I had my ultrasound yesterday to be sure the baby is growing on target and to find out the gender. Growth looks good, averaging everything my EDD is off by just one day, but I think the doc will be leaving it as is for now. The HB was 142. I was nervous the baby would not cooperate because the umbilical cord has been between the legs, it was there again, but with some movement and a lot of checking back, the ultrasound technician confirmed we will be adding another girl to the family. :-) Now it's time to look at names!
The kids had their well checks today and Nikolai continues to be "above average" for height and weight (35 1/4" tall and 30 lbs.) and Katerina continues to be "a bit petite" for height and weight (32 3/4" and 25.6 lbs). Other than that they got two shots each today. As usual Katerina took them like a champ with little more than a whimper and Nikolai milked all the sympathy he could get. We have to take them to get a CBC and allergy testing for Nikolai just to be sure he doesn't have any allergies like his sister since they are already taking some blood anyway. Hopefully that will all come back looking good too.
We had a great trip to Iowa. We saw LOTS of rain and the kids got to hold an umbrella for the first time. They had fun at Grandma and Grandpa's but did not get to catch a fish this time (they were too impatient and did not want to share the fishing pole so maybe next summer.) They did get to catch a frog and watch it hop back to the water which they thought was pretty cool. Katerina loved meeting her cousins, the Kamps Triplets, mostly because their car seats were fun to play with. ;) They both had fun playing with their cousin Megan too and meeting their new baby cousin Gretchen and playing with her big brother Noah for a little bit too. While daddy was in Canada fishing with Grandpa the first week, the one day it didn't rain we went to Living History Farms. The kids enjoyed it, and I got a good workout pushing their stroller on the trails. Thank goodness uncle Scott was with to push the extra 60 lbs up the last hill!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Things are looking up...
I've been feeling a little down for a few weeks, but am finally starting to feel better. I think the anticipation of getting away to see family and friends in Iowa is helping me come out of the funk I have been in. Of course, now I have a cold/sinus infection going on, so that has kept us stuck in the house a bit lately. I am finally in to the 2nd trimester of pregnancy (15 weeks, 2 days as of today) and feeling better. I can finally eat again! Last Tuesday night, I felt the baby move for the first time. I felt it about 4 times. I had a few other times recently that I thought I felt it, but turned out to be gas, so I was skeptical this time, but it really was the baby. ;-) My next appt is in two weeks, so will update more then on how everything looks.
On Monday, I went to Costco and picked up a drink on the way home. Well, I was about a half mile from home and went to take a drink and the lid popped off and the whole soda fell over in my purse and a bit on the floor of the new minivan. Luckily I had been wanting a new purse, so this gave me an excuse to get one! :) I did not; however, think it was amusing that everything (including my digital camera) that was inside my purse got ruined or very sticky. I guess that will teach me I really don't need to cheat and have a little caffeine once and a while. :-/ I think being pregnant has made me really clumsy.
The kids are doing pretty good. It's hard to believe they are 23 months old now! Katerina has had a couple of mishaps lately involving a tooth and a concrete picnic table and a dresser climbing experience...oh and a toddler picnic table and nose experience too, but looks like all is healing. Anyone want to send me a bubble wrap suit for her??? Nikolai is going through a phase where he likes to hit and push his sister. He's been spending a lot of time in timeout lately so I hope this phase is short lived. He is really getting a pretty big vocabulary and has some two and three word phrases he is saying like "train no way" when his sister tries to play with his trains. The love the new minivan, mostly because it means they get to watch "Word World". Katerina is starting to be more and more vocal, but she's also becoming a bit of a drama queen at times. She also had her first toenail and fingernail polish this week. She sat so still while I put it on and gave me each finger to do. It is a really light pink so doesn't show up too well in pictures or I would have posted one.
I have one more week of my 3rd and final Wilton Cake Decorating class coming up this week. I'll be glad to be done and hope to use some of the things I have learned for Katerina and Nikolai's birthday cakes this June if I am feeling ambitious enough.
We're planning to take the kids to Old Bonnie Springs tomorrow. It's an old mining town that has some fun attractions now like a museum and a petting zoo. Hopefully the weather is nice and I will post some pictures on facebook early next week.
On Monday, I went to Costco and picked up a drink on the way home. Well, I was about a half mile from home and went to take a drink and the lid popped off and the whole soda fell over in my purse and a bit on the floor of the new minivan. Luckily I had been wanting a new purse, so this gave me an excuse to get one! :) I did not; however, think it was amusing that everything (including my digital camera) that was inside my purse got ruined or very sticky. I guess that will teach me I really don't need to cheat and have a little caffeine once and a while. :-/ I think being pregnant has made me really clumsy.
The kids are doing pretty good. It's hard to believe they are 23 months old now! Katerina has had a couple of mishaps lately involving a tooth and a concrete picnic table and a dresser climbing experience...oh and a toddler picnic table and nose experience too, but looks like all is healing. Anyone want to send me a bubble wrap suit for her??? Nikolai is going through a phase where he likes to hit and push his sister. He's been spending a lot of time in timeout lately so I hope this phase is short lived. He is really getting a pretty big vocabulary and has some two and three word phrases he is saying like "train no way" when his sister tries to play with his trains. The love the new minivan, mostly because it means they get to watch "Word World". Katerina is starting to be more and more vocal, but she's also becoming a bit of a drama queen at times. She also had her first toenail and fingernail polish this week. She sat so still while I put it on and gave me each finger to do. It is a really light pink so doesn't show up too well in pictures or I would have posted one.
I have one more week of my 3rd and final Wilton Cake Decorating class coming up this week. I'll be glad to be done and hope to use some of the things I have learned for Katerina and Nikolai's birthday cakes this June if I am feeling ambitious enough.
We're planning to take the kids to Old Bonnie Springs tomorrow. It's an old mining town that has some fun attractions now like a museum and a petting zoo. Hopefully the weather is nice and I will post some pictures on facebook early next week.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Back to Blogging...
When I was pregnant with the twins I started a blog that chronicled my pregnancy with them. After they were born I (not surprisingly) was too busy to blog. Now that we have #3 on the way, it's about time to get back to blogging I think. :) So, to get everyone caught up....
We are still living in Las Vegas. We've been here since September 2009. This is a new record for us in living in one place as we seemed to move every 12-18 months before this. Vitaly loves his job though, so as long as the company is located here...we will be too.
The kids are getting soooo big! Katerina is finally in 24 month clothes for the most part and Nikolai is in 24mo/2T size. I'm not sure how tall they are, we'll find out at their 2 year well check in June. Nikolai love trains, letters and numbers. He knows all the letters of the alphabet and can count to 15. He is a very lovey boy and gives hugs and kisses a lot. Katerina loves to color and climb on things, she is our little engineer and likes to figure things out. She loves to have "Piggy Tails" in her hair and is starting to like her dolls and carrying purses more. She's not a big hugger right now, but she loves to snuggle to mommy and daddy. They both like to wear hats finally too. Their favorite show is Word World on PBS. They get so excited when they see the opening for it that they throw their arms in the air and squeal really loud! They have a couple of other PBS shows they tolerate and also will watch Mickey Mouse once and a while, but don't get nearly as excited. Nikolai talks a lot and Katerina is finally starting to talk more as well. Her words are not as clear yet, but I can tell what she means. :-) They will be two in June...where did the time go.
As I mentioned, baby #3 is on the way! My EDD so far is 11-10-11. This pregnancy has been a little different than my last, and not just because it's only one baby this time. :-) Most of you know we struggled to get pregnant with the twins and it took us almost 3 years and lots of fertility treatments. This time around, my body cooperated and we got pregnant right away on our own. I had my first appointment at around 8 1/2 weeks and we determined that it was indeed just one baby...I made the nurse practitioner look all around to be sure no one was hiding. I have had lots of nausea and had troubles eating meals up until Tuesday when I asked my doctor for something for the nausea. Ever since then I have had almost zero nausea...yay!!! I've been a little more tired than usual of course, but overall everything has been going pretty well. Here are the pictures from our ultrasound two days ago.
The top left is a shot of the baby looking straight ahead (head is on the left side), kind of an alien baby shot. :-) Top right is the arm mostly. Bottom left is face, torso and arm. Bottom right is a profile shot. We got to hear the heartbeat for the first time (153 bpm) at the appointment which helped me breath a sigh of relief. The ultrasound tech told us she would guess the gender since it's too early, but her guess was only 60% towards one gender, so we'll have to wait for the next ultrasound to find out if I need to keep pink or blue stuff. :-) Hopefully we will start taking belly shots soon as I'm starting to show a little bit finally.
We'll be traveling to Iowa in June for the kids and our birthdays and so Vitaly can go fishing for a week in Canada with my dad again. Hopefully if those of you who are from Iowa are around we can get together. We'll be going to the park a lot if the weather cooperates and hope to be able to visit a lot of people. We'll be in town for just over two weeks this time! I can't wait!!!!
We are still living in Las Vegas. We've been here since September 2009. This is a new record for us in living in one place as we seemed to move every 12-18 months before this. Vitaly loves his job though, so as long as the company is located here...we will be too.
The kids are getting soooo big! Katerina is finally in 24 month clothes for the most part and Nikolai is in 24mo/2T size. I'm not sure how tall they are, we'll find out at their 2 year well check in June. Nikolai love trains, letters and numbers. He knows all the letters of the alphabet and can count to 15. He is a very lovey boy and gives hugs and kisses a lot. Katerina loves to color and climb on things, she is our little engineer and likes to figure things out. She loves to have "Piggy Tails" in her hair and is starting to like her dolls and carrying purses more. She's not a big hugger right now, but she loves to snuggle to mommy and daddy. They both like to wear hats finally too. Their favorite show is Word World on PBS. They get so excited when they see the opening for it that they throw their arms in the air and squeal really loud! They have a couple of other PBS shows they tolerate and also will watch Mickey Mouse once and a while, but don't get nearly as excited. Nikolai talks a lot and Katerina is finally starting to talk more as well. Her words are not as clear yet, but I can tell what she means. :-) They will be two in June...where did the time go.
As I mentioned, baby #3 is on the way! My EDD so far is 11-10-11. This pregnancy has been a little different than my last, and not just because it's only one baby this time. :-) Most of you know we struggled to get pregnant with the twins and it took us almost 3 years and lots of fertility treatments. This time around, my body cooperated and we got pregnant right away on our own. I had my first appointment at around 8 1/2 weeks and we determined that it was indeed just one baby...I made the nurse practitioner look all around to be sure no one was hiding. I have had lots of nausea and had troubles eating meals up until Tuesday when I asked my doctor for something for the nausea. Ever since then I have had almost zero nausea...yay!!! I've been a little more tired than usual of course, but overall everything has been going pretty well. Here are the pictures from our ultrasound two days ago.
The top left is a shot of the baby looking straight ahead (head is on the left side), kind of an alien baby shot. :-) Top right is the arm mostly. Bottom left is face, torso and arm. Bottom right is a profile shot. We got to hear the heartbeat for the first time (153 bpm) at the appointment which helped me breath a sigh of relief. The ultrasound tech told us she would guess the gender since it's too early, but her guess was only 60% towards one gender, so we'll have to wait for the next ultrasound to find out if I need to keep pink or blue stuff. :-) Hopefully we will start taking belly shots soon as I'm starting to show a little bit finally.
We'll be traveling to Iowa in June for the kids and our birthdays and so Vitaly can go fishing for a week in Canada with my dad again. Hopefully if those of you who are from Iowa are around we can get together. We'll be going to the park a lot if the weather cooperates and hope to be able to visit a lot of people. We'll be in town for just over two weeks this time! I can't wait!!!!
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