Cool!

As far as the scare we had last week, we are all good! We went to the Dr and she said little man had moved too far down and was triggering the contractions, We are not on bed rest, just have to take it easy and of course DRINK WATER!!! The last few days have been great with minimal back pain or anything! So we are trucking right along.
We have a gal redoing the babies room for us, which has turned out to be a big blessing! we ran into some cool 1950's wallpaper that we are working with that was the last of four layers of BAD wallpaper! So we are changing gears on the room, but it will work out just right! I will post pics when all is finished! I also need to post pics of this basketball I am carrying in my shirt! :) It is crazy, I got my official weight gain on Wednesday... after the nurse said 18 lbs and I fell on the ground! She says "oh I am sorry 8 lbs is your gain". I told her hey that is a good tactic! You can tell me 10 lbs over each time than take It back! :) But all in all the weight gain is going just fine. I am starting to feel sick to my tummy a bit again, but as long as I do not start the vomit thing again it is all good! So that is were we are at this point, just starting to plan showers and registering and things like that it is hard to believe he is going to be here in like 3 months or so! CRAZY!!!! Well more to come....

Baby Boy Update

Well, it is hard to follow up a post like Matts! He is too wonderful to me! So I will update  you on everything. We are 23 weeks pregnant, with 24 coming this week (wednesday to be exact) All has been going very well. I am growing in the areas I am supposed to grow and not putting on too much extra weight. I have a good energy level. I was even able to go hang out at Vickery for a bit this weekend! It was nice to see everybody and be out of the house a bit. 

Sundays are my favorite day, I get up early bout 7 or so and I get ready and I go to the grocery store and do the weekly shopping, I come home and put the stuff away and then I clean the house. Then the best part I wake Matt up with breakfast cooking and coffee brewing (yes I am a house wife and LOVE IT). Well this sunday had another plan in store for us! This was probably the scariest day since we got pregnant! I woke up regular time to tend to the current little ones (Beany and Abby) and I wasn't feeling all that great... I tried to began my regular morning routine when I began to have a bad pain in my left side down low. Well I tried to walk it off just assuming it was the fun aches and pains that accompany the baby thing. So then it became worse and there was LOTS of pressure down low. I then decided that since walking was hard and the pressure was intense it may be time to call the on call doctor. Of course you never really know the first go round with all this it could just be gas or regular pains that are supposed to be there, so better to be safe than sorry!  Well the words you don't want to hear... the on call doctor says, you should go to Labor and Delivery for monitoring. Well this puts us in a mild panic, but still not knowing what is going on we put on serious face and get in the car and go! the pains are coming and going and they SUCK!!!! Well long story short they put us in a room strap a monitor on me,and we sit. turns out we are having none other than contractions! And they are the real ones not the Braxton things, So we stay and end up gaining more time between them, prior to leaving the house they were coming back to back. So the more time the better! As we get released I am told that I was dehydrated that AM. I have had a dehydration issue already so i am like HOLY CRAP how much do you need to drink!??!? Well the Doctor/Nurse tell me like 5 liters a day! I felt as though I was drinking ample, but this could have brought all of it on? We go to the doctor wednesday for a follow up. Once we got home yesterday evening i had three more, but they were spaced out so we are good. Just was one scary day! But My husband was right there and so were my wonderful parents! Now I am just laying in bed drinking CRAP LOADS of water and juice. I feel much better today just a bit soar, but once again let this be a lesson WATER WATER WATER! But all is well we are just monitoring everything and I am taking it easy. We will update after the apt. on Wednesday. 

On a fun note: You can see this little guy moving now. You don't have to feel you can see too! It is really amazing! This is such an amazing process. All the things that happen everyday that go on with your body. It is like your body is no longer yours you are this warm pod to make sure this little baby has a nice warm safe healthy place to grow. It is so amazing. This has to be easier the second time around! It will be easier to tell what is going on with the body as the baby grows! I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband and wonderful amazing parents! It is so wonderful to know they are always there! I am very blessed and to have this little boy makes me even more blessed! I LOVE IT! 

 

Matt speaks!!!

Well here is the husband!  I realize that I have been quiet until now but here it goes...... we are doing wonderfully!!!  We are so excited we can't really put it into words for other people to understand!!  Tracy is more beautiful than she has ever been with a baby in her stomach!!  I am the one getting fat.  I guess I was not the skinniest person in the world to begin with!  Things are good around the house.  Tracy being pregnant has kind of brought a sense of normalcy that we have not had before.  It feels more like a real grown-up household!  Who would have ever thought?  Matt Tobin being responsible for a grown-up household!  We are starting to get baby stuff and leave it sitting in different rooms to try to get used to all of it.  We are also trying to get the dog used to things because she is petrified of anything new.  So I guess you could say that our lives are changing drastically.......and we couldn't be happier about it!  I have always said that when Tracy and I went on our first date I called my sister when the date was done and told her that I was going to marry her.  Jessica asked me why I was so sure, and what was my response?  "She is the mother of my children."

Baby Boy Bean

Well here they are! The pics that gave it all away! :) In the first pic (starting at the top) you will see he gave us a nice clear view to let us know he was a boy! Second pic he is looking at us. Third pic is by far my favorite! He has his long legs stretched out over his head, he was so tired after being pushed on for 30 minutes he stuck his legs straight out and just started kicking back! :) Fiesty just like his mom! Got to love it! I am not too sure how to get the video up here since it is VHS? But I am just glad to be able to share these with you all! I am sure down the line he will be like "Mom, really...." :)
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IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!

Well baby bean made his premier today! He is already 1lb and 3oz! Very Healthy! We are very excited. I will find a scanner and get the pics up soon!  WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!! BOY BEAN!  

My 21 Week Belly and our afternoon date! FINALLY! :)