Memorial Day Pool Celebration

Today we went to the pool for the Annual Memorial Day Cook Out. The boys had a blast. I just realized we don't have any pics of Logan in the pool, but then again who on earth has a camera in hand when you have a 2.5 year old and 14 month old playing in a pool. We don't have a waterproof camera and the boys are water babies for sure. We need an extra pair of hands just to take pictures. Next will definitely pose interesting. We spent 5 hours there today. Logan napped in the stroller in the shade, Aidan went without. By the time we headed home we kept talking to Aidan to keep him awake. It didn't work. Boy did we have a blast though!!

Lounging Logan

We were getting ready to have some friends over for dinner tonight and Logan was a little sleepy still and wanted some cuddle time. Cuddle time is so sweet you rarely get it with him since he is always on the go. After some snuggling we had to get a few more things taken care of so we tried to accomodate him. It worked out pretty well and he was glued to the TV. At least he wasn't destroying everything in his path for a few moments in time. But, it did not take long!!

Holy Moly!!

OK. Well, Baby #3 is growing very well. Baby should be measuring 9 w 2d and is measuring 9 w 6 d. WHEW! We got to see the heart beat again and Baby actually looks like the "Alien Baby" that they should look like right now. (A side note: Aidan is EXHAUSTED and refusing sleep and in bed right now yelling/crying in anger that he is in bed. He gets quiet, listens and belts it out again. They are progressively more yelling than crying now. Sweet Little Logan is sleeping soundly next to the Room Of Terror.) I felt like if Baby was doing well there was going to be a catch. Yup, there's a catch! Geez.

Apparently this pregnancy, my body is now carrying an antibody in my blood that in a high concentration is very serious for the Baby. (REALLY!??!!! Come on!!!) Typically, with this antibody, you get if you have an emergency blood transfusion and they don't have a chance to fully match the blood.

Sorry not me, I have not had a blood transfusion.

It could possibly have happened while I was pregnant with Logan and his blood got into mine. Right now I can't remember if they ever told me what his blood type is and apparently the pediatrician's office doesn't keep it on file. I have to contact the hospital. Sounds like fun right?!

Luckily, the hospital has an email contact and I have the name of the department and their direct number to call. I really did not want to call the main line to try and navigate my way to the wrong people. So, that is on tomorrow's list of To Do's.

What does this all mean?

It means I get monthly blood draws to monitor the concentration. Right now, it is the lowest possible and we have a ways to go before we get to the "Concern" level and then a bit to go before we get to the "Do Not Pass Go" level.

The worst case scenario is something called Fetal Hydrops and the Dr. told us do NOT google it. DO NOT read up on it, we'll cross that bridge if/when we need to. That is something we are comfortable with. I can't live the rest of the pregnancy like I ended up the last two weeks. I got very nervous and had lots of vivid, horrible nightmares. If only I could find a way to avoid those! Stupid Subconscious.

If things get fuzzy we'll have a chance of needing an amniocentesis. (NOT a Fan!) But again, let's hope the concentration stays low. Maybe it was a mistake?! That is probably wishful thinking but a girl can dream right? :-) Pretty much this antibody will get into Baby's blood and start attacking their red blood cells making them dangerously anemic (called Hemalytic Anemia).

So here is another blog asking for LOTS of prayers. Let's get this Baby here safe and healthy and I think we'll be content as a Family of Five.

So, to appease Gavin, this is a lot of drama from the get go. Are we going to get the Baby Girl he says he is praying for us to get?! ;-) Even though I don't think he'll read this but just in case.

In the meantime, I want to stay busy and not let my own demons get the best of me. The concentration is low and I will be praying it stays that way. We head back in a month and over the rest of the year, I will be donating a lot of blood to science. ;-)

Stawberry Picking

OK, so it's take a long time recently to get this blog back to up-to-date.

Today we met one of Andrew's co-workers and his family at the strawberry patch about a mile down the road from our house. The kids had a great time. It most definitely was hot though and some storms were in the process of brewing. We've had more rain than normal and it seemed to interfere with the crop. Sure were a lot of moldy berries. We took so many pictures it had to become a slide show. Aidan and Kyleigh really hit it off together. By the time we left they were holding hands. Aidan wasn't sure what to do at first but then kept coming back to her wanting to hold her hand again. Awwwwwwwww. Logan had a grande time crawling in the dirt and he REALLY wanted a berry. Soooooo, every so often we would pick one and give it to him to keep him from being angry. Needless to say he demolished every single one and would throw them on the ground. It resulted in one red strawberry smeared Logan. Pretty cute. Logan fell asleep on the way home and we took off his pants and put him on the couch to help cool him down. Well, this sleepy little guy decided to prop himself up on the armrest instead of the cushion. Don't worry we sat in front of him until he woke up. We did have some yummy strawberry shortcake for dessert too. Our little fruit eating machines have almost cleaned out the 5 lbs of berries we picked. :-)

Crazy Nap Hair

Who couldn't love these pictures?! Must have been a good nap!

Baby Godzilla

Today Logan was pushing around the shopping cart our neighbors let us bring home. (Our next door neighbors are great, they are like an extra set of Grandparents for the boys. :-) They have Grandkids and even when they come visit they want Aidan(last time Logan wasn't old enough to go on a playdate) to come join in on the crazy!) Anyways, Logan was having fun pushing the cart. At first Carrie wasn't sure if he was mad or what. Our only description is Baby Godzilla. What do you guys think??!

Drumming Brothers

The boys were playing tonight with their drum. We thought it was pretty sweet and took two short clips of their rocking tunes. Hope you enjoy!!