Let's go in reverse order this time...
Lesley: As I said the third trimester is the best and worst part, mainly because of the anticipation! Things I have not got to yet is the swelling of feet and hands which was so bad with Lilly. AND I REALLY hope that either doesn't catch up with me this time or waits until the VERY END! I also haven't had carpal tunnel which was a weird pregnancy thing I got with Lilly.
GOOD NEWS #1: I passed my sugar test! Low iron but I did with Lilly too. I just have to take iron pills which could be a whole other post but too much information to share to some of you! :)
GOOD NEWS #2: I only had to use half day today because Putnam County got out at 11:00. Man, do I have a good team and a good sub that took care of getting my kids to the right place during that chaos!!!!! (Thanks!)
I am ecstatic with the news we got today about Levi.... :)
Levi: So we went to Chattanooga today. The first appointment was with the pediatric surgeon, Dr. Koontz. He was a very nice man. He just talked to us about all the possibilities. Basically when Levi is born, he will automatically have an X-ray and they will assess what 'it' actually is and see how much 'it' is affecting him. If it is necessary, they will immediately do surgery. If he is doing fine health wise (breathing), then they will wait and reassess at 3 months and we will keep going back every so often. Eventually unless 'it' does not go away then he will have surgery because it ultimately will affect his breathing, become malignant or so on. Once again, he said it is just a wait and see thing. He said he likes his job but he really hopes 'it' goes away and he never has to do surgery.
(Lunch break: We ate at the Urban Shack Burger Lounge. We enjoyed being kidless and the burgers were amazing!)
GOOD NEWS #3: Next up, the high risk doctor appointment with the every two week ultrasound. He loves to show that he is a boy but that's about it.....Of course Levi was being uncooperative and face down so the ultrasound lady first measured 'it' and she said like 1.3cmx1.2cm. We were like WAIT WHAT?!? She kept measuring and could not get a good measurement until the doctor came in and she could barely even see 'it.' She said it definitely seemed to be regressing! The biggest measurement was 1.2cmx2.3cm! IN CASE YOU ARE NOT KEEPING UP...that is 1cm LESS than 11 days ago! She said she wasn't sure but she definitely knew it had got smaller! BEST NEWS ALL DAY!
He also weighs about 3lbs 2 oz.
We go back February 3 in Cookeville and hope we get that same news or better news on that day!
Making progress on his room:
Lilly: OBSESSED with Dora! She wakes up saying Dora, backpack, map, and Swiper! She really has been so good and sweet lately! LOVE HER! Here are some sweet pictures...
CHEEESSEE....hanging out in the doll play pen with pizza face and pearls
Lovely hair after getting out of the bathtub,,,eventually it will get longer but for now just thicker
LOVES getting ready for snow...HATES the cold! We were back in after about 6 minutes.
Oh and she won't wear gloves so don't harp on me for that :)
Only wanted me to hold her
Biggest complaint: With Levi, I REALLY hope to get him to lay in his bed and sleep on his own! I love rocking her and having that snuggle time but really 30min to an hour is just too long to be trying to get her to sleep! Anyone else have this problem? I need to just let her cry it out a few nights but I guess it is me being a little selfish and liking the snuggle time and hating to hear her cry and say MAMAMAMAMA.
Joel: Well a nice dry socket rounded out his wisdom teeth excitement. He is doing much better now though! He is such a good man to put up with me! I mean I am so lucky to have him as such a wonderful husband and daddy! Did you know he cooks almost every night? First of all, he is just nice but when it really boils down to it, he is a better cook! Yeah, I know I know! I blame it on the fact that I never had an Easy Bake Oven but really it's just I do not like to cook.
Joel was ready for also glad to get some good news today! He also backed into a car pulling out of a friends driveway Sunday leaving our bumper dented in. Yeah OH WELL...nothing that can't be fixed!
So to sum it all up, we are doing great..... thanks to all of your prayers! If anything this is really helping to me to TRY to not sweat the small stuff (sort of; if you know me I am a bit of a stresser). I just want to shout it from the rough tops how happy I am to have this good news today and will hang on that good news until the next appointment, Feb. 3.
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