Countdown and Changes

It is hard to believe that three weeks from today we will be holding our new little guy in our arms...that is if he makes it to his scheduled c-section date (February 11th).  He is getting very anxious to get out of his mama, I have been having contractions daily and pretty intense ones at night.  The other night I thought we might have to make a trip to the hospital because they were about 10-12 minutes apart, but luckily they stopped...we need him to hang in there until at least the 27th so he is full term (37 weeks).  

Physically, I am ready to meet him...my ankles are starting to swell, I have put on major weight in the last few weeks and every time little bud moves it feels like he is playing with knives.  However, mentally it is a whole different ball game.  The flu is HORRIBLE around here and last week they put restrictions on at the hospital only allowing immediate family over the age of 15 to visit.  So, that means that Kolten will not be able to come to the hospital to meet his baby brother.  

When I first heard the news, I immediately started crying...I was so upset.   I had this vision in my head of how the first meeting would go.  I would be waiting in the room with Beckham and the "Big Brother" gift that we have for Kolten (yes, this is already assembled and put in a handmade big brother bag) and Bryce would bring Kolten in to meet his baby brother for the first time. It would be our first time together as a family of four. (tears)

I have gotten over the "dream meeting"   However, I still am super anxious about not seeing Kolten for over three days.    I am already scared to death something will happen and he will lose his mommy (yes I am crazy), and now I won't be able to see him after it is over.  I try to think of the positives...It will give us one on one time with Beckham, Kolten won't have to see me in the hospital and think something is wrong, he will be spoiled rotten by grandparents, we can still make a big deal of the first meeting at home, etc...but to be honest, it still upsets me to think about it.  He is such a mommy's boy and he HATES change.  Let's be serious, I hate change too.

On top of this MAJOR change in Kolten's life, he was just moved up a class at daycare.  He was finally super content in his last class and I had nothing to worry about because he LOVED going and playing with his "fiends."  Not anymore, back to hearing him scream while walking out the door..."MY MOMMYYYY"   I thought he would be in this class till May, but I guess two kids left the center and two babies needed in so he was the next in line to move up.  I know daycare is good for Kolten, but these are the days that I question my decsion to work at all.  He will adjust, I know he will.  I am just being a worried mommy.   Prayers would be appreciated for an easy adjustment for us all!  

34 week Ultrasound

    We had our 34 week Ultrasound today and Beck is weighing in at a husky 5 lbs 12 oz, that is almost 1 pound less than Kolten was a birth!  Can we say chunky monkey??  He is in the 77% overall and his head measurment (which is full of hair already)  is off the charts....Yep, definitely my kid!!

Here is his latest shot, I took it with my phone so it is not the best quality and his face is totally smashed in my placenta.  34 weeks, 2 days here. 

Here is a little comparrison of Kolten vs. Beckham.   They have some similarities, but I see some definite differences in their features.  Looks like Becks are going to be a little sharper than his big brothers.  I think he looks a little more like Bryce than Kolten did too. 

Getting pretty anxious to meet our new little guy!!  

Let it Snow

Christmas Night we actually got a pretty good snow (around 7 inches I believe).   Bryce came home a little early the next day to make sure he and Kolten had time to play in the white stuff!  It was the perfect snow for building and making snowballs.  They had soooo much fun sledding, having a snowball fight and building K's first snowman.