28 Weeks and Growing...

So Monday I had my glucose test. I got to the doctors office at 8:00, I was then sent to the lab to drink a nice little orange drink, which by the way was not bad at all! Everyone states just how yucky these drinks are but it really didn't taste too bad. It was very sweet but did leave aftertaste that wasn't too pleasant. Once I drank the juice the ladies told me to come back in an hour. So I had an hour to waste. I didn't want to sit at the doc office just waiting, so I made to a quick trip to the local Wal-Mart. I figured I could get some walking done while there and check out some baby items and do some price checks. After walking around Wal-Mart as long as I could I headed back to the clinic. They drew blood in both arms! Ouch! Afterwards I headed in to see my doc. He checked the heartbeat which is still a strong beat of 155! And he felt around on my tummy to make sure I was growing and so was the baby. "Yep!" he said, "You are definitely growing, already up to your ribs! The baby is still head up which is not a big deal he still has plenty of time to turn down. And right now he is probably doing a lot of moving around anyways." The doc's office called me the following day and said I passed my glucose test but needed to take an additional iron pill.
Jonathan wasn't able to go with me to this appt. which was fine, he has been to every other appt. My next appt. is April 29th. This is when the doc said we will find out exactly how big the baby is and he will be categorized as a small or big baby, etc. Then after this appt. I will go to see him every other week until the baby is born! Getting close! I am really excited for our next appt. I can't wait to see Parker! I am really hoping to get a profile pic this time! I think he is going to be a 'big' baby! But only time will tell! We have also opted out of getting a 3D Ultrasound done. Jonathan said since we already know its a boy it should be a surprise as to what he looks like! I am totally down with that!

28 weeks and 4 days!

Uncle Mikey's 21st Birthday!

Last Friday April 5th 2013 Michael Orsak Jr. turned 21!! Yes, you read it right! 21! Who would have thought?! Any who, Mikey called us and said that we were all going to meet at Los Cucos and have supper together for his Birthday! That sounded mighty good to me! We all met up at Los Cucos at 7:00 and of course everyone else was already there when we got there, Mom, Dad, Mikey, Patricia, and Patricia's parents. We had a great meal and all the guys had the drinks flowing. Yum! Sure wish I could of had one! LOL! Of course we had to tell the waitstaff it was his birthday! We had a nice evening with great food and laughs! Happy Birthday Uncle Mikey!!

Someones embarrassed!

Gotcha!

Rhea, So, & Jake

Patricia got in on the fun too!

Rhea didn't want to be left out either!

Silly Mo and Jake!

Overall I think Mikey really enjoyed his Birthday! Happy Birthday Uncle Mikey! Your no longer So & Mo's baby boy!

Jake's humor will have you rolling...

So, we all know how Jacob is and what a character he can be sometimes I mean, all the time!! He keeps us laughing and sometimes to the point of crying. I have been writing down every time he really cracks us up, so I could write one big post. So here we go....

One night, after supper, the kids cleaned up and came to the living room to watch some TV. I was relaxing in my recliner and Jonathan was on the couch. Jacob came into the living room dancing around and acting silly/weird. I looked over at Jonathan and said, "You mean to tell me we are having another one of those..." Jacob stopped and said very calmly, "Hey, he may not be exactly like me, he might be smart!" We died with laughter and couldn't stop! The things that come out of his mouth are priceless! On the other hand I don't know why would say something like that since we tell him how great he is doing in school and praise him all the time for his good work. Oh the things he says....

When the Easter egg hunt was wrapping up at Grandma Drapelas the boys, Jonathan and Jacob, left with Uncle Billy and headed to Deer Camp to just get away for a while. When they returned home Jonathan had plenty of stories to tell me. First he pulled out this long stick that looked like a giant hook. He said Jacob had found it on the ground and said, "Look its a show stick!" Jonathan asked, "What? What is a show stick?" Jacob responded saying, "You know a show stick," picking up the stick and referencing it to look like he was yanking on something he said, "You know a 'get out of the show' stick!" I just laughed and laughed!

Next Jonathan told me that when they pulled up to camp there were quite a few trees that were dead and starting to fall over. So when they went for a ride in the Jeep they came across a giant tree that had fell over in the road and Jonathan barely made it through all the limbs. Jacob said, "Woo, this is a dangerous back way with all these trees, thank goodness we have Life Alert!" Jonathan looked at him and said, "Do what? We don't have Life Alert." Jacob replied, "Yes, we do! You are old and we have Life Alert! Thank goodness if we get lost we can just push a button and they will come get us."  Seriously, where does he come up with this stuff!! (Just in case you are wondering how he knows about the Life Alert thing, the other day I found a video that had been posted to Facebook of an older lady just dancing her heart out. I showed Jonathan and the kids wanted to watch too. The older lady had a Life Alert button hanging from her neck, so he must have picked it up from that.)

This is just a few of the examples of what living with Jacob is like. At the least he keeps us on our toes! I can't imagine what it is going to be like in a few years when Parker is old enough to talk. I can't wait!!

The lovely Jake!!

Easter Fun

This year for Easter was a busy one! This year I called everyone from Jonathan's side of the family to do an Easter get together at our house. It turned out better than we could have imagined! Everyone had lots of fun including the kids and the lunch was pretty tasty, if I might say so myself. I had seasoned a pork roast earlier in the week and Saturday morning I woke up extra earlier and left the house by 6:45 to take it to my parents house and put it on their BBQ pit. (My dad has a great pit where the fire is low to the ground and it just cooks so much better than ours.) So Saturday morning I spent most of my time with my Dad. It was nice to spend some much needed father daughter time with him. But it was short lived since I had to get back to the house and finish cooking the potatoes, sweet corn, BBQ sauce, and gravy. Everyone arrived at our house at 12. And about 12:20 we said the blessing, got a plate, and we headed outside to eat. It was such a beautiful day I didn't want to waste a single minute of it inside! After we finished eating, the kids started playing so this gave me the perfect opportunity to go hide the Easter eggs in the front yard! Then the real fun happened when I lined the kids up, counted to 3, and off they went, finding lots and lots of Easter eggs! We all enjoyed visiting on the front porch for a little while longer and then everyone headed home to take a much needed nap! We really enjoyed all the company and plan to do it again next year!

Ready, Set, Go!

Jacob finding 'em in the flowerbeds

The boys

Everyone on the front porch helping look for eggs!

Shawn checking on his candy

Rhea and Jake sorting through their eggs.

Once everyone left we cleaned up from lunch and headed over to Dawns house. The whole gang was over there and we visited for a while before their big Easter egg hunt started. There was lots of kiddos who did the hunt! Afterwards I had the kids eat really quick and then we had to leave. I know the kids and Jonathan really wanted to stay longer and so did I, but my Aunt Debbie was getting confirmed this same night at the Easter Vigil Mass and I really wanted to attend. So we headed out and they dropped me off at Church before they headed home. Although I didn't get home til 10:45pm the mass was beautiful and I was glad I could be there for Debbie.

Sunday morning I woke everyone up early and we all got dressed and headed to 7am Mass. Boy was it packed! Luckily they brought me a chair to sit on so I didn't have to stand the whole Mass. After Mass we stopped by Jack-n-Box to pick up some breakfast and I snapped this shot of us while waiting in line.

After Church getting some breakfast.

Next we headed to Grandma Drapelas Easter. This is always a highlight for the kids and us. We enjoy getting to see all the cousins, aunts, and uncles and eat some great food. There is always so much for the kids to do over there and too many kids to count to play with! The Easter egg hunt at Grandma Drapelas is always a big one! They have lots of great prizes in the eggs as well. Jacob racked up this year on money, $14. Rheanna had to be in the 'big' kid hunt this year but also racked in $5.00 and $5.00 worth of Lotto tickets.

Rhea in the big kid group

Jacob in the middle group

McKenlie, Jacob, and Jake getting all the eggs they can!

The big kid group

Daddy helping Jacob

Rheanna

The family, excuse the big belly Parker has been growing like a weed lately!

Rolling in the money!

All their eggs!

Overall we had a great Easter weekend! I was one tired Momma after getting up early all weekend long but anything to make my family happy and to have lots of great memories! Until next time.....God Bless!

Another Doc Appt.

Last week we had another doc. appt. I was 23 weeks. Everything is still on track and looking good. Nothing special about this appt. although I was a little upset, I gained 9 lbs!!! Holy cow! The doc told me it was because later in pregnancy, like where I am now, your metabolism starts to slow down. He said I am probably still eating the same but my body is just processing everything slower now. Bummer!!! He suggested to slow down on carbs and eat plenty of veggies and fruit. And that if I wanted carbs like pasta, potatoes, etc. eat them earlier in the day not at night. He said it isn't affecting the baby and its not a bad thing it will just help me to lose the weight faster after I have the baby. Our next appt. is scheduled for April 8th, this when we will do the lovely glucose screening test I keep hearing about. Yay! Not!! I hope everything goes well at that appt. I really don't want to have to go back and do the 3 hr. test! That would be no fun at all! Oh, we also have a Birthing Class to attend on Sunday. It is at our hospital in Sugarland and is from 9-3:30. Jonathan isn't too thrilled about going but I think it will be greatly beneficial to me and a refresher course for him. I have also been reading about different delivery methods and also the different care methods once the baby is born. So, I am really curious as to what is all going to be taught at this class. We have a semi-birthing plan in the works but are waiting to really finalize it after this class. I am really looking forward to it, if you can't already tell!

On other note, we are almost completely done on Parker's room. Grandma Drapela and Aunt Mary Kay finished the bedding and it looks AWESOME!! I love it all! As soon as I got home I put it all together! Everything is coming together and is looking fabulous! Here is a pic of the bedding:

Jakes 7th Birthday!

Yesterday was Jacobs 7th Birthday! My little man is growing up so fast! I can't believe he is 7 already, seems like just the other day he was 4! He is becoming a young man so fast but nothing can take away his wonderful personality. He is my social butterfly and loves to talk. He doesn't like being by himself and is always surrounded by people. Sundays he is rarely at our house, he goes over to the neighbors (Mrs. Lori and Dwayne). Their grand kids are usually there every Sunday and he loves to play with all the kids. Every time I go to visit with them they have some crazy and silly story to tell me about what Jake did or said. He is smart as a whip and has done excellent this year in school. (I think he just needed the extra time to mature and get use to a school schedule.) He reads to me every night when doing his homework. Sometimes he gets bored of reading the same ole' books, as he says, but I have to remind him its only helping him remember all his words! He still gives us greats laughs almost everyday. He can make anyone smile just by giving them the Jake look. Ok, I have a short story to tell.....The other day after supper I had retired to my recliner and Jonathan on the couch. Jake came into the living room after brushing his teeth and started dancing and acting silly. Looking at Jake I said, "Oh lord, you mean to tell me we are having another one of those." Jake stopped and said, "Hey, he may not be exactly like me... he might be smart!" Jonathan and I rolled laughing. From the mouths of babes! I hope he does not grow out of his humorous ways. This is our Jake and what he has been like this past year. We look forward to seeing how he grows, matures, and learns this year as a 7 year old! Happy Birthday Jake the Snake!

We celebrated Jake's Birthday this year at Mr. Gattis with Daddy, Momma, Rheanna, Baby Parker, SoSo and Mo. This year his birthday fell on a Wednesday so after CCE we all met at Mr. Gattis and filled our tummies full of pizza. Momma made the cake and since both Rhea and Jake gave up chocolate for Lent, we had a funfetti cake with vanilla icing and sprinkles! Jake got cards from SoSo and Mo, Mrs. Lori & Dwayne, and us of course. Rhea gave him a toy alligator and pencil. Daddy and Momma gave him a Nintendo DSI. Afterwards, we played a few games and then headed home. Jake also got a few sweet calls from his Grandpa Jerry, Aunt Dawn, and Uncle JC. He may not be a great speaker on the phone but I did happen to hear him say Thank You! to each one that called.

Birthday Collage!

Last year 2012 Birthday

This year 2013 Birthday! Look how much both have changed!

Its a ......BOY!!!

So Thursday we had our 2nd ultrasound and another doc. visit. I was so excited I could barely contain myself! I couldn't wait to see our little bundle of joy! Our appt. was scheduled at 2:00 but both Jonathan and I took off at noon to do some running around first. I stopped off at Faith Lutheran Daycare to check it out. I was very happy with the facility and all the ladies seemed very nice. I liked that the daycare was smaller and it seemed more personal. We still haven't decided exactly what we are going to do once the baby is born but I will return to work. I would rather have a private sitter in my home for a few months before Baby E. goes to daycare, but we shall see. Once I got done at the daycare we grabbed some lunch and headed to Wharton to our doc appt.

We got there a little early probably because I was so excited! As soon as we got there they called us back for the Ultrasound. I let the sonogramer know that we were having a Gender Reveal Party and if she could tell what the baby was I had a piece of paper for her to write it down on and also an envelope to put it in. She loved the idea! She started the ultrasound and man was Baby E active! We got a few pictures but could not get a face shot! She wrote down what gender the baby was and sent us on our way. We next visited the doc which is always great! I love our doc and he always makes Jonathan laugh. I had a few concerns since I hadn't gained any weight yet but he reassured me everything was fine and Baby E is growing like a weed! Around 10 oz. right now! He told me not to worry the weight gain will come later plus that is less for me to lose later! He did tell me to start eating or drinking more calcium or gave me some Caltrate chewable vitamins to eat with lunch and dinner. We scheduled our next appt. for 4 weeks later.

We then headed to Sugarland to do our baby registry at Target. Wow, was that a task! It took us quite some time to complete this task but Jonathan was a good sport about it all. He was also a big help with picking out things and saying what we needed and didn't need. Kinda glad he has done this before but somethings are new to him too! Once we finally finished our registry we headed to Olive Garden to have an early Valentines Day date. It was a great day and wonderful evening. Now we just had to wait until Saturday to find out what our bundle of joy would be...Boy or Girl?!

Saturday couldn't come fast enough. Everything was set up so nice at Carrie and Billy's house. Kris and Carrie did a great job with the decorating. There was lots of blue and pink everywhere! Finally the time came to do the Gender Announcement!!! I could barely control my excitement! Everyone gathered and we counted the votes...18 Boy and 16 Girl. The plan was for Carrie to wind the jack-in-the-box and the animal would pop out. Well....everyone was surprised she turned it once and POP! the horse jumped out with a blue ribbon on it! Its a BOY!!!! I was so happy I couldn't believe it was true! I had wanted a little boy from the first time we found out we were pregnant! Plus we already had a boy name picked out Parker Wallace Eide. We love this name! Parker was a name we immediately agreed on and Wallace was Jonathan's grandpa Eide's middle name. I am really looking forward to boots, blue jeans, and caps from now on! Boys are a handful but so much fun! We are really looking forward to meeting Parker!!

Parker's Spine

Its a Boy!

We want to send a special Thank You to Kris Linzza and Carrie Drapela for setting everything up and giving us such a wonderful Gender Reveal Party. All your hard work was greatly appreciated!