Prego Update

It has been a couple months since I wrote about my pregnancy, but I just wanted to add an update so I remember details in the future.  I am currently 32 weeks.  We have decided to go ahead and schedule a C-section.  To me, the risks of forcing a VBAC are just not worth it.  If I go into labor on my own before the C-section I will for sure try the VBAC, but I am not going to go through what I did last time with hours and hours on Pitocin and labor just to have a C-section anyway.  The fact that I barely dilated last time does not give me much hope for success.  I know people have successful VBACs all the time.  This just feels right for us.  The operation is scheduled for July 8th.  My actual due date is the 13th, so this is only a few days early. 

This girl moves sooo much.  She moves so big it hurts me.  I don't remember Jordyn moving like this.  The dr. keeps telling me to track the movements.  I just laugh cause she is literally kicking me all day long.  She is also sitting a lot lower than Jordyn did.  I am altogether shaped different.  Jordyn sat really high and stretched out all across my midsection.  This one is just a little ball making my belly poke straight out.  I forget how in the way the big belly gets.  The hardest thing is sewing.  Bending over to cut and sew for hours on end used to not be a big deal.  But with the belly, things get uncomfortable quickly!  I am not sure I can keep it up for 7 more weeks, but we will see if I wuss out or not. 

There are pregnancy woes that are much more evident this time around, and some that are not.  For instance, I had leg cramps all the time with Jordyn.  I have not had a single one this time around.  I experienced a lot more insomnia with Jordyn.  This time it has been all about the heartburn.  I guess you take the good and you take the bad, and in the end you get a beautiful baby!

We are struggling with names.  Before we were even married, Chad and I had talked about that we liked the name Jordyn and we wanted to give our first girl my middle name, Jane.  And that was it; it was decided.   We have thrown a lot of names around this time but have not settled on anything.  Nothing seems to be perfect.  We have middle names narrowed down to 2.  First names, we have about 6 on the list.  I guess we will just see.

A friend in my ward had a baby girl last summer and she sold me all of her clothes.  Jordyn was born the last day of September and all her newborn/ 0-3 month clothes are warm winter jumpsuits and sweaters.  I can't do that to a baby in July!  I was very grateful for all the clothes and it has made me more and more excited to see them laying out in the spare bedroom!  My friends here are also throwing me a shower in a couple weeks.  They are so good to me!

Nonstop!

All my posts lately have been about Jordyn, but really, what else do I have to talk about?!

Jordyn talks all. the. time.  It really never stops.  She is just jabbering or singing to herself at almost all points in the day.  When she was younger I was so eager for her to talk and my oldest brother kept telling us not to push it because it would soon drive us crazy.  He was right.  I do love to sit by her door during her nap time and listen to her talk to all her toys.  I try to be patient about the chatter, cause sometimes it does push me over the edge on an already bad day.  I feel like it is worst in the car.  She has a comment about everything she sees while we are driving.  And she wants everything she says to be validated.  Here is an example from the car the other day.

JJ: Look mommy, the sun!
Me:  Yep.
JJ:  The sun is big.
Me: Yep.
JJ:  The sun is hiding in clouds.
Me: (quiet)
JJ:  Mom, the sun is hiding in the clouds.
Me: (quiet).
JJ:  Mom........Mom........ Mommy........ MANDI!
Me:  What?
JJ:  The sun is hiding in the clouds.
Me:  Yep.

The other day, we got a sitter and Chad took me to lunch for my birthday.  We were driving down the road, and the car was silent!  Amazing!  I can handle the constant singing more than the random, needy chatter.  I think her singing is about the sweetest thing on this earth!  I had to get it recorded so I can hold onto the sweetness forever!  It is kind of a long video.  Because she was cooperating, I just kept going!  Also not sure why the video is so bright!