Friday, February 12, 2010

22 weeks...over half way!

What a wild past couple of weeks!  We have had snow, lots of snow (not as much as the northeast but it seems like every week we get some more), temperatures not above 13 degrees some days, doctors appointments, trips to the ER and decisions about new baby bedding!

I think this is the snowiest season we have had in a long time.  I am pretty sure there has been snow in the forecast every week since Christmas!  It doesn't always amount to much in Springfield, but the surrounding areas all seem to get some.  Preston has loved playing out in the snow and AJ taught him to eat it!  The bad part is that we only have little fabric gloves for him so his hands get cold quickly.  After this last snow play time Preston was ready to go back inside b/c it was so cold!

Following our time outside and then heading over to Mark and Kaileys to hang out, we came home and did a breathing treatment.  That night, I was up giving breathing treatments at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30...I could not get Preston to stop retracting.  I wanted to just wait and take him to the Urgent Care, but they didn't open until 10:00 on Sunday and I could not wait that long - so we ended up at the ER.  They gave him another breathing treatment and an oral steriod and finally he stopped retracting.  The weird part (but good) was that his oxygen level never dropped below 90%  We were only there for about 3 hours, but that was long enough!  At the follow-up with the pediatrician he said that there was some sort of virus going around that a lot of kids had and were many of the same symptoms that Preston was displaying.  He wasn't running a temp or otherwise acting sick, just having trouble breathing.  Later that week, I got called and had to leave work b/c Preston suddenly spiked a temp of 103.3....crazy!!  We didn't have to do anything for that except tylenol one or two times and then he was fine.  Everything is good now! 

For the Superbowl we got invited to 2 places...Preston's daycare and to Mark and Kailey's.  So we went to both - Jennie's before the game started so the kids could play and then to Mark and Kailey's.  Dave and Greta were there with Joshua, along with a lot of good food! 

My doctor appointment in February went great!  Dr. Lehnert said my weight gain is perfect and the baby's heart rate sounds good!  I think he told me it was 154bpm.  I don't know if that is typical for a girl or not.  Not that we will tell, but we have not decided on a name, not even close to agreeing so far!!  I am still in normal clothes, although I have broken out a maternity shirt just b/c I was tired of my normal clothes!

The crib bedding arrived today...It is beautifully wrinkled!  We chose purple and brown for the colors and I got a great deal on the set I wanted.  I'll get pictures of that up later when we actually set up the nursery.
That is good for now.  Have a great weekend!

22 weeks!
New breathing apparatus - we no longer use it - we don't like it
 
Getting spun in circles!
   
Joshua!
 
Eating blueberries!
What a mess!
 

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