Happy Easter!

Hello! And Happy Easter :)

I hope everyone had a great and happy easter! I really wish Mannix was here to enjoy it with us.
Next Easter he will be 11 months and hopefully will be able to enjoy Easter. I can't wait to make him a little basket and help him hunt for eggs.

Baby Update!
I went to see the Doctor on Thursday and he said that Mannix is growing right on target! His weight is great and he should be a normal healthy baby by the time I deliver they also said that he is weighing a little over 5 lbs right now! Eee! Im excited :)

AND
Final good news! I am going to be induced at 38.5 weeks! That means...I have 3.5 weeks till I finally get to meet my little angel! I can't even explain to you how excited I am! Ahhh.
Mannix will soon be here and our family will be complete.

33.3

Yesterday I woke up feeling a little "off" and started getting scared. For some reason I felt like something was wrong with the baby..and I just had to see the Doctor and make sure everything was okay. It looked like my tummy shurnk and I lost five pounds out of no where! 

I called to see if they could see me and they scheduled me to see the Doctor at 1:30. Well, everything is okay and his fluid level went up to a 6.4! He also managed to get a very cute snapshot of little Mannix :) I guess sometimes people get paranoid, and Im more than sure that is normal. At least I know everything is okay.

Baby Shower

So this past weekend was my baby shower! The date was March 28th, 2009 and I was 32 weeks and 6 days. I had the most amazing time ever :) I had my friends and family there to celebrate with me. I got everything I needed and more. I must admit it was one chaotic mess a couple of days before the shower, we had to change the location of the baby shower due to the other place closing down and I was admitted to the hospital. All in all..it was an amazing turn out and I couldn't have asked for more.

Grandmothers and myself :)

My sisters Christina and Sharon

Yummy Cake!

Presents

Actually, I  almost didn't make it to the shower. On March 21st I started getting some "cramping" and I thought it was just normal.. I went to go see the doctor that Monday and he said that it could be ligaments stretching inside and he prescribed me some Tylenol 3 and suggested I stop working, well the meds worked for that day but Tuesday night I started getting more cramping and lower back pain (uh oh!) So the following morning I called and they had me go into the office..it turns out I was contracting and my amniotic fluid index was VERY low (about a 4) the doctor became concerned and asked if I had noticed any leakage, I said no..he then checked my cervix to see if I was dilating and I was closed but 30% thinned out. He then stated that I needed to be admitted because of the AFI. So I went to eat breakfast and left to the hospital. They started treating me as if I was going into preterm labor and hooked me up to Magnesium to stop the contractions and gave me a steroid injection in case we had to deliver Mannix early. The medicine ended up making my contractions worse and they had to take me off the meds, the fluid levels went up by the next day and everything was fine :) I kept telling the nurses and the doctor that I could not miss my baby shower (that's all they heard me talk about) so they discharged me Thursday afternoon. But stated that I would need to be on "modified home rest" which means no more work, no more walking up and down my apartment staircase, and no trips to the store!

Last but not least, here is a little update on Mannix's nursery. It's not complete I just need to buy some curtains and a wall shelf to hang some paintings. 

Mannix

So, hi! 

long time no type right? Well it turned out I do have Gestational Diabetes and now I must give myself insulin injections twice daily. I mean its not terrible but it does stink :( Other than that little extra bump in the road..things are cruising along quite well. As of Sunday, I have offically gained 10 lbs so far! yipee! 

And yes, we have finally decided that his name will be Mannix Logan. He kicks all the time and it is just so cute (even when it hurts!) lol  OH! and as of 1 week ago he weighing in at 2 lbs 15 ounces! I cant even explain how happy I am right now, I simply adore this little baby that is in my tummy. I can't wait to see him face to face. Only 9 weeks and 4 days till he comes! 

We finally got situated into our two bedroom and I started working on his little nursery already :) it is a work in progress so it might look a little bare. But I love everything that we have bought for him! Its just our taste.

I have been preparing for my baby shower as well, it will be on March 28th and his theme will be forest animals, Ill tell you it is unlike any other baby shower that I have been to..nothing traditional what-so-ever and yeah, that is just like me :) I have already finished his centerpieces, invitations and pins that people will be wearing.  I will update for sure, with how everything else is going! till next time!

Nervousness

I'm super nervous about tomorrow, why? Because I'm going to take my 3 hour Glucose Tolerance Test. My one hour test was a little elevated and hopefully everything comes back within normal limits. I just don't want to poke my finger 4 times a day and even worse possibly have to give myself insulin injections! Another bad thing about Gestational Diabetes is that it pretty much gives you a 75% of having a c-section, and I really really don't want to have a c-section with my first baby.

Other than that, I have been okay. The baby seems to be more active and is kicking harder and harder everyday :) I am 6 months today and have now gained 10 lbs all together so far. And it is finally decided that we will be naming our baby boy Mannix, we aren't sure if he will have a middle name or not.

We have also started thinking about ideas for the baby shower which will be on March 28, 2009. Yippee! I will be just about 8 months and a week by then! Oh my I'm probably going to be massive! haha

Excited!

I'm super happy right now because we just purchased our first items for the baby! We bought a crib set complete with all decorations for the room, and for a good price too. I have been wanting this crib set since I first laid my eyes on it..the good news is that Isidro loved it too. I cant wait till we get our crib and dresser! Now to wait till the end of Feb. when we move into our two bedroom. It's going to be awesome to put the whole nursery together for our baby boy ^-^


We bought the crib set, two wall organizers, a lamp, a hamper, a music mobile, a decorative pillow, an extra crib sheet, and extra blanket, a changing pad cover and i think thats it. It also happens to be a very good brand Skip Hop. I had a really hard time trying to find the perfect bedding for our baby but this is just amazing and perfect to our taste. I hope the UPS man comes this week *crosses fingers*

Whirlwind.

Hello
I have plenty of updating today. First off I have to say that I officially can feel the baby move. Second not only can I feel him move, but I actually saw him kick 2 times on January 7th when I was watching The NeverEnding Story with Isidro. I of course, got all teary eyed and emotional, but it was such a beautiful experience!

Now for some more news, I do have to clarify the fact that we ARE having a BOY, only because he was predicted a girl around 18 weeks and then at week 20 we found out it was indeed..a boy :) I had another scan this Thursday and I saw his penis myself. lol not only that they showed it to me "in real time" and I finally have a legit picture to prove it too. So yes, I'm excited to say it IS A BOY. So now for names right? Isidro and I have come up with 3 names so far and are unable to decide on which one to use

• Mannix
• Brayden
• Brody

I happen to love the name Mannix since its different, but I think Isidro is leaning more towards Brayden..and at the same time we both like Brody so..I don't know yet, we have a while till the baby is born anyways :P

Oh and I just got out of the hospital today which is why Im barely posting about the baby moving. I had a cough, then I had a fever, then I couldn't breath! So that equals to a Luxurious 3 night stay at the wonderful Christus Spohn Hospital! Ill tell you I was sooooooo miserable, I cried all day yesterday because I wanted to come home. I had so many problems with my ivy, it kept ringing and ringing and ringing every 10 minutes. I kept buzzing and buzzing the nurses to come in and fix it and they would but as soon as they would step out BEEP BEEP BEEP..I swear that machine wanted to make me go insane! They even changed the machine 4 times and moved my ivy to my other hand and it still beeped! Oh well Im home and that's all that matters.

And finally! I got the stroller, carseat, high chair, swing and diaper bag picked out! My sisters and mother will be buying them for me for the baby shower. And not to mention Isidro's mother is going to be buying us our crib! :) We planned on buying everything on our own since we are so picky on what we want for the baby but they offered and I mean who's going to say no to that?

So here are some pictures of the things we are getting for sure. And a big Thank You to everyone who is helping us out! We really appreciate it!






P.S. IM OFFICIALLY 5 AND A HALF MONTHS TODAY! whoo