Just an update- this time my legs haven't been swelling besides when we drove to Idaho for Christmas. When I was pregnant with Orin they were swelling at 30 weeks but the weather is different and that probably helps a lot. I used to wear Joel's shoes cuz mine didn't fit it was hilarious since he wears an 11.
As labor gets closer I realize how scared I am for it to be like my labor with Orin. My contractions were 3 min apart for 30 hours. I remember cuz I left work on Thursday at one cuz they were so close and then I had him Friday night at 7:46 pm. That thing was way too long and the epidural didn't work and the nurse wouldn't believe me. So I felt everything until I got a new nurse 3 hours before I had him and got another epidural. Then they put me on oxygen cuz his heartbeat dropped significantly and they almost did an emergency c section but decided to break my water and had him hour later. I pushed for 20 min and the nurses were so impressed that I did it so fast. Lol how could I not I had been having contractions since the day before I was ready to be done. As long as that is not repeated I think I will be ok.
I have definitely been in nesting mode for the past couple weeks a lot more than I ever remember being last time. This time is a lot different since now I have to worry about what I'm going to do with Orin if I go into labor on my own. I am just hoping if I do go into labor before the 15 that it will be a day my brother and his wife can watch him. They have 3 boys and Orin loves going to their house. He looks up to the boys and likes to play with them.
Joel is excited to have the baby too. he is sick of rubbing my back all the time. He is such a good dad. He has been working lots of overtime to save us money when i am on leave since my pay is deducted to 66% it's great to have him work so much for the money but we miss him lots!!
We are excited to meet Gavin and see what he will look like. He is very active in the belly and we have an ultrasound of him sucking his thumb. That is opposite of Orin. Orin moved very little. Gavin is always moving. So it will be interesting to see what he is like.
Orin seems like he is sensing that change is coming soon. He slept in his twin bed the other night. He did really well. I was impressed. the second night was not so good he ended up in his crib. Third night was like the first. So hopefully he can keep it up.
Here are some pictures of our cute little Orin.
He helped me get out the playpen and he loves to play in it.
Orin loves cars and here he is playing with some of his cars. Everyday I get hours of playing with cars in. It is pretty fun! He has like 8 that he is always carrying around the house.
My sneaky little boy. He is trying to sneak some animal crackers and I caught him.
