Wow! It's been a while since I've updated. We've kind of gotten into a routine and blogging has not been on the schedule... I guess I should work on that!
First, the big news: Lorelei made dinner the other night, pretty much all by herself. No whining or complaining, she just did it. We've come up with a system that if you cook dinner or help cook dinner you don't have to wash the dishes. David has been out of town the last few days so she chose to make dinner so she wouldn't have to wash dishes (which she hates doing). It wasn't anything fancy, pepperoni pizza on a pre-made crust, but still... she did it willingly! I'll take that! When we started this almost a year ago, asking her to do that would have certainly ended up with her throwing a huge fit and crying and screaming for an hour about what a mean mom I am. Thank goodness she has gotten past that and was able to make the pizza with a smile and a good attitude! She also helped make the Greek salad last night!
And now, our other big news:
I think we finally got the right mix of our genes to create a new monster. Trying to make a perfect baby in our late 30s has definitely been more difficult than it was in our late 20s. Hopefully we won't hit too many speed bumps on our journey with this little one. We are calling her Fannie Mae for now, but I'm pushing for the name Ansley. Too bad I can't get David on board with that name.
Lorelei is so excited about becoming a big sister! She was devasted after the first miscarriage I had back in 2015 so we waited until I was pretty much showing to tell her this time. I think the miscarriage was harder on her than it was on me. She even had to miss a day of school because she was so distressed. Fingers crossed that everything turns out fine with this little bugger.
I found out a few weeks ago that I have placenta previa, which means the placenta is attached at the bottom of my uterus, completely covering my cervix. The MFM specialist who told us about this said there was a 50/50 chance it would move but the OB who sent me to the specialist said in his opinion there is only a 40% chance of it moving since it was diagnosed at 22 weeks and completely covering it instead of partially covering it. I get to have another ultrasound at 28 weeks to check to see if the placenta has moved away from the cervix. If it hasn't, that means I'll need to have a C-section at 36 or 37 weeks. This is a definite speed bump since I was really hoping to TOLAC this time around since I had a C-section with Lorelei when she refused to come out (stubborn from the start).
We are enroute to Canada for our 2nd Fulltime Families Rally and the original plan was to slowly make our way south from Canada, arriving in Georgia around 35 weeks or so. I've had regular OB appointments as we've been traveling, and I've picked out a practice and hospital in Georgia that I want to deliver with. If I have to have a C-section, I am probably going to come up with a new plan and we might end up skipping Canada and heading back to Georgia a bit sooner. I've been feeling fine but there is a very high chance I will end up bleeding at some point in the future if this doesn't go away. That means I am supposed to know where the closest ERs & NICUs are at all times in our travels just in case little "Fannie Mae" decides to make an early appearance. I also could be required to go on bedrest at anytime, so that could make traveling a bit difficult. Fingers crossed everything falls into place! No stress, right? =)
Here's our Plan A Route that we hope to cover in the next 12 weeks or so. It would also include a flight from Boston to Nashville to see the eclipse on August 21:
If we find out at 28 weeks that I still have placenta previa, we will have to switch to Route Plan B. We still hope to swing through Nashville for the eclipse as long as everything is still "normal" but we want to be in Georgia so we are closer to our families closer to the 30 weeks mark:
So that's what's going on since I last posted. Everything is going well in our travels and we are having Lotts of great times on the road!
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| Waiting for the Braves vs Nationals game to start during a rain delay at Nationals Stadium |
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| Still waiting... |
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| 3 hour rain delay was totally worth it since I "caught" a foul ball hit into the stands behind us! We also got to move from our nose bleed cheap seats to the lower level since a majority of the people left due to the delay. |
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| Waiting 9 hours for the fireworks to start is much more tolerable when you have a tree to climb and friends to play with on the National Mall in Washington DC |
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| We sat near the Washington Monument. There were a few small rainstorms that kept us cool during the day but nothing worth running away from. |
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| It took a while before the lawn filled up because of the storms but the crowd finally arrived just in time for the show to start. |
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| Lorelei enjoyed the show but thought it was a little short (just over 20 minutes long). She concluded it must have been because of budget cuts so Trump could "build his stupid wall." Smart girl! ;-) |
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| Happy Birthday America! |
