I never want to make fudge again!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do I always say I am going to make something for a group get together that I tend to get so pissy while I am making it. I wish I thought that store bought tasted so much better, because then it would be so much easier to just go and buy it!!

Sorry about the venting, I just got done making fudge, it isn't so bad, but my back is already sore from being pregnant, and to have to stand there for 20 min or so stirring the concoction makes it even worse.

Baby movements

I think I have been feeling Thaddeus moving around for about a month now, but was doubting it, because I have had such severe constipation. Well yesterday and this morning, I definately know that it is him stretching out or hiccupping. He is most active when I first wake up in the morning and again when I go to bed at night. But I also don't think that he likes when I sit with proper posture either. I think when I sit that way I can wake him up and get him moving.

I am so excited!! I am now 28 and half weeks pregnant. One of these days I will actually get some prego belly pictures. Since I am high risk, I start going in every week for an ultrasound, and at 32 weeks I go in twice a week for an ultrasound.

I have been doing well in monitoring my diabetes, but am finding that it is hard to keep my blood sugars down. I was told this would happen, and actually had the doctor up at Maine Medical in Portland explain why. The placenta produces a hormone that inhibits the Insulins ability to do it's job. The only thing with my being diabetic is Thaddeus doesn't know that I don't need that to happen, and the doctor said even in the womb a baby doesn't know that to much of a good thing is a bad thing.

On another note...

Jeremy's ex-wife has finally moved out, and we are in the process of finding a tenant to move in.
So please pray that we will find the right tenant, and not jump to move in the first person who is available to move in now.

Michelle

Some Wedding pictures

Jeremy's uncle had some cool features on his camera, he wanted to get a silhoute of us with the river behind us.

Our first kiss and Mr. and Mrs. Saunders

Another cool picture his uncle took.

Us before the ceremony

The sign for the restaurant we were married at. If you ever happen to find yourself in Portsmouth, NH you should go and eat there. It is really good food, and down in the center of the historical part of Portsmouth.

P.S. I know the pictures are backwards, but I didn't realize I was uploading them in that order.

I'm Married

Jeremy and I were married on Saturday February 21, 2009 at 11 am at the Stockpot in Portsmouth, NH. The restraunt was great, they allowed us to come in have a very simple ceremony and then lunch with no extra charge. Marry Berry was the Justice of the Peace and she was great. We had some of Jeremy's family there and a couple of friends.


I will add some pictures later.

Michelle

Funny Valentine's day story...

Well Jeremy took me out to dinner at the Old Salt Restaurant at Lammie's Inn in Hampton, NH for Valentines Day. He ordered a haddock (white fish out here that they cook instead of Halibut), and I ordered boiled lobster. Now I am thinking of getting lobster at Red Lobster, it is a lobster tail with no little legs still attached and split open. Not what I got. Our wonderful waitress Judy brings me two plates, one with my mashed potatoes and carrots on it, the other with a whole lobster with all little legs attached and anntenae and eyeballs attached. I started to cry, I was thinking lobster tail. Jeremy tried to help me get into it, I didn't want it staring at me while I took it appart or while I was eating it. Judy came back to check on us, and took pity on me and broke the front claws off, and took the tail off, then she took the body away so I wouldn't have to look at it. After that was all said and done, the lobster was great, and Jeremy had all the lobster guts all over him, instead of me!!

Baby Update

Well Tuesday I went up to Maine Medical for the second set of Ultrasounds. Was told that he looked healthy and everything looks healthy. He is approximated to weigh 1 lb 7oz right now. Definately is a boy, and he likes to sleep with one hand under his head. Then Wednesday I went to my OB in Rochester, and he told me that everything looked good. He wants me to go back to Maine Medical for one more set of Ultrasounds then I can do the rest in Rochester. They want me to go once a month until I am 28 weeks, then at 28 weeks I have to go every 2 weeks, and then at 32 weeks I have to twice a week for ultrasounds. My OB said that now the goal is to keep me pregnant as long as possible, because that is one less day that the baby will spend in the hospital after he is born. He told me that the baby would probably survive at this point if he decided he wanted to be born. Which makes me happy to know that I am doing what I am supposed to I guess. But definately want to make it to full term if possible.

Just thought I would share,
Michelle

Grandpa Bob

My mom called me today to tell me that my Grandpa had passed away. He was always there for me whenever I needed anything. When I moved back home after my ex-husband left me, he would remind my Grandma that I was an adult and not a child. She always wanted to know the who, what, when, where, why, whenever I was going out with friends.

I guess he called around 6 or so in the morning to make sure that my mom and Grandma were going out to visit him at the nursing home that day. My said yes as soon as Grandma got up they would be out. The nursing home called an hour later to tell them that they were rushing my grandpa to the hospital. They got to the emergency room, and he didn't make it. The ER staff tried to recusitate him, and were unable to.

Please pray for the financial stuff to be worked out for my Grandma, and for me to be able to make it out to Washington to be able to be there for the services.

A prayer request

Well Jeremy got back this morning from MEPS. He is now a member of the National Guard. He will be going to Basic Training August 12, and when he is done with that 9 week training, he will then be going to his advance training which is 18 weeks long. So we are trying to figure out what to do, as I will be new mom. One idea is for us to work hard on getting a lot of the debt cleared away so I won't have to go back to work, and then either fly or drive out to Washington for those 7 months, to be with my family and friends, since I haven't had the warmest reception here in New Hampshire. Yes there are a couple of friends I have made, and we have a great church family, but I don't do so well when he goes away on 1 or 2 week travel trips for work. I know I will be able to get through this time, but it is hard when you are used to always having family around. It would also be a chance to spend time with my grandpa and for him to get to spend time with his new great grandson. But we also realize that this may not be able to happen. The other issue will be while he is away it will be really tight financially if we are unable to get a renter for the downstairs half of the duplex, and possibly someone who would be willing to know taht they would need to move out after the 7 months for the upstairs. While he is away at basic and advanced training he will be on leave without pay from his wonderful job at the shipyard.

So please keep us in your prayers, as we have some hard decisions to make.

Michelle

Baby and life update

Well we went to The Maternal and Fetal Clinic at Maine Medical in Portland on Tuesday. The doctor said that so far everything looks good. I have to go back on February 10th. The baby was stubborn and would not turn so the Ultrasound Tech could not get all the views of the heart. That was the most important organ that they wanted to get views on. I asked about cleft pallette and hair lip as that is something that runs in my family, and he said that there were no signs of either in the ultrasound. Asked about Scoliosis as that runs in Jeremy's family, we were told that that is not a birth defect but a developmental defect, and to advise our pediatrician so they can watch for it as the baby grows. He also gave me somethings to watch for with my diabetes, in the 3rd trimester. I was also told that I should be able to have the baby in Rochester, unless the baby has to be born to prematurely that Frisbee Memorial would not be able to keep me and the baby safe. Oh and to finish this part of the blog we found out that we are having a boy.

On another note Jeremy and I are going to get married. We are just going to do a justice of the peace and later on celebrate with our family and friends back in Washington.

just a quick update

I am not big on writing, usually do better if some calls me or I run into them at the store. But I am trying to write more since there is about 3000 miles between me and the majority of the people who are reading this.


I went to the OB today, he said that the pap I had at the beginning of my pregnancy show mild abnormal cells so at this time he opted to not do a colposcopy, but said at some point they will go and do just a look see, with no cells being taken to do a biopsy, since I am pregnant. That will be done after I deliver. They say I am 16 and a half weeks along. He said that I have gained extra weight, but due to my being diabetic and not wanting to starve me he is not to concerned about the weight gain. I am now waiting for the office to call me with an appointment up in Portland, ME for an ultrasound. That appointment will be in about 2 weeks. Due to my being high risk they want me to get established up there, in case I have to go there to deliver the baby instead of at Frisbee in Rochester. He did the fetal heartbeat and it was good and strong.

Well everything else is going well. Our roommate is moving out this month, so things will be a little tighter financially but am not worried about finances. Cause I know so long as I am not making stupid decisions God will provide us with what we need. He always does. Even if we don't see it. Still struggling with not having friends and family around to go and do things, but Jeremy and I have been going to a small group that has been a great mid week refreshing to the soul. Still not to excited about being a parent yet, not feeling pregnant but just FAT!!

anyways hope everyone is doing well.