Is there a doctor in the house?

No, I am not a doctor or playing dress up.

I got strep throat!!!

Noooooooo!!!!!

Just a few day's before Christmas!

My throat started to feel scratchy Monday night.

During the night I could barely sleep.

My body was achy and my throat was feeling worse, I could barely swallow.

I went to Urgent Care on Tuesday.

The nurses made me wear this mask while I was in the waiting room.

I felt like I was really contagious. Well I guess I really was.

Everyone kept staring at me, I just wanted to say "It's just strep throat, everyone gets it"!

Well the doctor sent me home with a prescription and told me I should start to feel better in a few days.

My husband laughed at me when I came home wearing the mask.

My daughter was laughing at me too!

Surprisingly, she still recognizes me.

The doctor told me it's very unlikely for a 3 month old to get Strep throat.

But I want to be as careful as possible until my antibiotics kick in.

Everyone, take your Airborne!

Love,

Kristin

Mazie Month 2

Here are some fun facts about Mazie on Month 2:

* She loves to stand up.

* She is starting to wear 3 to 6 months already.

* She farts herself awake and cries right after (this makes me laugh every time)

* She is starting to enjoy her binky more.

* She cries in her sleep, do babies have bad dreams?

* She loves to look at herself in the mirror on her swing. She will sit there and just smile and talk to herself. It is the cutest thing.

* She now recognizes mommy and daddy when we are at home and with big crowds.

* She loves to go to the gym with mommy and daddy.

* She likes to sleep in the car.

* She misses her daddy when he goes on shift for 2 days.

* October 26th - She held her own bottle during a nightly feeding.

* October 27th - We took her to the doctor because she had a lump underneath her right nipple.

(You can see it in the top middle photo) It's called a Strawberry Hemangioma

* October 27th - We switched her formula from Similac to Enfamil. She does much better with Enfamil.

* November 1st - She is drinking 20 to 24 oz a day.

* November 3rd - Started to get colic. Not fun.

November 18th - 2 month doctor appointment.

Here are her stats:

Length - 23.5 inches long (86th percentile)
Weight - 12lbs 2.5oz (83rd percentile)
Head Circumference - 40.4 (84th percentile)

She also received the dreaded shots!
DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis)
Comvax (HIB (Haemophius influenza type b) and Hepatitis B)
IPV (inactivated polio)
Prevnar (invasive pneumococcal disease caused by streptococcus pneumaniae)

I don't know if I spelt all of those shots correctly. :)

Mazie,

Mommy and Daddy love you so much.

We love your smile and the way you look at us.

Love,

Kristin

40 Weeks (Mazie, Where are you?)

This morning around 1 a.m. I woke up to some sharp "cramping" pains. It felt like I was getting my period. So I thought, "Yay, contractions". I kept track of them, but they were not consistent and then they just stopped around 2:30 a.m.

I had my last doctor appointment today. The big 40 week appointment. I was hoping for the doctor to say "Your in labor, go to the hospital"! But no. I am still dilated to 2 centimeters and that's it.

He told me to just wait to go into labor and if that does not happen. They will induce me on the 19th of September.

I can feel myself getting very impatient. I really want to meet this little one already.

The days feel like they are going so slow but yet fast.

Waiting....is my job right now. I know she will arrive when she is ready and I should not rush it.

But I can't help it.

I just want to see her little face and hold her little hands.

Love,

Kristin

34 Weeks and Counting!

This post is a little late. I have been so tired lately to take my 34 week photo.

3rd Trimester is really kicking my behind big time.

My maternity pants are ripping, my ankles are swollen, lack of sleep, the bathroom is my 2nd home and my leg cramps have come back.

Yay for 3rd trimester. Ha!

On the good side, I have 2 more days of work till Maternity Leave! Yes!

I am so excited to just rest. I am looking forward to this.

I had my 34 week appointment last week and this is how tired, forgetful and pretty much feeling "just out of it".

Every appointment they want a specimen sample (a.k.a. pee test)

I am always good at giving them what they want.

Well not this time around.

I went to the bathroom to do my business.

As I was washing my hands, I'm starring at the Dixie cups sitting on the counter for the "pee".

I started to laugh!

I forgot to pee in the cup. (Seriously Kristin!)

I was in La La Land for sure.
My body is so used to me going to the bathroom about 20 times a day and not using a cup.

I tried again to go to the bathroom but nothing (figures)

I contemplated on telling the nurse the truth.
So when I walked out of the bathroom, I threw my hands up and said "Sorry, nothing came out".
The nurse smiled and said "It's okay, it happens all the time".
As she walked me to my check up room she says "usually women forget to use the cup while they do their business, that really bugs us".
AHHHHH! Thank goodness I did not tell her the truth, who knows what she would have done.
Ha!
I know better now.

Love,

Kristin

My Relaxation Thursday's

I'm starting Prenatal Yoga on Thursday July 21st at the Orem Community Hospital. I will be taking the class for 6 weeks. I am really excited to start the relaxation and breathing techniques for labor.
It's so crazy to know I will be meeting this little one in 8 weeks! AHHH!

So I should be leaving on Maternity Leave starting August 15th. YAY! Once she arrives I will only have 6 to 8 weeks with her before going back to work. Makes me sad.

I would have been eligible for FMLA which would give me up to 5 months off of work, but I had to of worked with my job for a year which technically I have but through a temp agency.
So now I am on the lookout for child care and it makes me nervous giving a stranger my newborn baby.
I just pray that it all works out.

Love,
Kristin