A few days before Christmas.. David found out he got into KU Med! I could not be any happier or any more proud of him! That boy has worked harder then anyone that I know...he graduated with an amazing GPA while working three jobs, two weekly volunteer projects, and did weekly research with one of his previous professors. He is going to make the best doctor! Way to go buddy!!! :)
Christmas came and was absolutely amazing except for the fact I was in so much pain I woke up crying. I had gotten NO sleep Christmas Eve because of pelvic, leg, ankle, and foot pains and Christmas day wasn't any better. I really enjoyed everything else about Christmas though...it was me and your daddy's last kid-free Christmas and he made sure to make it special! He bought me a new iphone and then surprised me with two George Strait tickets - I could not believe it!! I had told Lance he was the one singer I would LOVE to see but i never thought he would get me those tickets!!! It's the end of February so it'll be the first time we leave you alone probably but I think we will enjoy a few hours as husband and wife rather than parents! Lance got permission from my parents first to make sure we would have a babysitter and they said they'd be more then fine with watching the little fella! Everything else about Christmas was great too...I got a lot of random stuff since I didn't want clothes due to being soooo big right now but hopefully not soon! I wouldn't know what size to tell people! I always love family time...of course I missed my Grandpa - it always seems like something is missing but compared to last Christmas, this one was 100% better!
We had our second child birthing class Wednesday - it was Lance's idea to go to the classes because he wanted to be as educated as possible about what was going to happen and what he could do to make it easier. It has been really good us going...last week we watched "videos...." ummm that definitely caused some anxiety but I'm trying not to think about how you're getting out of there! Haha. Lance has read the pregnancy books and has just been absolutely positively amazing. I can not even rave about that man enough...he is seriously the most perfect husband I could ever ask for. Everyone in my family has told me repeatedly how lucky I am to have such a wonderful support system in him...I thank God everyday we made it through our tough times we had last year because he is everything I want in a man now plus so much more.
Onto you...my crazy little man...lately my swelling and edema have gotten crazy. Christmas weekend I couldn't even pull my Ugg's on or even really my tennis shoes for that matter. The swelling around my ankles was making walking feel almost unbearable...which makes for a super awful day at work! I asked the nurse at my job to take my blood pressure and it was 157/98 which is definitely way too high! I called my doctor and he told me to come in my next available day which was the following afternoon. Lance and I went in after work and I had a trace of protein in my urine and my blood pressure was still just as high...he thinks it is the early stages of preeclampsia. They sent me to labor & delivery to have some tests done to check labs and put you on a fetal monitor to make sure everything was fine...everything was. Sooo it's just the early stages but that means no more work for me. :( I am now on "modified bed rest" which means I have to just take it super easy and I can't really be on my feet for too long because of the swelling and the blood pressure. Soooo little man...you have definitely changed my plans - I was supposed to work up until the day I had you. Most people would love the chance to be off work but I am just worried about my time off and getting paid - I do look forward to finally getting the chance to rest and take a break though. Physically, my body felt like it couldn't take too much more do now I just get to rest and focus on me and you! It's frustrating because I want to enjoy these last few weeks of feeling you kick and move in my belly...but I'm so uncomfortable I'm also ready to not be pregnant and just see you and have you! I am just kind of torn on the situation! Either way...we go back to the doctor on Tuesday and we will talk to him then and see what he thinks about everything. Who knows, we might be meeting you a lot sooner then we had planned!
Tonight is New Years Eve! I am so ready for 2012.... 2011 was a year full of up and down's! It was the first year without my Grandpa which meant a whole bunch of first's...every holiday, every special occasion, they were all the first time without my grandpa. My mom's cancer came back and spread to multiple bones causing her to go through chemo again and lose her hair again...I just hope and pray that 2012 is a great year for her! She needs a break...I hope her hormone therapy is successful! Grandma Jo passed away... Snoball passed away. :( Amongst all the sadness though...Lance and I had an amazing year! In March, we bought our beautiful home, April we celebrated our one year wedding anniversary, May we found out we were pregnant! In September we found out it was going to be a little boy...and here we are! Just days or weeks away from actually having our son! 2012 will begin with the expansion of our family! :)
I'll end with a picture of the big ol' belly and also our nursery!!! Lance worked so hard on it! :) There is definitely more to do but for the most part we are ready for him!!!
