Snoopy Room

Peyton's room is finally ready for her to coome home (with the exception of some more little things to be hung on the wall and getting corner shelfs up for all Great Grandpa's Snoopy stuff- so done as in no more construction) Here are some photos...

The Snoopy statue in on the floor is influence to why Peyton's room is snoopy.

I made her crib sheet and dust ruffle and still have the curtin to make at some point.

Grandma is working on a red blanket to go in her crib too.

The decals are what really make the room Snoopy. There is plenty for her to look at while laying in her crib.

Even still found room for all her Sandra Magsamen stuff. R wants to get a one made with her name and her birth date to hang up as well.

Papa had the idea to curve the closet door to make the closet look like Snoopy's dog house.

Bubba loves Peyton's room. He thinks it's his play room though. When we took his kennel out of there when we found out we were pregnant he thought we cleaned it out for him. Ever since, he brings all his toys upstair and they are always all over her floor. He doesn't mind the furniture in the room as long as he has the middle of the room to play. Little does he know it's not a room for him...

Monday apt.

So after the long weekend after another stressful Friday afternoon apt we had another apt. Monday 28th. R and I were sure we were going in to set a date to be induced, but after everything came back just fine again with my blood pressure up just a little and the swelling staying pretty low key.
But he didn't, we continued the waiting game , said that we would talk about it again later in the week, said to make an apt Thursday or Friday... but he is not in the office Thursday so we made an apt for Friday at 1:50pm.

So the waiting game continues some more....

Guess Peyton's Weight

Here is everyone's guesses on Peyton's birth weight

Great Uncle Jim – 6lbs

Great Grandma Mary - 7lbs
Cousin Lisa – 7lbs 4oz
Great Aunt Kathy 7lbs 5oz
Great Aunt Bonnie -= 7lbs 5oz
Cousin Ryan – 7lbs 7oz
Grandpa Bart - 7lbs 8oz
Mom - 7lbs 9oz
Dad - 7lbs 10oz
Great Grandma Barb - 7lbs 12oz
Great Grandpa Leo - 7lbs 14oz

Great Grandma Lorraine - 8lbs
Grandma JoAnne - 8lbs 1oz
Uncle Gerrit - 8lbs 6oz
Aunt Anna – 8lbs 7oz
Great Aunt Bummer -8lbs 8oz
Uncle Tim - 8lbs 8oz
Cousin Nikki – 8lbs 9oz
Grandpa Steve - 8lbs 13oz
Great Grandpa Van - 8lbs 14oz

Uncle Cody – 9lbs 2oz
Great Aunt Nancy - 9lbs 6oz
Cousin Troy – 9lbs 6oz
Great Uncle Jay – 9lbs 13oz

Grandma Gail - 12lbs

And the Winner is.... Uncle Gerrit!

He Guessed right on at 8lbs 6oz

Our Little Troublemaker!

So Friday afternoon's apt was a little nerve wreaking thanks to Peyton, the little trouble maker!

We went in for what we thought would be another "yep everything is okay" apt.
It turned out to be almost 2 hours of panic... At least for R and I.
Hamel went to check the heart beat and couldn't find it, he checked for a little while, checking in different places and pressing on my stomach, but wasn't getting anything. I could see the worry on his face a little bit, but he would move his hand and she would kick me. And I mentioned to him that she had been all over the place all day.

So he thought that he would give her a break and checked to see if I was dilated any, which he said I still wasn't, but her head was still down and he tried to aggravate my cervix a little more.

After that he tried to listen to the heartbeat again, this time he got it for maybe 4-5 beats but it didn't stay so he told us he wanted to do the NST to check, told me to get dressed and he would be right back. And boy was he right back, I just got dressed and he was back in the room taking us for an emergency ultrasound. That was scary... he wanted to check the heartbeat with the ultrasound and wanted to check the fluid to make sure there was still enough.

We went in for the ultrasound that was already stressful, and they had to wait for the order to be put in and then wait for my name to come up on the screen. With in this time, Hamel came in twice, so while we were just sitting there waiting that was already hard, it was more stressful with him coming in to check up on how it was going. Once they started doing the ultrasound, they found the heartbeat right away getting 154 and then she was checking the fluid and he came back in. They checked the heartbeat again when he was in the room and he lighted the mood because he was like you've just got a little trouble maker on a Friday afternoon. She was just rolling around and that was why the were having such a hard time finding her heartbeat. He was checking for her heart beat lower and she wasn't sitting still long enough to get it for him and then even in the ultrasound she was just moving around.

After the ultrasound he said he still wanted to do the NST too so we went from there to leaving a urine sample and worrying a little cause there was a little spotting. The nurse said could have been me losing my mucus plug but Hamel said it could be just cause he aggravated it. We went to the NST, got hooked up and it was reassuring laying there listing to her heartbeat. R and I were talking while I was hooked up about how again we weren't ready for something like this in the apt. We knew everything was better at this point but still to have him be so worried was what worried us the most. I knew I could feel her moving around but seeing him worried made me worried. After the nurse thought the NST looked good, she ripped off the sheet and took it to the Dr to look at... that's when I turned to the machine and took the little piece that was still in there that showed her moving around! I thought a little keep sake since she's only had how many NST's done!

After Hamel looked at the NST he came in to talk to us. You could tell that he felt a lot better then when he was first looking for the heartbeat. He mentioned that if we don't go into labor this weekend on our own, he wants us to come in Monday to see how things are going again cause he feels that 3 days is okay between the NST and if we come in on Monday and things are the same, we will talk about scheduling something for within the week!

After we unlocked ourselves from the office door, cause we were the last people to leave for the day, we got out into the hallway and said "so we are going into labor this weekend?" Just the way he said it and how he said it twice about if we don't go into labor ourselves this weekend...

But it's Sunday now writing this, and still no contractions and no signs that I know of. So as of right now we are just waiting it out for the rest of the weekend and we have an Apt on Monday at 1:20pm- we will see what happens between now and then and if everything goes the same till Monday, we will go in and see what he says, but it sounds like Little Miss Troublemaker could be here by next week!

Another Apt. Tuesday 9/22/09

We went in for our first of 2 apts this week on Tuesday.
It started to feel like the normal, the NST was okay, my blood pressure was okay and my protein was okay- feet were still a little swollen but no sign that she is coming. He checked to see if I was dilated and then tried to aggravate my cervix a little too to see if he could get it to loosen up cause I have not dilated at all yet.

We are still playing the waiting game and go back in for another apt. on Friday.

Finishing Shopping

Saturday we headed out to Babies R Us and Target to use up our gift cards and finish getting some things that we need for Peyton when she gets here.

At Babies R Us we picked up a first aid kit, the base for the car seat for my car, the mirrors for the car so we can see her, the mattress for the changing table, and a mattress protector for the her crib.

At Target we picked up her bath tub, the holder for the dishwasher so I can get all her bottles and nipples clean, a bottle warmer and her travel changing pad.

A few big things and a few things that weren't so big but we were going to need them so we might as well get them.

Saturday, Grandma Gail and I finished up getting Peyton's room all painted and got all the furniture back in place. She actually has a room again, besides her closet, I was able to put everything back on her changing table and start to get all her things back into her room and out of the spare bedroom. The boys worked on the carpet padding down stairs on the lower level and the basement and the next step is carpet! I really didn't think after last Friday that we were going to get to the point were her room and the basement was going to get done before she was going to be here. Not that she would have noticed if it was or not but just to have that room to spread out. Then I can start opening up all her things, the bouncer, her jumper, and the pack and play for the basement! It's going to be so nice to be able to get all that stuff out and actually have room for it! So we are on our way to getting things finalized before she gets here, which makes me feel a little more ready for her to be here.

We are on our way- she's almost here and we can't wait!

37 Week Apt

So although we have already had 2 apts this week, we hit our "actual" 37 week apt this Friday 18th. Again we did another NST test which came back okay, Peyton wasn't moving around as much but she sure doesn't like the monitors that they put on my stomach, she kicks them and pushes them like she wants them off her!
They didn't do blood work but my blood pressure was okay and urine was okay, so no spikes again. This time he checked to see if I have started to dilate again but said that I haven't started yet, but her head is still down so that is a plus. My weight was 2lbs more, so I'm sitting at 1lb above my starting weight, so I really do not have anything to complain about with that! I know there are many that want to smack me cause I can say I've only gained 1lb but I will take it! :) I can't wait to see what I am at at my 6 week apt after her birth, I really hope it stays off!

Dr Hamel wants to still see us a couple times next week to watch the preeclampsia and make sure it doesn't start to spike. We are going to 2 times a week instead of every other day and see how long she can stay in. If something starts to spike, we will talk about what the next step is but right now my staying off my feet and pretty stress free is keeping the preeclampsia pretty leveled out.

Our next apt is Tuesday 22nd @ 2:40- we will keep you posted on how things are going!