OB appointment

Tonight is Chris's first golf league game, so Nana picked Jillian up from daycare & they went to Steak N Shake. So, I have the house to myself for a few minutes & thought I would just write how my doctor appointment went today.
I gained 6 lbs, which he said not to worry about & he would tell me when & if I gain too much to & should start worrying. My BP was 117/78. I will have to see if I made any note on when my BP started to get high with Jillian. I was on bedrest with her for 2 weeks or so because my BP was high. And in the end, my doctor induced me a little early because of it. He said her heartrate was 160, which he said sounded like a girl. I told him she is a very active little booger. I have indegestion something awful & he said Pepcid AC is the best for it as long as it works. They don't like pregnant women using Pepto, but he said occasional use would be ok (not sure why no Pepto). Pepcid AC seems to work most of the time, so we will just stick with it for now. We did talk about birth control after the baby & he said we could discuss it more at my 6 week follow up appointment after the baby. Of course, I am the one that is going to have to do something to prevent future pregnancies because Chris is a wimp (LOL). My doctor said a vasectomy is 1/3 the cost of most forms of permanent or long term birth control, but I don't think that will change Chris's mind. Which is fine, I guess, as long as my insurance hopefully pays for most of whatever I have done. I would be fine with tubal ligation, but don't think I will be having a c-section, so I would prefer something a little easier. I need to do some research on something he told me about called Essure, which is permanent & done in the office. Anyway. I go back in 5 weeks (should be 4, but doctor is out of office) and will have glucose test done. I'm going to stay away from sugar & carbs the night before & the day of, so hopefully I will pass it. I don't want to have to do the 3 hour test again!!

The Easter pictures are a little delayed, but so is most of my life, LOL. Coloring the eggs actually held her attention alot more than what I had thought. Just this week, my mom bought some coloring for next year & Jillian wanted to color more eggs!

Jillian coloring her eggs the night before Easter with Nana & Granny.



Nana helping color eggs the night before Easter.

Jillian Easter morning.

Jillian rocking out with Daddy's guitar.

Jillian & her new friend.

Jillian "found" this puppy out by the garage by our bushes. It has been there for years, but for some reason, she just decided she wanted to befriend it. She has carried around everywhere. We even had to take it into Dunkin Donuts last week. Her & Daddy have discussed getting a puppy, but I want no part of it especially with me having to take care of a 3 year old, a newborn & a 41 year old. So, for right now, this is the closest she is going to be getting to a puppy. Although, she told Grandma Lana this weekend that Daddy was buying her a puppy.

Jillian woke up on Thursday stating her ear hurt. She complained about it 3-4 times, crying out most of those times. So, my mom took her to the dr. and she has an ear infection. When I told jillian she was going to the dr. she told me "no, mommy. My ear is fixed." LOL. She doesn't like going to the dr. From what I heard, she was a little hesitant, but did good in the end.

She has been a pretty good girl recently. She got her crayons taken away tonight though because she colored on our in table right in front of me! On Wednesday, she colored on her wall & daddy told her if she colored on anything other than paper again, the crayons were gone. While looking in her room for crayons tonight, we found she colored on her white Easter purse, her Kai Lan doll & her weeble wobble castle. So, she has been a busy little girl with coloring!

No baby news. We still don't have a name & it drives me nuts!! I have an OB appointment this Thursday. I don't think any news will necessarily come out of it. I have been getting a little dizzy & have been having headaches, but my home BP wrist machine still shows my BP is low. After this OB appointment, I have to schedule for my glucose test. UGH! I sure hope I don't fail it. I do not want to have to go through the 3 hour test again!

I will try to update again next week.

I am 20 weeks today!!! I'm halfway through my pregnancy. I am so excited since most of you know, I never feel 100% when I am pregnant. Baby Holland moves alot when I am on the computer in the evening. I don't know if it is because I have a lap desk & it sits partially on my belly. Chris got to feel her move on Friday (4-2-10). Feeling the baby move is the best part of being pregnant. Except periodically she kicks me in my bladder & that is not a good thing. LOL. I feel her more strongly than I did Jillian, but my placenta this time is posterior so I'm sure that is why I'm feeling her move more strongly. I would like for Jillian to feel her move, but baby Holland is still sporadic, so I will need to wait a little longer. Jillian loves looking at the ultrasound pictures. She says they are her baby. She probably won't like her too much when she is here & is crying.
Jillian is becoming a handful. She did well at my last OB appointment. We had to wait for quite a while before we went back, so she was a little restless. Needless to say, it wasn't the picture perfect scenario I had playing in my head. But I think she thought it was pretty cool. We went to the museum on Wednesday (3-30-10). She was pretty good all day until it was time to leave. Then all hell broke loose. She just doesn't like to do anything she doesn't want to do! The scene she caused was just that...quite a scene.I just don't know how to handle her when she starts to flip out. I am going to have to figure it out though before I go insane!
We had a nice relaxing Easter. I put some candy filled eggs in the backyard outside our bedroom window. When she came in on Sunday I asked her if it was raining, so she would look out the window. She looked out the window & said something of the sort that there were eggs out there & that it was sooo cool (everything is "cool" these days). She just couldn't wait to get outside & get those eggs. Then everytime she opened the eggs, she would exclaim "CANDY!!" I loved seeing the innocence of it all. I told Chris I thought the excitment & innocence was the one of the best parts of being a parent. So cute.
So, I think that is a pretty good catch up.

Wordless Wednesday

I have stuff to say, but I'm tired & it is "wordless Wednesday" so I will jsut wait to write anything else!


Jillian riding a horse at the Indianapolis Childrens Museum

Jillian doing Barbies hair at the Indianapolis Childrens Museum.

Jillian & Kayla playing with water at the museum.

Jillian & her "girlfriends" enjoying a "snack" at the museum.

Jillian in her pretty dress & hat before Nana took her to get her pictures with a real bunny & duck!

Jillian eating her finished product from her Disney oven.

Brooklyn, Julia & Jillian at todays Easter Egg Hunt.

Jillian being silly & wearing her Easter hat that Nana bought her.

Jillian in a bubble bath!
Jillian in bubble bath!

Here are the pics I said I needed to post and then some of the Easter Egg Hunt yesterday:

Loving her boots.

Looking cute in her tutu outfit.

Done helping mommy cook.

Getting anxious to "hunt" Easter Eggs.

She figured out real quick what she was supposed to be doing.

Look at all those eggs!!

Jillian & Daddy eating popcorn & resting after the Easter Egg Hunt.


She had a great time at the Easter egg Hunt. We are going to another one on the 3rd of April at a park in Mooresville. She is really starting to wear me out. I'm not even that big & still have 22+ weeks to go, I'm not sure how I am going to do it! My OB appointment went well 2 weeks ago. I only gained 3 lbs, which surpises the crap out of me! We go back this Thursday, the 25th, for ultrasound to make sure everything is progressing correctly & to find out the gender. Hopefully I will be writing shortly after the appointment to blog the results. We are taking Jillian with us so she can see the baby on the TV screen. Not much else has really been going on, so I don't have much to blog about.

I have a couple of pictures to post, but don't have them downloaded to the computer yet, so they will have to wait. They are just of Jillian prancing around the house.
This week went by fairly normal pregnancy wise. Just about every other day, I have a good day & then a bad one. I hadn't gotten sick for almost 2 weeks, until last night! It hit me very quickly & it was pretty violent, so I was afraid I was getting the flu. But it must just be the pregnancy because I didn't & still don't have a fever. My throat still hurts like there is something stuck in it, but I just think it is sore from the violent way it came out. Don't I paint a beautiful picture?? Lol. It was time for Jillian to go to bed & we tried to go let daddy get her dressed, but she wouldn't leave my side. She was rubbing my arm & telling me it was going to be ok (how sweet!). She obviously doesn't have a weak stomach! I hadn't taken any anti nausea meds for almost a week either until today. Jillian & I were going to the Outlet Malls down south & I didn't want to feel awful, so I took them as a preventative measure. Last night took alot out of me for some reason. I think I am feeling the baby move, kind of like little flutters. Can't wait til I feel it more often, just to reassure me. Normal OB appointment this week & then 2 weeks will be the ultrasound! So we will find out if it is a Yancy (boy) or a girl (no names yet).
On Friday night, Jillian, Chris & I went to Outback for dinner. When we left, Jillian told me she wanted to go back to the "snakehouse". lol. Saturday was pretty nice outside, so Jillian & I went for a walk before her nap. She wasn't too happy that we had to come home. Saturday evening we went down to Bob & Lana's (my in-laws) just to visit & hang out. We had a nice time. On the way home, Jillian was trying to talk to us into letting her stay up. When we said no, she said "gotta try". LOL. I just don't know where she comes up with these things. She talked & sang the whole way down to Franklin & on the way home. She loves to sing. One song she sang was something about God being mighty & strong & the stars being his handy work too. That one she must have gotten at school because it didn't come from us.
Today Jillian, Dana, Ellen & I went down to Edinburgh outlet mall. I mainly went to get outside & walk around. We had a nice time. When we got home my dad stopped by & brought us a nice 32 inch flat screen TV.
That sums up our week/weekend. I will try to update on Wednesday about my OB appointment.

These pictures are from Superbowl Sunday when we had quite a bit of snow. I didn't feel too hot, but love her too much to tell her we couldn't go play in the snow.

So happy to be playing in the snow.

Picking the ice off the tree.

Daddy & Jillian playing in the snow.

Putting snow on mommy's coat.


Not happy that it is time to go inside.

Things here are moving along. Sometimes I think it is going by fast, other times I think it is dragging. My friend at work was 4 weeks behind me in pregnancy, but she lost her baby last week. So, I am trying to be positive about being pregnant. I still don't like it, but it is getting a little better. I have a good day & then a bad day. I'm trying to figure out why that is at this point. I still haven't definitely felt the baby move. I think I kind of have, but am not positive that is what I am feeling. Last night I either dreamt I felt it tapping me like Jillian did or I did actually feel it. I'm not sure. It was very early in the morning & I was asleep. I am almost 15 weeks, so I'm sure I will be feeling it soon. I go back to the dr on the 10th & then 2 weeks later to find out the gender. I am so excited. I told Chris yesterday, I really need to get organized here or the baby is going to be here before I know it. He informed me I would know because I am the one having the baby. What a funny guy!:)

Jillian is being such a good girl. Her terrible two's aren't as bad as what they were at the beginning of December. We went to Illinois yesterday. She kept going up to her great grandma (Granny) and hugging her & patting her leg. She absolutely loves Granny. Which of course makes Granny happy. She loves to walk up & down the halls at Granny's Independent Living house. It is funny to see her "strut" her stuff. I told her teacher the other day it would help me out if she would maybe send home a list of songs they sing at school. Jillian loves to sing, but sometimes it is hard for me to figure out what she is singing. Her teacher told me that Jillian sings songs that they don't' sing there. LOL. She sings some of them so well, I can't believe they don't sing them there. She must have really listened to me when she was a baby & I would rock & sing to her! She is still telling me all the time that she loves me sooo much. What a sweetie!