Well we are going in to the hospital tonight for me to be induced. Baby Mckayla will be wth us within a couple days and we can't wait to meet her! Right now I(Marion) am pretty anxious about tonight. We are very ready fior her to come and for me to not be pregnant anymore. I am just getting more and more uncomfortable. And the summer heat does not help one bit! James will be home with Mckayla and I for 2 weeks- which will be so nice. We can settle into our new life with Little Miss Mckayla together. I think she may be more active in the evenings as some people say by now her sleep wake cycle is likely to be similar to what it will be when she is born. She is v ery active after din ner until; about 10 or 11 at night. So we'll see I guess!
The pups are doing well. They are growing so big and getting so much better behaved. We think they will do well with Baby Mckayla but may take a bit of disciplining at first. B ut they are so sweet- I know they will do well.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Pregnancy pics
Just wanted to add some pregnancy pics. James has been trying to take photos every week- but we have missed some weeks though. He is going to put them together into like a little slide show so we can see how much my baby belly has grown throughout the entire pregnancy. Here are the pics.
5 week
Oh my goodness- it has been so long!! Life has been busy, hectic and somewhat stressful. James has been busy with work. We have also been busily preparing for the arrival of our baby girl Mckayla who is due to arrive June 25th. We are excited but I am particulalrly nervous about the labor and delivery. I do not handle pain well- to say the least! I have been having some difficulties this last week- two trips to the OB ER. One for irregular contractions which they gave me a medication to help with and one for fast heart rate. I saw the OB today and she says all these things are actually quite normal for pregnancy as far along as I am. I am now at 33 and a half weeks. Everytime I stand up or walk I get shaky, out of breath and my heart beats faster- s0 it's hard to do much of anything if it involves standing or walking. I am resting and taking it easy and I just let my work now that due to these things I will not be returning. The OB says that evertything is okay- and that I am fine and baby Mckayla is fine too. They say that her heart rate increases when mine does but that is okay as long as it is only temporary and doesn't last hours at a time.
My best friend Jennifer has been coming over on Fridays (which has been my day off from work) and helping orgazine and doing cleaning things that I am no longer able to do, as well as preparing for baby Mckayla. She has been such a great help! James has been enjoying putting together baby things- such as the bassinett, crib, swing etc. It's fun preparing for a new baby but I just her due date to hurry up and get here. I want to hold our little girl in my arms and just snuggle her so much!
My sister Heather and Jennifer threw a baby shower for me recently which was a lot of fun. Unfortunately we had to put a limit on the number of people who could come due to limitied space and not wanting to have it outside due to the summer heat that has already hit here in the Phoenix area.
Our puppies are continuing to get bigger and better behaved too. They are so cute and so fun! They are now 10 months old and look much more like dogs than puppies! They are now both over 55 pounds!! They totally both have different personalities too. They just crack us up constantly with their behaviors! Cindal has recently gotten a new trick down to an art- James will place a milk bone on her nose and she will balance it there til James tells her "okay" then she will toss it in the air and catch it. Occasionally she drops it but she usually catches it! It's so funny to watch!!
Anyway that's the update for now. I think I will be updating more regualrly now that I am home and no longer working. I will be looking for quite things to do at home. Hope everyone is well. Please keep me, baby Mckayla and James in your prayers as life is a bit stressful for all of us right now! Thanks so much!!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Been slacking some....
Hello Everyone,
I am so sorry I have been slacking off in posting here. Life has just been so very busy with working, keeping busy at home and being pregnant. James and I found out we are expecting a little girl. We are so very excited. Everything si going well so far and we can't wait to meet our little girl. We have also been keeping busy with our sweet pups Hailey and Cindal. They are now almost 8 months old and are growing bigger everyday. They are so much fun but also full of mischief and noise. But we just love them! They bring so much joy and amusement to our lives!
I am still working in a school district in Phoenix as an OT. I love my job working with kids. I couldn't have picked a better profession. Work is fun- but I am finding that I get pretty tired lately. I will be picking up more time starting next week in the schools. My hours in the schools will go from 20 hours to 32 hours until the end of the school year, unless I can't make it til then due to being pregnant and so tired. But that is the goal.
Anyway I better go but just wanted to do a quick check in. I promise to try to be better about posting again. But I can make no guarantees- but I will TRY.
-Marion
I am so sorry I have been slacking off in posting here. Life has just been so very busy with working, keeping busy at home and being pregnant. James and I found out we are expecting a little girl. We are so very excited. Everything si going well so far and we can't wait to meet our little girl. We have also been keeping busy with our sweet pups Hailey and Cindal. They are now almost 8 months old and are growing bigger everyday. They are so much fun but also full of mischief and noise. But we just love them! They bring so much joy and amusement to our lives!
I am still working in a school district in Phoenix as an OT. I love my job working with kids. I couldn't have picked a better profession. Work is fun- but I am finding that I get pretty tired lately. I will be picking up more time starting next week in the schools. My hours in the schools will go from 20 hours to 32 hours until the end of the school year, unless I can't make it til then due to being pregnant and so tired. But that is the goal.
Anyway I better go but just wanted to do a quick check in. I promise to try to be better about posting again. But I can make no guarantees- but I will TRY.
-Marion
Saturday, January 10, 2009
hello again!
OH I am so mad! I started typing an entry and then the computer totally closed the internet down for no apparent reason. I swear I HATE technology! Anyway back to what I WAS posting. My last post had Christmas photos and the tags to them got put with the wrong photos. So if looking at the photos- please know that the tags are not necessarily next to the correct photos. I have been having a hard time with this website- so have not been back to it for awhile because I got fed up with it.
I will be posting some photos of Christmas at Missy's soon too.
Things here have been going well. I am now 16 weeks and 2 days pregnant. My baby belly is growing fast and I can't believe how far along I am. It is going by fast- I can't wait to meet our baby in summer! I have not yet felt the baby kick. There were a few times I wonbdered if I did- but after talking to other people we don't think it was the baby. Generally first time Moms feel the baby kick sometime between 16-22 weeks. SO it could be any day. I can't wait to feel it because I think it will make it feel so much more real. I can't wait for James to feel it too!
Work is going well. I started a new job in December and had two weeks before the school district went on break for Christmas. I have been back one week. The people there are great and the other OT who is there with me is very helpful. The kids are lots of fun. I only workl a total of 24 hours a week (20 in the schools and four hours of home therapy sessions) and still earn more than I did working 40 hours at my last job! Also I found out my old boss got fired! I couldn't believe it when I found out- he really did not know how to do his job.
I am getting a cold- which is bad news. I get respiratory infections really easily and I am worried I might be on the way to one this time too. I had pneumonia twice, once in August and once in 2001 and bronchitis a bunch of times since 2001 as well- and I a worried because of being pregnant and thinking I am getting an ionfection again. Oh well, we'll see what happens I guess.
I will be posting some photos of Christmas at Missy's soon too.
Things here have been going well. I am now 16 weeks and 2 days pregnant. My baby belly is growing fast and I can't believe how far along I am. It is going by fast- I can't wait to meet our baby in summer! I have not yet felt the baby kick. There were a few times I wonbdered if I did- but after talking to other people we don't think it was the baby. Generally first time Moms feel the baby kick sometime between 16-22 weeks. SO it could be any day. I can't wait to feel it because I think it will make it feel so much more real. I can't wait for James to feel it too!
Work is going well. I started a new job in December and had two weeks before the school district went on break for Christmas. I have been back one week. The people there are great and the other OT who is there with me is very helpful. The kids are lots of fun. I only workl a total of 24 hours a week (20 in the schools and four hours of home therapy sessions) and still earn more than I did working 40 hours at my last job! Also I found out my old boss got fired! I couldn't believe it when I found out- he really did not know how to do his job.
I am getting a cold- which is bad news. I get respiratory infections really easily and I am worried I might be on the way to one this time too. I had pneumonia twice, once in August and once in 2001 and bronchitis a bunch of times since 2001 as well- and I a worried because of being pregnant and thinking I am getting an ionfection again. Oh well, we'll see what happens I guess.
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