38 weeks & Baby shower few wks ago

pregnancy is still going well...few braxton hicks every now and then, but just taking it one day at a time! Go back to the doctor next Tuesday to get checked again...this week I was less than 1 cm dialated and 50% effaced. So it's getting close, but I don't think it'll happen in the next few days or anything like that.

Baby shower was a couple weekends ago and thanks to Mom and Angie, it was wonderful! I'm appreciative of every diaper and other gift my friends felt compelled to give! thanks again!

37 weeks

Appointment today went well, again, I'm measuring good, blood pressure good, her Heartbeat is fine and still showing head down and LOW, so she's getting into position :) I'm feeling huge now and pressure when walk too much or sit too long. It won't be long until Madison is here!

Olivia is doing well, however is now on meds for sinus drainage/bronchitus, as is her daddy. Monday, after going to the doctor, she had to be picked up from daycare b/c had fever and no appetite. She was much better today, though.

Friday we see Dr. Brown (every 3 months) and in 2 weeks we see Dr. Apfel (neurosurgeon followup). Olivia has been wearing a new foot brace since the end of April that Dr. Brown will look at and probably encourage us to do the botox again. Dr. Apfel is keeping an eye on the bone growing back together in Liv's head. We'll see what she has to say, however, I think the gaps are getting bigger. We want to give it as much time as possible though and not rush into another surgery to repair the "bone defect". Brian and I don't want to put her through another one this fast.

been awhile

My friend, Cricket Powell, took some wonderful photos of Olivia and maternity pics of me recently...see below!

Well, I am now 35 weeks and doing fine. My appointment this week revealed that baby girl's position is now head down, yay! Her head has been up the last few appointments and we were starting to worry that we'd have to discuss our options by this point. Now I'll be going to the OB every week so I'll keep this site updated! Olivia has been doing great-she is getting close to being potty trained, although it is such a long process! She still doesn't always tell us ahead of time or always agree to "try" when it's time :) We're getting there...

using right hand

Mother's Day at SML, minus Angie taking the pic...Tom likes to pretend she's there :)

God's promise!
We are working on getting the nursery ready...Brian painted pink, we have Olivia's old crib, new curtain, new closet organizers, new glider (thanks MOM!) We're getting there!

This was at my birthday dinner!

Here are a few pics where we've caught Liv in action using her right hand on her own!

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Trampoline was gift from Nana and Papa H--very good jumping practice! :)

Blue Ridge Kite Festival last Saturday, Olivia flew an Elmo kite and had a great time!

With friends at the Kroger tent!

Worn out!
Eating ice cream cake on her birthday!

Olivia and I had a wonderful day at home Wed, on my birthday holiday. Her 3 yr checkup went great, she's 28 lbs and about 38 inches tall! We had a little "bathroom incident" while waiting for the pediatrician, but it's all good now. She said she may have a stomache bug and we are to cut out dairy for a few days (hard to digest).

I picked Olivia up early today to take her downtown to therapy for the first time at their office. Miss Linda (OT) who is subbing for Cynthia on maternity leave, was awesome with Olivia! Love her. Nancy met with us and will follow up next month with me and talk about what to do next with therapy. The OT is our focus now, though. Monday, we go get Liv's new AFO brace for her foot since she outgrew the old one, yay! But she's been doing fine without one the last few weeks. Nancy was impressed today with Liv's gait pattern and balance w/o the brace. They did lots of things like swinging, climbing up and down ladders and stairs, excersize balls, puzzles, etc. We are to keep the AFO on during the days at daycare and off in the evenings and some on weekends-it's good to walk on different surfaces without the brace, too.

April already?

olivia's birthday party was fabulous and the little princess is now three years young! nana g and ryan came in from ohio Easter weekend and were able to come to the party, too, which was nice! thanks to all for the super nice gifts.

The week before her birthday, her daycare had their Easter program and olivia's class did great! The pic with the white/pink dress on was that night.

now that she's three, we are not going to do the speech therapy anymore and cut back on physical. PT will only see her about every 3 months to evaluate her progress and check on her foot brace. The occupational therapy will continue every week, but now we have to take her to their office downtown. she's doing well with that and we've started working with constraint therapy about 5 minutes every night the last week.