Visitors and Sleep

We had a fun time with friends!  Their stay was much too short but definately needed.  While I love my Lucas, it was nice to be able to leave him with family and go out and have a good time.  Mommy even got a little drink!

We spent a lot of time playing travel agent.  We made a trip to San Antonio to visit the Alamo

and visited some places in Austin.  We even got my favorite "Hey Cupcake"

Eventually they had to leave and life went on.  Lucas was restless on my chest last night while I was trying to put him to sleep so I layed him down in his RockNPlay and he put himself to sleep around 10 PM.  We're slowly trying to move up his 11 PM bedtime without throwing the little schedule we have off.  E had to be at work super early this morning so when he left he informed me I would need to be aware and do the 4 am feeding.  I felt like either time stood still or I had slept through Lucas crying.  I frantically rolled over only to find that it was 6:52 AM and my son was still sleeping!  It was awesome!  Since my alarm was going to go off at 7 and I still needed to feed him and get dressed myself I decided to just get out of bed.  I was able to do all the things I needed to do and drop him off at my Sister's by 7:45 so I could go and get an ultrasound of my gallbladder.  That was quick and I was back home by 9:30.  We spent the afternoon at my Sister's house and then came home.  Lucas took an almost 3 hour nap and I was able to get the laundry done and snuck in some lunch.  He's been sleeping like crazy today so I'm assuming he's also growing.  We were able to sneak in a photo session too.  lol Mom was a little bored today:

10-10, Tummy Time and Godparents

Lucas slept from 10pm-10am and only woke up at 4:20 to eat a bottle before Daddy went to work.  It was amazing!  My body doesn't really know how to handle all this sleep at once but in no way am I compaining.  Right now he only sleeps about half the night in his bassinet and the other half in his lamb.  I think he likes to be a little elevated and not all the way on his back.  I honestly think he will sleep better on his side or even on his tummy but I'm nervous to let him.  So, right now, we are just doing what works.  We ordered the Fisher Price Rock N Play and it was delivered to the post office today.  I'm excited to see how he sleeps in it.  It's a bit elevated so I dont think he's going to have a problem staying asleep in it.  As soon as he wakes up from his nap (yup he woke up at 10 and its only 12:20 and hes already napping!) we will head to the post office....or if E gets home before we venture out we will send him. 

Our pedi told us to allow him to do "tummy time" on our chest.  He lifts his head like a pro.  I've seen major neck control and he goes way out there and just looks around.  He has no problem controlling his head and moving back and forth.  Yesterday and today I figured it was time to have him try tummy time on the floor.  Ha!  He HATES it!  I only have him down there for about 3 minutes or so but he just gets so fed up.  I lay down there and talk to him but it doesn't seem to matter.  E told me he will learn to like it, we just have to keep doing it.  I know he'll get there, it will just take time.  Here's a picture of him after he was pretty frustrated and wanting me to pick him up. 

Godparents.  It has been a very tough decision for us because we come from a VERY large family with so many people to choose from.  Edgar knew from the beginning he wanted his best friend Roland to be the Godfather.  We figured we would also ask his wife, Lorie to be his Godmother.  We were very happy with our decision and can't wait to see him grow with the help of two loving people.  I've contacted the Church to see what we needed to do to get the ball rolling and I am going tomorrow to turn in his birth certificate so we can get started.  From there they will contact us to get signed up for classes and then we can pick a date for the Baptism.  They only do them the last Saturdays of the month and I don't think we will make January but I think we will make February.  Right now, I'm shooting for February 25th.  I need to start planning but I don't want too until I know for sure what day we will have it.  I need to make invitations, rent the park pavilion for the lunch/dinner afterwards, see if we are going to do music or anything else.  It's going to be a BIG celebration and I'm excited!!

14 Weeks

This is Baby P at 13 weeks.  I decided (very last minute) to get the NT Scan (which is also known as the first trimester screening).  You can only get the test done by 13 weeks 6 days.  I got it done just in the knick of time.  The day of the tests all my ultrasounds looked good.  The measurements were exactly what they were looking for and baby had the hiccups.  It was the cutest thing ever.  The nurse called me on Friday to let me know all my blood results came back in the normal range and we are good to go.  No further testing needed.  This made me really happy and excited!  It also made it more real. 

I've been an emotional wreck lately.  Between all the Holidays (mother's and father's day) death anniversaries and my parents wedding anniversary its been a tough 2 months or so.  I've learned how to cope with them being gone-it's just adding in all the extra pregnancy hormones and watching all these baby shows on tv make me realize I will never get to share this special event with my parents.  My children will always know who their Grandparents are and will know they are always watching over them, as do I.  I just realized it will take a whole lot of getting used too.

I'm 14 weeks today and around 12 weeks or so I was stuck with gagging and occasional vomiting.  WTF!?! lol I had been doing great all the 1st trimester and aren't you SUPPOSED to feel better in the 2nd trimester?  Anyway, it started off in the morning, then went to around lunch time and now its in the evening stage.  Luckily it hasn't been every day like it used to be, which makes me believe hope it's almost over.  I'm having trouble sleeping at night.  I've always been a stomach sleeper and just recently it has been super uncomfortable laying on my stomach so I've been teaching myself to side sleep.  Between tossing, turning and wanting to wake up at 4 (when E gets up for work) I am losing some major ZZZZZ's.

I've also been hit with the "I want to register" bug.  It's killing me not to have a plan in place for our baby.  I realize I should wait until we find out the gender but I feel like even then it's procrastinating. lol I know things might not be in the stores come October when its baby shower time but I still have that nagging sensation in the back of my head.  I also have a feeling its a girl.  I say girl and E says boy.  I guess we'll see.  Can't believe its coming up soon.  I have an appt in 3 days and then I'm guessing she will be able to tell me when I can schedule the big anatomy scan.  EEEEKKKK!!! :)