Pregnancy Updates

I apologize for not blogging to update everyone! I've been doing this....


Okay! Ignore my puffy hand! Dave made it safely back from NYC but super late, so K and I were drawing on our hands! I am on whatever kind of medical rest is categorized under watching a 2 year old. Sometimes the rules are bent and we draw on things we aren't supposed to. Hey! Whatever works!!! :)

I got the call first thing on Tuesday morning that I passed my tests regarding my kidneys etc. I am still healthy in that department. My blood pressure, however, is staying high. As long as I'm laying/resting/sitting it stays down but the second I get up...it spikes. This was exactly what I dealt with while pregnant with Kennedy, but much earlier and it got worse and worse.

I have been drinking lots of water with lemon and resting as much as I can. Bed rest with a 2 year old is nearly impossible, but I'm
so blessed that Kennedy has been super independent in her play and an angel baby! Prayers answered! I take her to and from
school and that's wonderful because it wears her out and she comes home and naps. Plus, I have had so many great friends offer support and help. My mother, God love that woman, has been burning rubber 2 1/2 hours between our towns where we live to come and help. We are very blessed!

I was a lot worse off with Kennedy, so I am just thankful we have made it this far and are doing so well!!! That said, we go back to the doctor Monday for the same tests and hopefully we will get a better idea of when Wyatt may arrive. I'm hopeful to make it to 39 weeks. That may be unrealistic, but I'm hopeful! Right now I'm doing well. I was already on bed rest for many many weeks and in and out of the hospital due to pre-eclampsia during this stage of pregnancy with K, so I consider this to be doing great! :)


We are so appreciative for your thoughts and prayers. Just keep praying for us! I know God has it all in His hands.

Besides this pregnancy stuff...we've been celebrating here! Dave turned another year older!

Kennedy got to sing happy birthday to daddy once this weekend at my parents party for him.



Then she got to sing again to him last night! She was sooo sweet singing..




















She even helped blow out the candles. We are both so thankful for the best daddy and husband that he is to us! I pray his year is filled with blessings.

Besides daddy Dave's birthday, I was excited to get a new set of wheels!




Love my mom's way of resting. Stick my big butt in a wheel chair and wheel me around shopping! :) I mean really? How hilarious?

Lastly....just wanted to say that I think K is going to be the BEST big sister!





My friend Stephanie from A Blue-eyed Boy met a Brown-eyed Girl stopped by and brought her little man. Isn't he precious? Kennedy listened so well and tried to help out. It was adorable! I pray she loves her brother as much as she loves Houston!

Well, I'm gone to move from the couch to the table to eat a grilled cheese that I'm way too excited about! :)

More blog posts coming soon...(and maybe eventually a baby!)


One Love,
Brit

35 Weeks!

Well, the day started out with tornado sirens. If I had only known the loud chimes and blustery wind would be a complete foreshadowing of my day.

35 Weeks here we are!!!



I realize this is a heinous, nasty picture of me, but I figured we might as well document. :)

I had my checkup today and got the bad news that my pre-eclampsia symptoms that I had with Kennedy are back. I was shocked. I mean I haven't felt bad like I did with Kennedy. Don't get me wrong... I feel crappy but have been blaming it on pregnancy in general. The high blood pressure, protein in my urine, and swelling are all back. (take a look at that face! Yikes!)

Anyways, I had a bunch of lab work done today. We are waiting for those results tomorrow to know the severity. Conveniently enough...Dave is working in NYC. He has meetings scheduled outside of the city we live all week.

The doctor says we will be admitted Friday if tests have bad results. If not, we go back next Monday, and in the meantime I'm checking my bp at home from a laying down position of course. We may have our boy here very soon!!!

I will be having a c-section this time due to complications last time, but our scheduled date is not to be expected at this point. My doctor said we are going to shoot for the next two weeks but obviously we are waiting for results.

I don't have anxiety like I did last time...at least not as much. Obviously I am a little disappointed but what can you do? My due date is Halloween. Wyatt just may arrive early like his big sister. I feel stronger this time. It will be okay. (currently on repeat!)

I know He has my son's days numbered from beginning to end, and He knows both of our bodies inside and out. I am trusting in His perfect timing.

Things we would appreciate prayer for:
1. My health to at least remain stable and not worsen.

2. Wyatt to be strong and developed enough to enter this world safely.

3. The wisdom of the doctors.

4. Dave as he travels.

5. Kennedy... As we try to figure out if complete bedrest or a hospital stay will be required and childcare for her, as well as the transition she is about to experience. Plus, I think she is on the brink of another cold. :(

6. My family and especially my mom as they travel and make sacrifices in their own lives to help us.

7. My mind not to become preoccupied with worry. An idol mind is the devil's workshop! Resting and staying off my feet brings on much time to think. I had to take magnesium with Kennedy, and I was so sick. I am dreading the thought of having to be in that situation again. (obviously worth it tho!)

8. Pray for our hearts as we continue to seek Christ in all we do from parenting to....well...everything! May we be reminded who the giver of life is AND may He ultimately be the only one glorified through this precious life we are blessed to have been given!

That said! Praise God my son is healthy! Praise be to Him for any symptoms of pre-eclampsia holding off until now! (With Kennedy I was already on bed rest at this point!) I know so many women and babies deal with so much worse, so I'm grateful that what we are dealing with is manageable! :)

Thanks so much for the love and support!

One Love,
Brit

Wordless Wednesday!

"It's all relative."

I don't know what it is about the very beginning of pregnancy and the very END of pregnancy that make my hormones go haywire, but I'm a wreck!  Now, I'm no medical expert, but my tear ducts must be directly attached to whatever makes the hormones.  That is probably the most ignorant statement.  I'm telling you though... I cry and I cry and I cry.  I cry because I'm happy.  I cry because I'm sad.  I cry because I'm tired.  I cry because I'm angry.  I cry for NO reason at all.  Sometimes tears just burst and pour and I don't even understand it.  I even laugh as I'm crying because I don't even know how to take control of it.  I am the ultimate teeter totter of CRAZY right now!  It's kind of annoying.  Big girl panties and all... I have no control over what falls out of my eyes.  


I should have seen the foreshadowing of this morning after I watched my toilet clog to the brim of potential run over.  Crying and gagging seem to partner well together lately.  Kennedy woke up in a grumpy mood.  We were late for school.  I was rushing to get her ready.  All my fault.  I found things to become wonderfully better as I hit all the lights GREEN on the way to school.  Then I pulled up behind a blue Honda Odyssey van.  It was going a GREAT speed.  I made the decision to follow along behind the van.  After all, isn't it true.... if you are following a speeder... they will more than likely be pulled over and NOT you?  They are the leader... I'm just an innocent follower!  WRONG!


I swear... from out of  nowhere a cop on a motorcycle hits his lights.  I get in the slow lane still clinging to some hope that he will go around me and get the van!  No such luck.  Darn, Honda Odyssey.  I pull over.  The cop asks me do I know why he pulled me over?  I HATE this question.  This is my fifth time being pulled over in my entire life, and I never know the answer to the question.  I said no in a quivery, confused voice.  I honestly didn't know.  I wasn't paying attention to my speed.  I was assuming it was the speed, but in the back of my mind I was like... maybe I have a tail light out?  The optimist.  HA!  


Kennedy is starting to get upset at this point.  She wants to go to school and not sit on the side of the road with a strange man peering into the car and her crazy mother.  The officer then yells at me in a stern voice and says I was speeding and he clocked me in at 65 in a 45.  YIKES!  I start thinking of how I wished I would have paid more attention.  What if he was lying after all?  What if I wasn't going that much over and because I said I didn't know... now he's exaggerating?  I tried to pathetically make sure my stomach was showing.  I began to think in my mind that if hot girls can hike up their skirts to show some leg and get out of a ticket, then just maybe my elephant of a stomach will send a signal of "bless her heart."  HA!  Again, no such luck.  After he yelled a bit about the speed then he takes it down a notch.  I think he saw the boogers starting to flow from my nostrils as I was fighting back tears.  


I didn't want to cry.  I could feel it coming though.  My face was getting hot.  My eyes were twitching.  My nose was running.  I held it in until he walked away and then I burst into an uncontrollable sob.  I started rambling through the glove box with shaking hands because I haven't eaten anything for breakfast yet AND I can't find my insurance cards.  I wonder if I'm going to pass out or maybe if I get out and throw up if he would arrest me?  Anyways, to make a long story short... he comes back and I'm crying and heaving and semi-gagging from the drainage running down my throat.  I'm not exaggerating when I say it wasn't pretty. He hands me a ticket and tells me to be safe!  I somehow mutter out through hysteria.... "THANK YOU!"  I don't know why I felt the need to thank him?  HA!  I guess that he was just doing his job after all.  Maybe God made him stop me from going too fast because maybe I would've wrecked?  Maybe it was a divine intervention?  The optimist in me.  Does this mean God loves me more than the person in the Honda Odyssey?  HA!  I'm kidding!  

I came home and took this heinous photo for documentation.  Before I had children, I had been pulled over THREE times and ALL THREE times I got out of it, and I never could figure out why?  Since having kids and being pregnant... this is my SECOND time being pulled over and BOTH times I have driven away with a lovely citation.  Hmmmm.....   I've totally lost it.  Whatever I had that made me get OUT of a ticket... it's long gone.  I cried some more at the thought.  HA!

So anyway, I got home this morning feeling totally defeated.  I understand I'm a little over the top when it comes to emotions because I am very very pregnant.  I sat down and I began whining about my bad morning and then it hit me... my sweet cousin and her baby, Crailey, are sitting in a children's hospital at the very moment.  Ashley was {and currently still is} waiting for her daughter... not even a year old yet to come out of a surgery.  I have asked for prayer for Crailey so many times on my blog.  She is such a miracle.  They had trouble getting an IV in Crailey last night so they were poking her over and over and Ashley was having to see her daughter in pain.  I began to sob.  Shocked?!  HA!  My heart was overcome with guilt.  How could I complain about my silly morning, after all... I'm thankful I have a toilet to clog, a healthy daughter to love even through her grumpiness, a school program to take my daughter to that she LOVES and no one cares if we are early or late, AND police officers that are working hard to keep me and my baby safe.... even if that means I need to be reprimanded from time to time.  ;)  

So I cried some more thanking God for these blessings that He has poured out on me and I began to pray for Crailey and Ashley and their family.  When I stopped praying my phone notified me that I had a facebook update.  How exciting!  HA!   At that very moment.... on the status that I had posted 15 minutes prior to my guilt-ridden thankful meltdown that read something like "I know I shouldn't complain but it's only 9:44 a.m. and  it's already been one of THOSE days." .... my cousin Ashley who is waiting as her daughter is in surgery wrote this...

"It's all relative.  =)"

I laughed at the irony of God's perfect timing.  

I'm so thankful that even when I don't understand myself... that God knows me inside and out and understands the way I'm wired.  He knows how to knock me off my feet and tell me exactly what I need to hear.  =)

When it really comes to the daily frustrations and annoyances that we deal with... it truly is all relative, right?

 He must become greater; I must become less.

John 3:30

I pray that I can be a woman who focuses more on Christ and His calling for me on a DAILY basis vs. the relative stuff.  {That said... God just spoke to me and told me that I get a little bit of lenience due to the fact that I am about to pop with child.  ;)  }

Please pray for Crailey Faith Brummer today.

A very rational CATS fan....and wife.

We went to a charity breakfast this morning to see some cheerleaders and meet the WILDCAT!  Kennedy loved him!  We just don't have any pictures to prove it.  Guess who the photographer was?  I will not be an irrational grumpy pregnant woman today. {repeat 3 times}  =)

I will not be upset with my husband for being obliviously on the wrong side as he missed my daughter's excited face while giving the Wildcat a high five.  

I will not be angry with him for always snapping a few seconds too late.  

I will not be frustrated with my husband for snapping a few seconds too late AGAIN capturing this heinous photo of me.  No.  Not me.  Not today.

I will not be aggravated with my wonderful husband for not thinking to just take two tiny steps or 1 big step {whichever you choose} over to his left to see my daughter smiling and laughing at Mr. Wildcat.  

DAVE!  SERIOUSLY?.........  I love you very much for your effort in photo taking.

I will not be upset that Dave's attempts to make Kennedy look at him were less interesting than the flickering light bulb.  Actually... a flickering light bulb is pretty impressive to a 2 year old.  I will also not be upset that the male cheerleader's hand {not pictured.  Thank you Dave!} is awkwardly resting on my back fat.  Things were getting goosey behind the scenes.

AND lastly... I will not be irrationally infuriated if the CATS don't beat U of L.  Well.... er.... we'll see on that last one.

Let's hope the CATS play better tonight than Dave we take pictures! =)

GOOOOOOOOO CATS!  BEAT THE CARDS!

34 Weeks!

We are definitely in the home stretch of this pregnancy!  I am so excited.  Here are some random updates on our very ordinary lives.  =)

This really happened.  I made my mom push me  in the Sam's Club children's cart this past week.  The weight limit was 200 lbs I think.  K and I cleared, however, today when I was leaving the doc I looked down on my checkout sheet and my weight was listed over 30 lbs larger than my actual weight.  Talk about a good way to tear down a preggo's self esteem.  That's like the typo from you know where to this growing momma.  I knew I didn't weigh that awful number, so when I got home I checked.  I was right.  No way have I gained 60 some lbs.... yet.... at least.  To celebrate I ate two Kit Kat bars today.  You will notice my super large Sam's Club box in the cart.  =)  Okay, so my mom really didn't push me around in the children's cart.  I just sat in it for a pic.  She would have pushed me though if a.) she wasn't about to pee her pants from laughing and b.) I didn't weigh the darn thing down to the point where it was impossible to maneuver. 

I made these little centerpieces for our Women's Ministry Coupon Event at church.  The event is this Saturday, and although it's about saving money.... we also wanted the focus to be on stewardship.  These babies took me a lot longer than I had anticipated, but I think they turned out cute.  Each one has a different scripture.

Here's a close up.  We set up and decorate tonight!  Last year Dave and I were involved in the children's ministry at church.  I knew with Wyatt coming and a c-section recovery that this year we would not be able to help like we did last year with the young ones.  Dave and I both prayed about where God would lead us to serve, and after a ministry fair and some encouraging words from some sweet ladies in my Sunday School class, I signed up to be on the Women's Ministry Committee.  I am so excited about serving in a new direction this year!  

Kennedy is still LOVING school!  It has been such a wonderful thing for her.  I have noticed a new confidence and independence.  Im sooooo proud of her!  She never even looks back at me when I drop her off.  YAY!  Yesterday morning was a cold and rainy one.  She insisted on wearing her bracelet and scarf to show her teachers.  Hilarious!  My girly girl!  

I had my 33 week checkup yesterday.  Everything went great!  The best news... I got a Zpack for this horrendous sinus crud I've been dealing with.  Wyatt's heart rate was 145, measuring great, and our delivery plan is set!  

My sweet K pooped in the potty for the first time!  YAY!  Well... let me start out by saying we have been having issues with her removing her diaper lately.  We have also been having issues with her playing in her poop.  Yes, my daughter.  She doesn't necessarily think it's fun, but she is intrigued with it.  She wants it off of her immediately though.  This has made for a fun cleanup for me!  I have been letting her go without a diaper a lot at home, and she is OBSESSED with big girl panties and pull ups.  She has been peeing and pooping in the potty, but just not consistently.  I haven't been doing any hardcore potty training or enforcing the consistency like I probably should.  I've just been kind of letting her go at her own pace.  The above photo was taken after she pooped in the potty.  We had just washed her hair in the kitchen sink, but she was still so proud of her first #2.  We were too!  We took a picture, but I won't share!  

I keep wondering if Kennedy is going to regress once Wyatt arrives.  In some ways... she kind of already has.  I don't know if she senses that she won't be the only baby anymore?  This is why I have been teetering on when to potty train.  Now?  Or after the baby comes?  She has started waking up in the night begging me to hold her.  She also has been super clingy AND she cries and asks me to feed her like a baby.  I am doing my best to give her extra loving lately.  I know it sounds sooooo foolish because I am so NAIVE on what it is like to love more than one child... but I find it a little sad too that these are my last few weeks with Kennedy as my only child.  That said, I am over the moon excited for my baby boy to arrive!  I just can't fathom the love I will have for two children and how I will be able to balance it all!  

The countdown continues!  I took this picture a few days ago, but the above shot is our kitchen countdown.  It reminds me every day how close my baby is to being in my arms and my family is to being complete.  I am so excited!  We are staying busy in these last few weeks and have a lot of fun stuff planned for Kennedy!  {We need to plan a date for us!  OH!  And possibly a night or two where K goes to stay with her grandparents so we can get some rest! HA!}

We are all three in a period of growth.  In size... yes... HA!  but that's not exactly what I mean.  Kennedy is growing into a little girl and Dave and I are growing into parents of two.  Our hearts are growing big time!  We are literally standing on the very edge of a whirlwind of change.  Funny... just two years ago... we were waiting for our lives to be changed by Kennedy.  Now, we are waiting on our Wyatt.  We never could have dreamed God would bless us with these two precious babies, and we are grateful for the changes He has allowed to happen to grow our family and our hearts.  He teaches us and molds us and shapes us every day.  I am reminded daily that these precious souls have been loaned to me for a short time.  Every day is a new adventure.  I don't know what tomorrow hold for my babies and their lives... BUT I know who  holds them in His hands.  For that I am thankful! 

Kennedy's Fall Fashions

I have been in a blogging slump lately, so after receiving several requests to share Kennedy's Fall Wardrobe... I gave in!  


First off... let me just say... that I have a lot of help when it comes to my children's clothing.  I have my mom the Children's Clothing Fairy that makes frequent visits to our house.  I love shopping for Kennedy and Wyatt so much more than for myself!   HA!  That said... in this post, I'm only going to share boutique clothes, however, I by no means am beneath Wally World and Tarjay shopping.  I LOVE Target clothes.  I used to buy a lot from Old Navy and Gap Kids, but lately my child is in a funky growth pattern and they don't fit her so well.  Also, I am a big fan of Gymboree.  


Kennedy's body is long and slender.  I buy things a little bigger and then have my mom take everything in.  Even then, we still usually start off with having to roll our pants down, etc.  It works out well though because she will be able to wear these clothes all winter too!

Here we have a few Peaches n' Cream items.  These are cute and comfy!

Le Top.  I can't wait for her to wear the horse outfit in the middle to Keeneland.  We are currently in search of pink cowgirl boots.  ;)

Coats.  The one of the left is Cach Cach.  The one on the right is light weight.  It's by Peaches n' Cream.

I don't think I have ever bought K anything in this brand.  It's Petit Lem.  It looked comfy and soft.  I always have school clothes in mind now!

This one is a 'hoochie" outfit!  HA!  It's got some funky beads on it.  It's by Haven Girl.

I LOVE this brand.  It is the softest and so cute!  Wee Winter Woolies.  The one on the right I had monogrammed.  I thought it would be cute around Christmas time!

LOVE this!  You know me... the more frilly/lacey/tacky/foo foo/ girly... the BETTER!  Lovin' Tralala.  They always have frilly, feminine frocks.  Yes, please. 

Another foofy one by Giggle Moon.

This is kind of a bad photo, but this brand is really funky and cute.   It's by Flit and Flitter.

Cach Cach has been one of my favorites since Kennedy was a newborn.  Lovin' the leopard!

This is a new brand that I've never purchased before now.  Kid Cute Ture.  I think it will be cute with black leggins'.  

I ordered this from Kelly's Kids.  I like Kelly's Kids but it fits my child short and wide.  When I have to buy up a size for the length... it tends to be super wide.  CUTE... BUT we definitely need my mom's sewing skills to alter a few items.

These two are also Kelly's Kids, and they have her monogram on each.

I just bought the CUTEST Ralph Lauren jeans and tops yesterday at Macy's.  They look like "big girl" outfits.  I'll show those later with my sweet girl actually in them.  =)

You all can't start making fun of me when I start coordinating Kennedy's and Wyatt's outfits.  I'm already pretty excited about it!  

On the left is Kennedy's Halloween outfit by Peaches n' Cream.  I have had a hard time finding Wyatt a cute outfit in a newborn size.  I normally HATE silly sayings on clothes... BUT... come on... I'll have a 1 week old around Halloween, so if I want to label him as my little pumpkin.... I get a free card to do so.  ;)  Thank you Carter's for being extremely cute and corny.  Love it!

I've even got a jump start on Christmas jammies.  Thank you Kelly's Kids!  

That's all for now!  These items will potentially be much cuter once my two year old is in them!