Don't You Feel Sorry For Sadie?

Ok now take a look at this picture. It is of course Steve and my friend Katie's daughter, Rylie. It is one of the cutest/funniest pictures ever.Don't you feel a little bit sad for poor Sadie. Look what she is getting into!

Things are going well I'm now 21 1/2 weeks and things are going fine. I've started nesting and I can't get enough organizing. I'm even cleaning on a regular basis and those who really know me know that is unusal for me.

The most recent project is cleaning out the hall closet so we can organize with tubs so things will be easily accessible. I'm trying to think ahead to determine what I can do now to make things easier later. We still have some things to go through in the baby's closet. I still have some crafts and scrapbooking supplies there.

There are a couple of people at work who are trying to get rid of their crib and changing table so we are going to look into that so we can possibly save some money and get the crib set up. I also have gotten my daycare situation almost settled. Katie's daycare will have an opening for a baby by the time Sadie is ready to go to daycare. She is reasonably priced and I'm excited that Rylie and Sadie will be there together. I know that Katie wouldn't send Rylie somewhere that she didn't trust the caregiver so I am very relieved. It makes me feel comfortable knowing that I have people that can pick Sadie up if I something happens and Steve and I can't make it.

I've updated a few things on our baby registery but I think we've decided on the original bedding from Wal-Mart. As of right now I know Mom is throwing me a baby shower on November 24th in Etna. I am having a baby shower at work I believe on the 11th of November. I'm not sure when Susan's shower is going to be yet. She has been super busy so I'm not sure which Saturday she has free.

Our next Doctor's Appointment is on October 4th. That visit the doctor will do an ultrasound to determine sex (like we don't already know) and will also to another Valley Fever test along with my blood sugar/diabetes tests. I guess from this visit forward they will be really monitoring the blood sugar levels to make sure gestational diabetes doesn't set in.

Sadie Abigale Eastlick

Well we finally know. Yesterday we went to our 3d Ultrasound and discovered we are indeed having a little girl. She was extremely shy or possibly coy. She kept putting her hands in front of her face on top of her head so we really couldn't get a good picture. So we are going to go back for another 3d ultrasound the Thursday before Thanksgiving. Sadie will be a little bigger and we should be able to get better pictures.

Steve, Aunt Mary, Shane, Suzanne, and my good friend Katie with her daughter Rylie was in attendance. It was very nice and comfortable. Rylie kept talking to Sadie and everytime she did Sadie would move. It was very cute. We all came back to our house afterwards and had a BBQ. It was nice to visit and just hang out.

Today the reality of having a daughter has hit me. Now we know what we are having and it's exciting and a little scary. At least now we can decorate and move forward. Check out our website http://theeastlicks.com/ later this afternoon so see the few pictures we have of Miss Sadie.

Almost Halfway Home!!!

Well I'm currently 19 1/2 weeks along. Almost halfway! We had a doctor's appointment on Thursday and everything is going fine. We got to listen to the heartbeat after the baby and the doctor played hide-n-seek for a while. It was fast and strong.

October 4th is our next visit and that will be the official ultrasound to determine gender. We will also be doing a blood sugar test and Valley Fever test. They do a Valley fever test as a precaution but my last two were elevated so they are going to try it one more time in October. Nothing to worry about though the Dr said. Most people in Bakersfield have either had Valley Fever or been exposed to it at some point.

I asked the doctor about the pains I have been having in my lower (bottom) region after sitting and he said it was normal with all the muscles and ligaments pulling and stretching to accommodate my growing body. So I bought me a doughnut/cushion for my chair at work and any other hard surface chairs. It seemed to help on Friday but I still am moving slow, ok slower than usual.

Steve has also mentioned the new form of walking or waddling as he called it. He even threatened to video tape me waddling at different times and make a movie with the "Baby Elephant Walk" as the back ground music. So supportive!!! Oh well as least we know my hips are starting to turn out and get ready for the actual blessed event. Which Steve is still threatening me with an 11 lbs breach delivery. HA! All I say is epideral!!

Saturday the 15th we are having a 3D ultrasound and so we will hopefully be able to see if Mississippi is a boy or girl. That is if he/she is being cooperative. Thankfully we are having friends and family at the ultrasound. My friend Katie just had a daughter in March and everytime Rylie is around, Mississippi is really active so we are bringing her so hopefully it will encourage Mississippi to move. We are also having Shane, Suzanne, Aunt Mary, My other friends Susan and Dawni. We are all looking forward to the big day and are going to BBQ afterwards to celebrate!

Work Crazy Work!!!

So work has been so busy lately I can't even catch up. On top of that I have Steve's birthday to prepare for. He asked me to make him a white cake with Banana Cream filling and whipped topping. Then he threw a challenge flag and said he knew he'd end up with a Costco cake. OH NO HE DIDN'T!!! The man knows how to push my buttons that's for sure. So I have errands each night to get stuff ready for Sunday so I don't have to do it all in one night.

Tomorrow I have a doctor's appointment and we are hoping since my episode at the hospital, the doctor will want to do an ultrasound instead of waiting until October. It would be nice to see if we can find out what we are having. Although we are having the 3D ultrasound done a week later on the 15th. So regardless with in the next two weeks we'll know what the sex of Mississippi is for sure.

We had such a great time in Fresno on Saturday. Before we knew it time flew by and it was after 6pm. We definitely have to do it more often. Playing games with Shane, Suzanne and Ingrid is always fun. We were able to visit and have wonderful Lemon Chicken. None of us could believe that it had been almost a year since we had seen eachother. We are definitely going to have to work on that.

So I Was Wrong!!

Ok, Ok, so I thought Thursday's heat was bad...Yesterday it got to 106 and 90 in our house. It's been awful!!! It finally starts to cool off in our house around midnight so that's when we've been able to go to bed. Luckily though by the end of the week the weather is supposed to cool off.

Needless to say we haven't...ok I haven't...done much around the house. I did the dishes this morning and picked up in the living room a bit while poor Steve mowed the back yard and put together the day bed for the nursery. Tomorrow I think he is going to be moving the rocking Chair/recyliner into the nursery and setting up the DVD racks we got at IKEA so I can finally put all my movies away. My poor piano has just become a DVD rack.

I'm excited I get to go up to Fresno on Monday and spend the day with Shane, Suzanne, Ingrid and Theron. It's been a while since we've been able to visit...ok play games...and I am really looking forward to it.