Thanksgiving with the Draggoo's

We spent Thanksgiving this year in Omak with Jeremy's mom and brother. It was very relaxing and laid back, which was good since that was all I was able to do.

Jeremy and Braden spent the majority of their time playing Griffy on their OLD FASHION NINETENDO!! Who needs a Wii!! :-)

Yes these still exist and not just in antique stores..!! :-)

I spent the majority of the time sitting, or laying down, playing solitare or Sudoku.. This is me sipping of my (pasturized...) Hot apple cider!! MMMmmmm 

This is the spread we enjoyed, pretty traditional: turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, green bean caserole, fresh fruit, rolls and hot apple cider :-)

Jeremy had the honor of cutting up the turkey..

And of course, we couldn't leave the dogs out.. so this was their Thanksgiving treat... 

There were as many dogs there as there were humans!!



Nancy's German Shepherd Georgie



Our Black Lab Duke

 

Our Heniz 57 mix Daisy :-)

Nancy's Lab Mix Nikki



 Thank you to all of our family and friends who have made, and continue to make our lives so rich and filled with happiness!

Bedrest Day 6: UPS made my day!!

Bedrest Day #6- I went back to the hospital last night, was having pain in my lower abdomen again, but this time it didn't go away. Basically the same story, did blood, urine tests, an ultrasound to check cervix and monitored my contractions for about 3 hours. All was great, except that I was having contractions really often (every 3 min at one point) but because they aren't affecting my cervix, they sent me home with the same bedrest instructions. So here I am.

 I think I will be writing my official resignation letter for my supervisor, as I am guessing they aren't going to let me go back to work. Today I accomplished this months book work for the business, payed some bills, watched Sweet Home Alabama (i'm going through my older favorites!) bought a dog coat online, took a nap, placed an ad for our rental that is avaliable, had one of the friends stop by with spaghetti and meatballs!! YUM, and will likely take a shower, then beg Jeremy to open the boxes and put the stroller together that were just delivered by UPS (they made my day!!)

Of all of the "items" I ordered, the stroller was the one I was most anxious to see (and of course the bedding so I can think about decorating...and the reclining glider, becasue that would come in handy right now... :-) but still, I am VERY excited to have THESE boxes sitting in my living room!!

First Internet purchase since bedrest..

Believe it or not...

My first internet bedrest purchase wasn't for me or even the baby.. it was for Daisy- my dog! :-)

It is freezing cold here in Omak right now, we've been under a wind chill warning since yesterday, right now it is actually considerably warm- 13' but it's been as low as 4' and thats not counting the wind chill. Its beautiful right now, sunny and wind has actually died down... Here are a few pictures I took from inside, through the window.

  
So, my spoiled dog Daisy has decided that its just too cold for her, and won't go outside, when you force her out, she won't go to the bathroom, she just stands at the door, shivering, scratching and looking so pitiful that you have to let her in.. I finally pulled out her winter dog sweaters and coat from last year, and woulnd't you know it- she's gotten fat! she's out grown them completely! Great.. so to the internet I went :-) This is the one I ordered: She may look ridiculious, but if it makes her stay outside longer, than I don't care! This isn't Daisy.. but this is the parka I ordered....

Hope when it gets here that it fits and she'll keep it on....

Baby Stuff

This is what we have, or that is ordered for the baby so far...

The Crib:

Rocking Chair/Glider: (We got this one, but with a cream colored suede fabric instead):

Changing Table:

Bedding: (I plan to paint the room a light blue, with a tree in the corner and the little animals on the branches.... I won't be using the wall decals shown in this photo):

Stroller (made so later I can have two kids in it, also made so I can remove the seat, and just pop the carseat directly into it.. ):

Car Seat:



These are the main things we need for the little guy, most of it will get here sometime before Christmas.. Which should be good timing as we are redoing our carpet sometime in Dec or early Jan. If i'm on bedrest, i'll just be recruiting help to put it all together and get the room painted..... Then i'll be ready for the little guy.. well not quite, we want him to stay in the oven as long as possible.. but his room will at least be ready should he decide to come early.... :-)

"strictist bedrest until further notice"

Bedrest day 3- How I got here...

This past weekend when I was in Spokane visiting Brian and getting a bunch of baby shopping done, I started having bad indigestion (or what I though was indigestion), came home Sunday early because I just didn't feel right, but started to feel better so went to work Mon, Tues and Wed. Was having bad cramps a few times a day where my stomach would get really hard for a few minutes, then go away- but they didn't hurt, so Mom said they were just Braxton Hicks and not to be too worried. I didn't, but Wednesday after work I was running an errand and got a horrible sharp pain in my lower abdomen that lasted a while, I called my Dr and she said she wanted me to go in to hospital to be put on a monitor because of the headaches, back pain and the 10 min cramp i'd had. By the time I got there, the cramp had gone away and I was feeling like an idiot for even going in. They hooked me up and within 30 min recorded a "uterine disturbance". So they monitored me another 30 min then decided they needed an ultrasound to rule out the worse case senerio, my placenta looked great and my cervix still measured 4.12 cm (which is aparantly good), so that meant the contractions weren't affecting my cervix. One good thing that came out of all of it was that we got to see the ultrasound in 3D-and yes it is still a boy :-)

This is a view of his face with his right hand up near his eye. His nose is pretty much dead center, then you can see his mouth just below it. Still hard to see, but I think he looks pretty cute :-) He loves to have his hand by his face...

After the ultrasound came back good, they monitored my contractions another hour and decided I was having enough of them that I needed a shot of Terbutaline to stop the contractions... I had the craziest jitters after they gave it to me.... but it must have worked, or sort of. They sent me home with these strict orders:

 

Basically it says: Strict bedrest until further notice. Get lots of fluids, do not work until further notice, call to schedule an apt with Dr. Thill for next week. Stay in bed or on couch at all times except to use restroom or shower.

So.. thats what I am doing :-)

Thursday I watched a movie (August Rush), started reading the Baby Name book..., took a nap, layed on the couch, made lots of phone calls, took a shower :-) and went to bed.

Friday I watched Jeremy clean the house, getting ready for the workers, read more of my book, took another nap, played solitare, wrote a shopping list/to do list for Jeremy. Found a good receipe for pork chops, took a shower :-) hung out with the workers, had dinner, went to bed.

Today: had an awesome breakfast Jeremy made with the workers, studied Col. 2 together, am watching Jeremy tear up the old tile in the entry way, updating my blog.. will probabuly take a nap, play solitare, read a book etc and will TAKE A SHOWER :-) (notice this is the highlight of my days... ha ha)

Me doing what I basically spend the day doing now.. with my bedrest buddy Daisy (she is loving having me home on the couch.. )

Jeremy's Montana Deer Hunt

Jeremy had a great time in Montana this year, both for Elk hunting and Deer. He shot this guy on the last day of the hunt, not huge, but he was glad to bring something home from Montana to show for all his hard work! He hopes to go back to Montana next year if he gets a tag....

Jeremy with his 3 Point Mule Deer taken with a rifle

It's a Boy!!

It's a boy! and here's the proof :-)

We took a camera into the ultrasound so we could have a video of it, we are SOO glad we did! It is very obvious when the "boy parts" appear :-). Turn your volume up and you can hear as the radiologist explains what is being shown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wURBdQ6_RTk