Achievement Days

I am so frusterated!!! It shouldn't be this hard to be an Achievement Day leader. I work really hard to plan good activities when it's my turn. We try to do a spotlight for one girl each time we meet. When we are the leader in charge we set up the spotlight. I taught tonight so I set up the spotlight. So last minute I get a text from the mom saying that she won't be able to do the spotlight because they were going to be in Disneyland. Her daughter goes to school with Christy and told Christy that she didn't want to come to the activity tonight because it sounded boring!!! Really! If I was not one of the leaders I would encourage Christy to attend each activity even if it didn't sound particulary exciting. Sometimes I wonder why I put so much time and effort into all this. NO, I take that back. I really enjoy going and even teaching once in a while. Some of the girls help you to feel like they really do enjoy coming to the activities and that they do learn something. The girl that I took her phone away no longer comes to the activities. I guess her phone is more important than learning about the Gospel and interacting with other girls of the same faith. Enough of my venting!! Hopefully next months sewing activites will be something that most of the girls enjoy.

Our little baby

I finally got the scanner to work! This ultrasound was done on January 13, 2011. At the time of this ultrasound I was 11 weeks four days along. I am now 13 weeks along :)
Enjoy!!!

Quick trip to St. George

Friday when David got home from work we were trying to decide what our plans for the weekend were. We couldn't find anything exciting and free going on in San Diego so we decided to head to St. George to spend the weekend with family. We left around 6pm and we made great time. There was hardly any traffic. I actually felt good while traveling this time so I took a turn driving. We got to my parents house pretty late/early (depending on how you look at it). Saturday morning we spent some time with my parents. We looked for baby stuff at their house. I found Christy's old playpen and travel bassinet. The highchair was also there, but I doubt we will need it before moving back to Utah. Then we headed to Enterprise. There is still snow on the ground in Enterprise, quite a change from our mid to high seventies weather. David's parents took us and David's sister Rachelle and her husband Brendan out to eat. We went to Red Robin in St. George. So yummy! Then we went to Krave and got frozen yogurt. It was my first time going there. I got pineapple and some tropical Hawaiian kind. Both were so yummy. Then we headed back to Enterprise. David's mom has a bunch of baby stuff at her house that we looked thru this weekend. We now have a crib and a changing table. There is also a swing and a bouncer. We also might use one of the crib mattresses that she has but for sure we will be buying a cover for it. Sunday we went to church with David's parents. We had a very filling, yummy lunch and then headed home. Traffic was great coming home too. It was a great weekend! It's always so nice to see family. Today is David's birthday. But he has work, duty and school so we won't be doing any celebrating today. :( Good thing we got to have a great weekend!

More baby stuff

I really wish I could get some of my ultrasound pictures to scan decently so I could post them on here. Oh well. Yesterday I had another appointment with Dr. Brody. I had another ultrasound. It was so cool when he was doing the ultrasound the baby was moving all over the place. It's hands and feet were constantly moving. It was so cool to watch. So far things are still looking good. Tomorrow I have an appointment with the Fetal Assessment Unit at Balboa. I guess they are the ones who will determine exactly how high risk my pregnancy is. In the next few weeks I will have to have more labs done and compared with recent labs and then the decision will be made if I need another IVIG treatment. I am praying that things are going so well that I won't need another treatment. Besides the cost of each single treatment costing over $2000 (none of which is covered by insurance), the first one I had put me out of commission for a few days. But whatever I need to do to help this pregnancy go full term I will do. David has been a huge support system for me. He has stepped up so much around the house. Sometimes he tends to get a little over protective, but it's nice. The bad side of that is I lay around so much I feel useless. Last weekend we had Shadow here with us and one of the bad things with this pregnancy is long drives cause me trouble. Usually I am the one that does most of the driving but David has had to take over that as well. When he took Shadow back I didn't even go along for the ride. I wonder how I will do when I go to St. George most likely alone in February? Toothpaste makes me sick. I almost throw up every time I brush. Mornings are worse.
In other news: we are all doing well. David is plugging along at school and work. I guess the guy that David has been working with in his area is being sent back to his own unit and David will be getting a new person. He is a little concerned as he and his current co worker get along quite well and work together well. David is doing very well in his classes.
Christy is doing great. She started back to school on Tuesday. She is currently reading Far World 2. Christy got new bunk beds in her room a while ago and she loves them. She likes that she can choose to sleep on either one and that she can make the bottom bunk into a cave! She bought a new bike after Christmas, its purple and white and she loves it. Luckily the weather is so nice most of the time that she can spend most days outside riding her bike.
Shadow moved to Henderson in December. We are glad that they moved. Previously they were living in a not so nice area of North Las Vegas. Now she lives in a much safer area and goes to what we feel will be a better school. She was the minority at her old school. Shadow turns eight in February.
That's all I can think of. I guess we need to do some family activities where I can take some pictures. My blog has been pretty boring lately, mostly consumed of baby stuff.
I forgot about one thing. When David was driving to pick up Shadow last Friday the rear license plate flew off the car!! So now we can't drive the Accord. David has to go get a power of attorney for the car so his dad can go to the DMV in Utah and get us new license plates. So once again we are down to one car. I don't like having only one car because on days when I have appointments (which is often) I have to get up really early and take David to work. :( Sorry I'm whining.

Rest, I need rest.

Yesterday was a long and emotional day for me. I woke up in the morning, did my business in the bathroom and noticed that the toilet bowl was full of bright red blood. I started crying and hit the floor on my knees and prayed. Then I called David and asked him to come home and take me to Balboa. David came home and we headed to the Balboa OB clinic. When I got there I filled out a paper and then was told to take a seat to wait. After a while one of the nurses called me back in her office. She had my paper in her hand. The first question she asks me is how do I know I'm pregnant. Are you kidding? I answered that I had taken several pregnancy tests and had had three ultrasounds. She then starts asking about other pertinent things. When she is done asking all her questions she tells me to wait there and she will check and see if anyone would be able to see me, but she warns me as she leaves that they are not a walk in clinic. So after about fifteen minutes she comes back and tells me how busy they are and that I am welcome to wait in the lobby, she tells me there are several patients in front of me and that they would also be helping any emergency patients before I would be seen. I was pissed. Is bleeding not an emergency when you are pregnant. Escpecially given my history and all the medications that I take. I have a very small window of how much I can bleed before something very serious can happen. I told her never mind that I would have my husband take me somewhere where I would receive the care that I needed. I should have sat there and bleed onto their nice chairs. So after leaving Balboa David took me to Sharp ER where I should have went in the first place. There I received blood tests and an ultrasound. Everything looked fine on the ultrasound. There is still a heartbeat. The ER doctor was so kind he even printed Christy her own picture of the baby. I left feeling so much better about everything and with some good instructions. After the ER David brought me home to rest. I spent the rest of the day on the couch downstairs. David had to go in to work but only for a few hours and today he only had to go in for muster then he got to come home so he could be here to help me today. David is so good to me. He really takes care of me. David doesn't cry about very many things, but yesterday hit him hard and he cried a little bit. Today has started out much better. On Thursday I will make another attempt with the Balboa OB clinic. I have an appointment scheduled with one of the doctors. I wonder how long I will wait? Hopefully I will be able to discuss all my concerns with the doctor and get some kind of reassurance of the level of care that I will receive.