Grandma

My Grandma passed away this past Monday. She would have been 90 years old this September. This picture was taken a little over a month ago. The funeral was yesterday. It was a pretty difficult day. It was really hard to say good bye. I am sad for Aidan who will never have the chance to meet her. Some thing good did come out of all of this though. My brother, Bryan and I talked! It felt really great! I have missed him so much. And in all the grief that I have felt over not being able to give my son a grandma, at least now he will have an Uncle...and an Aunt and two more cousins that I thought would never be a part of his life!

30 weeks

Well, from here on out my appointments will be every other week. I gained exactly 4 lbs since my last appointment. Aidan weighs 3.8 lbs! Which the doctor informed me, means that he will be near, if not more then 8 lbs when he is born. On top of that, he has a big round head. Since he is sitting breech it isn't getting all pointy! So delivery should be a real party! He has a few more weeks to flip himself over and get in the right direction! Dr. said everything looks great...that he is growing right on schedule and that his heart rate is good at 131 bpm. Aunt Beth went on a little shopping spree and picked up 7 outfits and a bunch of diapers!! Can't wait to see them.

foot prints

I'm so excited that I only have 9 weeks left until my due date. I think it would be really great to have Aidan on my birthday. Chances are slim...I'm still holding out hope. Went in today for my sonogram with the specialist. I never know what to think. He said all of his parts look good. He has hair!! They estimate that he is 3 1/2 lbs....but he is breech. So in the next few weeks he needs to flip over!Friday I have my normal monthly check-up. Hopefully I will get some clarity on what the doctor saw on the sonogram. This will be the last time it will be monthly, from this point on it will either be every other week or every week up until my due date. Thought I would share these prints off our birth certificates! Damian's footprint is on the left...the one with the long toes. I'm on the right! I can't wait to compare our prints to Aidan's! Damian weighed 7 lbs when he was born and I was living large at 8 lbs 6 ozs!!

Midnight Bike Ride

We survived our 7th year of the Midnight Bike Ride. We weren't sure we were going to be able to ride due to some crazy weather...but it all cleared off before midnight. This was our first year to ride the tandem...and Lindsey's first year to ride with us. Of coarse we had the bikes all decorated and even had the Ipod so we could hear some tunes. The route was suppose to be 13 miles, but I think it was probably just over 10. We did manage to get up to 34.5 mph going down some of the hills. I was pretty impressed that we made it!! Next year we will have Aidan with us!!

13 More Weeks To Go

Had my 27th week appointment today. Everything seems to be going well. Aidan's heart rate was 150 bpm. I have gained a total of 19 lbs already...seems like a lot more. I had to take the routine test for gestational diabetes at this appointment. It wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting. I won't know the results until later. I go back again for my next check up in four weeks. I am suppose to start doing kick counts every day from now on to make sure he is moving around enough and being active. Another thing to stress me out.
We bought a crib and have it all set up. It came with a changing table. I think it looks really nice...kind of made things seem very real. Still need to get a mattress for it. I also picked up a pack and play (portable crib) at a garage sale. I am not sure how often we will be traveling in the near future but I figured it might be a good idea to have one just in case. Damian's mom has also been doing some bargain hunting is all set up for when we are there to visit.
We are planning on having a big BBQ/Baby shower on August 25th...that's a Saturday. Time to be announced later, probably like 6:30 to 9ish. Hope that we can have a bunch of friends and family come and join us.

Aidan

We have finally decided on a name!! Aidan is an Irish name meaning fire. With a slightly different spelling, Adan, is Spanish meaning earth. Either one would be pretty good as far as Damian and I's ethnic backgrounds go. I picked the spelling of Aidan because it has the same letters as in Damian's name (minus the M), plus I like the way it looks!
I did go for a ride on the tandem this weekend. Other then looking completely ridiculous in spandex bib shorts...I thought it went pretty well. We only rode about 5 miles...to take it in to have the shifting adjusted. I am registered for the midnight bike ride, but before July 14th I will have to find some bigger shorts!
I saw the specialist today to have Aidan's heart looked at more closely. My oldest brother died of a heart problem when he was 18 months old (back in the early 60's) and my doctor wanted to take some extra precautions. The heart looked fine! I thought the appointment was a complete waste of time. The sonogram looked just like the other ones that I have already had and I don't know how they could have seen anything differently. Not to mention that they didn't even check the heart rate!! I go see my doctor tomorrow for my 22 week appointment, can't wait to see what she has to say!

Half Way There

Well, Thursday was the half way point!! So I've got about 19 and 1/2 weeks to go. It has gone by pretty fast so far...but I'm getting anxious. I think we are going to try to have a big BBQ/Baby Shower the end of August...around the 25th. So save the date! I know it's probably going to be hotter then heck by then! I haven't started working on getting his room ready yet, because we have been trying to remodel our downstairs living room. The project is coming along very slooooowly. I think once all of the TV shows go off for the summer then I will get a little more ambitious/bored and be forced to finish up down there. I'm looking forward to the three day weekend coming up!! I might try to go out and ride the tandem and see if I'm still able to get on a bike! The Lenexa Midnight Bike Ride is coming up and I need to figure out if I'm going to make it this year.