Bryant's 2 Year Pictures

We had Bryant's 2 year pictures taken before his birthday party a couple of weeks ago. He did surprisingly well. I was so scared we didn't have any good ones because he just refused to look at the camera and smile. Page (photographer) worked her magic and I am very happy with his pictures.

Family, I am ready to print! So, if you would like for me to have any printed for you I just need to know what picture(s) you would like and in what size(s) -- no charge.

Bryant 1


Bryant 2


Bryant 3


Bryant 4


Bryant 5


Bryant 6


Bryant 7


Bryant 8


I even got "my heart" pictures! I was so happy!

Appointment today

All I know right now is that on Ultrasound Bradley is fine. His heart is beating, the blood is flowing through the umbilical cord, he is practice breathing, he is playing with his feet...

I did overhear the ultrasound technician call my Dr.s nurse and I believe I heard her say that my amniotic fluid had dropped since my Perinatal visit last Thursday but the amount was not significant. I also heard that my gallbladder was enlarged.

All will be confirmed when I speak to my Dr. I hope that will be tomorrow but potentially Monday as the blood test results take 24-48 hrs.

Till then...here are some happys...

Bradley's letters are finally finished. Yeah!!!! And his Roll Tide diaper wreath...

Pregnancy Update

Family and friends,

I just wanted to give everyone a heads up of an urgent prayer request for me and Bradley. I am experiencing severe itching all over my body. My chest was itching yesterday and I just thought it was because of a body splash I used, but I woke up last night at 2:00 a.m. and was itching all over...really bad on my feet and neck. When I went to the Dr. yesterday for my 34 wk routine appointment I didn't mention my chest itching to the midwife because I didn't feel it was significant. However, I called my Dr. this morning just to be sure. Well, turns out I have to go to the Dr. tomorrow for an ultrasound and bloodwork to check for a condition called intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.

Here is a link if you would like to read more about it...

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/cholestasispregnancy.html

Basically, it's a condition where my gall bladder and liver are not functioning properly to process bile causing it to leak into my bloodstream. I have all of the symptoms. The dark urine which I did ask the midwife about, but thought it was because I was dehydrated from being sick with a stomach bug last week and I am also on an iron supplement which could alter the color of your urine, so she just brushed it off.

My hope is that it is all just a side effect from swelling or I just have dry skin.

Please pray for us; Bradley's and my safety, healing if it is something, patience on waiting to hear about the bloodwork as it takes 24-48 hrs, a peace in knowing that God is going to take care of us.

XO,
Mandy

P.S. If I do not go into labor on my own or there are no complications where the Dr. would take him early Bradley will be born December 9, 2011. I have scheduled my repeat C-Section for that day. The C-Section is scheduled for 12:45 p.m.

Halloween

We had a fall festival party back early October and B wore the costume that I found at a consignment sale. The poor baby was sausaged in this costume. It was too short and not very comfortable.



Luckily, a sweet friend, Natalie Berry, offered a costume for us to borrow and I couldn't pass it up. So, here B is as Nemo...



A group of us decided to get together on Halloween night for some food and fellowship. We had a great time. Even the grandma's got to join in the fun...



I am so glad my mom was here to join in the fun and meet some of our wonderful friends.

I love this picture of Bryant and his pal, Henry. The look on Henry's face is priceless...

Hat, Hat, Hat! Bryant knows alot about that!

We recently celebrated Bryant's 2nd Birthday. The party theme was hats...Bryant loves hats! Family and friends came to the party at my parents house wearing their favorite hat. We all had a great time hanging out, eating yummy food and enjoying our time with the B man.





When I first decided that hats were going to be the theme I had a really hard time trying to figure out how I was going to make it all work. I knew I had to use all the hats that Bryant plays with, but the trouble was how was I going to make that look cute. I think I accomplished my goal...

















As warned, I did get a little choked up during the Birthday song. It was short lived though because I couldn't help but laugh at how B was eating his cupcake...



I ended up letting B open his presents. I had first thought I wouldn't because I didn't want to overload his senses, but he seemed ok after the first few so we kept on going. He got a lot of wonderful things. Thank you everyone!

He took a nice long nap when the party was over and was ready to play when he got up. The first thing he wanted to play with was his new blocks...



We would build towers and he would knock them down....boooooooooommmmmm!

He got a Lightning McQueen Light. The best part is that it talks when you press the button. He thinks it's hilarious when McQueen says, "That's what I'm talkin' about!"



Thank you everyone for making his day so special.