Bits and Pieces

I have a bit of good news to share with all of you.  The ultrasound I had on my thyroid on Monday turned out normal.  The cysts I had on the thyroid are gone!  YAY!!!

The MRI on Monday was a long one.  I was in the machine for 45 minutes so that a complete spinal scan could be done.  Ugh, that made me ache and walk funny afterwards.  Right leg kept trying to go out from under me.  They offered me a ride in a wheel chair back to the waiting room but I said no.  I'm not stubborn but I knew I needed to "walk off" the problem.

Gross thing of note.  I went back to the waiting room in the Candler St. Joseph's hospital and discovered a roach climbing on the walls.  Just yuck.  Sean killed it for me but still just gross.  I realize it is the south but a roach in a hospital does not instill confidence in their cleanliness for me one iota.

I'm scheduled for surgery there in January and well, um, now I'm worried about an infection from the crud that could possibly be in the hospital.

Bit of odd news today; DH has to escort a soldier to finish his final out.  Of course the soldier disappears today getting the whole battalion; especially my husband, in trouble after lunch.  It isn't like the soldier leaving the Army did anything wrong; he was just overweight.  Ugh!  So our plans for the weekend might be a bust unless they can locate the soldier.

Little E turned three months old today. She is babbling every day.  She can now hold her head erect for long periods of time.  She can sit up by herself for a few seconds.  With help she can stand without losing her legs for about thirty seconds.  I'm so proud of her.  She loves to grip onto her toys that hang from the play gym.

Hoping and Praying

Though I don't have a wonderful relationship with my parents I don't wish them ill either.  Almost three months ago Dad was brought into the hospital.  We had hopes that he would be released yesterday but his potassium count went up again.  He is getting depressed.  I can't think of many folks who wouldn't with being stuck in the hospital for as long as he has been in one.

Today I got a two more photos from my photographer of which I sent to my mom.  She brings them to Dad in his room.  Hopefully she'll see her email tonight and bring them in to him tomorrow.  It always cheers him up.

Tomorrow is my next growth scan.  Hoping that little girl is growing.  Praying that her head is much bigger than the 9th percentile it was last scan.

I'll end here with the two photos that I recently saw online.  Hard to believe I'm only one pound bigger than my start weight.

Savannah Photo Session

Saturday J and I drove down to Savannah to do our maternity photo shoot.  I think it went pretty well.  We only had one glitch but that can be photo shopped according to our photographer.  J couldn't find his tan t-shirt that he packed for the shoot.  Oh, he found it the next day at the bottom of his gym bag which doesn't surprise me since the thing is a veritable bag of holding.

So far only three unedited photos are available for me to view.  It was a two hour session which means that well over one hundred photos were taken.  I'll share with you the three that I have.  I did pay extra for the flash drive with the signed photo release so that I can make more photos over the years just in case something happens to the photos that I give to the family.

Okay so no my bump isn't that huge.  Victoria had me pose in a way that made it look larger plus add in the fact that I'm not wearing a maternity dress.  Yes that is correct, I still fit into my normal clothing at 34 weeks.  Rather scary but I'm being honest.  Baby girl isn't going to be huge.  Today I bought more in the  newborn sizes for her that I had previously purchased in 0-3 months and up sizes.  Yes, I was expecting a larger kid when I saw how big her hands and feet were.  All is well since she is healthy.  And no I still don't have an answer on the echocardiogram and what path they want to take for the baby's safe delivery.  Rather hard to want to do Hypno babies when you can't relax and plan for a natural birth or even finish packing one's bags for massage things either.  So annoyed.  Hopefully I'll have an answer later this week.  First clothing options for this photo.

All of these photos were taken in and around Forsyth Park in Savannah Georgia.  This was the first time I was there.  See now, my bump really isn't all that large even with the stripes giving the illusion that it is bigger.  I still need suspenders to keep up the maternity pants I swear.  This was the first clothing change for us both.

See the white t-shirt issue?  This was J's second clothing change.  I was assured the white t-shirt issue could be turned tan for the final photos.  The onesie we are holding was the first piece of baby clothing that we bought over seven years ago when we start trying to conceive a baby.  J had just joined the military and I had been off the pill for about 3 months at the time.  The onesie says, "US Baby Drool Sergeant".  One cool thing I noted, I can start to see my collar bone again as seen slightly in the photos.  I haven't seen that since I started the fertility treatments in 2007!