Pregnancy update...

I went to the doctor on Tuesday and my fluid level was back up again. It was a 9.3 which is 2 whole centimeters up from Friday. Great news. My blood pressure was a little high over the weekend so they upped my medication and now it is right back where it needs to be. They will still need to induce me early though. I was told that they don't like women with high blood pressure, even a slight case like mine, to go past 38 or 39 weeks. I'll be 39 weeks on April 17th. We're scheduling the induction on Tuesday so I will let you know the date then.

Nursery...almost done!

We finally got our act together a couple of weeks ago and organized the nursery. I can't believe how great it turned out. We still need to hang the letters on the wall, but that is really all that is left to do. Here are a couple of pictures of the almost finished product and of course the letters that I was telling you about. If you haven't checked out Kirsten's blog, you really need to. Its http://www.mrsfarmersmarket.com/

Quick update

Yesterday was a crazy day! It all started out at the hospital and ended at the temple.

I went to have an ultrasound yesterday morning to check my fluid levels. At my ultrasound on Wednesday, my fluid was at 9.8, which is still in the normal range. They were a little concerned that it had dropped so much in the week since my last ultrasound, so they had me come in yesterday. The normal range is 7.9 - 24.5 or something like that. My fluid yesterday was 7.3. It isn't at the point yet where they feel like they need to get Maddie out immediately, but it is definitely going down. My blood pressure is a little out of control again too, so that caused some concern. They sent me over to the hospital for observation and some labs. I thought it was going to be an overnight visit, but when I got there my blood pressure was fine and my labs were perfect so they sent me home. I have another ultrasound and doctor's appointment on Tuesday so we will know more than. Wouldn't it be crazy if we have a baby next week?!?! The doctors keep reassuring us that everything is fine with Madison right now and they are just being cautious. They also said that because I'm already at 36 weeks and because she is a girl, that there is really no cause for concern if she comes now. She just won't make the 9 lb mark...sorry Alli.

Yesterday was also the day that Troy had decided to go to the temple for the first time. For some reason that day just seemed important to him, we found out later that it was the day his parents met. How cute is that? With all the drama at the hospital that morning and not knowing if we would be there all night, he called around to the few people that he would allow to go with him to the temple and cancelled. But then when we got released so early and the doctor said it was fine to go, we decided not to put it off. It was a great experience to be in the temple with my husband. We have been looking forward to that for a long time. We are supposed to be sealed on Wednesday...lets see if Madison holds off. I'm starting to think that she wants to be there with us when we are sealed together as an eternal family.

TAGGED!

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago:
1. I was in Hawaii on vacation with my Grandma D.
2. about to turn 23
3. living with Krystle in Redmond
4. getting ready to move to Utah
5. and finishing up my last quarter at BCC

5 Things on my to-do list for today:
1. Baby Shower - check!
2. Really long nap - check!
3. Finish hanging all of Maddie's new clothes up in her closet
4. Watch a movie with Troy
5. Check my blood pressure...again!

5 Things I would do with a million dollars:
1. Pay off our house and credit cards
2. Invest in our businesses
3. Go shopping! (what it may seem selfish, but at least its honest)
4. Give some away
5. Buy Troy a V-Rod

5 Places I've lived:
1. Washington
2. Utah
3. Florida
4. Ireland
5. In Heaven...hahaha I couldn't resist Lisa

5 things I want to be doing in 5 years:
1. Laying on a beach
2. with my almost 5 year old daughter
3. and Troy, of course
4. in Hawaii
5. in front of our holiday home...hey it didn't say anything about being reasonable...

5 people I tag: Amy, Tiffany, Kimmy, Britt, and Manda.

Some Nursery Pics!

Lucy fixed the crib skirt last night! I was so excited to get everything all put together.





We still have major organizing to do in that room, but at least its starting to look like a nursery. I still have to get Troy to hang the curtain rod so I can put the valance up. It will probably happen before Maddie turns three. :) I really want to get a bumper for the crib. I found a really cute one at Babies-R-Us at will match perfectly. I may have to run up there tonight and pick it up....ha!

Amy had her sister-in-law make letters to spell out Madison that match our bedding. I'm so excited to see how they turned out. I got the package in the mail yesterday, but I promised Amy that I wouldn't open it until my shower on Saturday. Its killing me! Her sister-in-law makes the cutest stuff. You should check out her blog...http://www.mrsfarmersmarket.com/

It's been awhile...

My only excuse for not posting anything for awhile (and its a really good one) is that it is tax season. For any of you that don't know, I manage my mom's tax office. So between the middle of January to the middle of April, my life is no longer my own.

I don't have anything really new to report about Madison. She is growing really well...the doctors are saying that she is going to be over 9 lbs! I know! I have another ultrasound next week so we will see what they say then. My fibroid, which Emilee named Vincent, has moved. Which is really great news because my doctor was worried that she was going to have to do a C-section if it didn't move. My blood pressure has been fine. I'm on a really low dose of Atenonol...I think that is how you spell it. It was checked last week and it was 116/70 which is really great, so that means the drugs are doing their job.

I'm hoping to get the nursery finished in the next couple of weeks so I'll post some pictures then.

What I have done and what I haven't done...

Bold the things you have done............comment if you wish!

Started your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band (GOLDCOUCH!!!)
Visited Hawaii (with Grandma a bunch as a kid and then my wedding)
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland (but I love Disney World more)
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I have flown by it)
Grown your own vegetables
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Slept on an overnight train (Norway with Rachel Sjavik)
Had a pillow fight
Hitch hiked (it was a long time ago in Ireland. Life was a bit safer there then)
Taken a sick day when you're not ill
Built a snow fort
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a Marathon
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a home run (in our family girls always hit home runs. Well and Nick too)
Been on a cruise (my senior prom was on a cruise of the Puget Sound)
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Seen an Amish community
Taught yourself a new language (I'm not fluent, but I know some spanish, german, and irish)
Had enough money to be truly satisfied
Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
Gone rock climbing
Seen Michelangelo's David (only as yard art...not the real thing)
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
Visited Africa
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance
Had your portrait painted
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (only snorkeling. Scuba scares me)
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Been in a movie
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies (I used to only sell to Uncle Darren and Grandpa Doherty. I swear they were the only reason I was even forced to be a girl scout.)
Gone whale watching (I went in highschool with my boyfriend, who dumped me on the boat and rode the bus back with another girl!)
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter
Saved a favorite childhood toy
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Toured the Everglades
Been fired from a job (that Mickey Mouse!)
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Broken a bone
Been on a speeding motorcycle (I'm married to Troy...enough said)
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published a book
Visited the Vatican
Bought a brand new car
Walked in Jerusalem
Had your picture in the newspaper (Hello don't you remember the ice cream ad)
Read the entire Bible
Visited the White House (just the outside)
Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I grew up next door to Jan Sr. What do you think?)
Had chickenpox
Saved someone's life
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake (and it smelled bad!)
Been involved in a law suit (Enron)
Owned a cell phone (not until I was twenty)
Been stung by a bee
Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your blog