Turning Point...

So, at my appoinment today, I talked to my Dr about inducing a bit earlier then we had previously planned... he was on board! We had chosen May 23rd because my due date is the 21st and my parents were going to be out of town ( New York actually) until the 20th, but now they are not going so we moved up the date... I am scheduled to be induced on Monday May 18th!! Yippee!! I love going early. Who in their right mind would choose to be pregnant any longer then they have to be... NOT me!! I now go in every 2 weeks until the end... which is near! I am so glad too. A bit scared to have 5 kids, but you do what you can and hope it all turns out alright. I do love being a mom!!

Feeling Pregnant...

I am about 6 weeks or so from my due date!! It is coming close to the end and I can hardly wait!! One reason is that I am so tired of hearing people say, "Wow, you are huge for only being this far along!" Oh and the other day, someone asked if I was having twins!! Needless to say, I am not having twins, I just get really BIG when I am pregnant. And with this one being number 5, I am probably the biggest ever!! Or so I feel, anyway. I have only gained about 15 to 18 lbs which for me is awesome. My first kiddo I gained a whopping 85lbs and never got rid of it. After this baby, I am so going to get rid of ALL my baby fat. I have a hard time loosing weight, but with my dad training me, I WILL do it!!

I am feeling ok. I have terrible back pain most of the day and night. Which makes it pretty hard to sleep. I can hardly turn over. I feel like a turtle stuck on it's back. It has to be pretty funny to watch actually. Putting on my socks has now become quite the chore. I don't wear them most days because of this. I also am done with heart burn and acid reflux... Oh how I am done with this. I get it no matter what I eat. And almost always at night! Try to sleep then... And this pregnancy seems to be taking forever!! But they always do in my opinion. Then the first year of the baby's life just flies by. Why is that? Maybe because the first year is a lot more fun then being pregnant... Sounds about right.

I have only a few cravings right now. Anything chocolate, but I don't know if that is a true craving, seeing as how I "need" chocolate all the time anyway... pizza with mushrooms and olives, and chocolate ice cream with chopped walnuts. That is all I ever want to eat. Other stuff is ok and I will get by, but I could live on pizza and ice cream alone right now. If only...

I do have a lot I still have to get done before the baby arrives. Like decide for sure on a name. We like Brielle, but haven't decided for sure. We have purchased the paint for the crib, now we just need to paint and antique it. My sister in law has finished the bedding, which is totally adorable. We need to organize mine and the kids rooms to fit the kiddo (and all of her stuff) somewhere. And the list just goes on from there. Hopefully that will make the time go by faster. We shall see!!

Craziness is setting in...

Ok, so this being my first girl, I have been doing so much shopping!! There are so many sales going on right now that I just can't pass it up! I am having so much fun too... I have even found lots of great deals for my boys... I love shopping!!! My husband picked up her baby book at the bookstore up in Portland last week, my sister-in-law is amazing on the sewing machine so she is making the bedding for me (which is adorable by the way, black and white, so cute), I have some clothing, jammies, socks and shoes (of course), but there are still lots of things that I need... a swing, a baby keepsake box ( I have one for each of my kids that I keep all of their memories in, like baby book, blankie etc...), bibs, bottles, and of course more clothes!!

We have had our crib since our first baby and now I think it needs a little make-over. We are on the look out for some safe paint that we can use that won't make the baby sick if she chews on the crib (which for some reason is what my kids like to do) and we will paint it black and my friend is going to antique it for us!! So excited!! We need to get Landon out of the crib so we can do this and then move the crib back into our bedroom... until we can change all of the boys rooms around... probably next year sometime. I have so many cute ideas for decor. She is going to have this cute little corner in our room just for her. It is going to be so cute. I will have to post some pix of it when finished. I am a total procrastinater so I need to get started right away. There is a lot going on in the next 4 months to keep me busy enough, now to add getting ready for baby!! The joys of mommy-hood!!

I am generally feeling pretty good, which is nice. I am able to take care of my family. Thank you for that! I am trying to still get caught up on my house organization, which I am terrible at. I am sleeping alright, would be better if I didn't get headaches at night and have pains in my hips and legs, but what do you do. It goes away when I get up in the morning, so that is nice. Right now I am not really having any cravings... wierd. I usually do. Nothing ever sounds good to me, ever!! It is really hard to decide what to eat. I don't want to eat anything, yet I am hungry... What to do... I have gone from craving pot roast to salad to pizza to Subway to oranges to smoothies and now nothing.

The babys is growing well, about 1 1/2 lbs now. I will have another ultrasound in a couple weeks because at the last one we couldn't get a good look at her heart and they want a better look. I will be getting a few more 3D pix of her too, that will be really fun!! Til then...

It's a GIRL!!!

I never thought I would say those words. Really! I have 4 boys and I love it! I have been thinking today that it will be fun to have a girl now. Change things up a bit. I will need to relearn some girly things that I have not done in a while, but it's all good. I am pretty excited actually.

So, today was my ultrasound. Everything was perfect. The tech put the little one up on the screen and I imediately saw that it was a girl. I kept looking around thinking "that can't be right" but it was. I was a bit stunned, to say the least, for a couple of hours. But it is true. After 4 adorable, handsome little boys, our home will now have a little girl.

We recorded our kids as we told them the news. We just had to. Jeremy has been praying, litterally saying in his prayers wether they be family, mealtime, or personal prayers, that he wanted a sister. He now really believes in the power of prayer! I am glad about that. Zackary on the other hand has not wanted a sister... ever! He wasn't very happy. I know that will change. Zackary is the sweetest little boy ever. He will adore her, as I know she will him. Ean wanted two girls... sorry bud, not happening. Landon doesn't really know what is going on. All in all, we are all pretty excited. Now to come up with a name. I had picked out a couple that I liked, but now that I know it is a girl, we really have to start thinking. I will take any suggestions you may have.

I need to do some shopping. When I say need, I mean NEED. I have not one thing for a girl. Not even onesies! Help! My sister is already planning my shower, so that will be nice. I only have 4 more months to go, this is going to be fun!!!!!

Little Movements...

This little guy/girl is so wiggly! I hadn't felt the baby move yet, and usually don't until I am at least 4 or 5 months (strange I know). But now, he/she moves all of the time! Seriously... ALL of the time! It is pretty fun actually. I always think that it starts to feel more real when they start to move. I wonder what they are doing and thinking. It reminds me a little of the movie "Look Who's Talking." That movie cracks me up... I always wonder what the babies think, if they even do, I don't know. But it is fun to think about. I am trying not to ge crazy right now not knowing what I am having. My sister is about 2 1/2 weeks or so behind me and she has a DR appointment this next week. We have the same DR so I have a feeling that he will do the same thing for her as he did for me, roll in the portable ultrasound machine to try and see what she is having. She also has boys, 2 cute ones. Her little kiddo will probably let her know right then!! AHH!! But I can't wait to know what she is having either. It is so fun being pregnant with both of my sisters. One of them is having a girl... after having 2 boys. She is going to arrive in a few days!! We are so excited. I think it could be fun if all 3 of us were having girls, for her sake, so she isn't the only one out of 11 cousins. But I really just want a healthy and happy little baby, whatever it will be! January 20th can't come soon enough!!!

For any of you who are wondering if/when I am going to put any pictures up, keep hoping. I like never take any pic's of myself when pregnant. I will towards the end, but definately NOT now!

A visit to my doctor...

So, I am about 18 weeks along, or 4 months... and I had my first dr. visit yesterday. Yes, I know I am a bit late, but we have been waiting on insurance stuff. Anyhow... now that is all taken care of. So, I went in to my dr., who is amazing by the way... best dr. EVER!! And he was excited to see me... he has delivered all 4 of my other kiddos... almost missing the last one. He got there just in time! He said to me, "So, any thoughts on what you are having?" I said, "no... I am fine with whatever!" He said, "I want to know what it is! Don't you? Let's get the portable ultrasound machine in here and find out!" I was so excited!! I couldn't wait to find out! And I knew I was headed to the mall shortly there after to purchase a new something... so he got the ultrasound machine and we checked out my cute little bun. Unfortunately we couldn't see the gender of the baby!! :( We were both bummed, but what can you do. I am due on May 22nd and we set up a date for me to be enduced on Saturday May 23rd. My parents will be in New York until the 21st, so I couldn't enduce early. :( But my dr. is on call that weekend so I will be his only priority! I love that! He was pretty excited too. So that is the date!! I have been enduced with 3 out of 4 kids, and the one I went into labor with was scheduled to be enduced and week after my due date. So I was late with that one anyway. I am not one for suprises, so being enduced rocks! And I get my dr. all to myself that day! And my parents will be back from their trip! What a great weekend! My actual ultrasound is scheduled for January 20th and I cannot wait!!! I am so excited to see what this new little one will be! I have been thinking about names... I like Amelia Lynn or Gwendolynn Loraine for a girl and Scott Aaron or Ryder Allen for a boy.

Any thoughts on the names I like?

Do you think we are having a boy or a girl?

Only 11 weeks...

I have said many times in the past few years that time is flying by. My kids are getting older every minute, my husband is getting older, yet still handsome, I am even getting older. I turned 30 this summer and have had a hard time with it. But that is a whole other story... I feel that with everything going by so quickly, I would be done with this pregnancy a lot sooner than I am. I am only 11 weeks, which means that I have like 29 more to go! I will still have about 5 months after the new year! I normally don't want time to pass by me, but I have been feeling rather yucky still and with a family of 6 to take care of, it is bothersome... in other words, I despise it! Being sick that is, not having a baby. I just came down with a terrible head cold this week. I always get a cold when I am pregnant. My glands become swollen, very swollen actually, to the point where my neck hurts and stiffens. I can't breath, due to the fact that my sinuses are stuffed up. My eyes water and my throat hurts. I know that this will last for the next couple of months too... it always does. It is just one of the side effects of my being prego!

On a more possitive note... I just found out that my other sister is pregnant too... that makes all three of us prego together and due not too far apart. My youngest sister is due in January, then me in May and my other sister is due in June, only 2 weeks after me. That will be fun!!

I took this drano test the other day that my sister took. It is one of those things that you can do to see what the sex of the baby will be. I don't believe those, really, but it said that we are going to have a boy. Now that I believe 100%! Between my sisters and I we have 8 boys. I will be happy either way, boy or girl, just so long as it is healthy... that is really all I wish for when I am having a baby, is a healthy one and a delivery with no complications. Haven't had any complications yet and don't plan on it. I am, however, a bit nervous about the delivery. That part is not fun... But the first second after the baby is born and they hand him right to me.. that is the best moment ever!! It is amazing the love you feel for that baby. I spend the whole night holding him and just watching him. It is the best!! That is something I cannot wait for!!