weighs about 8 1/2 oz!

Found a new Endocrinologist at Mckennan (Dr. Sulanc), she's from Turkey & really sweet so that was cool. I'm praying our insurance will cover that visit ..eek!

My 23rd birthday is a week from Thursday so I'm going to see if I can get a crew together to go out to eat at Pizza Hut. I'm pretty laid back so I'm not offended if its a small crowd, but at least it gives everyone an excuse to go out & catch up :D

Oh yeah, & last night I squeaked out of Steve a couple names before he fell asleep (hehehe!). As of right now we like Wilhemina Faythe for a girl or James Gavin for a boy! At least having 'something' set in stone will make me a little less ancy :) Of course these may change, but it was nice to agree on both :)

Busy Week!

Baby is now at 16 weeks, I have my next appointment tomorrow afternoon to listen for the heartbeat again :) Great-aunts from Arkansas are here this week... it was fun to say hi to everyone and hear them all call me mama & steve daddy, lol! Eithel was so cute... she just kept saying how exciting it was and reminding us of what a miracle this was :'D

This week is already 100% better than last week... a week ago today my precious gelding, Jasper, was put down due to.. what I believe, was heart failure & old age :'( He had just turned 26 on April 11. I'm so thankful for the time I had with him.. he was an amazing old boy & he taught me a lot. I guess the biggest hurt was that I was really hoping for our baby to meet him, but at least I can say baby got a ride on him (while I was pregnant... hehe!). I think having Onyx made it easier.. and having time to say bye of course. I figure the absolutely only redemptive quality in his death will be that I'll have more time for Onyx & in essence, our child this fall... but God I miss him :'(

*Second Trimester* .... 14 weeks & counting!

Very happy to say we've made it to the second trimester of pregnancy! I'm feeling so much better lately, much to my own & Steve's relief :) Really frustrated that we can't find our camera right now :P really wanted to take a progress photo at 12 weeks, whoops. Well there isn't much to see yet anyways I guess... Had a lot of fun rummaging in Rock Valley this past weekend. Found some cute neutral-colored clothes :) Dr. says we'll be able to have an ultrasound once I'm at 20 weeks... which means we can find out the gender!... which means we better decide if we want to know that yet :D lol! Of course my family really wants to know, and we all know what Amanda is having.... but I don't know, I think it'd be fun to have a surprise. Maybe its one of those things where if you're in doubt, it'd be better to wait? Its been fun to go to babycenter.com and read how baby develops weekly. Here's a photo of what baby kinda looks like right now:

8 Weeks!

Our first sighting of baby! Heard the little heart beating & it was so precious : )

Valentine's Day!

Steve & I had a very nice day today :) Visited Grandma & Grandpa Johnson & spent time with them, Jeff, Amanda, & Amara - Had yummy pot roast & watched 'couples retreat' (a little funny, but mostly vulgar)... Then we had time to be alone, watched Ever After & opened gifts :) Was a fun, relaxing evening... our last V-Day as empty nesters so I thought it deserved mentioning ;) Still So In Love!