25 weeks

Just a quick update from my 25 week appointment. I weighed in at 139, blood pressure was 132/66 and fetal heart rate was 160.
Questions I asked:
When should I have a peditrician decided on & do you have any recommendations?
A: By 30 weeks, none out in my area but suggested asking family and friends.
How important is it to attend a baby class?
A. She recommended attending the child birth and an infant care class.
When should I register with the hospital.
A. By 30 weeks
I scheduled my next appointment which will be the fun gluscose test... not looking forward to that one.

Trout fishing

This weekend we went fishing and floating with Mr. C's family. We went to a state park known for its trout fishing. Mr. C had never been trout fishing so he was really exicited for multiple reasons, not only to try a different type of fishing but also because he got to fish with his dad who does not fish that often. the rest of the family went for Thursday-Sunday, but we worked on Friday and headed down after that. We got there and joined everyone around the bonfire, relaxed, shared stories and decided on the fishing plan for the morning. Mr. C and his dad got up early and went and found their spots in the stream. They fished for a few hours and then came and met up with us ladies. It wasn't the best fishing morning, Mr. C didn't catch any and his dad caught 2. So they were talking about how to change things up for the evening fish. We all then went on a float trip, which was fun and relaxing. when we got back from the flaot the boys had about an hour to fish and then we all went to dinner and called it a night. The next morning was a better fishing morning, between him and his dad they caught 8 fish! which was the limit for the day. It was a wonderful weekend spent with family and enjoying the great outdoors!

Welcome to the world lil miss B

On wednesday august 4th, J called Mr. C and told him they were at the hospital and lil miss B should be here around 6:00AM the next morning, so stay close to the phone. Well around 2:00, Mr. C gets a text from J saying that she has arrived!!! We both went to work that day and then after work we headed up to see her. When we arrived, Sissy, D & K were there and lil miss beautiful. They were all doing wonderfully. It was a great visit and we were glad that it was just was and not a lot of other visitors. Lil miss beautiful is going to be a great big sis, she was already helping out a lot. So happy to welcome her to our family on August 5, 2010.

21 weeks

July 12th was our last appointment. We were at 21 weeks and had our big ultrasound scheduled right before our regular appointment, although not at my doctors office but at another office in at the hospitals campus. Mr. C was able to take off work early and go to the appointment with me. we had a student who performed the ultrasound and then the tech came and finished and took more pictures that the student couldn't get. It amazed me at how much movement was going on inside my belly because besides a few times i really hadn't felt the baby move much yet and i was shocked at how much it was moving. Everything look wonderful & healthy at this point so that was a major relief!! we then headed over to my doctors office for my appointment. After waiting for much longer than we were supposed to or needed to our doctor finally came in. Weight, blood pressure and fetal heart rate were all good and this time she measured my belly. Besides the waiting the appointment went great and now we are able to tell everyone that lil C is a lil girl!!

Shh...it's a surprise

This is the year of 30s fo us... lots of 30th bday celebrations that is! Sissy's bday was in June but due to their crazy busy schedule, D wasn't able to throw her a party until this past weekend. She knew us girls were going to dinner and then out for the evening but that was all she knew.

Us ladies who went to dinner.




After dinner we blind folded her, which she was not happy about at all and was not very coporative with us trying to surprise her. Finally we were able to get her blindfolded and headed to the hall for the surprise party... She walked in, took off the blind fold and walked right back outside to the car. She does not like surprises and need to gather herself before coming into the party, the rest of the night was a balst and everyone had a great time. D did an excellent job of planning the party!

4th of July Festivities

We had a fun filled busy weekend for the 4th of July. We went up to the cabin Friday night-Sunday morning. We took the boat out on Saturday and had a blast with our family and friends. Saturday night after eating bbq, our neighbors at the cabin had a huge fireworks display so we went and watched those. On Sunday we visited and left the cabin around noon, i had to be at work at 3:30 so we couldn't stay the whole weekend. So after I worked Mr. C & I watched fireworks and headed home. On Monday since we both had off for the holiday, we worked in our garden and man did it need it. we made some tomato cages and weeded, picked & canned green beans. We picked 2 5 gallon buckets full of green beans, so we had enough for 2 canners full!! A total of 14 quarts! We took a break from the heat before we started snapping beans & canning and took the dogs to the creek for a little swim.

Tatoo #2

Not for me, but for my friend. A few weeks ago on her birthday, she was planning a getting another tatoo along with her sister. they had talked about doing something small on their foot. The tatoo artist is her sisters brother in law, so he brought his stuff to her house, so I went over to celebrate her birthday with her and watch. when she was looking for ideas on what she wanted, she liked the idea of a cross with angel wings around it and decided she wanted it on her back. Needless to say what we thought was only going to be a couple of hours and then we would go to the bar to meet some friends, ended up being 6 hours of him doing the tatoo. There was a few of us ladies that were watching her get it done, and after 3 hours they left and went to meet her other friends at the bar. I stayed with her until she was done and then i took her up to the bar.
In this picture he only has a little shading left on the second wing.
The final product!