Everything Embry: August 30

35 Week Update

Well this week I saw all four of my doctors! Monday after school I picked up E and we went to my endocrinologist where they signed off of me for the rest of my pregnancy. I've been doing such good job (yeah, I've been working my butt off staying super, super strict on my diet) that I don't need to go back until 2 months postpartum for some blood work. The doctor said she expects the minute they take out my placenta, my gestational diabetes will be gone (just like it was for Embry), but they want to run A1 blood work on me. When they did the same blood test a few weeks ago (it measures your blood sugars over the past 3 months I believe) it was normal, so I hope it stays!

Thursday I took up a friend on keeping Embry for my morning of seeing my hematologist, OBGYN, and perinatologist. I dropped Embry off at 7:45 with a box of fresh donuts (uh pure torture driving 10 minutes with piping hot donuts sitting next to me in my car...UGH!) and I was off to my appointments! I am no longer on my once daily Lovenox shot and am on Heparin twice a day. The biggest deal of this is Lovenox comes in pre-loaded shot form so it's easy peasy. Heparin is the IV form of blood thinners and only stays in your system 12 hours versus 24, so when you do have to do the injections of it, it's more of an ordeal. Luckily the pharmacist at my hematologists office recommended filming her teaching me how to do it. I got 60 little viles of the medicine and we have to "draw up" the shot twice a day. It includes using one needle to get the medicine out, switching the syringe and another needle...it's a bit of a pain, but we're a few days in and already have it down! I will go back in 2 weeks for a quick blood test because blood thinners can lower your platelets (ironically the issue Ruthie has at the end of her pregnancies) and my hematologist wants to make sure mine stay in the normal range. 

The appointment with my OBGYN was super quick...everything checked out normal there! 

The perinatologist appointment went well...a quicker sonogram than last week as every other week they do a "size estimate" sonogram. But they did check my fluid levels which are still normal (yay, can you tell I'm super worried about this!!!!!! I bug them every time about it) and the doctor specifically said baby looks perfect and healthy! Minus the fact that he's no longer head down, but literally laying sideways across me. It's been a bit uncomfortable this week as his feet and butt are totally poking out from my belly button over to my right hip basically. There's a picture of my lopsided belly below I snapped as I stood up from the ultrasound table! 

I go back to see both my OBGYN and perinatologist this upcoming week. =)

Pictures I got from my girlfriend Annie who kept Embry! She had a BLAST!

Our Week

It's kinda crazy we'll have a new baby in less than three weeks! We stayed super busy this week with play dates with friends scheduled around my never ending appointments.

Girlie off to school!

Funny how her favorite toys change so often but she gets hooked! Currently, it's "Tiny Puppy" and he goes everywhere with us....and it squeaks/barks when you pull it......

Gorgeous park on White Rock Lake and the kids picked weeds the entire time and threw them in the garbage....haha

$1.00 short stack pancake day at IHOP! I can't wait to participate next year when I'm not counting carbs, hah!

The kiddos loved their pancakes!

Another park after nap time

Embry calls this "book club". She loves her little blue reading chair and listening to stories.

Blueberry muffins and bed head!

Crafting before 8am...

Another glorious morning at the Arboretum!

Friends at the Arboretum

She woke up from her nap one day determined to go to the library. Luckily it's not even 2 miles away and it's a nice cool, quiet spot to go in the afternoon where she entertains herself!

Checking on Miss E at night....I was scared at first before I saw her hands.

Jacob doing my Heparin shot for the first time! Hah!

Our MOPS starts in 2 weeks! Hooray! Friday we had a kick off play date with a sno-cone food truck! It was super fun and E had a blast and got filthy on the play ground...hah.

Ragamuffin!

My Gram Fanning knits all great grandkids blankets and this week we received Toddy's adorable baby blue blanket! She was sweet enough to make Embry a doll sized version and of course E is obsessed!

This weekend we got down all of the big baby items from the attic and as Jacob said- It's like Christmas for Embry! Endless toys for her dolls! So fun!

Perfect Saturday night!

Sweetest girl!

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Everything Embry: August 23

Perinatologist Update

Tuesday I went in for my 34 week sonogram with the high risk OB, Dr. Rinehart. Everything was looking great! T's abdomen was measuring 34 weeks and his head was 36 weeks...hah! We just know our babies have big ole noggins! ;) Also, my fluid levels are still totally normal, thank goodness! I now am going weekly until the end of my pregnancy. Again, they gave me a few printed out sonogram pictures, but since baby is so big and head down, there weren't any worthy of posting. (Although Embry loves them even though you can't tell what is what-hah)

Ruthie, Ford, and Lucy Visit

Tuesday while Embry was napping, Ruthie, Ford, and Lucy arrived for a visit! E was SO pumped when she woke up to find them at our house. I definitely didn't tell her they were coming because I knew she'd be giddy and I wanted her to nap well.... ;) We had fun all hanging and playing at our house and then Wednesday going to a fun play place at a Dallas Rec Center then having a play date at one of our friends house! Thursday we hosted a Back to School cookie decorating party- pics below =)

Cousins being super silly and having a blast with each other

Dress ups and driving

Two girls nursing their babes

Stories with Daddy/Uncle Jacob

Britax commercial! Hah! Three Britax carseats in a row.

Back to School Cookie Party

I've had so much fun hosting a Christmas and Valentine's cookie decorating party, I was itching to find an excuse to do anther one. I made a ton of sugar cookies ("A", "B", "C" and a few cookies for each kid of their first initial!) and white butter cream frosting and everyone else brought the toppings. It was chaotic, but super fun and Embry took a solid 3+ hour nap afterwards, score!

Sweet J helping me decorate the night before

Ready for her friends to arrive!

Very into her cookie decorating

Arboretum Visits

After not going to the Arboretum all that much this summer, we went twice this week. Once on Sunday morning before it got too hot (and before Jacob had to work the majority of the day, boo!) and once on Friday with a bunch of friends when then weather was cool(ish) for two days! 

Our little explorer

Dallas Diaper Shower

Some of my good friends here in Dallas offered months ago to throw me a baby shower. Since I had a "sprinkle" in Austin, I totally needn't need to have anything, but they assured me they really wanted to "shower" me and Toddy boy, so we decided a diaper shower would be perfect! It was such a fun afternoon with a bunch of my Dallas friends and seriously, we won't be buying diapers for a LONG time! One of my best friends from Austin was also in town for another baby shower, so she was able to come and stay with us. We had a fun girls dinner out and stayed up past midnight catching up on my couch! =)

I'm bummed I remembered to take pictures with guests after a bunch had left!

The hostesses =)

Emily and Embry... 27 years apart and not much length! Hah!

Embry wanted nothing to do with Mommy or Daddy with Emily in the house. She adored having a new friend to play with!

Embry Fainting

Saturday night Emily and I got home from a girls dinner out and Embry was still awake, but getting ready for bed with Jacob. She came over to me and showed me her finger and said she needed a bandaid. I set her on my bathroom counter and it started to happen...she started to slide backwards and just went limp and I scooped her up as her eyes were basically rolling back. She was out for about 10 seconds and came to when I was running cold water over her hands, trying to calmly talk to her. SO INCREDIBLY SCARY! Jacob, again, didn't think it was a big deal since he remembers fainting "all the time" when he was a kid and saw blood or got hurt. Glad he can calm me down, but man oh man, it's scary and awful to see. She acted totally normal after, but kept saying how her finger hurt. 

When I checked on her Saturday night. Sweet baby girl!

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Monday while Embry was at school I found out it was "love your feet" day...which obviously meant I needed to treat myself that day ;)

E was exhausted after school, so she happily decompressed in her room for a nice long time afterwards

The final touch done on T's room! A custom wood sign made by "Crafted In Texas" Etsy Shop!

Opening an early (yes 6 weeks early) birthday present from Mimi and Papa! We ended up planning a birthday party for Embry for September 12 and part of her present is a cute birthday girl outfit to wear, so we knew we needed the gift early! Hah! She's now set with birthday girl skirt, crown, and wand and four pair of high heels!

FaceTime with Mimi and Papa while she opens her gift

Hungry Hungry Hippos with Daddy and Justin

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