GREEN Thumb!!

I am totally into gardening this year.
Okay.
Obsessed is more like it.

I may or may not have tore out all the plants in our front bed the other weekend, just so I could redo it.
And I may or may not have already ordered fifteen new plants to put in it.
Checking my email three and four times a day since Tuesday when I ordered them from Home Depot to see if they are on their way yet.
I can't wait to see the transformation!
I will post some pics after they arrive {crossing my fingers for Monday!!} and are mulched.

I got two peony plants this year too and put them on the side and back yards.
So excited to snip those babies and put them in a jar on my kitchen table in a couple more weeks.
My fave flower. Ever.
In any color.
Even though I just got hot pink ones {that's all Lowes had}.
I would adore some peachy apricot ones someday.

My little indoor greenhouse is flourishing {okay, I may have lost almost all of my onion plants due to overwatering, but my broccoli and eggplant, habanero, and pumpkins are doing fab} too!

Which makes it easier for me to be enthusiastic about my outside garden in a couple more weeks.

Ready to till and sow my other seeds.
We built a raised bed out of cedar, and found that it was going to cost close to $900 if we built all of the boxes I originally wanted {eight}. So I said I would move it out of the garden bed outback, and just put my berry plants in it closer to the house, and then just till the garden plot we had last year.


Anyone else have a green thumb this year?

Musical Rooms

Feeling that itch to moooooooove again.
Really thinking about where we want to be. What our goals are.
And where this house just doesn't fit into those plans.

We only have two acres.
Without a single outbuilding or barn.
{I'm dreaming of a brown cow, okay.}
Three bedrooms.
When we reaaalllllly are going to need four.
{Like in two short months!}

But we are waiting on some things before we pull the trigger on yet another move.
Including having the baby. And probably another Christmas here.

Until then, I think we are going to be playing musical rooms.
As I am currently in operation: Nesting, round here.
If I didn't think I would go into labor, I would drag the queen bed upstairs in the girls room to the basement, myself.
And then set up Nadie's crib in that room, so my Sweet and I have a month or two in our own room again.

I have been trying to finish up some last minute projects I started {last year!}in the last couple days, and will continue in the coming weeks, so I can really focus on enjoying these last couple  ten weeks of this pregnancy.

I bought some Nantucket style {you know with knob tops and bead board inlays} beds for the girls at a garage sale today. Currently they are a dusty shade of blue. Which triggered me to stop and look at them in the first place, because I really liked them from the street. But then I got to thinking about how the girls will be sharing a room, eventually, and that these beds would be great painted white. Besides, Nolan already has some beds in his room, that are more boyish. {is that a word??}
So anyways, I snagged them.

Even if I don't paint them until fall... which seems to be the time span of my projects, I am happy I bought them.

Anyways, that is the low down on this home front.

Just creating jobs for myself.
To keep up with the chaos I thrive on.

One day at a time....

Hello big fella!

Well, I had my 27 week appointment today.

To include the glucola, and an ultrasound.

The glucola... not so good.
Never is.
I actually took every second of that five minutes they gave me to "chug" 6oz of the noncarbonated, sugary syrup. I got lemon lime this time. Not any better than the orange or the fruit punch.
But I got it down.

Then we hurried upstairs to the main lobby to see Nash on the big screen.
Which went as good as could be expected...
I had all three of the other children with me today, by myself.
And Nadie did not like the ultrasound.
At. All.
Cried {very loudly} through almost the entire thing. Even though she was practically sitting on my chest.
I felt bad for the tech... really.

But we got the pics of what we needed to see, since he wasn't in a real good position last time at 23 weeks.
Like the brain hemispheres, the valves of the heart, the bladder, and kidneys.
She measured the fluid, and said I had a lot of it. Didn't get an actual number of the amount {she may have said it, I just couldn't hear it through Nadie's meltdown} but I have another ultrasound scheduled in another four weeks to see what the levels are then.
I guess a number over 25 but below 30 is considered a mild case of polyhydramnios. The way she referred to me was a borderline case, so I'm thinking I am maybe a 28?
Anyways. I of course googled extra fluid when I got home and found out that it could be because of gestational diabetes {just tested for that today...}, a genetic abnormality {nothing has been found there, and I have had three ultrasounds this pregnancy already!}, or fetal anemia or Fifths disease {which has to do with an Rh blood incompatibility... I am O+}. Or in 80% of cases {and probably mine} there is no real reason.
But it sure makes for taking pics easier!
Look at this kid!
Perfect!!

Then she measured his belly. Which measured almost a week bigger than his gestational age.
I was 26 weeks 6 days today, and he measured 27 weeks 5 days.
Then she measured his head and that was measuring at 29 weeks roughly.
So she averaged it after measuring both a second time, which puts him nine days bigger than his gestational age right now.
They don't have concern or question the size until the baby measures 14 days or two weeks bigger.

So I guess what this all means, is more ultrasounds {yeah!!} to make sure things are remaining normal.
There was no reason to say we would be inducing early {especially at this point}, but from what I read it is a possibility {been there, done that}, to make sure the membranes are ruptured in a controlled setting in case something like a prolapsed cord, or placental abruption {rupture} happens. Which would mean an immediate C section. Ew.

So, anyways, that is the update.
Here are the recent stats:

Weeks: 27

Gender: Still a BOY!

Aversions: None really.

Cravings: Peanut butter. Like big time. On a spoon or several stalks of celery. Every day.

Complaints: Exaggerated Varicose Vein pain in my left calf and spider veins. Heartburn. Braxton hicks contractions after carrying kids, groceries, or going up and down stairs all afternoon.

Heartburn: Getting more regular. And just last night, I actually got woke up from it.

Feeling Baby Move: Yes! At night when I lay down.

Sleeping at night: I would...but Nadie just won't let me {or her dad}. We are back to getting up two times a night. Not to eat. Just to cry {sometimes both of us... just kidding. But almost sometimes.} For ten to fifteen minutes. Then, just like that she is back to sleep like nothing ever happened. It is beyond irritating. And the Hub often finds himself in the guest bed for the remainder of the night. Poor guy. Pfft!

Weight: 158.

Gain: 28 pounds so far, which I totally attribute to the extra fluid and big baby, no?

{or the PB. Or Easter candy.}

Name: Nash Ryan, of course!

 

Belly pics:

 

 Next preggie update in four weeks.

Oh, the suspense!