Happy Birthday! 2 weeks bedrest. Gee thanks Doc. :/

Where to start.... I started the weekend in quite a bit of pain and just thought it was from a fall i'd taken last week and overdoing it during the week. But by Monday I couldn't hardly move so decided to go see my NP. Turns out I pulled all the muscles in my lower abdomen. Partly due to me overdoing it and partly due to Gavin's growth rate. He is growing faster than my little body can adjust for. Two weeks ago I was measuring 2 weeks ahead (which I did the entire time with Lucas) and Monday when I went in I am now measuring 4+ weeks ahead! It's never good when you're laying on the exam table and your Dr. is measuring you and says "oh my".... Yep, I'm a fatty, I get it. SO we go back in on the 6th of January and if i'm still measuring this far ahead they want to do another ultrasound to check things out.
So, back to the bedrest.... it is impossible to follow Dr's orders when you have a very active toddler running around. Especially one who today decided to wipe poop all over himself. UGH. :) Entire pregnancy hormones and it's just all a big mess. Needless to say it's going to be a LONG 2 weeks.

D.O.N.E.

I can't believe it, I've officially finished my masters degree! The past two years have absolutely flown by! I'm slightly irritated though and am going to use this venue as my venting space for now. I've worked really hard to keep a 4.0 GPA throughout my two years of grad school and up until this semester I'd done it....Then, of course, in my last semester I get a professor who is terrible (no, i'm not making this up, she docked me 15 points on a REFLECTION paper because I didn't site the textbook enough!!!! on a reflection paper!!!). Anywho, as it stands I believe I will miss my 4.0 overall GPA by less than five points! I realize I should be ok with this, but I absolutely am NOT ok with it. It's that perfectionist coming out in me. Not to mention I felt I had to prove to myself that even with a mild traumatic brain injury I could still do it and do it well. *sigh* OK, end rant. Now it's on to making the "to do" list of everything I want to do before Gavin makes his arrival in 4 months. I'm thinking of all the books I want to read, movies I want to catch up on and of course all the house projects to be done to prep for another baby! :) I better get started NOW!!

Our new addition has a name!! :)

Baby Boy Stejskal now has a name!! :) This was quite the process. We've had a girl name picked out for years so finding another little boy name was really tough. We started with a list of 30 and narrowed that down to 10. Then we had friends and family vote and from there narrowed it down to 4. FINALLY, tonight we picked THE one! I know I know, there are people who go into labor not knowing what they're going to name their child, that is NOT an option for me! Anyone who knows me KNOWS i'm a mega planner. So not having a name for nearly 19 weeks has been difficult enough! Ok, is the suspense killing you yet..... ;) Baby boy Stejskal's name is....... Gavin! :)Phew, now that we have that straightened out, time to pick out baby gear! ;) My husband loves my neuroticism, I swear. ;)

Baby Stejskal.....4D!

Well, we had our 4D ultrasound on Saturday. All I can say is AMAZING!! :) We plan on going back again in February when i'm about 28 weeks and having another one. We found out the sex of our little one....and I was a little surprised. I had been thinking it was a girl until last week when I had a dream it was a little boy. Literally within 2 seconds of the tech putting the monitor on my belly it was very evident that we're having another little boy! :) Now the name game has begun! Riley and I had a list of about 30 names and narrowed it down to 10. We have a poll going to try and help us decide. Boy names are so difficult! We have several that we really like finally, so hopefully we'll have one picked out before we leave for the hospital! ;)
The little guy is moving more and more everyday and within a couple more weeks i'm sure Riley and Lucas will be able to feel him kicking to. I can't wait to see what Lucas thinks about that! Cash has been sticking to me like glue lately, just like he did when I was pregnant with Lucas. Poor Riley gets kicked out of bed by him atleast a couple of times a week.
We hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving!

House Hunting.....again

Well, with the upcoming expansion of our family we've decided it's time to take up the job of house hunting. We know where we'd like to move and we have an idea of what we want. SO, this morning we looked at three different houses. Two of which we were really excited about and one we thought "what the heck". Well, the two we were excited about ended up being really disappointing. They were both all chopped up and the layouts were really goofy. The third one which we decided to look at just because ended up being fantastic! It has a really nice open floor plan, the kitchen (where I spend a majority of my time) was stunning and the basement is all finished. I don't think we'll be putting in an offer anytime soon, but it was nice to see what's out there and get a better idea of what we will be looking for once our house goes on the market. Exciting!! :)

Kiss the baby

Lucas has a new obsession. He loves to "kiss the baby." He runs up to me and says "kiss baby, Lucas kiss baby" every day and precedes to kiss my belly. It's so stinkin cute! :) We have another appointment tomorrow to see how things are progressing and to listen to the little ones heartbeat again. I can't wait! It seems like the month in between appointments takes FOREVER! We have a 3D ultrasound scheduled for the 20th and we are hoping to find out the sex of the baby then.... We haven't decided if we're going to tell anyone yet though. So STAY TUNED! :)

The purging of facebook....*gasp*!

Well, after much thought, i've decided to try and purge parts of my life from facebook. I know, I can hear everyone gasping in shock. I find I spend far to much of my time looking at facebook and posting on facebook when my time could be better spent elsewhere doing other things. SO, we're starting small....i've deleted recieving e-mail notifications as well as recieving text updates. Next up, wait for it..... physically not going on facebook for a period of time.... Wish me luck!