Today was Brady's baptism. I can't believe he is almost 2 months old! Bryan and I missed the baptism, but for good reason. We got to stay behind at Steve and Christine's to watch Jackson, although we didn't do a whole lot of watching as he was napping most of the time.
The first time he woke up Bryan and I walked into his bedroom and Jax wanted nothing to do with Auntie and quickly reached his arms up for Uncle Bryan to pick him up once he spotted him. Then it was so cute to watch Jax snuggle up to Bryan while he tried to decide if he wanted to really wake up or fall back asleep. I just stood there watching and thinking how I can't wait until its our little peanut that is snuggling up to Bryan. It won't be long now. After a bit, Jackson wanted to go back in his crib, so we set him down and he switched out his pacifiers (he has one in each corner of his crib) and grabbed his "lovie" and laid back down. I stayed in his room for a few minutes rubbing his back and he was back to sleep. Easy enough.
The second time he woke up, he was ready to go. So we got up and changed his diaper and read some books until he was ready to move to the living room. Just as we finished having some juice and started to play with his baseball set, Mommy and Daddy returned with the newly baptised Brady and the rest of the family.
We had great food and it was so nice to see everyone. After Brady opened all his presents we headed out as Bryan and I were very tired from our late night last night.
Thanks Steve and Christine for a great party.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Back to School Bash and 10 Year High School Reunion
Today is a jammed pack day with a DeSmet Back to School Party for the coaches at the Stewart's house and then my 10 year High School Reunion.
So, the morning starts off a little off schedule and then get thrown off even more as Bryan has realized that he "lost" his wallet. This is a whole other issue in itself as we are constantly trying to find where he has laid down either his wallet, phone, keys or all three. Well today they were no where in the house or car, so he had to drive all the way to DeSmet as well as Subway which were the last two places he remember having his wallet. He eventually found it at DeSmet and we were finally on our way to the pool party. It was really great getting to see all the DeSmet crew and chatting with everyone as well as having some great food.....the Steiners brought party potatoes, so of course I was in heaven! We left at about 4:30 and I had to do some skilled Nascar driving to get us home in time for Bryan to grab his dry cleaning ticket and get to the cleaners before 5 so that he could pick up his clothes to wear tonight for the reunion. Luckily he arrived at 4:59 and they gave him his clothes.
So, the morning starts off a little off schedule and then get thrown off even more as Bryan has realized that he "lost" his wallet. This is a whole other issue in itself as we are constantly trying to find where he has laid down either his wallet, phone, keys or all three. Well today they were no where in the house or car, so he had to drive all the way to DeSmet as well as Subway which were the last two places he remember having his wallet. He eventually found it at DeSmet and we were finally on our way to the pool party. It was really great getting to see all the DeSmet crew and chatting with everyone as well as having some great food.....the Steiners brought party potatoes, so of course I was in heaven! We left at about 4:30 and I had to do some skilled Nascar driving to get us home in time for Bryan to grab his dry cleaning ticket and get to the cleaners before 5 so that he could pick up his clothes to wear tonight for the reunion. Luckily he arrived at 4:59 and they gave him his clothes.
Before the reunion Bryan and I met up with Shayna and Aaron at Mike Shannon's for a drink (water for me) since the reunion was at the Ballpark Hilton. Then we met up with Matt and Kim and headed up to the party. It was so nice to see everyone but I was a little disappointed with our class. We graduated with almost 500 kids and there was maybe 150 total at the reunion and that includes spouses. But all in all it was great to see everyone that was there and reconnect with peope I have not seen in years. After the reunion we headed over to The Dubliner and continued the after party. Little preggers party animal that I am stayed out until 2am! About halfway through the night I got a second wind so I figured I would just go with it. All in all the night was fun, but I still wouldn't want to go back to high school. I love my life now and can't wait for my family to grow!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Big Brother
I love this show! It is Bryan and I's guilty pleasure. Every Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday we anxiously await for it to come on to see who will win HOH, or the POV or get voted out. I do have to say I am so excited that Matt is HOH and I hope that he puts up Rachel and Brendon and that Rachel goes home. I can not tolerate her anymore and if you watch the show I am sure you know what I am talking about. I do however LOVE, LOVE, LOVE listening to Britney in her diary room sessions. She is too funny with her little jabs and statements. If you don't watch I highly suggest you pick it up. The best time to watch would be to start on a Thursday when someone is voted out and a new HOH is revealed. It will make it a lot easier to follow.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
30 Week Appointment and Baby Class
Today I had my 30 week prenatal appointment. I can't belive I have 10 weeks to go! Because my doctor is in a group practice I have to also meet the other doctors in the practice in case they are the ones that have to deliver Baby T. Last visit I had my third ultrasound and also met one of the other doctors in the practice. I wasn't very happy with her and felt as though I was being rushed through the appointment. Now, I may be biased toward my doctor, but she just really didn't sit well with me, so I was very excited to see Dr. Super (yes, that is his real name) today, because Bryan and I had lots we wanted to talk to him about.
Dr. Super walks into the exam room in such a great mood everytime and it just always puts me at ease. We started with the normal measurement of my belly and listening to the heartbeat. We determined the baby is still head down with its butt at my stomach and "those must be arms and legs that keep poking you over here" that I kept asking about. Bryan was amazed that Dr. Super could tell what was where just by pushing on my belly. Then we went through our list of questions which today ranged from, how was the ultrasound last time because the doctor I had was not very talkative regarding that or anything for that matter except to tell me that, in my opinion, I was fat. Dr. Super confirmed Baby T is doing great, growth is great, fluid is great, placenta is in a good spot, and no I am not gaining too much weight. He said he has had patients that have lost a total of 2 pounds (uhh..hello, how do I sign up for that?) and patients that have gained 100 pounds and that his wife gained around 60 lbs and was just as active as I am and ate well. Some people just gain more weight than others for whatever reason. So, that was encouraging. We also talked a little more about labor and delivery and what is to come. I just love having my appointments with him and I know Bryan does, too because we leave feeling so informed and so great about this pregnancy.
Tonight we also had another baby class. Today we learned about c-sections and epidurals. My loving husband apologized in the middle of class for labor and delivery having to be so hard on me. However, he also stated after watching the video of a woman getting an epidural, "I don't think I want you to get that" because of the large needle. I think the hardest part for him is going to be seeing me in pain and him not being able to do anything about it, other than trying to keep me calm and as comfortable as possible. Really as long as he is there with me, that will help keep things tolerable.
Dr. Super walks into the exam room in such a great mood everytime and it just always puts me at ease. We started with the normal measurement of my belly and listening to the heartbeat. We determined the baby is still head down with its butt at my stomach and "those must be arms and legs that keep poking you over here" that I kept asking about. Bryan was amazed that Dr. Super could tell what was where just by pushing on my belly. Then we went through our list of questions which today ranged from, how was the ultrasound last time because the doctor I had was not very talkative regarding that or anything for that matter except to tell me that, in my opinion, I was fat. Dr. Super confirmed Baby T is doing great, growth is great, fluid is great, placenta is in a good spot, and no I am not gaining too much weight. He said he has had patients that have lost a total of 2 pounds (uhh..hello, how do I sign up for that?) and patients that have gained 100 pounds and that his wife gained around 60 lbs and was just as active as I am and ate well. Some people just gain more weight than others for whatever reason. So, that was encouraging. We also talked a little more about labor and delivery and what is to come. I just love having my appointments with him and I know Bryan does, too because we leave feeling so informed and so great about this pregnancy.
Tonight we also had another baby class. Today we learned about c-sections and epidurals. My loving husband apologized in the middle of class for labor and delivery having to be so hard on me. However, he also stated after watching the video of a woman getting an epidural, "I don't think I want you to get that" because of the large needle. I think the hardest part for him is going to be seeing me in pain and him not being able to do anything about it, other than trying to keep me calm and as comfortable as possible. Really as long as he is there with me, that will help keep things tolerable.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Magic Wok
Yesterday I met up with Amanda, a fellow lover of all things Chinese, especially when a buffet is involoved, at Magic Wok on Lindbergh. I had been looking forward to this lunch for a while so I was very excited for good food and great conversation with a wonderful friend. We had a great time, the only problem, was of course I overate and felt like Violet from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when she turns into the blueberry and has to be rolled down to the juicer. We had lunch at noon and I didn't eat anything for the rest of the day until about 11pm when I started getting a little hungry and decided to have a handful of Multigrain Cheerios (yum!) and a glass of juice before bed. The other negative was the salt from the chinese food coupled with the heat of the day made my ankles disappear and my feet swell to double their size. Oh the joys of pregancy! :) Have no fear though tiny Chinamen....I still love your food and will continue to crave your yummy goodness!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
What a fast 5 months!
There is so much that has happened and I know you all know basically what has gone on since my last post in March. Of course, as I blogged that post, I knew I was pregnant and hinted that at the end of our wedding album the family was told of our "little" surprise, which is that Bryan and I are pregnant with our first child. So exciting! Here is a brief synopsis of how everything has gone down so far:
FIRST TRIMESTER:
Our first doctor's visit with Dr. Super was at around 7 1/2 weeks. Bryan was a hoot when they told me to put on the gown and the doctor would be in shortly. I started to undress and he did not understand that I was to put the paper "dress" on once I disrobed. He asked, "so am I just gonna sit in this chair while you sit on the table naked?!" Too funny! Once Dr. Super came in we chatted and then he examined me and said everything looked great, so great in fact, that he wanted an ultrasound to make sure there was not twins on the way! The next statement from my husband was, "Twins! Where are we going to put two babies?!" To which I replied, "Where am I going to put two babies!" (as I pointed to my body). We have a three bedroom house, there is plenty of room there." During the ultrasound we got to hear the most beautiful sound in the world, our babies heartbeat. Then we say just one little peanut in my belly and it is the most gorgeous peanut ever! Everything looked good, we were measuring at about 8 1/2 weeks instead of 7 1/2 and we were sent home and told to call back on a Tuesday to make approximately 58 appointments with the doctor from between now and when the baby is due because apparantly when you become pregnant you spend all your time at your OBs office. As time when on I learned some things:
They (the writer's of all things about pregnancy) are liars when they say you may experience morning sickness. I did not experience morning sickness. I experienced morning, afternoon, night, early morning, all the time sickness. It was nothing for me to wake up at 2 in the morning to run to the bathroom and throw up. Have no fear, though, a majority of the time this happened my darling husband was never woken up from his slumber.
I may be able to keep good control of my weight gain since I don't feel like eating anything and when I do eat something it typically comes right back up.
I have never experience a tiredness like this before in my life. It never fails, 2pm rolls around and I am TIRED. I am talking bone tired, must close my eyes and nap or the rest of the day will be very bad.
Trying to continue to train for a half marathon is not a good idea when I am tired all the time and can't keep anything down long enough to really fuel my body.
SECOND TRIMESTER:
This is supposed to be the "honeymoon" trimester. The first few weeks I didn't believe it. I was still a little sick, but I was able to start eating.
At 15 weeks, I ran the St. Louis GO! 1/2 marathon. It was very empowering, running this pregnant, although my time was slow. Due to my sickness during my training the farthest distance I ran was 4 miles during training. At the race I ended up running 10 of the 13 miles, which I think is pretty good. I stopped at every water station and took in a cup of water and gatorade, which then lead to me stopping at every potty station as well. Daddy Bryan ran with me the entire time and we still laugh about how he wasn't even breaking a sweat and everyone kept telling him to keep it up and that he could do it. Once finished I couldn't wait to get home and shower and rest and we were going to go to our friends house for a BBQ, but once I laid down, I couldn't get back up and didn't get back up until the next morning when it was time for work. I seriously laid in my bed from 11am until 7am the next morning!
As time went on, I began to start wanting to eat and keep food down. So I ate. And I ate. And I ate. And my 2.5lbs that I gained in the first trimester quickly began to grow. I felt huge although people still couldn't tell I was pregnant. I would go to Babies R Us and feel jealous of the mommies walking around with thier big baby bellies or thier newborns.
At 20 weeks we had our ultrasound and the baby looked good. We measured in the 97th percentile though so Dr. Super changed our due date from the 15th to the 12th. We were told at our 26 week visit we will have to have another ultrasound because our peanut was folded in a yoga pose sitting comfortably down low in my pelvis and they couldn't get the third view of the spine. Nothing was wrong, they just like to have it in the chart. Fine by me. Another ultrasound, another chance to see my baby....yes, please! Also, because of the postion we would not be able to tell if it is a boy or a girl. As most of you know, this was fine with Bryan and I because we are not finding out what we are having until Baby T's Birthday anyway.
We also went to Disney World at 20 weeks and had a blast. Although I couldn't ride any rides, people started noticing I was pregnant and that was a great feeling! We got little golden books for Baby T, since we have all of Bryan's from when he was a kid, and Grandma bought a baby dumbo and baby pooh for the room as well.
Father's Day weekend we bought the crib and officially changed the "Cardinal" room to the "Nursery" Daddy did a great job putting the crib together and the set looks great! We arranged all the furniture and hung shelves on the wall.
At our 26 week ultrasound all was still well with a heartbeat at 143 and we have moved to the head down position and our measuring at the 76 percentile now. Baby T kept kicking at the ultrasound and so we got a leg measurement and we have nice long legs according to Ann, the sonographer.
THIRD TRIMESTER:
It seemed as soon as week 28 hit I began to start slowing down. I am getting tired a lot easier and my belly is getting bigger and bigger.
We started childbirth classes and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our instructor, Kathy Orf. So far we have learned how to breath and go to a relaxing place, push, and Bryan has learned how to give hand, back and head massages.
We have started putting the finishing touches on the decorations for the babies room. We added a tree decal and the decals that match the bedding on the wall. It looks so cute!
At 30 weeks today, I can't believe we only have 10 more weeks to wait to meet our little beautiful bundle. I am preparing for my showers and I can't wait to share this joy with everyone.
So, that's the catch up in a nutshell. I will try to be more up to date with the last 10 weeks. These are goinig to be monumentous ones as we count down to the arrival of Baby Traughber.
FIRST TRIMESTER:
Our first doctor's visit with Dr. Super was at around 7 1/2 weeks. Bryan was a hoot when they told me to put on the gown and the doctor would be in shortly. I started to undress and he did not understand that I was to put the paper "dress" on once I disrobed. He asked, "so am I just gonna sit in this chair while you sit on the table naked?!" Too funny! Once Dr. Super came in we chatted and then he examined me and said everything looked great, so great in fact, that he wanted an ultrasound to make sure there was not twins on the way! The next statement from my husband was, "Twins! Where are we going to put two babies?!" To which I replied, "Where am I going to put two babies!" (as I pointed to my body). We have a three bedroom house, there is plenty of room there." During the ultrasound we got to hear the most beautiful sound in the world, our babies heartbeat. Then we say just one little peanut in my belly and it is the most gorgeous peanut ever! Everything looked good, we were measuring at about 8 1/2 weeks instead of 7 1/2 and we were sent home and told to call back on a Tuesday to make approximately 58 appointments with the doctor from between now and when the baby is due because apparantly when you become pregnant you spend all your time at your OBs office. As time when on I learned some things:
They (the writer's of all things about pregnancy) are liars when they say you may experience morning sickness. I did not experience morning sickness. I experienced morning, afternoon, night, early morning, all the time sickness. It was nothing for me to wake up at 2 in the morning to run to the bathroom and throw up. Have no fear, though, a majority of the time this happened my darling husband was never woken up from his slumber.
I may be able to keep good control of my weight gain since I don't feel like eating anything and when I do eat something it typically comes right back up.
I have never experience a tiredness like this before in my life. It never fails, 2pm rolls around and I am TIRED. I am talking bone tired, must close my eyes and nap or the rest of the day will be very bad.
Trying to continue to train for a half marathon is not a good idea when I am tired all the time and can't keep anything down long enough to really fuel my body.
SECOND TRIMESTER:
This is supposed to be the "honeymoon" trimester. The first few weeks I didn't believe it. I was still a little sick, but I was able to start eating.
At 15 weeks, I ran the St. Louis GO! 1/2 marathon. It was very empowering, running this pregnant, although my time was slow. Due to my sickness during my training the farthest distance I ran was 4 miles during training. At the race I ended up running 10 of the 13 miles, which I think is pretty good. I stopped at every water station and took in a cup of water and gatorade, which then lead to me stopping at every potty station as well. Daddy Bryan ran with me the entire time and we still laugh about how he wasn't even breaking a sweat and everyone kept telling him to keep it up and that he could do it. Once finished I couldn't wait to get home and shower and rest and we were going to go to our friends house for a BBQ, but once I laid down, I couldn't get back up and didn't get back up until the next morning when it was time for work. I seriously laid in my bed from 11am until 7am the next morning!
As time went on, I began to start wanting to eat and keep food down. So I ate. And I ate. And I ate. And my 2.5lbs that I gained in the first trimester quickly began to grow. I felt huge although people still couldn't tell I was pregnant. I would go to Babies R Us and feel jealous of the mommies walking around with thier big baby bellies or thier newborns.
At 20 weeks we had our ultrasound and the baby looked good. We measured in the 97th percentile though so Dr. Super changed our due date from the 15th to the 12th. We were told at our 26 week visit we will have to have another ultrasound because our peanut was folded in a yoga pose sitting comfortably down low in my pelvis and they couldn't get the third view of the spine. Nothing was wrong, they just like to have it in the chart. Fine by me. Another ultrasound, another chance to see my baby....yes, please! Also, because of the postion we would not be able to tell if it is a boy or a girl. As most of you know, this was fine with Bryan and I because we are not finding out what we are having until Baby T's Birthday anyway.
We also went to Disney World at 20 weeks and had a blast. Although I couldn't ride any rides, people started noticing I was pregnant and that was a great feeling! We got little golden books for Baby T, since we have all of Bryan's from when he was a kid, and Grandma bought a baby dumbo and baby pooh for the room as well.
Father's Day weekend we bought the crib and officially changed the "Cardinal" room to the "Nursery" Daddy did a great job putting the crib together and the set looks great! We arranged all the furniture and hung shelves on the wall.
At our 26 week ultrasound all was still well with a heartbeat at 143 and we have moved to the head down position and our measuring at the 76 percentile now. Baby T kept kicking at the ultrasound and so we got a leg measurement and we have nice long legs according to Ann, the sonographer.
THIRD TRIMESTER:
It seemed as soon as week 28 hit I began to start slowing down. I am getting tired a lot easier and my belly is getting bigger and bigger.
We started childbirth classes and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our instructor, Kathy Orf. So far we have learned how to breath and go to a relaxing place, push, and Bryan has learned how to give hand, back and head massages.
We have started putting the finishing touches on the decorations for the babies room. We added a tree decal and the decals that match the bedding on the wall. It looks so cute!
At 30 weeks today, I can't believe we only have 10 more weeks to wait to meet our little beautiful bundle. I am preparing for my showers and I can't wait to share this joy with everyone.
So, that's the catch up in a nutshell. I will try to be more up to date with the last 10 weeks. These are goinig to be monumentous ones as we count down to the arrival of Baby Traughber.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Birthday Wishes, Anniversary Dreams
As most of you know, Wednesday the 10th was my 28th birthday. I was blessed with numerous birthday wishes starting early in the morning which struck a very emotional chord with me leading me to cry for a good chunk of the morning. Lunch was a great trip with Shayna to one of our favorite dining establishments...Long John Silver's. I finished my "normal" workday and headed to the Y for cheerleading practice where I was greeted by "Happy Birthday Miss Liz" from all my girls. Then at the end of practice they all sang "Happy Birthday" to me. Once home I got my birthday present from Bryan, new running shoes and socks. I have been wanting new shoes for months, so although it may seem strange, I was very excited with my gift. All in all it was a good night.
Sunday the 14th was our one year wedding anniversary. We first celebrated on Saturday with mom and dad, aunt Debbie and Uncle Steve Dopuch, Nicky, Melissa, Alex, Olivia, Cousin Gayle, JJ and Brendon. We had snacks and cupcakes and cookie cake. Alex even made me special cupcakes that looked like Penquins, since I love penquins! Bryan and I also got to show everyone our wedding album that had a special surprise at the end that everyone loved. After the party Bryan took me to a special place for my birthday and we got ice cream. I can't say where...it's a special place.
On Sunday I had cheerleading practice and Bryan had track practice. When we both got home we went to Trailhead Brewery for dinner. It was wonderful. Bryan loves to drink different kinds of beers, so the fact that it is a microbrewery was heaven for him. I loved it because they have hot pretzels with nacho cheese. Yum! When we got home we cut a piece of our year old wedding cake. It actually wasn't bad; not very moist, but still edible. We ended the night with me going to bed early. Not very exciting, I know. However, it was just perfect for us. We know we don't need fancy gifts to show each other we care. We just needed to make time and enjoy it with each other, which we did and pretty much do every time we spend time together.
So, here's to another birthday down and my first wedding anniversary.
Sunday the 14th was our one year wedding anniversary. We first celebrated on Saturday with mom and dad, aunt Debbie and Uncle Steve Dopuch, Nicky, Melissa, Alex, Olivia, Cousin Gayle, JJ and Brendon. We had snacks and cupcakes and cookie cake. Alex even made me special cupcakes that looked like Penquins, since I love penquins! Bryan and I also got to show everyone our wedding album that had a special surprise at the end that everyone loved. After the party Bryan took me to a special place for my birthday and we got ice cream. I can't say where...it's a special place.
On Sunday I had cheerleading practice and Bryan had track practice. When we both got home we went to Trailhead Brewery for dinner. It was wonderful. Bryan loves to drink different kinds of beers, so the fact that it is a microbrewery was heaven for him. I loved it because they have hot pretzels with nacho cheese. Yum! When we got home we cut a piece of our year old wedding cake. It actually wasn't bad; not very moist, but still edible. We ended the night with me going to bed early. Not very exciting, I know. However, it was just perfect for us. We know we don't need fancy gifts to show each other we care. We just needed to make time and enjoy it with each other, which we did and pretty much do every time we spend time together.
So, here's to another birthday down and my first wedding anniversary.
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