April Fools

Have you ever heard the phrase... If you want to make God laugh tell Him your plans?

Well God decided to laugh at me today, we went in for our amnio this morning and afterwards had our Non-Stress Test. Then we went back down to the perinatologist's office to wait for the results from the amnio and she was in a bit of shock, baby Massung revealed that the wee little lungs are not yet mature enough to make a grand entrance.

So thus a change in my well layed out, well manufactured plans for my new baby's life. (You would think I would have learned about this whole changing plans business with Brie being born).

So be praying for next Wednesday, April 1st when we have another amnio done at 9:15 in the morning. Following this amnio we will have another Non-Stress Test and we will again wait for the results. If all is well with the lungs at that point then we will stay at the hospital and deliver at 1:00pm the same day, April 1st. (This is where my Uncle Dave will be jumping for joy because he'd get to share a birthday with the baby, just like I share a birthday with his wife.)

So April Fools all...
Hopefully we'll be looking at our beautiful baby next week,
Brenda

Cradle

Well it is finished and it's gorgeous - and it's done just in time for baby. Today we are 37 weeks and tomorrow we will have our amnio and another NST and then if all goes well delivery will be on TUESDAY!

Ben took some cute new pictures of Brie and we took my last belly shot today - unless we were to have to wait another week. They have all been uploaded to our flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/massung

Unless the amnio does not go well, this will be my last post before baby Massung arrives. The next post will have stats, a picture and big smiles from us. If the amnio says we need to wait another week, then I'll be sure to post that info, otherwise delivery is planned for Tuesday at 7am!

35 weeks 5 days...

I can't believe we have gotten this far, I am thrilled and just so excited about bringing home a giant baby without a LONG NICU stay. 35 weeks 5 days - only 10 days until the amnio and then if all goes well there we will deliver the next day - March 24th! WOO!!

Ben has been working his tail off today getting the cradle finished - you can see the pre-finish-finished cradle on our flickr site - www.flickr.com/photos/massung And I will post a picture of the finished product when it is all dried and upstairs in our room. It is beautiful, I am so proud of his talent to create such a beautiful piece.

Brie is doing fantastic, she weighed in this morning at 15 pound 12 ounces and had her final synagis shot EVER! Thankfully we don't have to do synagis next year with either kiddo. She is beginning to understand what it means when the nurse comes over, so I'm glad this was our last visit.

She still hasn't started walking, she has taken a few steps, but hasn't started walking yet. Who knows how long it will be, but we aren't pushing her.

So it's March... and it's probably time to update. WOAH ... it's MARCH! It's baby month! YAHOO! We are thrilled for this little baby to be here. Lately I've had a foot sticking out my right side and a rump at the top of my belly. It's quite fun to watch. It's incredible being pregnant this long. We are 34 weeks and 1 day!!

We still are seeing our OB weekly, a specialist monthly and we have now added non-stress tests to the weekly list of appointments. We had our third one today and baby performed very well. We have 2 more left and then we will have our amnio the day before delivery.

This week is my last week of cleaning houses and so I'll have two full weeks off before baby comes. I'm already finding that my belly runs into the counters of bathrooms and kitchens and it's hard to reach the tops of mirrors, I'm sure I'm a humerous sight to see. I am planning to go back in May after taking this time off, we have just been blessed by the 5 houses that have hired me.

I've been nesting like crazy around our house - I've gone through boxes that haven't seen sunlight since we moved from Michigan, and some from my parents house from WAAY back when. It feels great to be even more organized and I'm glad to get it out of the way. I've got some sewing and cooking projects that I'm hoping to get done before the baby arrives. Ben has requested some enchiladas to go in the freezer for after baby is here.

Brie is doing great things lately - we added new pictures to our flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/massung - she has learned a new word, "Gobble." We started singing the gobble gooble gooble fat turkey fat turkey song... and she picked up on it right away. We were in Target about a week and a half ago and she was sitting in the cart while Ben was pushing her and I seperated from them to go look at something, and I found them in the store again by hearing her sing her Gobble gobble song. I'm hoping to catch her doing it sometime and get it on video.

She's very close to walking, she will stand up all on her own in the middle of a room and just hasn't been brave enough to take that first step. We are close though. She likes to dance, and loves helping the OB at the doctor's appointments. He just gave her a little gift today of her own tape measure to pull out and push the button to make it zip back in. She turns on the doppler to hear the baby's heartbeat and helps measure my tummy every week. She is adorable.

We are soaking up our last few moments of having her as our only child and in a strange way I think she knows that something is coming, some sort of change. She's been very affectionate lately and snuggly. And CLINGY! We are enjoying it though. She's going on vacation to Nana and Papa's for a week when baby comes so that we don't have to worry about her care or bounce her around from place to place while we have our hospital stay and then when we are trying to figure out life with a newborn and a c-section recovery. I have no idea how to do the two together - since Brie was in the hospital for 109 days after her birth, I was able to recover without having to take care of her full time.

Hope all is well with all of you, I'd love to hear from you! Feel free to leave a comment!