A day at the park!



Picture taken by the famed photographer Brinlee!



Went to the park today. Here's proof! This is what I get for asking a four-year old to take mine and Blake's picture on the swings! I even asked, "can you see us both?" Her response, "Yes."  Of course she can see us, duh! Made me laugh. The swings made Blake laugh and laugh. We are spoiled with weather in the 70's here, because we get to spend many days at the park and soaking up the not too hot rays of sun! We enjoy what we can now, because before too long, it will be way too hot to sit in the sun, unless a swimming pool is nearby!

 The ducks were quite happy we made it to the park too! They were well fed, between the bread we brought, plus the bread our friends brought! The kids really enjoyed feeding the ducks, the moms didn't enjoy the smell so much!

Boston was a great big brother today. He held Blake's hand the whole time while we walked on the path to reach a good spot to feed the ducks. He wanted to make sure Blake didn't get hurt, and/or wander off. Thanks Buddy for taking good care of Blake!

 Suprisingly enough, Blake let Boston hold his hand the whole time too! It is absolutely fantastic when these two get a long so well.

I didn't get a good shot of the boys looking at the camera, but they sure are handsome boys, and I am spoiled rotten to be able to call them mine!

15 Weeks!

A little baby bump! I started putting on the weight right away, but that's okay, because I love to show off my little baby bump.

Just to document, I have been put on moderate bed rest since I was about 12 1/2 weeks pregnant. At that time, we found out through an ultrasound, that I have placenta previa. My placenta is completely covering my cervix.  The ultrasound was done so early, because at 9 weeks is when the bleeding had started. It wasn't a lot of bleeding, but any bleeding during pregnancy is enough to cause alarm, especially when I didn't bleed at all with my other two pregnancies.

I was bleeding off and on for three weeks. I saw a pattern that the  bleeding would "flare up" every Friday evening. After mentioning this to my doctor, he asked, "What do you do for work?" I told him I teach part-time, where I am standing and walking around quite a bit during the day. So he recommended I reduce my activities and rest as much as possible. I have seen a benefit to this. I did bleed a little bit again at 14 weeks, but for the most part, the bleeding has stopped at this time.

We will have an ultrasound at 18 weeks to find out the gender of our little baby and to make sure development is great, as well as check to see if the placenta  has moved at all.  If the placenta doesn't move then my delivery will result in a c-section, which is usually done as soon as my cervix starts dilating, around 36 weeks. I will have to be careful and cautious of any bleeding, because as the baby grows my placenta will stretch and can cause bleeding.

Everything else has seem to gone rather well with this pregnancy. Just typical pregnancy stuff, mood swings, exhaustion, nausea and throw-ups, but we couldn't be happier to add another to our family. Sometimes I wonder "what were we thinking!?!" when I have to referee battles between Boston and Blake, but I know that all will be well when we add number three to the mix!