To my daughter

The child that is within you is a lovely thing.
Someday it will grow to laugh and to sing.
The child that is within you is a beautiful girl.
And just like her mother, as precious as pearl.

She'll have hair that's soft, and lovely blue eyes,
She'll grow strong and healthy, happy and wise.
Her beauty will have to be seen to be believed.
I love her dearly though she's not yet arrived.

I will love her, I know it through and through
In my heart I know, she'll look and act like you.
In my life there could be no more satisfying treat,
Than to have a little one, like you, playing at my feet.

When I look into your eyes my heart is feeling torn.
I can sense a loving child that is begging to be born.
She'd fill our lives with joy, we never would be sad.
She'll hug me and she'll kiss me, because I'll be her Dad.

The times when she's afraid she'll come right to me.
I'll pick her up and hold her, I'll put her on my knee.
She'll know that she is safe from everything that's bad,
She'll hug me and she'll kiss me, because I'll be her Dad.

When I'm very old, and it's time for my good-bye,
I'll take her by the hand and I'll tell her not to cry.
I'll tell her that I love her, I'll tell her don't be sad.
She'll hug me and she'll kiss me, because I'll be her Dad.

Iron Therapy

So I am now on iron therapy. My hemoglobin and ferritin level are extremely low (my ferritin to the point that I am only .5 away from being the lowest it can possibly be) so we are having to take very aggressive measure to try and bring them up. This is not agreeing so much with me, which means poor baby girl has to put up with Mommy throwing up even more. A normal iron dose for a person a day is 15-30mg and I am required to take a 300mg dose, and because I don't absorb iron well its very important that I take it with high amounts of vitamin c to help with absorbing it. Well its so hard on my body. Thankfully my Kytril is now 100% covered and I am able to now keep food down. The nausea is still quite present and the burning from everything I have to take is not fun. But its all worth it. If it prevents me from bleeding too much after delivery and insuring nothing happens to me so I am here for my family then I will do it. This time I also will be continuing for a while after I give birth to help my iron levels stay up and for my body to have good stores!

So on to the better stuff! My mom picked up baby girl's first year calender yesterday, it matches her baby book. I am so excited. I am so lucky to have my mom, she has been such an amazing support to me and always has helpful information (she was the one who said to stop taking iron at night and do it during the day with a meal, and sure enough, she was right!! Thanks Mom!!) She got some really sweet stuff for the baby including this sweet daisy light for her wall, which is up and I turn on at night and sit in her room just thinking about what life will soon be like. She is also going to be there for the birth, which is awesome for me because she is such a strong woman and that always helps me to find my own strength (not to mention she is a pretty darn good photographer and captured amazing shots at Ky's birth!)
We have been working hard to get the house super clean and ready for baby, its amazing how much cleaner you want things when your nesting. Poor Todd is probably sick of cleaning, but we're just not done yet lol. Hopefully by next weekend. As soon as the nursery is done we will post some pics of that too. Its pretty exciting to be so close, hopefully closer then we know!

Well I have lots I need to get done and little time to do it in peace and quiet (Ky is napping right now) so I best get on with things. Till next time!

Always busy!

Well, as you can see its been a long time since the last entry. Life just never slows down. Its now September and we are getting so close now. Hard to believe just how far we have come. The nausea and throwing up is still present and not showing signs of letting up and the meds are still our lifesaver lol. Since the last entry lots has happened. Todd went back to work and Ky started back to school today. I started Iron Therapy in hopes that my hemoglobin will go up before delivery. Our Midwives are great and are being really proactive about it. And speaking of our Midwives, Carolyn is back. She was our primary with Ky and we just love her. She is such a wonderful caregiver and we couldn't be more thrilled to be in her care again. We saw her last week and she was happy to see us. She involved Ky in the appointment which was great. He got to put the doppler on my belly and find the heartbeat. He was pretty thrilled to help. When she measure my uterus it was measuring a week bigger, which lines up with the due date we believe to be correct (Oct 3rd instead of 10th) which would make us 36w3d right now instead of 35w3d. That puts us even closer to this little girl arriving.
We had a pretty rough week last week, with 2 funerals on Todd's side. We are praying thats the end of loss for a long time. But it should made us thankful to have each other and cherish all the time we get together!
What else, oh well the kids rooms are almost 100% done, just some paint touch ups and trim to finish. Ky is moved into his new room and the nursery is almost all done. We washed all the newborn stuff and the hospital bag is almost all done being packed. Just a few small things left to do and some major cleaning and then we will be ready for her to arrive. Hopefully in about 2 weeks, as its very obvious that there is not much room left in there and each day it becomes more and more uncomfortable lol but all so worth it!!
Here are some recent pics!

Kyler's new room!





A comparison of the kids, Ky at birth, baby on 3D ultrasound at 30w3d.


Pregnancy progress to date!


Kyler on his first day of school!