21 Week Dr's Appointment

I had my last Dr's appointment with my GP this past Monday. I was very sad to see the scale move in the upward motion of SEVEN POUNDS!!!! Jesus Murphy! That is way too much to gain in a 4-5 week period! sigh... Must be the chocolate that I was addicted to... Anika now thinks that my Dr. has said NO MORE CHOCOLATE!! lol

However everything is looking really good. The heartbeat is 149 beats per minute.. my blood pressure was good, and again the only concern is the placent being small and low.

My next appointment is when we get back from holidays with Dr. Awadalla, who will be my OB and hopefully deliver the baby.

Our Fetal Assessment - 20 weeks 1 day...

We had our fetal assessment last week, Wednesday.

Everything seems to be going really good. The baby was quite active again during the assessment. We were able to take a good look at the baby's face, especially the lips and they look good. We also took a look at the brain and the heart. Both look really good too. The only problem that they are going to monitor is that my placenta is small and low. This could cause a problem down the road called placenta previa. If in fact that is what this is, I maybe put on bed rest for the balance of my pregnancy. The technician asked if I have had any spotting or bleeding and I haven't so she said this is good. I have another Fetal Assessment on July 17th to see if the placenta has moved up.

Oh.. and for those of you who are wondering if we found out what we are having... yes we did... however most people don't want to know so we are going to keep it a secret as long as we can!

Here is a picture of me just before we left for the fetal assessement... I'm definately not thick any more.. I'm definately pregnant!

Hello.... Time for a big update...

Life has been hectic!

Between Anika's dance recital, and soccer finishing up... we now have time to live :)

Anika's dance recital was awesome. They did so well! We are such proud parents. Since September, Anika has been taking a dance class called "Little Ballerina's" at the Royal Dance Conservatory. They started out with 5 little girls and ended the season with only 3 of them. At the recital I found out that the 2 other girls in Anika's group were both just turning 7 years old! My poor Anika isn't even 5 yet! Considering this was her first year in dance, she did well. Many of you have heard the story of Anika not having any grace, and that we thought she'd probably stick to sports. But now we are second guessing ourselves. She was the ugly duckling that turned into the swan. It was awesome to watch!!

Here are a couple of pictures from the night of her recital...

Isn't she the cutest thing you've ever seen??

The big thing after the dance recital was that Anika wanted to get her hair cut!! We have talked lots about this, but her hair is so thick and is such a rats nest when she gets up in the morning that we usually end up leaving the house in the morning with her in tears because it hurts when we brush it. So after soccer last Tuesday we head to the hairdresser and off came about 6 inches. When she was getting it cut, I asked her "What's Grandma going to say??" her response... "Noooooooooo!!!!!" LOL!!

Here she is...

Soccer is now finished. We had our wind-up picnic at St.Vital Park tonight. It was great! The kids had a lot of fun. 2 of the boys on her team are going to be in her kindergarden class. Tuesdays game was the best game Anika played. Most nights that she played she lost interest half way through and complained that her belly was hurting. After the game she got a team picture and a medal. She is so proud of her first medal.. and its even engraved with her team name and HER name!!! I'll post a picture as soon as I get it moved over from my work computer to my home computer.

On the fence...

Well.. we are 8 sleeps away from the possiblilty of finding out the sex of the baby.

I am soooo on the fence about this. Deep down I think I want to know... but there are only so many "true" surprises in life and this is one of them.

Adrian really wants to know. Anika doesn't want to know. I'm 50/50. We asked if she'd like to come with us to the appointment to "see" the baby on the computer screen and she said no. This kids got will power.

Please leave us a comment or email us at anika1@mts.net, and let us know what you think. Should we find out... should we wait....

Time is ticking away... I don't know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to Me... Yesterday :)

THIRTY - FIVE!!!! EEEEEEEKKKKK

Deep breath. Yes. This one was hard. Not sure why, but maybe because my lovely "much older" sister, reminded me that I'm closer to 40 than I am to 30. That sucks!!

I had a pretty good day. Woke up early - about 5:45 and got ready for work... had some breakfast, and slipped out the door at 7:15 without waking Adrian and Anika.... WOOOOHOOOO!! I then met Adrian, Anika and my Mom for lunch at this little Vietnamese Restaurant called Vietnamese Garden. It was nice to get away from the office... I rarely have time to take a good hour out of my day.... so I did it without feeling guilty. I opened a few presents and cards then headed back to chaos. Adrian and Anika picked me up from work about 4:20 only to fly home get Anika suited up in her dance costume and get her to her mini dress rehersal for 5:30. Adrian and I ran a few errands then headed back to see how things were going at 6:30 and found out that she was done so we were going to go to Earls for some snacks and maybe watch a little bit of the hockey game, but it was packed, so we headed to Safeway and picked up some cake... YUMMMMMM CAKE FOR DINNER!!!

We each had a piece (Anika had Carrot Cake, I had German Chocolate Cake, and Adrian had a little slice of both), then tried to get Anika into bed. We all know how well she does on sugar... so our normal 15 minute bed time routine lasted about 1 1/2 hours!!!

So here I am... 35 and 1 day old.... and pregnant. When I turned 30 I was pregnant with Anika. I told Adrian there was no way I was planning on being pregnant when I turned 40. I want a big party... one far far away, so he had better start planning and saving now. Maybe a holiday in Europe or the Carribbean. I think I might deserve that???

Thank you to everyone who called, sent a card and bought me a little gift. You are wonderful friends and family :)

Hugs to you all!

18 weeks - Baby Facts...

Our little one is nearly half a pound now and very human looking. Pads are forming on the fingertips and toes, and the eyes are looking forward rather than out the sides of the head. Meconium, the baby's first bowel movement, is accumulating within the bowel. If your baby is a boy, his prostate gland is beginning to develop.
If you notice your belly making jerky movements in sync, don't panic; your baby may have the hiccups!