32 & 33 weeks.

house.

Shayne and I finally did it! We have been looking for the last couple of months for a house to buy..not to serious about it. But, within the last couple of weeks we really became serious and we found one!! We are so excited..we already made and offer and it was accepted!! Our closing date is July 7th! However, it is a short sale so we aren't getting our hopes up..it could take longer. We will see.

It is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1600 sq ft. home on 1 acres. It is located not to far from where we are now. When we looked at it we just knew that this was the house for us! We got a great deal on it too! We are so excited to move in and make it our own.

Here is a picture of it. Not the best picture but, will have to do for now. We will post better ones when we are able to. It needs a little TLC but, nothing major. We want to take out the trees in the front yard. It would bring a lot more light into the house!

We will keep you posted!♥

day 201

This is what my nuturedfamily.com ticker says for today:

Day 201:
The baby's movement may slow down now due to the cramped space.

This had to make me laugh because Ellee's movement has not slowed down at all..if anything she is more active...and getting a lot stronger!! I will wake up in the middle of the night and wonder why..then I feel her doing her somersaults or high kicks and know exactly why! I think we might have a gymnast on our hands. :)

It still amazes me that we are going to have a little girl in about 2 months. This whole experience has been indescribable!

Happy Mother's Day!♥

I love my mom.

I consider myself so lucky to have her in my life! She has taught me so much and I know will continue to teach me. I have always felt love from her. Even if I was in trouble, she would always go about things in such a loving way. She has a way about making me feel so important, and in fact, I know motherhood was one of the most important things to her. She showed that to me every day growing up, though I didn't realize it then, I now realize it more than ever!

I think being a mother is one of the greatest gifts we are given in life. I am so excited that I have been given this gift to cherish. I can't wait to meet my daughter and to experience every moment of her life! I already love her more than words can describe and she isn't even born yet. I just hope that I can be half the mom that my mom is! She is an amazing woman!

I LOVE YOU MOM!!♥

10 to go!

BLAH!

So, turns out when you go in for the 3 hour glucose test they don't give you the same orange drink. They give you a different one. This one is really, really nasty. It is really thick like syrup. The gal told me it has 2x the amount of sugar. The only thing it had going for it was it sorta tasted like Sprite...but, 1000 times sweeter. Talk about sugar overload. Not to mention they had me fast before I went in there so I drank the whole thing (I think about 12oz) as fast as I could on an empty stomach. That first hour was torture...I felt so sick to my stomach from all the sugar trying to settle. Hopefully I will never ever have to do that again!!

They said they will call me if my test comes back positive that I have gestational diabetes. I will keep you all posted.

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glucose test take 2

the results to my glucose test came back yesterday and they were a tiny bit high. the normal range is between 75 and 175. my number was 176. go figure! so, they want me to come in for their 3 hour test. i was a little alarmed at first because i thought i would ace the 1st test and that i didn't have anything to worry about. but, i am still not to worried..i feel great and i am generally pretty healthy. but, we will see after this test if i have gestational diabetes.

for the test i took last friday i had to drink the orange drink and get my blood drawn a hour later. this time i have to eat a high carb diet for the next 3 days and then fast after midnight on the third day. i then have to go in on friday (5/8) and drink the orange drink again. but, this time i will drink the orange drink and a hour later get my blood drawn... only to wait another hour to get more blood drawn and then 1 more hour after that to get my blood drawn a 3rd time. sounds like fun huh?! :) not really but, i guess that is just how it goes.

if 2 out of the 3 tests still come back high then i am diagnosed with gestational diabetes. they said it is easily controlled though with diet and that it will go away after ellee is born. so that is nice to know. i'm trying not to think about it because i am sure i am just fine. i will let you all know what the results are.

♥love yas!!!

glucose test

yesterday we had another appointment with our midwife. before the appointment i had to go in and drink that orange glucose drink to determine whether i have gestational diabetes. it isn't something they were worried about but, just a normal test they do just to be on the safe side. everyone kept telling me that the drink was really gross. but, it actually wasn't that bad! it tasted like orange soda with out the carbonation. i'm not a huge fan of orange soda but, at least it wasn't something worse! the only hard part was trying to down it as fast as i could because i was running late for my actual appointment. i should get the results in a few days. i'm not worried though because i feel great!
at my appointment with the midwife she said that everything looks really good. when she measured my stomach she said that ellee had grown a lot since our last appointment four weeks ago. when she listened for her heartbeat it was stronger on the left side. the midwife had a hard time counting her beats per minute because ellee kept moving around. :) she definitely moves a lot! the midwife said we are right where we need to be. that was really good to hear. all in all it was a really good appointment.