B a b y // P i c s

I had the wonderful blessing of getting photos taken of Conrad by Taylor Lord (what an awesome birthday gift:). She is such a talented photographer, and good friend of ours. We enjoyed getting some shots of Conrad before he turned into a toddler. Taken with the beautiful scenery of Bull Creek Park in our midst, and a lovely photographer at our side, we knew these photos would turn out stunning. I can't believe it has taken me so long to post these. She was such a doll to send me the photos while I was in the hospital for my gallbladder, which turned out fine, for all those inquiring minds. We are hoping that was the last hospital visit for 2013. Enjoy the photos, check out her site and thank you for visiting.

we are beyond blessed.

Weeks 30 + 31

Week 30:

I think pregnancy is starting to hit me this week....I really can see my belly 

growing, and not only that, I have started swelling REALLY bad.

I noticed it a little bit a couple weeks ago and thought I could get it to

go down, but now it seems to be getting worse. I'm also experiencing 

pregnancy induced carpal tunnel, its very painful and wakes me up at night!

 I had to cut off my pinky ring that I've worn since I was 16 when 

Jordan gave it to me. I had it made into a pinky ring after we got married

(and I had a wedding ring:) The swelling with this ring was just too unbearable and 

started to cut off my circulation so Jordan snipped it.

I'm sure it will be able to be put back together though...

The line is still on my finger where it was digging in my skin;(

This weekend our friends, Ted and Megan Smith, came to Austin for a friend of 

their's wedding.  We were so happy they stayed at our house-

we love having visitors !

They got here Friday night (08/17) and we got to grill some food and hang out for 

a little while.

Saturday, I had my newborn care class. I was pretty excited about this,

but bummed Jordan couldn't come along with me (he was on call at the hospital).

I learned a lot of great stuff and was able to show Jordan everything when he got home, haha;)

Week 31:

This is Jordan's last week of his surgery rotation!! YAY!!! The schedule

has been so rough, I am ready for it to be over with and on to something with more

normal hours...I think he is relieved as well. 

He was super sweet and surprised me with a prenatal massage

on Friday (while he's taking his surgery exam).

It felt so unbelievably good, it even helped with my swelling a little bit,

although that still seems to be getting worse. 

I made the final decision that my swelling was not going to go down

enough to get off my wedding band (yes I have tried EVERYTHING to get 

it off myself). I went to a jeweler and had them use one of those special

"ring cutters" to get it of..

Whew feeling much better now without that!

(and no, that's not a bruise, that's a tattoo I got in Hebrew that says Jordan's 

name..(he has a matching one with my name).

however, its really messed up looking now after all its been through;)

Saturday (08/25) morning Jordan went rock climbing with some of his

buddies from school...and this was actual rock climbing outside (yes I was nervous).

His family was on there way from Dallas to hang out with us for the weekend

since he was done with surgery and had some freetime;)

When he came home he was bleeding all over his leg and had a huge

burn/cut on his arm.....

Apparently they thought he was clipped in when he wasn't and he fell

about 10 feet and hit his shin on a rock! The hole was really gross,

open and deep-he definitely needed stitches. 

Do you think we went to the emergency room? No way. Not 

when Jordan just finished surgery and suturing was fresh on his mind;)

(I was not for this...btw...I wanted to go to the hospital)

Since he had a fresh, sterile suturing kit, and all the tools he decided 

to save the money and do it himself. (sounds like a guy right?)

I boiled the instruments and brought him the tools.

It was incredibly painful (I could tell...) so I left the room when he was

actually "stitching" and came back in to help cut the stitching.

Afterwards, it looked pretty good! 

(don't worry, he went and got a tetanus booster at Walgreens:)

I did the picture in black and white so it didn't look so gross:

It's healing pretty nicely.

However, the rope burn in his arm pit from the fall is pretty painful...

and also gross looking.

So after he was done stitching Jordan's family arrived! 

We hung out at the house a little bit and then went out to eat 

on Lake Travis at The Oasis restaurant:

Singing in the car: "Somebody that I used to know" :)

 Sunday morning we went to Einstein Brother's bagels before church at The Stone:

After church we were going to go kayaking, but since Jordan had a huge

nasty open wound on his leg and some pretty nasty arm burn, we thought it

best to just go see a movie;)

I was pretty swollen and tired anyway, so sitting in a dark, cold room with my

feet up for 2 hours sounded nice:)

We saw The Odd Life of Timothy Green, it was pretty good;)

Although the end made me cry, a lot.

After the movie we all went over to The Domain for some

California Pizza Kitchen!! I love that place so much. 

Then we ate so much we had to walk around the outdoor mall

area. My feet were hurting pretty bad after that, so I was happy to 

go home and rest. The Carl's left straight from the mall, we 

were sad to see them go!!

The next day Jordan started his Pediatrics rotation at Dell Children's Hospital.

I decided it was time to go to Costco and do my "postpartum stock up" on 

essentials (toothpaste, tp, shampoo, cleaning supplies, razors, etc)

I had a full car when it was over!!

I also went grocery shopping and got some more items...I was gone almost 

all day (I shop slow when I'm alone:) and then came home to unload/put away

everything. I was so incredibly swollen, my feet hurt and exhausted....

but I was really glad I got all that stuff done;) I feel much more prepared now.

I have the hospital bag ready, the diaper bag, his nursery is almost complete 

(just waiting on the rocker) and now the house is well stocked.

I know I have like 8-10 more weeks, I just like to plan ahead 

because you never know what might happen!! ;)

Thanks for reading!

Weeks 25-27 4D Video Sonogram of Baby C:)

Week 25:

On July 12th, I went in for my 25 week appointment.

This was the appointment where they wanted to do another

anatomical scan to check his heart again, since he was in a 

bad position last time.

I was so glad because he was in a great position and I got

to see so many neat pictures of what he possibly 

looks like in the womb!

The one hour glucose test was this appointment as well. I think
I was there for almost 3 hours with all the stuff I had to do.
Thankfully, my glucose test came back great-whew!

This was also my first appointment without Jordan. So
I guess I got a little bored in the Dr's office waiting..
haha. I sent him some pics;)

Excited to see my precious baby!

Video #1 is from the beginning of the ultrasound.

She turned on the 4D so I could see his face, (where he 

is definitely grimacing at one point!)

she had to "remove" the fluid so it might look a little

funny, but its really neat to see his fingers move and his

hand across his face:) He's waving, right?

Video #2:

Is of his heart and heart beat. Praise God everything

looked good-they got to see what they needed to, and he looks fine.

 147 bpm this time:

Video #3 

This was at the end of the ultrasound. I love the 

images we got of his face, he looks so sweet:)

I compared the still shot she printed for me of this

with Jordan's newborn baby picture, (shown below)

Here is the comparison picture:

Jordan's newborn pic is on top, and Conrad's picture is on the bottom.

They have some similarities for sure!

These are the still shots from the video:

This is a chart they do after they take all the measurements of the

head, stomach, femur, brain, etc. And it shows what percentile your baby

is in at that point, as well as where they are measuring (week wise).

Conrad over all at this appointment was measuring a week and a day early,

but his head (the BPD) was measuring 2 weeks early, haha. 

The ultrasound tech said his head was definitely his "biggest feature" at this

point;) We were laughing about it.

He weighed 1.15 lbs.

After the Doctors appointment, I treated myself to a pedicure and some

WhichWhich for lunch;)

Taking a picture of my feet so I can compare it later in the pregnancy:

Jordan and I had a fun date night going to eat on 6th street at the food trucks:

yummy yummy coolhaus:

dirty mint ice cream with a gluten free cookie on top!

 

oh yea, it was yummilicious.

Week 26:

I went to my first birthing class this week. It wasn't a birthing class

done by the hospital, it was a Yoga Yoga class given for natural birth

techniques for the moms and dads. Jordan, however, had to work at the hospital

all day on call, so I ended up going by myself:(

I was the only one there without a partner, (sad day) so it was kind of funny.

But I learned a lot of great things, and tons of info to pass on to Jordan.

at the class:

The next day I traveled to Boerne to see my bestie Natalie

and her baby Penelope, who was born last summer and I still 

hadn't met yet!! I was so glad to see them, and she is such a cutie!!

 I also went out that way (to San Antonio) for my friend from the 

school I taught at in Dickinson's baby shower...

it was in Bandera-talk about out in the country!

I passed this guy by on my way!!

Amber and I at the shower:

She's having a boy too-Sterling Christopher!

The next day, I wasn't feeling so well (too much in one weekend I think;)

So I worked in bed all day:/

I love my lap desk, lets me take my work anywhere!

Week 27:

Saw this on Tuesday morning (looks like its about to get REAL fun:)

Taylor and I had a much awaited date this week!!! I hadn't seen her in too long:)

We started at Mozarts for some coffee (yum yum!!)

then decided to go to lunch since we'd been there so long and were hungry:)

love her!!!

 yummy food at Taverna ...

Jordan showing his excitement for surgery. He really loves it.

OK, so most of these pictures have been from my phone/instagram 

(hence the black borders, sorry about that!) but I just

had to  share how stinkin cute this little dog of mine is:)

She makes me smile everyday!! 

And then there's Zeus...he's kind of awkward;)

(PS-this is Whitney Burnett, my amazing new assistant! I love having

her around (I get lonely sometimes, haha) and she is so so talented, its

such a blessing to have her:)

and to finish that week off Jordan and I had another date-filled weekend

(trying to get em all in before baby C comes!)

We went to disc nation for Jordan to pick out a new disc

for playing disc golf:

And went to the free movie in the park that the Alamo Drafhouse 

put on!! We saw the Muppets Treasure Island..haha.

Sporting my new preggo Rangers shirt :)

Ready for 3rd Trimester, can't believe its here!!