34 week OB appt.

I'll be 34 week pregnant tomorrow! I went today for my checkup. Baby sounded great, my doctor even laughed cause she said he's really really active and I'm in for it! GREAT! He's already head down and showed me where I already knew was his butt and where his sweet little legs are (which have the feet that love my ribs). We went ahead and scheduled my 36, 37 and 38 week appts. I'll meet the newest doctor at my next appt, today was her first day at the practice, then I'll be meeting with my regular doctor for the other appts. I asked Dr. S if she's going to be in town for the next few weeks (just to prepare myself in case she wouldn't be there for delivery) and she said she's actually scheduled to be out of town the week I'm due but thinks she'll likely induce me the week before (eeeek!) so she's not worried about me! Wow, that's only 5 weeks away! 5 weeks and I'll be a mommy to THREE BOYS!!! I'm really excited and a little nervous. I can't wait to hold him and start feeling myself again though!

New Pictures

Three best buds swimming at Auntie's house.


Three best buds sitting in a chair. Notice how Brandon has to be touching Izzie.


Brandon just before his 1st swimming lesson.


Jason and his dad, Earl, on Father's Day


Oh, this is an old but super cute pic of the boys asleep in the car. Brandon and Carter fell asleep when probably Jack was the one that needed the nap. Bliss, I keep meaning to show it to you and finally remembered!

Swim Lesson Videos

Here are a few, very short, videos from Brandon's swimming lesson yeseterday. He was not doing his best, I think cause he knew I was taping him. He has two more scheduled lessons next week but will have to miss one because I have my grandfather's funeral that day. We'd like to sign him up for another class but I think that I'll wait until after I have the baby to do that. I think he's so cute! In the third video he jumps in from the edge of the pool. He insists on holding his teacher's hand. In the last video he's grapping a diving ring off a step. The last ones are super short cause my memory card was full and I keep having to delete stuff.

Rest in Peace, Papa

On Saturday, July 11, 2009 my Papa went to heaven. It wasn't unexpected but still hurts all the same. Never in my life have I seen such a fighter. If you could fight cancer on willpower alone he would have won. His funeral won't be for another week and then I can edit this post with his obituary so you can read a small bit about his life. Here is a picture of him with my Granny (his wife of 63 amazing years!) and Jack just after we got home from the hospital (Jack was 3 days old).

Getting up to speed on us...

So this is going to be a boring post without any pictures, sorry! I can't find my camera cable so I've got lots of pictures to upload (hopefully) soon.

Ok, our updates!

BRANDON: Mr.B started swimming lessons about 3 weeks ago. He's taking them thru the San Antonio Swim Academy and they hold the lessons at the Spectrum Club at Rogers Ranch. He's not swimming like a fish yet but his teacher thinks he's made a lot of progress. He will put his head underwater for a few seconds at a time. He's jumping in the pool (and going under) but insists on holding his teacher's hand. A few times the last lesson or two he's grabbed a ring on a low step in the pool!

He's very in to his legos. He loves watching Transformers and Star Wars. Brandon is such a good big brother and asks regularly when we can get Ethan out to look at him. Brandon has also gotten really good at playing Mario Kart on the Wii! Each day he looks forward to Jason coming home so they can race against each other.

JACK: Mr. Jack. Don't know where to start with this guy. He's a handful to put it mildly. One of his most recent antics is that he finally climbed out of his crib! I can't say that either Jason or I were surprised but still a bit shocked that he actually went through with it! We had put him down for a nap over the weekend and I was watching him on the monitor and suddenly I couldn't see him anymore and I heard a knocking sound. I jumped off my bed and went for his door but Jason beat me to it and opened the door to Jack proudly walking out of his room! So, that day we rearranged his room and he has since been sleeping in his toddler bed. We had to make sure his room was safe to roam around in since there is no telling what he'll be doing when he should be sleeping.

ME AND ETHAN: I am now 30 weeks pregnant, just under 10 weeks until my due date of September 15. I had an appt around 28 weeks (I'm going to the OB every two weeks now) and took my GTT (glucose tolerance test) which I FAILED! I never failed with either of the boys and I also got my rhogam shot (for my AB- blood type, Jason is B+). This past Monday I took my 3 hour GTT and passed!! The doctor said my belly is measuring a bit big but that everything else looked and sounded great. I just love hearing his little heart beating away! I'm in pain a LOT of the time. I really am trying to keep a good attitude about everything but, man, it sucks being pregnant in South Texas in the summer!!

JASON: Jason and I have decided to join a gym. After going to the Spectrum Club we started getting interested in joining one ourselves. We ended up going with Lifetime Fitness. It's a really nice place. Jason has already gone a couple of times this week and we just joined on Saturday! He took Brandon with him on Sunday and left him in the child care center and Brandon loved it. I'm really hoping both Jason and I (me after Ethan's birth) can get more healthy so we can live long, happy lives!

Brandon on a water slide

Here is a short video of Brandon going down a water slide at Brookie's 2nd birthday party this weekend. He's in all orange on the right side. I was amazed that he had the courage to do it! It's pretty much how he spent the entire party, going down the slide.

Added ticker to blog

I just added a baby countdown ticker to the blog. As of today, June 6, 2009, we have 101 until my due date of September 15, 2009. It still sounds like a long way off but I know he'll be here before we know it!