I'm coming!!!!

Mommy and daddy went to the doctor today and they have scheduled my arrival date!!! Mommy will be going into the hospital on Monday evening ( November 3) and they will do some things to get her going and give her a nice big sleeping pill to get through the busy night in a hospital. Then early in the morning on tuesday ( November 4) they will start giving her this drug called Pitocin that will start forcing me to come out!!! So basically, i will be arriving on November 4th! When on November 4th, will be determined by me! So I'm getting excited and trying to do all the rest of my growing and such in the next week so I'm big and healthy when I come out and meet all of you. So stop by and see me at St. Mary's hospital on Tuesday evening or Wednesday, I can't wait to meet evereyone!!!

Well we had a little false alarm this morning! Mommy woke up and she just wasn't feeling "right". And the doctor says that when a pregnant lady doesn't feel "right" then something probably isnt right! Mom had a really bad headache and she was having problems with her eyes and focusing on things. The doctor said these could be signs of something bad with her blood pressure. So she called dad and dad came home and decided that they should go to the hospital. We got to the hospital and got all hooked up and of course everything looked fine again. Mom's blood pressure was good, her blood was good, etc. When we got there, the nurse had told us that if something didn't look "right", they would have gotten me out today. But since everything looked good, they sent home a very frustrated and disappointed pregnant lady. We have a doctors appointment tomorrow with our actual doctor and we are interested to see what she has to say. She of course, wasnt working today and we had to rely on a doctor that didn't know us! So we will keep everyone posted about whats going on but be prepared for me to be here in the next week or so!! (YAY!)

So mom has been getting quite nervous lately about my arrival. She can't believe that in two weeks I am going to be here and that she has to take care of me. Mom just let me know that Aunt Janelle won't be here for my birth...she told me that she is in this place called Wales and is there for an entire year! Mom let me know that Aunt Janelle is there and is serving God through serving the children in Wales. Although I will miss not meeting her, i know that she is being called to do this so I will forgive her! I will love her just as much as I love Aunt Joy and Uncle Justin. And i do get to see her for Christmas and a whole week at the beach so she will be in charge of all diaper changes for that week!
Grandma is here for a few days to take care of us. She just put my new swing together that she got me and she is now doing our laundry and cleaning our house. Mom is so grateful for having all these people around to help her and dad out. Only a few more weeks and I will be out to meet everyone!!

Back to the doctor we went today. Mommy's pressure was pretty high but since dad has been taking it at home and it has been normal, the doctor let her come home and not go into the hospital ( PHEW!). The doctor told us that we are going to schedule a time for me to come out the week of November 3rd...so everyone must clear their schedules so you can meet me! The doctor says that I am doing quite well and she is not worried at all about taking me out early. Since I'm 6 pounds already ( 75th percentile), she has no concerns. She says that I may have a little more difficult breastfeeding ( whatever that is) and more of a chance of having jaundice but nothing to fret about! So mommy's back at home on the couch going crazy so stop by and see her cause she desperately needs some entertaining!

Update

We went to the doctor again on Friday and Mom's blood pressure is getting better. The doctor seems to think that the bedrest is helping so that's good news. I had some tests done on me as well...they listened to my heartbeat for about a half an hour and made sure that there were not any big dips or anything. I hate that thing they put on me....i have to run to the other side of my home in here to get away from it but I am running out of room and can't move from it!!! My heartbeat goes up very high when i get all excited and move around...but the doctor says that is normal in little active boys. She keeps calling me a wild baby because i move around so much. So all the tests came back well and the doctor says that she will keep me in here for a few more weeks...argh, i want to come out NOW! I am measuring in at almost six pounds so my space is pretty much non-existent! We go back on Monday to get my picture again to check all this liquidy stuff around me and make sure that there is enough for me. So pray for mommy cause she is getting SUPER tired of laying all around and not being able to do things her way. But she has had great help from dad, grandma and grandpa leach and grandma ( and from some wonderful, God sent cleaning ladies)!!!! See everyone soon!
Love,
Jack

Another update! We went to the doctor's again today and they took my picture yet again. They said on Friday that they thought the fluid around me was low but today everything looked perfect! Mom and Dad got a great picture of me looking at the camera...I've got mom's chubby cheeks she says! We then went to talk to the doctor and mom got her blood pressure done again. Once again it was a high but not as high as Friday which is good news. So the doctor instructed mom to go back on bedrest and come back on Thursday for more tests. She said we will be coming twice a week now until I'm here. The doctor also said that I would be forced to come at 38 weeks so mark your calendars everyone, I'm coming early!!! Mom is pretty happy about that cause that means I will be around for this thing called Thanksgiving... whatever that is.

Oh dear....

Well today's doctors appointment was just as bad as the last one. Mom's pressure was still high...so they took us up to this weird floor of the hospital called labor and delivery and mom got all strapped down with lots of bells and whistles and i got this really annoying thing poking into my space. They took mommy's blood pressure every 10 minutes and of course it was perfectly fine. They also gave me some tests and also took pretty pictures of me...and I am doing just great. The doctor said I was a "wild baby" cause i moved around so much. However, they did seem to think that there was low fluid around me. So they let mom come home...thank goodness, i was afraid we were going to have to stay there for a long time. But mom was put on strict bed rest--she can only get up to pee! So dad, grandparents, aunts, and friends are going to have to take care of us for awhile!! Good thing we have such strong support! We love our families and friends! Anyways, we go back on Monday to check us out again -- hopefully everything will be okay because I don't want to spend the rest of my time in this uterus in a hospital room with hospital food!!!! EW!

Well yesterday's doctors appointment did not go as well as we all would have hoped. The doctor told mommy that her blood pressure went up a lot in the past two weeks. So that means that mom and i were put on bed rest for the next few days. We have to go back to the doctors tomorrow and they will take my picture and do some other tests just to make sure that I am doing okay. I feel just fine-- just kicking all around, waiting to get of here! Mom is on strict orders by dad to sit on the couch all day and drink a lot of water. Last night dad had to do the laundry and make dinner for mommy-- he's such a good dad. We are hoping that mommy's blood pressure will go back to normal tomorrow and that she won't have to be on bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy-- that would probably make her go insane! Mommy is telling everyone not to worry, she is pretty sure that her pressure was high because she has stopped drinking so much water because she was getting tired of waking up every half hour to pee during the night. So she is drinking lots of water and praying everything will get better. Grandma is coming today to take care of mom and make sure that she doesn't do anything because sometimes mommy likes to overdo herself. Daddy has been telling her all along that she is overdoing it but she just refuses to listen! She is so stubborn sometimes! Anyways, I don't think I will be getting many naps today since i won't be getting rocked to sleep so I will be visiting a lot with Grandma!
Love,
Jack

Busy Week!

We have had such a busy week and this next week is even more busy!! Mommy had a baby shower this past Sunday and she got lots of wonderful stuff for me! I can't wait to use it all! Then we went out to dinner with Aunt Sarah, Uncle Vinny, Cousin Avery, Great Grandmother, Great Grandfather and Grandma! It was fun ( or at least what i could hear of it was fun) -- lots of delicious food which you know i enjoyed. Tomorrow we have ANOTHER doctors appointment. I am just about 34 weeks old...my mom tells me that means that i have about 6 more weeks inside of here-- im a little stressed about all that since i already can't move so maybe I'll have to make an early appearance!!!! The doctor will decide if i should get my picture taken again-- they seem to think that I'm too big and they may need to do something about that. I mean hello!, don't you want me to be growing in here? Anywho, mom also told me that we have a class on Wednesday night called breastfeeding class-- I don't really know what that is all about. Mom tried to explain it to me but it sounds kindof strange so I will have to see about all that. Why would i want juices from another person? (Um, ew!!) But we will see how that all goes. Mom and I are going to DC this weekend for Aunt Monica's bachelorette party ( let's PARTY!!!!!!) Mom will probably be a big party booper and I won't be able to enjoy all the festivities but thats okay because Aunt Monica knows that i love her anyways! Well anyways, I guess I'll get back to my karate lessons but I will see everyone soon!
Love,
Jack