Busy Busy Busy...

I can honestly say that between work...home...and family! We've been BUSY! Dj is 10 weeks today and a very "healthy" boy! He is currently sleeping with us because he'll sleep straight through the night with us so mommy & daddy can both sleep! If we put him in his crib we might get 5 hrs max! He attended his first live Fantasy Football Draft party on Labor Day weekend! That was us being out of the house for more than 2 hrs...it was kinda nice...yet I was a bit nervous at the same time. We went in seperate cars just in case! Aside from that we've been busy being parents...and enjoying every new experience Dj gives us. This week is the last week of the Fair & Rodeo and Im really looking forward to going and getting to eat some YUMMY food! We only go once and its to grab some dinner and head home...this year same routine just not sure when as we'll be dropping DJ off so that he's not exposed to all those people or the heat.
Tomorrow we're going to the AHS vs. Plant football game..yes on a Thursday..but if it gets to be too much we'll just head home and watch it on TV. ESPN is hosting the event so they are televising it. Dj again will be with someone..not sure who yet!
Well his Baptism is fast approaching and the paper goods have been ordered and are here already just now to get all the food finalized...cake ordered...invitations sent out..and get everything else together! He & I have been going to church and I can say he's been GREAT...stays calm during the 1 hr service an after while people are looking at him.

One quick post...

well...Dj and I survived my first week back at work. Daddy survived too since he didn't have us around to bother him all day! Tomorrow is my first day of school and hopefully everything goes well and the year starts off great! I've been trying to soak up as much DJ time as I can this weekend...all we did was hang out at home and go to Tim's bday party Saturday night! Its nice to hang out with family. Well about to start getting all our stuff ready for the week and feed DJ!

Our 1st Month & Football!

We can offically say that our first month has FLOWN by! Here is a picture of Dj at 1 week before we left for our first doctors appointment. After this appointment we learned that he will be going to his appointments in easier clothes to get on and off fast! We had a good first appointment and went back at 2 weeks for a weight check and he'd gained so that he was back to birth weight.
We originally had some problems with nursing but we're slowly making better progress! I think we can offically say we do have a bit of a chunker. David and my sister have been very supportive of my nursing struggles they keep me very positive when its getting hard. Friday we went to school to move my classroom furiniture which was a slap of reality as I'll be going back in a week. My plan is to spend as much time as possible with him this week and cherious every minute!
Yesterday was his 1 month birthday! Can't believe its gone that fast! Today is the first pre-season game for the Cowboys and thanks to Uncle Trey Dj and Dad have GEAR!! Something tells me this is what I'll be seeing every Thursday or Sunday depending on when the Cowboys play! I'll end this with a pic of him in his outfit!

Dj's Hospital Pictures!!

Here is a link to DJ's Hospital Pictures!!

Lego, JVC & Netflix and DJ!

Well...I haven't blogged in a while...since I can't be online while Davids working I've just been getting things ready or packed around the house. My mom has been coming by once a week to help me clean up which has been wonderful! Aside from that I've been keeping up with all our laundry so that when we come home from the hospital there isn't much to do! Speaking of...Dj's bag is packed...our bag is packed...camera bag is ready to go...and today we got our newest addition to camera's a CAMCORDER!! We got the black one so that we could capture all our first moments with DJ!

Aside from this we also purchased a deep freezer last week so that we could stock up on groceries and not need to go to the store so often. So far it has been wonderful! Its working great outside and we certainly couldn't of gotten it without David's dad's help! Thank You for helping us bring it home! As most know David finished GTA so for Father's Day he wanted a 2nd controller to his PS3. So we bought this combo kit that had Kill Zone 2 and the controller! We also got Lego Batman....mainly for me because Im not the best at video games and in Lego you don't die.

On the Dj home front...my stitch is OUT! So now its just whenever DJ wants to bless us with his presence! I can honestly say we're ready...just wondering and anxious of when and how it'll all happen! I finished up his nursery this week...put all but a couple finishing details. Today is 37 weeks and we're offically FULL TERM!! Its such a blessing to know we made it this far! Well I am going to get off and help David do some picking up to the house...and we're going to watch Up on Netflix....we just finished watching Fluffy: Gabriel Iglesias....let me say HILARIOUS!!

It's Been Awhile!

Wow its practically been 1 month since I've updated the blog...in the past month we had a Diaper shower for David, Diaper shower at work, worked on the nursery and David & Trey built a custom cube/bench unit for DJ's room.

We had a Diaper Shower for David here at the house! It was lots of fun...pizza, snacks, diapers, video games and a simple guys night! David's dad, uncle and friends came over...an it was awesome that Finke and Shaft were even able to make it in from Lubbock.

After David's shower work had a diaper shower for me too! It was loads of fun! Here is a video slideshow of my work and family baby shower pics!

We've done lots of work on the nursery...I'll have those pics up later. I haven't gotten them all uploaded to the computer. We have an appointment with Dr. Bass tomorrow and we'll most likely have our true time frame set tomorrow. We're thinking we have about 1 week till the stitches come out an also Dr. Maberry said that Dj is weighing in at 5.5 lbs!! and by birth should be around 7 lbs!!

Splash Day!!

I just wanted to post how awesome this slide was that we had at school today for our kids Splash Day!! I had to distort some of the faces as we're not allowed to post pictures of kids or faces...but I can honestly say this thing looked like a ton of fun today! I am considering renting this for one of DJ's birthdays someday...yes I know Im thinking way in advance but that's how I am. I've even planned his entire first birthday party already...invitations, decorations and even down to the outfit he'll wear!
Well off to another Dr. Bass appointment!

Oh the clouds!

There are a couple Tornado Watches going on tonight....sadly most of these storms are moving east...I'd be nice to have a good ole thunder storm...Here are a some pictures of the CRAZY clouds outside!

Here in a bit we're going for a walk...which is a nice end to our relaxing...dinner and a movie night!!

Tomorrow we have a doctors appointment...we're praying all goes well!! And on a YAY MOMENT....David will be working out 5 am tomorrow...whew he's gonna be tired!

Mother's Day Weekend!!

I can say that I had a wonderful "first" Mother's Day! It actually started on Friday when David had these flowers delivered to me at work!

They are GORGEOUS!! My flowers are from Clara, Baby DJ and David! Friday night David and I did our own thing and that was fun! He played video games while I went to Louie's baseball game and then dinner with my sister's family. Saturday was a very interesting day...we mostly David did some cleaning and I finished up the trim painting in DJ's room. So we are offically done with the painting...now just to get the crib and furniture together and in the room.

Today was a great Mother's Day...slept in a bit before church, lunch at my mom's and then I went back for dinner! It was nice to visit with my sister's and mom! We watched Dj's sonogram DVD since my brother and brothers in law hadn't seen it yet! Now we are relaxing enjoying the rest of my mother's day quietly!!

This week will be spent "most likely" getting small details together for Dj's room...material for my nursing cover, wall art and a lamp! We also have an appointment with Dr. Bass this week too!

Baby Dj in 4D!

Here is Baby DJ!! Hopefully I can figure out how to post the DVD if not we have it for people to see!! Well we're off to bed...and yes that is his foot on his head & his hand in his mouth!

GD Training...hmm...new diet!!

Well my GD training wasn't as bad as I thought it would be...they made an individualized meal plan that I can easily stick to when it comes to eating at home and my snacks..but my lunch is one that after I get through eating my leftovers this week will be much easier next week!! My new best friend is my Accu Chek Compact Plus meter! I have to check my glucose levels 2 hrs after every meal and then first thing in the morning!! About my diet...I don't ever eat that much food so we'll see how this goes...I've only gained 3 lbs this whole pregnancy and now I feel like it might be more..but others say I'll probably start losing so I might just be all baby!!

On other news...DJ is in the 57 percentile for his age in his weight so we have a 2.11 ounce baby boy who has big feet according to Dr. Maberry. I also got pushed back to every 2 weeks with Dr. Bass after being moved up to every week...and I've gotten moved up on Dr. Maberry's schedule to 3 week appointments!! Tomorrow is 28 weeks and DJ will have full lung development...but he needs to cook for about 4 more weeks before his lungs will be really strong. Dr. Maberry said things are going GREAT...stitch is holding and thats whats most important after DJ's health.

Well Im going to go back to getting lesson plans ready for the rest of the year in case anything should surprisingly happen my kiddos are ready to go...just 22 more day!! YAY!! Also I can't wait to get home cause we're painting today and getting the ball rolling on the nursery!! There will be pictures later to come...

Drs.Appt, 3 Hr Monitoring and Start of 3rd Trimester!!

Well...wow is all I can say about this week. We had our appointment with Dr. Bass on Monday and that didn't go very well (at least in my opinion). Evidentally I've been doing too much and thats hurting my cerclage basically and putting more pressure when its not necessary. So...back to a modified bed rest I go. I can still work but was told no more field trips, no more riding the bus and standing should be limited! GREAT...like that's easy as a teacher! But the good thing is I talked with my Principal about it and they have agreed to let me sit during most of my day...allowing me to limit my walking and I'm allowed to follow my class in my own car on field trips! Whew...good thing is we only have 2 more!! On a sour note...as I say...my Glucose test came back abnormal...he didn't explain that much more than that...he isn't sending me for a 3 hr test but instead for Gestational Diabetic Training this coming Wednesday and I'll start seeing him once a week now! Talk about alot going on in just 2 days....to be followed by!!

3 HR MONITORING!! Wednesday I started having some pains and thought well Dr. Bass said something was affecting my cervix so maybe its this pain I've been getting so I called and ended up for 3 hrs in the hospital and to make things BETTER we went into the room I delivered Clara in!! Talk about FLASH BACK!! I was released after showing no signs of ACTUAL contractions and to bed I went.
So far things have been decent today...trying to stay as much as possible off my feet and keeping them elevated...but our really big news is.....DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!

TOMORROW IS THE 1ST DAY OF OUR 3RD TRIMESTER!!
DJ just needs to hold out 1 more month...at least...we'd like him to get nice and "toasty" as my assistant says for longer than that!! and yes she means "toasty" vs. being "guero"!! Well I'm off to sit on the couch and watch our shows...

also for those insterested...March for Babies is this weekend!! If you walk...you'll have an Angel walking with you!!

Peanut, DJ and much more!!

Well its been forever since I've posted or it at least seems like forever! Since last posting I got new shoes because my feet were seriously starting to hurt after a day of walking. Here is a shot of my shoes and of my 23 week TUMMY!! Being chubby doesn't make for the greatest tummy shots but gotta remember it some how LOL!! Well I love my new shoes because of course they are my favorite colors!!

On a work note...Im in the home stretch just 6 more weeks left and our last month is full of nothing but field trips and parties!! WOO HOO!! David's work is also going well although sometimes I think he gets a bit cabin feverish staying at home but we're proud to say that he PASSED (only missing a smoke alarm) his first home visit by management!!

Now on to more important matters...Baby DJ!!

We've offically done 2 of the possibly 4 registeries! My first shower will be May 16th and is being hosted by my sisters. I am proud of myself I went today and chose the crib and dresser/changer for his room and put them on layway so that they wouldn't be in the way while we're getting ready to start painting as his bedding made it in last week. Things are quickly moving along while I think we're still slowly moving! Here is the most recent sono's that we got at Dr. Maberry's office at the end of March! We've since then scheduled our 4D sonogram date and have begun talking to the photographer for our maternity session which will most likely occur mid May. As you can see in this sono he's showing off his little foot!

DJ is 12 inches long and weighs 1.7 oz.

Well I did my glucose test on Saturday morning and we'll get my results tomorrow at our appointment with Dr. Bass after school and hopefully everything is ok and no gestational diabetes. Tomorrow if weather permits my class is going to the Zoo so we'll see...I'll be sure to update how our appointment went and any new news we might have!!