Feeling Anxious!

We find out next Friday the gender and it is starting to get to me. I remember wanting to know with Madeleine but I don't think I was so anxious. It seems to be on my mind and a little nagging feeling inside. I don't want to stay as busy as I was this week but maybe a little busy will make next week go by fast.
Here is the 16 week belly shot.

Jahno found a Texas A & M outfit for Madeleine at Cracker Barrel. It is a little big but so cute. There are little bloomers with ruffles on the rear. Here are some pictures but again she was running up to me as I tried to take the picture.




I got the May Calendar started and it is booked!!! I would like to work out everyday but not sure that is going to happen so I am determined to do it 3 times a week...that is going to happen. Then there is Mom's Club stuff weekly, along with a trip to Armand Bayou, the fire station and a Mom's Night Out to Mystic Nails. I also have lots of bridal and baby showers to attend. We have the Mom's Day Cookout, a weekend in Austin with Jahno's work and a trip to Arkansas for Sarah's Shower. Wow, my planner has never seen so much ink! Oh, and of course FINDING OUT THE GENDER!!! There should be tons of interesting May blogs! :-)

April is almost over

Sunday at Church Madeleine was really hyper. She did not want to sit still and was talking not stop and would not whisper. We had fellowship group and she was running around the gym/fellowship hall. Totally not normal Madeleine. Monday I noticed a sand paper rash so I called the doctor. They wanted me to talk to a nurse before I could make an appointment and they of course did not call me back until they were almost closed. I took her to the doctor Tuesday morning and everything looked great. No strep, No ear infections and the rash could be anything so we are just putting lotion on it. My throat was hurting and I noticed a spot on my tonsil so I made an appointment for me. I have an ulcer on my tonsil which could be caused by stress and basically have to let it run its course. So the house is strep free!

Madeleine crashed on the way home from Church while reading Elmo.


Madeleine running after me while I was trying to take a picture.


She stopped but wouldn't smile.

So I read this article that stated 60% of Pregnant Women who did water aerobics had an easier drug-free labor even though it was the same length as women who did not. I had a pretty easy labor with Madeleine but still easier sounds nice. So I did the Water Aerobic class today and it was tough! I have made comments about it is for little old ladies which there were mainly seniors but it is not as easy as I thought. Oh and there were 2 men in the class, young men and one was a Marine and one of the guys left early because he couldn't handle it. (his words) I felt the burn and I was extremely tired and noodle like when I got out of the pool. It was fun and I felt like I got more out of it than just swimming. I will be back on Friday.

It is Raining Again...

So, I figured I better blog before I got fussed at. I went and looked at gyms on Friday and the best choice was 24 hour. We worked out Saturday morning which was great but I felt like a noodle afterwards. Madeleine loved her center also and did not want to leave the slide. Madeleine and I were banished from the house so Jahno could catch up on work. We stayed at Kimmie's and Grand Dad's. Grand Dad got Madeleine a "motorcycle". I will have to get the pictures from Kimmie because my camera was dead. She spent a long time riding around. We went to the gym again today and well...it was an adventure. I left my swimsuit at my parents and the only other one I had that I thought would fit was my maternity one. I was a little worried when we got there because the gym was packed! I dropped Madeleine off and headed to the locker room which was also packed. I put on my suit only to realize it swallowed me. Oh yeah, when I bought the suit of was 8 months pregnant with Madeleine. Ok, I will just run to the pool and no one can tell when I am in the water The pool area was packed, there were people in the hot tub, in the sauna and of course people in the pool. There was one lane open so I got in. Jahno had taken my pass and goggles to work so I had nothing. In the lanes next to me were some hard core swimming, with swim caps, flippers and kick boards using swim lingo and here I am in a swim suit that would have fit a whale, no goggles and huffing and puffing after 2 laps. Oh and I needed to shave. So, I would like to find a time where the gym is dead...and I will make sure I have all my gear and a swimsuit that fits. Madeleine has a doctors appointment and we will post more later.

Nice Surprise

Ms. Ann called and asked if we were home because she had a surprise for Madeleine. She brought us a big bag of balloons. Someone had a 60th Birthday and they filled her office with the Balloons. This was funny because Dr.Klein gave Madeleine a balloon and she walked around all morning telling everyone "Balloon, Balloon". I dumped out the balloons and Madeleine had a ball. She was trying to keep them all together.




Then she took my bottle of water and a marker and was blowing bubbles. I told her she was cute and a few seconds later she said, "I'm cute".

Thursday the 23rd

Last night was a rough night. I actually fell right asleep before Jahno even came to bed and stayed asleep when he did come up so that was great. But then Madeleine woke up several times crying and I woke up several times in between to potty. Finally sometime after 4:30am, I kicked Jahno and he went to check on her. I did hear Madeleine crying, "Up, Up" so I assume he rocked her for a little bit. Usually no matter how bad the night was she still gets up at the same time, not today. I had to go get her but at 8:30 and she did not want to get up. She looked at me, stretched, rolled over and went back to sleep. The days I have to be somewhere are the days she wants to sleep. Anyways since we had a rough night and we were going to the doctor I told her we could get donuts. We got to Shimply's and there was a line in the drive through, I told Madeleine ti would be just a little bit longer. We moved up one spot but there were still 3 cars in front of us, all of a sudden Madeleine says, "MOVE CARS!!!" I busted out laughing!
We got to the Doctors and were waiting and Madeleine yelled, "I POO POO!" OMG, I was soooo embarrassed! It seemed like everyone there was pregnant and they all looked and grinned. I check but Madeleine had not gone. She told me this several more times but hadn't gone. We get called back, I had to give a sample...that was hard. Madeleine was trying to get a cup also and I am having to watch her while hurry and take care of me. I have gained 15 pounds already and I have not been eating nearly as much as I ate with Madeleine. Dr.Klein said I BP and weight looked great. I told him it didn't and I had already gained 15 pounds. He asked "the question", Have you been exercising? Nope...so he told me to start a class or something. I have also had issues with meats so he told me to just stop eating them and get my protein through other things like beans and start drinking ensure for now. So, I am changing my diet and exercising, which I needed to anyways but I was really shocked he told me to just cut out meat all together for now. Also, I did get another migraine so he wants me to see a nuerologist because he can't prescribe anything more than Tylenol 3. I don't like taking the Tylenol 3 and I worry about taking anything stronger. Especially since every time I turn on the TV there is a commercial about how some medicine caused awful things when it was thought to be safe. Anyways. The shock I got on Saturday did not effect the baby. (Wet hands and old light switch don't mix) The heartbeat was 150 and Dr.Klein had to chase the baby around to get it. I did move my ultrasound up to May 8th so we will know what we are having when we go to the Mom's Day Cookout. Off for lunch and a nap.

Tuesday Night

After dinner Madeleine had tons of energy. She was running circles in the kitchen and then was going down her slide. All of a sudden she jumped off the top of the slide to her chair. She did it several times and I told her if she did it again I was putting up the slide. She did it again so up went the slide. She threw a fit and then went to get on the couch. She jumped off the couch!!! What is wrong with her? Bed time did not come soon enough tonight.

Tuesday

Today we went to lunch with Kimmie. Everyday when I say it is almost lunch time Madeleine asks for Kimmie. We need to start going with Grand Dad also but he needs to let us know when he is less busy...HINT HINT. Anyways we to Chilli's for the Soup and Salad, which I can't seem to get enough of right now, but at least it is healthy. After that we came home and Madeleine went down for a nap. I wasn't planning on taking a nap so I got some stuff done and realized I was really tired, so I headed upstairs. I thought Madeleine would sleep for about a hour more so she would wake me up...nope. I woke up a hour later and Madeleine was still asleep. I came back down stairs got more done and started looking for recipes for dinner. I knew I was fixing shrimp but didn't know which recipe I was going to use. Finally at 5:00pm I figured I should go get my daughter up. She did not want to get up at all but she sleep for 3 hours and I want her to go to bed tonight. Jahno got home and had to get on the computer ASAP because he is on call and got a call. He went to the table and Madeleine wanted in her chair next to him. When he was on the phone she got on my phone and they both were talking. I kept having to tell her to whisper but it was cute.

We had Texas Shrimp and Rice. I did not realize I had a about a pound and a half of Shrimp...the actual recipe I bought the for called for 2 pounds but I never fixed them. That was a lot of shrimp!!! The dinner was simply but tasted amazing. Jahno and I both had 12 shrimp and Madeleine had 4 and we have a ton left over. Next time we will have to invite people over for this recipe...we will be eating shrimp for the next 3 meals.