Big News!!!

So, I went to the doctors yesterday and I am no more dilated then last week... Still at a one. The contractions have even slowed a bit and I have not been having as many. Maybe that has to do with the anxiousness of knowing it is getting so close causing that! Who knows, maybe she is just going to be stubborn like me. But, good news the doctor decided that he will induce me. We will be checking into the hospital on Monday night at 7:00pm. They start by giving me something to soften the cervix and then later that night they will break my water. Then in the morning on Tuesday they will give me pitocin. It's a drug that gets the contractions started. I had to have it with Trais too since the contractions tried to stop half way though... So, we will be having her on Tuesday at some point! Hopefully early in the day not the end. My mother-in-law April flies in tomorrow night and then my parents fly in on Monday night, so it works out perfect to have her on Tuesday. Donny also has a huge test on Monday so at least he will be able to get through that before we go into the hospital... I can't wait! Trais is very excited for me to not be pregnant anymore! He has no idea what is really coming!!!

Well thats the biggest news that I have for you. Like I said before I am really slowing down. If fact it seems like it takes all that I have in me to make dinner or to go grocery shopping! Trais has been my amazing little helper boy! He comes and pats my shoulders and asks me if I need anything. He is such a sweet kid. These last few weeks have been great getting to spend so much time with him. Never in his life have I been able to spend this much time with him. I can tell you though he is probably very ready to go back to school and start making some 'real' friends.

Like I said earlier Donny has a big test coming up on Monday for Academy so he has been studying every night for hours. I think he is going to do great, but he of course is worried that he needs to study more! He gets to get out of the classroom the following week though (Not next week, but the week after that)! We got his new schedule for when he rides with his training officer and he will be working two 24 hour shifts! I am so happy that he will be home with me and the kids for 5 days a week!!!! It will only be that way for 4 weeks, but I couldn't be any happier about that!!!

Anyways, I am going to go lay back down for a nap now, so I will write later!
Love ya all!!!

July 16th

Hello,

Well we had Trais's B-day!! We had a good time with him. We got up and had pancakes for breakfast! Then got ready and went down to the the lake for the day! We had a great time and he was so happy to get to have Donny be there. I guess I just dont play very well these days! We floated around and he got some squirt guns and a boogy board that he was very happy to use! We hung out there for awhile and then since Trais wanted to have pizza for dinner, we took him to Gatti Land. It is a place that is a lot like Chucky Cheese, but it is actually clean! They have big movie screens that play cartoons in the dining areas and they have a game room with all kinds of video games. Because it was his B-Day they gave him free tokens to play with even. He loved the place and asked if we could come back all the time. They are set up like a pizza and salad buffet type place and on Mondays moms get to eat free so I suppose we will be going back once I am on my salad only diet! hahaha!

I finally took a couple of pictures of me and the belly so here you go! I am of course not exactly happy to be having pictures taken at this stage. But, I realized that I didn't have any pictures of the belly!

Oh other good news! Donny passed his ACLS test! He did great on it! He has been studying for it like crazy so he was very stoked to have passed! Yay!!!

I went to the doctors yesterday to have a check up on the baby! He did a cervical check and I am dialated to a one... Not exactly as good as I was hoping, but I suppose it is something. I am not looking forward to another 32 hour labor so I was really hoping to dialating a little at a time. I have been having contractions here and there. They even came sort of regularly for about an hour or so, but then went away. I wish that I could just go into labor and already be half the way done!!! Wishful thinking I know. I did end up having them do a stress test on her though. The night before and then a day before that it seemed that her movements had slowed down a lot and it was more or less very sudden. I know she is running out of room and that her movements should be slowing down a little, but at the same time it should not have been so sudden. I mentioned it to the doc and he said that we better do a stress test on her. So, we did it and of course it was right after lunch and she moved around like crazy. I felt sort of stupid but the doc said that if I ever was worried about it to call or come in right away and that the sudden drop in movement should not be happening... In fact he said that I should feel 8-10 movements an hour. I don't know that was even feeling that much when she had lots of room, but I suppose.

Anyways, I am getting very excited about all the family that is going to be coming down soon! It will be nice to have some people to talk to and hang out with and some help too! Trais I think will be the most happy since he is ready for a distraction. As I have said before I must not be very fun right now since I am so tired all the time. I am trying to stay active and take him out to do things but they are getting few and far between. He needs to see some family and have some other activities!

Trais's B-Day present

Trais got his B-day present a day early since that was the only day that we could get Donny some help putting it together! One of the other cadets in his academy came over really early this morning to help set it up. Trais was very excited and he keeps asking Donny to go jump on it more!

So Trais and I packed a lunch yesterday and got in the car with the idea that we would find a beach... We drove down 1431 (a main road that leads in the general direction of Lake Travis) and just started looking for signs saying this way to the lake... We ended up having to do a little off roading and a couple U-turns, but we finally ended up finding a beach with a big playground and people were swimming!!! Trais was just looking at me like I was his normal crazy mom... hahaha So we ate our lunches since by the time we finally found it we were starving! Then we went down to the lake to check out the water... Being from WA I of course expected the water to be freezing even though it was 96 degrees outside. Of course I was very pleasantly surprised to put my feet in the water and it was nice and warm. Almost like bathwater, but not quite so it was refreshing! Trais still doesn't know how to swim (even after two summers worth of swimming lessons) so he wanted me to get in the water with him. Since it was only other moms and their kids down there I decided to go for it. I don't have a maternity bathing suit or even a one piece so I put on my two piece and put a pair of shorts over the top and we went in! I had to force him in the water a little since he has never really been in lake water like that... He ended up having fun, but he was so scared to go far into the water... I need to get him in some lessons fast and I need to make him stick with it and learn it. He has a head block about it since he is so old now. I was swimming with no problems at like 2 1/2 years old, but that it is the difference between where you grow up maybe. I should have introduced him to the water more while he was younger! Oh well! He will catch on!

So, I had about 4 good contractions last night... Nothing too regular to mean anything, but they were strong enough to wake me up out of a dead sleep! Hopefully they will help to get things opening up! I am so afraid of having another 32 hour labor!!! That was horrible. I would be very happy if I could have just a couple contractions every night until it is actually time and then have that go fast!!! Usually your second one comes faster then the first they say, so hopefully we can at least cut like 25+ hours off my first labor! I really dont think that is too much to ask for... Do you? hahah! My stomach feels oddly sore this morning though! I almost feel like a over worked out on the abs.

Today is the mark of the 3rd week of academy! Yeah only 10 more to go! I feel so bad for him. He is up so early every morning and then gets home late and has to study for a few hours every night! I am happy that it is Friday so that he can relax a little. He is taking it all in good stride and appears to actually be enjoying himself some, but I know he is very tired and his brain is on max out!

Trais is lucking out and getting his present on tomorrow morning since that is when Donny could track down some help putting it together. One of the other cadets from work is going to come over and help him out! Those things are hard to put together and I am of course no help! But the day he could come is Saturday so we'll take what we can get! He still has no idea yet and I can't wait to see how excited he is! The trampoline is from Donny and I and Grandma April and Ken! He knows he is getting something big from all of us together, he just doesn't know what it is yet. He says that he wants pizza for his B-Day dinner, so Donny and I are going to look for a pizza place that is fun around here to take him to! We will be having a party for him, just not until the grandparents are here visiting!

I almost forgot... We named the puppy finally! Her name is Hurley! It fits her... Her and I are finally starting to get this potty training thing down... She has been going outside much more often then inside! Thank god! I think the first couple of days I was ready to leave her outside!!! I have never potty trained a dog so it was a challenge for me more then her probably! I just needed to know how to do it... I finally broke down and asked Donny to teach me how to do it! He laughed at me, but oh well! His advice is so far working! Little Hurley will hopefully be fully potty trained soon! We just need to get her a doggy door now so that she can get out when she wants!

Well since it is now 6:30am I am going to atempt to fall back to sleep. My sleep comes in random spurts. I take it when I can I guess!

Have a good day, Love ya!

July 8th

Hey everyone,

1st things 1st! We got a new puppy. She is very cute! It is a weiner dog... She is about 3 months old. I thought she was a little more potty trained then she is and I am not all that happy about the accidents that she has had, but I suppose that it the fun of a puppy. I hope she picks up on it soon!!! Trais is getting to see that dogs are a lot of work! I have been trying to make him take her outside and take responsibility of her since he was the one who really wanted her. He asked for her for his B-day! He has actually been doing very well with it.

I went to the doctors yesterday and everything is fine. She is head down and ready to go. I am feeling really exhausted all the time and I can't get comfortable at all now. I am totally feeling like I am in the last few weeks! They suck! She is starting to get slower moving too since she is getting so big. I just hope she doesn't get too big!!! Trais was 8 lbs. I would be much happier if she was more like 6lbs! Wishful thinking I am sure.

Donny's academy is going well. I tried to get him to write about it, but he is too busy. He goes in very early and runs up to 3+ miles a day and then has lots of class time. He says that he is really enjoying it actually. He comes home and then has to get ready for the next day and then go to bed. He has to study a few hours every night also. It was nice for him to have 3 days off last weekend! I think he is sort of getting anxious to get back in the field though.

Well I am off to clean the bathroom! Yeah! Maybe it will put me into labor if I scrub hard enough lol!!!

July 5th!

Hello,

Happy 4th to everyone. I hope you all got to see some good fireworks! We got a lot done around the house yesterday!!!! We now have an almost working 2nd bathroom! It has a toilet and light fixture and all the basics! It needs a good deep cleaning now and some door knobs and we will be good to go. Of course the floor is still just the concrete. For any of you that are just tuning in to the goings on of the house... We came in and the house was filthy beyond filth. These people have never cleaned there house ever! They smoked in the house and never left. The carpets were boyond discusting and the toilets were so bad that we actually had to pressure wash them outside. All the flooring had to come up and everything had to be painted right away. It took us using 27 gallons of primer (the best kind you can find on the market) all over the walls and ceilings and then we were even able to paint it. The day we pulled into the driveway Donny and his friend Ryan had to tear out the carpets. (We were hoping to just give them a good shampooing, but that was not an option once we saw them.) All of the linoleum had to be ripped out also, but we could only afford to do so much right now, so we had all new carpet layed and got it all painted, but just tore out the linoleum and sanded it down in the kitchen and bathrooms and front entry. We are just going to leave it as concrete for now until I am not pregnant and can put down some nice tile! Needless to say Donny had to do a LOT of work in a very short time and now that the house is getting to be almost done I think he thinks that it was well worth it. The house and neighborhood so far are great. I think that all the neighbors are thouroghly enjoying having some better neighbors here. They said that the people that lived here were just very anti-social. There is a 6 year old little boy who lives next door to us which will be great once he and Trais can get a chance to play. So far that hasn't happened but I am sure that soon it will.

Anyways, that got long about the house, but I just wanted to fill everyone in on that. I suppose it is a very good thing that we got the house so far under market value for the neightborhood! We knew that it was not going to be in perfect shape, we were just hoping to spread the work out over time. All in all, it was unlivable when we got here! Luckily we had some friends that let us stay with them for a little while to get things put together.

We took Trais last night for the first time to a Japanese Steak House. The kind of course where they cook right in front of you. The chef was great and Trais thought it was very cool. They did the fires and all that. They even went around the table and had us try to catch a piece of shrimp in our mouths! He gave Trais many chances but somehow he couldn't do it, but it was fun to watch him. I took a couple of pictures, so check those out.

Anyways, I hope everyone has a great 4 day weekend, I am going to go get ready for the fun filled day! It is supposed to be around 98 degrees today so I suppose it will be a lot of being inside the Air Conditioning!!!

Love ya all!

Day 2!

Hello again Family and good friends,

I finally figured out how to add pictures to the blog! So... There are now a few pictures up of some random things.

Yesterday Trais and I found a pool and he got to swim around for a little while. Then we got back in the car and kept driving and we found an awesome sprinkler park. I added a couple of pictures of him there. He totally loved it. I am sure he will be asking to go back every day! Yesterday was cooled down a little so it was not too bad to sit and read while he played, but next time we go I will be bringing my bathing suit! Trais really wants to take Donny there too, so maybe this weekend we will try to spare some time.

I found a new doctor and I will be going to see him on Monday. I went to see one here already, but didn't get the best read from him and then heard 3 seperate accounts of people who had a bad experience with him... Donny didn't want me to have another bad experience with a doctor so we decided that even though we are 36 weeks along that we should change. Hopefully she just hurries and comes and then we dont have to worry about it!!!

Anyways, I am late getting ready so I better go!

Love you all!!!!

Numero Uno

Hello Everyone,

So I was planning on using myspace to alert everyone about how things are going, but I guess it is too confusing to navigate through, so I will try this out! I hope everyone can access and read through it.

I will try to blog here as often as possible to keep you all up to date with us!

Where do I begin for now? Well Donny has been in Academy for a week and a half now. He was even gone ALL weekend at a camp that did not offer pedicures for sure! hahaha! It was a LOT of work and he is still tired and trying to catch up. Trais is starting to go crazy with boredom and that is my fault. It is so hot outside that I have been avoiding leaving the house due to all the extra weight I am carrying and the uncomfortable clothes that I have to wear! So, my goal today is to take him to a park that has big spinklers basically that he can run through! Maybe we will get to meet some other people and make some friends also! That would be great. I just hope that I can last without just sitting on the sprinkler and not moving! He is doing great other then being bored out of his mind. He has been a super big helper boy for me. He is trying so hard to stay out of trouble, but you know how that goes when a 5 year old is bored!

Trais's B-Day is coming up! July 13th! I can't believe that he is going to be 6 years old. I can't believe it at all. We got him a trampoline!!! (He doesn't know it yet, so SHHH) but he is going to be so excited. He has been wanting one for a very long time. We are also going to get a sprinkler to put underneath to keep him cool!

About me... I am VERY ready to have this baby! I am so done with being pregnant! I set up her bedroom with some help from a friend on Saturday while Donny was gone. It looks so cute, I will try to take a couple of pictures and get them up! I still dont have the room painted, but I suppose I will be able to get to that later. I am hoping that she comes early! I want to have her now!!! But, as any of you moms know they come when they want and don't really listen to us no matter what right?

Well that is plenty for now, I will try to blog at least once every couple days, but of course we are busy so don't hold it against me if I am absent for a few days! Hope you all enjoy this and please let me hear from you too!!!