We are at 27 weeks. Some quick updates to keep it short.
Memere is in town until tomorrow. Chucky was here for the quick visit for the 3rd birthday party. Happy 3rd B-day to Benjamin since today is his actual day!!! The party was a big hit over the weekend which included the ice cream truck. Weekend went by fast. :^(
I am having some pain in my hips/groin. It almost feels like when you are a girl riding a boys bike and you put your feet on the ground but the cross bar is too high and you hit your crotch on it. That pain. That is what I felt for some of the weekend and then the past few days. It would be the worst when getting up from somewhere. Today is much better then over the weekend. Luckily it is suppose to be a very hot week so I wont be tempted to go running or ride my bike to take it easy. After attempting to run on the sun baked greenway on Sunday at 11:00 am and Kona panting for over an hour after we got home. I figured I would play it safe with just walking this week. The pain is the first real thing that I have felt in my pregnancy that I have thought about calling the doctor with and not waiting until my appt next week. But since it is getting better I think I will just wait. Plus I did some research online and haven't found anything that causes any alarms. Just my hips shifting and getting stressed by the growing Emmi.
We got my push present yesterday. I had some fun taking pics but it will certainly take some time to get used to all it has to offer. I need to figure out how to download pics so I can post the latest prego pic.
This weekend I will be going to see Lion King with a girlfriend. I love plays/musicals so I am quite excited.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Man Birth
I haven't posted in a bit, so here is what I got going on. Couple weeks ago I had kidney stones. I've had them before and they're pretty fun. From what I've been told, the pain can be put on the same scale as giving birth. Good. Now I know what Taryn is going to go through. Pretty sure they're gone now but I was also told I have a urinary tract infection as well as streptocaucos (sp?) in my kidneys. Doc said no big deal. They hooked me up with some amoxicillin to clear it up.
We also did the 24hrs of Booty road ride this past weekend. Taryn put in about 15 miles before the rains came. I tried riding through the storm but eventually they kicked me off the course. The rain got so bad that I had trouble breathing due to the amount of water I was breathing in. That combined with riding a road bike through hub deep water, navigating mud slicked roads due to area constructing, dodging lightning bolts, all while riding a road bike, made for an interesting time. I actually enjoyed it. I road till about 9:30 went home, showered, washed my clothes, watched intervention and headed back out the course about 12:30am. I was planning on riding till about 2am, sleeping for a few hours and heading back out to the course. Well I ran into our friend Ben and road with him till about 2 and was going to jump off course and crash for a bit. On our last lap, I ended running into our friend Rich Dillen. Those who don't know Rich, he's a very accomplished endurance mountain bike racer and bike messenger here in Charlotte. He wasn't even signed up to do the ride but just came out to cheer people on and heckle. I road/hung out with Rich till about 5am. We talked about bike warranties, bottled water, diarhea, and life in general. Rich is good people. Check out his blog http://teamdicky.blog.com/ . At 5 I bedded done in the back of Taryn's Pathfinder (glad we bought it) and woke up at about 9:30. Back on the road. Same shorts, same jersey, same socks. I was funky. I road till about 2pm and decided to call it a day. I ended with 168.5 miles, 9.5 hrs of saddle time, averaging 17.5mph. Not bad considering it was only my second time on a bike in 3 weeks due to me being sick.
Taryn and I have been talking about a "push" present for her. We considered a tv, new bike, or a camera. TV? Nah, a tv is a tv. We'll buy a new one when ours breaks. Bike? Nah. If we really want a bike, we'll just buy one. No special occasion needed. Camera? There we go. We've been talking about getting a new, nice, camera for about a year. So yesterday, after much research I pulled the trigger. We ended up getting a Canon Rebel XTI with two lenses, remote flash, bag, cleaning kit, blahblahblah. We figured in the long run it would pay for itself since we can take nice pictures of Emmi on our own. Screw Sears!!!
Now onto other stuff. Emmi and Taryn are getting big. We've past the 6 month mark and are on the home stretch. Taryn was able to feel Emmi's head at the doctor last week which is cool. She also been kicking the crap out of Taryn. She's going to be a wild one. Soon I'll start working on refurbishing the old tricycle I have for her. She's going to be riding before she walks. We've also been talking about how Emmi is going to change things for us. True, there will be changes. But we're going to do our best to not alter our active lifestyle when she shows up. Look at how Taryn is doing now. Over 6 months pregnant, still running, still riding, working out, still staying almost as active as she was before. No waiting on her hand and foot. I love her for that. I was talking to a guy the other day who had a friend who lived a similar lifestyle we do. They made a point of "where ever we go, whatever we do, our child is coming with us". That's how we're going to be. No I can't do this or that because I'm pregnant or because I now have a child. Some who are reading this who now have kids are probably reading this and saying "no way". Why not? Others do it. Just takes some commitment. I don't want Emmi to be a sheltered child. One that only knows mom and dad and the day care provider. I want her to experience as much as possible as soon as possible.
On to Kona. Kona rules. He's been sleeping on our bed all night. He's still attached to Taryn. Still wanting peanut butter all the time. Still trying to eat squirrels. Still wanting his belly rubbed. Still pathetic. One of our next purchases is going to be another dog bed, blanket and pillow for Em's room. I have a feeling that once she shows up, he's going to be more attached to her than he is us.
We also did the 24hrs of Booty road ride this past weekend. Taryn put in about 15 miles before the rains came. I tried riding through the storm but eventually they kicked me off the course. The rain got so bad that I had trouble breathing due to the amount of water I was breathing in. That combined with riding a road bike through hub deep water, navigating mud slicked roads due to area constructing, dodging lightning bolts, all while riding a road bike, made for an interesting time. I actually enjoyed it. I road till about 9:30 went home, showered, washed my clothes, watched intervention and headed back out the course about 12:30am. I was planning on riding till about 2am, sleeping for a few hours and heading back out to the course. Well I ran into our friend Ben and road with him till about 2 and was going to jump off course and crash for a bit. On our last lap, I ended running into our friend Rich Dillen. Those who don't know Rich, he's a very accomplished endurance mountain bike racer and bike messenger here in Charlotte. He wasn't even signed up to do the ride but just came out to cheer people on and heckle. I road/hung out with Rich till about 5am. We talked about bike warranties, bottled water, diarhea, and life in general. Rich is good people. Check out his blog http://teamdicky.blog.com/ . At 5 I bedded done in the back of Taryn's Pathfinder (glad we bought it) and woke up at about 9:30. Back on the road. Same shorts, same jersey, same socks. I was funky. I road till about 2pm and decided to call it a day. I ended with 168.5 miles, 9.5 hrs of saddle time, averaging 17.5mph. Not bad considering it was only my second time on a bike in 3 weeks due to me being sick.
Taryn and I have been talking about a "push" present for her. We considered a tv, new bike, or a camera. TV? Nah, a tv is a tv. We'll buy a new one when ours breaks. Bike? Nah. If we really want a bike, we'll just buy one. No special occasion needed. Camera? There we go. We've been talking about getting a new, nice, camera for about a year. So yesterday, after much research I pulled the trigger. We ended up getting a Canon Rebel XTI with two lenses, remote flash, bag, cleaning kit, blahblahblah. We figured in the long run it would pay for itself since we can take nice pictures of Emmi on our own. Screw Sears!!!
Now onto other stuff. Emmi and Taryn are getting big. We've past the 6 month mark and are on the home stretch. Taryn was able to feel Emmi's head at the doctor last week which is cool. She also been kicking the crap out of Taryn. She's going to be a wild one. Soon I'll start working on refurbishing the old tricycle I have for her. She's going to be riding before she walks. We've also been talking about how Emmi is going to change things for us. True, there will be changes. But we're going to do our best to not alter our active lifestyle when she shows up. Look at how Taryn is doing now. Over 6 months pregnant, still running, still riding, working out, still staying almost as active as she was before. No waiting on her hand and foot. I love her for that. I was talking to a guy the other day who had a friend who lived a similar lifestyle we do. They made a point of "where ever we go, whatever we do, our child is coming with us". That's how we're going to be. No I can't do this or that because I'm pregnant or because I now have a child. Some who are reading this who now have kids are probably reading this and saying "no way". Why not? Others do it. Just takes some commitment. I don't want Emmi to be a sheltered child. One that only knows mom and dad and the day care provider. I want her to experience as much as possible as soon as possible.
On to Kona. Kona rules. He's been sleeping on our bed all night. He's still attached to Taryn. Still wanting peanut butter all the time. Still trying to eat squirrels. Still wanting his belly rubbed. Still pathetic. One of our next purchases is going to be another dog bed, blanket and pillow for Em's room. I have a feeling that once she shows up, he's going to be more attached to her than he is us.
Time is flying by....
Can you believe it is already August?????????? Check here to read more on 26 weeks.
The Booty was washed out Friday so I only managed to get in 5 laps which is about 15 miles. I felt great and knew I could make the 30 mile goal I set for myself. But after getting some dinner the sky grew darker and darker. Then the winds picked up and almost blew my buddies tent away I figured that would be it for me. So we stood in the middle of a field holding on to a canopy as the winds blew, rain pouring and thunder rolling. It was quite scary. All while Jacob was still on the course until they kicked him off. We headed home around 9:30pm to get some rest and Jacob to dry out. Jacob returned in the early morning hours and got in almost 200 miles over the 24 hours. Benjamin and I hung out on Saturday cheering on the bikers and checking out the scene. Unfortunately no pics since my time was short lived on the course.
Work has been busy for me this week, I helped a friend start to unpack from a move last night, tonight have yoga and then need to get things ready for my mom and Chucky to come in for the weekend festivities. (It's Benjamin's 3rd birthday.)
I am feeling great. Having some minor issues with my hips. If I sit wrong or move just right they get almost stuck. It is just my ligaments stretching and moving about so I just have to be a little bit more aware of how I am sitting. My belly is popping and feels like it is growing by the day. Hope to get some pics up soon.
Jacob has figured out my "push present" and ordered it. So that will be awesome to have. I will let him share that.
The Booty was washed out Friday so I only managed to get in 5 laps which is about 15 miles. I felt great and knew I could make the 30 mile goal I set for myself. But after getting some dinner the sky grew darker and darker. Then the winds picked up and almost blew my buddies tent away I figured that would be it for me. So we stood in the middle of a field holding on to a canopy as the winds blew, rain pouring and thunder rolling. It was quite scary. All while Jacob was still on the course until they kicked him off. We headed home around 9:30pm to get some rest and Jacob to dry out. Jacob returned in the early morning hours and got in almost 200 miles over the 24 hours. Benjamin and I hung out on Saturday cheering on the bikers and checking out the scene. Unfortunately no pics since my time was short lived on the course.
Work has been busy for me this week, I helped a friend start to unpack from a move last night, tonight have yoga and then need to get things ready for my mom and Chucky to come in for the weekend festivities. (It's Benjamin's 3rd birthday.)
I am feeling great. Having some minor issues with my hips. If I sit wrong or move just right they get almost stuck. It is just my ligaments stretching and moving about so I just have to be a little bit more aware of how I am sitting. My belly is popping and feels like it is growing by the day. Hope to get some pics up soon.
Jacob has figured out my "push present" and ordered it. So that will be awesome to have. I will let him share that.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Doctors visit...
Stats from the visit. I put on a total of 15 pounds so far. Doc said I am right at text book weight of where I should be at this time. Emerson's heart was beating at 152 beats a minute. I measured just over 25 cms. He answered all my questions. This visit was much better and I really liked him.
In regards to biking he said he wont tell me to stop doing anything but will just advise me not to do anything where I could fall. So I chucked since I told him I had tripped while running. He said my body will tell me when to stop or change activities. When I start to feel beat up from running or biking then it is not worth doing and to switch to more walking, yoga, and lifting weights. Perfect I can handle that. Jacob and I have talked more about me continuing to ride and have decided that I am going to take it week by week. So I am not stopping as of yet. I will be out riding the 24 hours of Booty this weekend. Hoping to get in 30 miles but we will see.
The coolest thing about the appt was I could feel her head. He was feeling around my belly a bit and asked if I wanted to feel it. With his help, he placed my hands on either side of her head. It was about the size of a baseball or so. Her head is at the top right now which is no concern until she is like 36 weeks. Hopefully she doesn't move too much today so when I get home from work Jacob can feel it too.
He said they consider me in my 3rd trimester now since there is a survival rate if Emmi were to be born this early. Crazy at how time flies..... My next appointment is on August 15th where I will have the blood glucose screening done. After that it will be every 2 weeks.
In regards to biking he said he wont tell me to stop doing anything but will just advise me not to do anything where I could fall. So I chucked since I told him I had tripped while running. He said my body will tell me when to stop or change activities. When I start to feel beat up from running or biking then it is not worth doing and to switch to more walking, yoga, and lifting weights. Perfect I can handle that. Jacob and I have talked more about me continuing to ride and have decided that I am going to take it week by week. So I am not stopping as of yet. I will be out riding the 24 hours of Booty this weekend. Hoping to get in 30 miles but we will see.
The coolest thing about the appt was I could feel her head. He was feeling around my belly a bit and asked if I wanted to feel it. With his help, he placed my hands on either side of her head. It was about the size of a baseball or so. Her head is at the top right now which is no concern until she is like 36 weeks. Hopefully she doesn't move too much today so when I get home from work Jacob can feel it too.
He said they consider me in my 3rd trimester now since there is a survival rate if Emmi were to be born this early. Crazy at how time flies..... My next appointment is on August 15th where I will have the blood glucose screening done. After that it will be every 2 weeks.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
25 Weeks
I am now 25 weeks pregnant. Belly definitely showing yet I still am getting the response of people not believing I am 6+ months along. Gotta love that. Still having restless sleep and I am guessing it will only continue here on out.... Every morning seeing Kona still sleeping in bed makes me jealous and want to join him. Jacob is feeling much better from his kidney stones which also means he isn't getting up multiple times in the night so less disruptions to my sleep. Yeah. It threw his body for a loop since he wasn't sleeping well nor was he eating well so I am glad he is finally out of the woods.
Over the weekend Emmi's curtains got finished and hung. They look good. Last week I also scheduled a tour of the hospital, infant CPR & First Aid, and a breast feeding class. Just waiting to figure out if we should take the child birth prep class through the doctors office or the hospital. But I have the tentative dates picked out. I have also started to research pediatricians. I feel like I am getting things set in place so less things to worry about later.
This week I have a doctors appt on Thursday. I am going armed with questions. I have been reflecting back on my appts and don't feel like I have been getting the most out of them. The only one who can change that is me. So watch out Dr Fishburne. :^)
This week's thought is if I should still be riding my bike on the trails. I have really scaled down my riding. I only have been getting out with the Divas once a week or so otherwise I am out running. When I do ride with them I lead the beginners group where there are many breaks. We also do not ride any of the technical/black diamond parts of the trails. I feel relatively safe considering I normally would be riding in the advanced group hanging on with the leaders/racers. But when should I stop if now still isn't the right time? I plan on switching to riding the greenways once I give up the trails so it isn't like I wont be riding at all. Although the greenway trails arent much easier than what I have been riding. Or I can always go to the Diva rides but run with Kona on the trails opposed to riding them. That is my quandary of the week. Should I just call it quits after tonight's ride?
On a sad note... Please keep my buddy Randy in your thoughts and prayers. His brother died at the age of 30 in a car accident over the weekend on his way to a National Guard Training. His brother had a baby who is only a few days younger than Tyler. (This is my co-worker who's wife is expecting a week after me.)
Over the weekend Emmi's curtains got finished and hung. They look good. Last week I also scheduled a tour of the hospital, infant CPR & First Aid, and a breast feeding class. Just waiting to figure out if we should take the child birth prep class through the doctors office or the hospital. But I have the tentative dates picked out. I have also started to research pediatricians. I feel like I am getting things set in place so less things to worry about later.
This week I have a doctors appt on Thursday. I am going armed with questions. I have been reflecting back on my appts and don't feel like I have been getting the most out of them. The only one who can change that is me. So watch out Dr Fishburne. :^)
This week's thought is if I should still be riding my bike on the trails. I have really scaled down my riding. I only have been getting out with the Divas once a week or so otherwise I am out running. When I do ride with them I lead the beginners group where there are many breaks. We also do not ride any of the technical/black diamond parts of the trails. I feel relatively safe considering I normally would be riding in the advanced group hanging on with the leaders/racers. But when should I stop if now still isn't the right time? I plan on switching to riding the greenways once I give up the trails so it isn't like I wont be riding at all. Although the greenway trails arent much easier than what I have been riding. Or I can always go to the Diva rides but run with Kona on the trails opposed to riding them. That is my quandary of the week. Should I just call it quits after tonight's ride?
On a sad note... Please keep my buddy Randy in your thoughts and prayers. His brother died at the age of 30 in a car accident over the weekend on his way to a National Guard Training. His brother had a baby who is only a few days younger than Tyler. (This is my co-worker who's wife is expecting a week after me.)
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Prego Pics
This picture was taken on 7/9 before work so 23 weeks pregnant.- The next picture was taken on 7/16 after work so 24 weeks pregnant.
I am pulling my shirt back for emphasis. :^) - The last picture is to show what our freezer looked like last week. Figured that would make the Cormier's proud. :^) It is now empty of ice cream.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Another one down....
I am now 24 weeks pregnant.
Starting to feel some of the effects of being pregnant….. Getting up from the couch or out of bed sometimes has the little bit of a reminder that I am pregnant. My feet have been hurting if I stand too long. I just ordered a new pair of flip flops with a much thicker sole since my reefs weren’t cutting it anymore. The great thing is when getting them this time of the year they are on clearance. Yeah!!! I have been having more frequent nights of restless sleep. Not that I wake up and can’t fall back to sleep but just more restlessness. People’s names are things that my memory is losing. I have never been great with remembering people’s names after first meeting them but now it is getting bad. Luckily my friends have been able to help in times of need.
We had a wonderful offer come through last week. Jacob was in the garage working on bike stuff while I was out running with Kona. Our neighbor came over to offer her services for daycare for Emmi. I am still hoping to work from home but knowing we have her is awesome. Reminds me of the days when I used to get watched by Nancy Robbins, our next door neighbor. Laura was a teacher and will not be returning to work this fall so she can watch her granddaughter (Sound familiar Cocie?). Her granddaughter, Hannah, will be 6 months or so older than Emmi. We are thankful for the offer and will definitely be taking her up on it. We will figure out the details later but it has taken a huge burden off us.
My mind has been racing since so I think we may see about having Emmi go there one day a week or even part of the day a few days a week. That way I can get work done without having to worry and she gets play time. At the beginning it may be less frequent but I am thinking once Emmi is a year and only napping once a day we may see about having her go there every morning. This will all be ironed out once I figure out what I will be doing in regards to working from home.
For those of you that are not aware of daycare prices or it has been a while, in the Charlotte area we have found centers that cost anywhere from $800-$1000+ a month. The 5 star or better day cares have huge waiting lists. We hadn’t explored much in regards to home daycares since we knew our needs for daycare haven’t been fully determined and we wanted to try to use daycare as little as possible.
This past weekend kept us busy. Saturday morning while I was out running with Kona I managed to trip and scrap up my knees. It wasn’t a huge fall but just enough for me to take it easy after hitting yoga to be on the safe side. We did end up in the ER with Jacob. He didn’t sleep much Thursday night, took Friday off work, then laid low much of the afternoon Saturday. He wasn’t sure what was up but his belly hurt no matter what he did unless he was standing. He decided he better go to the ER since he knew he wouldn’t be able to sleep. At 9:00pm we headed over. There weren’t too many people as we were taking fairly quick. Jacob was given Percicet and they did a CAT scan. Sure enough Kidney stones. It did take forever for them to read the CAT scan so we didn’t leave until 1:30am and then we had to go to Walgreens to fill his prescription for Vicodin. Finally at 2:30am we were finally home and ready for bed. Jacob was quite funny during this time as the Percicet made him loopy so that made it all worth it. Sunday was low key so he could just chill. He took today off since he still hasn’t passed the last one and has some mild pain.
Starting to feel some of the effects of being pregnant….. Getting up from the couch or out of bed sometimes has the little bit of a reminder that I am pregnant. My feet have been hurting if I stand too long. I just ordered a new pair of flip flops with a much thicker sole since my reefs weren’t cutting it anymore. The great thing is when getting them this time of the year they are on clearance. Yeah!!! I have been having more frequent nights of restless sleep. Not that I wake up and can’t fall back to sleep but just more restlessness. People’s names are things that my memory is losing. I have never been great with remembering people’s names after first meeting them but now it is getting bad. Luckily my friends have been able to help in times of need.
We had a wonderful offer come through last week. Jacob was in the garage working on bike stuff while I was out running with Kona. Our neighbor came over to offer her services for daycare for Emmi. I am still hoping to work from home but knowing we have her is awesome. Reminds me of the days when I used to get watched by Nancy Robbins, our next door neighbor. Laura was a teacher and will not be returning to work this fall so she can watch her granddaughter (Sound familiar Cocie?). Her granddaughter, Hannah, will be 6 months or so older than Emmi. We are thankful for the offer and will definitely be taking her up on it. We will figure out the details later but it has taken a huge burden off us.
My mind has been racing since so I think we may see about having Emmi go there one day a week or even part of the day a few days a week. That way I can get work done without having to worry and she gets play time. At the beginning it may be less frequent but I am thinking once Emmi is a year and only napping once a day we may see about having her go there every morning. This will all be ironed out once I figure out what I will be doing in regards to working from home.
For those of you that are not aware of daycare prices or it has been a while, in the Charlotte area we have found centers that cost anywhere from $800-$1000+ a month. The 5 star or better day cares have huge waiting lists. We hadn’t explored much in regards to home daycares since we knew our needs for daycare haven’t been fully determined and we wanted to try to use daycare as little as possible.
This past weekend kept us busy. Saturday morning while I was out running with Kona I managed to trip and scrap up my knees. It wasn’t a huge fall but just enough for me to take it easy after hitting yoga to be on the safe side. We did end up in the ER with Jacob. He didn’t sleep much Thursday night, took Friday off work, then laid low much of the afternoon Saturday. He wasn’t sure what was up but his belly hurt no matter what he did unless he was standing. He decided he better go to the ER since he knew he wouldn’t be able to sleep. At 9:00pm we headed over. There weren’t too many people as we were taking fairly quick. Jacob was given Percicet and they did a CAT scan. Sure enough Kidney stones. It did take forever for them to read the CAT scan so we didn’t leave until 1:30am and then we had to go to Walgreens to fill his prescription for Vicodin. Finally at 2:30am we were finally home and ready for bed. Jacob was quite funny during this time as the Percicet made him loopy so that made it all worth it. Sunday was low key so he could just chill. He took today off since he still hasn’t passed the last one and has some mild pain.
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