Tayson's Bedding!!!!

Wow, 3 blogs in one day huh? Well, I just wanted to show you Tayson's bedding. It's not his set up, this is just a picture off the picture on the packaging, seeing as I don't even have his crib set up yet. But here is his bedding! Hooray!

Park

Jim got to go for a walk today, and we learned we definitely need to take him out more. He hasn't been on a walk in a while because I've had no energy and because he's been sick, so Shane took him out today and I met them there in the car. He used to do really well ... today ... not so much. He got loose from the leash and almost got hit by a car. He also wasn't listening very well. However, we did get some good pictures while we were at the "park". It's more of a landscape waterfall, but it's absolutely gorgeous out there. Anyway, enjoy!

I was trying to get a picture of him laying in the grass, but he moved as I took it and I thought it looked like he was laughing. I thought it was cute.

I love these two, and can't wait until we have another boy to add to the pictures. I s'pose I could have just put my belly in there too.

There's a little waterfall there, and Jim loves to get in the water. When he was little he was really aprehensive of water, but now he just jumps in.

Shane stole the camera for a little bit.

I thought this was cute, and I only got it because Shane didn't know I was taking pictures.

A little surprise!

And, no, it wasn't Tayson coming early. However! Our little baby chicks hatched/are hatching. We've got 2 so far, with 1 more egg under that chicken, and then 2 or 3 other chickens with 2 or 3 eggs each. They are so freaking cute! Anyway, I was excited, although a little jealous because that chicken has only sat on the eggs for weeks, and I'm still waiting for my little guy to hatch. I suppose it will all be worth it!

Here are the pictures that I took for 32 weeks.

I measured at 41 1/2 in, so just a little bigger than last week.

Well, I'm officially 32 weeks!

So I was spared the dreaded morning sickness at the beginning of my pregnancy. I didn't really have a whole lot to complain about throughout any of it so far either. However, ever since I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, I have been throwing up. It's only happened 4 times, and it's usually in the evening when I don't eat the best for the day. Well, I was woken up with it tonight. It started at about 1:30am and didn't think I was going to make it to the bathroom. I actually had a dream that I was going into labor, so when I woke up it was pretty scary. So I'm sitting here at almost 3 am, afraid to go back to bed because my stomach hasn't quite settled down yet.

I was out of most of my "healthy" stuff today, and had cereal for breakfast, a burger from Jack in the Box that my brother in law was nice enough to get me, a couple string cheeses, a granola bar, and then before I went to bed I had dinner, a waffle. I can only imagine that's what did it to me. What stinks is I never did make it to the store today and Shane has to take my car to work since his truck needs to be taken to the shop, so I'm stuck here without a car.

Well, I'm sick of it, so I'm going to eat the best I can tomorrow, and go to the store and eat better the rest of the next 8 weeks. What's weird is that there are days when I've eaten worse that that, and been perfectly fine. So it makes me wonder if there isn't some other reason for it all. Especially since at my last appointment, my doctor said that my gestational diabetes was so borderline, that what I eat shouldn't really affect me. I just needed to watch my sugar intake so I don't produce too much insulin for Tayson.

It's funny because every time I do worship the porcelain god, Tayson always responds by kicking harder than usual. I can't say I blame him though. I think I probably would kick someone too if I was woken up like that. Poor little guy. Anyway, since this is my 32 week mark, when I re-wake up I will post some more pictures of my belly, so we can all see if it's grown any. I feel huge, but I did last week too and I hadn't really grown a whole lot. I will also measure myself to see that way as well.

Deanna, I wish you all the best on Drew's surgery. I'm sorry I'm not the only one up so late, or, early. I love you guys and wish you the best!

What Tayson still needs...

I've been asked by quite a few people what Tayson still needs, so I put a list over to the right. We'll take stuff off as we get it, and hopefully the list will slowly but surely get shorter and shorter. Thank you to everyone who has helped out already. I really appreciate everything everyone has done!

PS ...

I added some new photos to the slide show at the bottom if you would like to see them too...

Yay for Baby Showers!!!

Just thought you might like to see some pictures from the baby shower and see some of the stuff I got. I made out like a bandit with outfits for him. Let's just say that he could wear 2 a day and I wouldn't have to do laundry for more than 2 weeks! I don't think Shane and I even have that many clothes ;) We got over 30 outfits, and lots of other fun things like a diaper genie, a diaper bag filled with lots of good stuff and some burp cloths and ADORABLE blankets. I almost slept with one last night it was so soft! ;) Anyway, enjoy the pictures! (the cake was amazing! and all organic too)

Just an FYI... if you want to know

I went to the Dr's appt, and I only gained 1 lb since my last one, which means only 21 lbs total. That's actually right where I'm supposed to be and he said he was proud of me for only gaining 1 lb. He said I was measuring right where I'm supposed to be and that in 2 appt's from now, in 4 weeks (BECAUSE I FINALLY GET TO GO EVERY 2 WEEKS NOW! and I heard that helps make the time go faster) we're going to do an ultrasound. Well I'll be 35 weeks then. He also said that with my Gestational Diabetes (by the way, it's very borderline to the point that I just have to watch what I eat, and not extremely closely) and with me being over a 9lb baby and with Shane's family history of over 9 lb babies, he thinks this is going to be a big baby. I have a small glimmer of hope that it won't be, but we'll see.

My main fear for labor is that I'll have to do a c-section, Shane think's I'll have to. Although I was talking to my girlfriend Alisha, who just had to have an emergency one in January, said that it wasn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be. She was able to be awake, and said that most people are, unless they're far into labor and haven't had an epidural yet. They just turn the epidural up. I just want to be awake when my baby comes out of me and I want to hear the first cry.

Tayson has been extremely active (which the dr also liked), and the other night Shane and I were laying in bed and my stomach was up against his side. This is usually Tayson's most active time, and Tayson started to kick him and then got the hiccups. I had to laugh because Shane was like "how can you sleep like this? he keeps kicking me and it kind of tickles!" I thought it was hilarious. Anyway, this is gotten really long and not really just an FYI anymore. ;) Love you all!

31 down, 9 to go!! (maybe less, maybe more)

Well, I didn't feel a whole lot bigger from last week to this week, and I took pictures the same way as last week, but I didn't look a whole lot bigger either. So I decided that this week, since I said I'd post pictures every week, I'd do something a little different. So here are some pictures of me in the living room, and one even with my face. I did measure though, and I was 1 in bigger this week. So now I'm 41 in around my belly, although I haven't gained any weight for the last 4 weeks. I'm sure that has to do with me eating better because of my gestational diabetes. I actually think I might have lost weight, and the good thing, is it's not from my belly, because that's getting bigger. We'll see at my appointment today if I've changed my weight at all.

My mom is coming down this weekend for my baby shower, so I think we'll have some fun. She'll basically only be here for Saturday, so it'll be busy. We're going to go get our toenails done, since I can hardly reach mine, and then my baby shower and then I think we're going take some belly pictures of me and Shane. I can't believe I haven't forced Shane to take some with me already. ;) Anyway, so I'll have some pictures to share after this weekend. I also think we're doing dinner with everyone Saturday night, so I'll have some pictures of everyone else too! Hooray! Anyway, I'm excited to see my mom, and I'm excited to see everyone I haven't seen for a while at my shower!

30 weeks! Only 10 to go!

Well, I said I was going to start taking a picture every week of my last 10, and here is the first. I didn't think I was much bigger than I was in my 28 week picture, and from the smaller pictures I saw, I think I am actually quite a bit bigger. Crazy huh? I measured around my tummy and I measured 40 in.

So my poor Jim had giardia and has been on medication for the last 3 weeks. We finally finished up his meds last night and took him into the vet for a retest to see if he was better. YAY!! He's healed! That means he gets to go out back and play with the other dogs, instead of being cooped up in the courtyard all day long. He's so much happier when he's got more room to run around.

Sign the guestbook!!! ... again

Hey everyone, I had to change my template to get my new background, so my guestbook got erased. Sign it again, I'd love to know you were here!

By the way...

If you are wondering how big my baby is, or how he's doing inside me, I have a little thing that will let you know. If you go to http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/vip/taysonrex, then at the top, by the picture of his ultrasound, it will tell you what week I am in and how many days I have to go. If you click on the "week ##", then it will take you to a page that will tell you what to expect in that certain week. It's pretty cool to see, and they usually tell you how big he's supposed to be and everything like that.

Pregnant Pictures

Well here are a few of my pregnant tummy pictures. I don't have a whole lot, but there is a recent one. I will probably start taking 1 picture a week once I hit my 30 week countdown (which is in 2 days). This first picture was taken on Feb. 15, 2008, when I was 17 weeks.

This one was taken on Feb. 25, 2008. I was 18 weeks. So this was when I found what I was having.

And these 2 were both taken on April 30, 2008, when I was 28 weeks. Sorry for the big gap between them, I have others, they just aren't on MY camera. I'll have to get the one of Brooke and my tummies together.

Well Hello There!

Hey Everyone!!!

So I was talking to Rob the other day, because he called me for my first Almost Mommy Mother's Day, and he said, along with just about everyone else that he wanted to see his little sis pregnant. It makes it a little hard when everyone lives in a different state for everyone to see my little pregnant tummy. He suggested starting a blog so everyone can keep up with my pregnancy, even though there's only 10 weeks left, and then with the rest of our lives as well. So Rob, GT, and just about everyone else that has repeatedly asked, this is for you. As you can tell, the ultrasound above is a direct shot of his face. It was taken at 18 weeks, and we haven't had another ultrasound yet, but hopefully I will have one at my next appointment.

And this one is the one were we found out "It's A Boy!" There wasn't really much hope for us, seeing as there are 5 Wagner boys and no Wagner girls, and 4 of the Wagner boys had already had boys first. It was the same 18 week appointment, and you can kind of tell where his legs are crossed, but to be quite honest, I can't make out a heck of a whole lot else. I'll just have to trust the doctor.