Week 30 and Tired!

10 more weeks or less till we get to meet this little girl. I am getting very excited and those feelings of panic are slowly subsiding and being replaced with feelings of OK I am ready to not be pregnant anymore! I am tired always, even after I wake up. Sleeping is becoming more and more uncomfortable and I wake up 3-4 times a night because my wrist go numb and I have to pee. I know this sounds like a post full of complaints but I am just trying to accurately document. HAHA... Heartburn is not as bad but still hanging out and very annoying. I always feel full... Overall just uncomfortable. But definitely still feel lucky that this pregnancy has been so easy.

Well our doctor's appointment on 12/21 was good. Mya's heart was beating strong and my blood test of diabetes and iron deficiency came back negative (huge sigh of relief), but according to Dr. Ngo the 2nd anatomy scan proved to be a failure too. According to him the techs there suck and were again unable to get the measurements he wanted to see. So he put in a referral for the perinatologist to do an ultrasound to get the measurements and good look at Mya's organs. Doc said there is nothing to worry about he just wants to get the measurements done. But of course I still can't help but be a little nervous being referred to a specialist! Waiting to hear back from the specialist's office to schedule an appointment.

Saturday we have our official 3d/4d appointment where we get to see Mya's little face. We cannot wait to see what she looks like. We should start a pool to see who's knows she has. Mommy or daddy’s!? What do you think? We are banking on mommy's nose because daddy's is pretty big and manly. We don't want anything to do with big and manly for our daughter! Will post pictures as soon as we get them.

Dear Little Miss Mya,
You better be a good little girl and cooperate so we can see your face. I know you are running out of room in mommy's tummy so its even more important we get good shots and looks at your face now before you are too big and we can't see anything. We love you sweet baby!!!!

Love,
mommy & daddy

At Last We Have a Belly.... Week 28/29 Belly Shot!

So our battery in the new camera died just time to NOT get a week 28 belly shot last Wednesday, we misplaced the charger in the packing craze, and we just mailed our old camera to Granma the week before. I ordered a new charger because I was certain it would deliver before we found our original one. I was right. So here is the 28week 5 day belly shot. Only 5 days late but I’m pretty sure my belly got bigger between Wednesday and today.

Daddy finished his classes this last Saturday! I am so proud of him. I cannot even express in words how hard he has worked these last few years to get this done. If anyone knows him, they know he is anything but a student. But he powered through and did what he needed to do to make sure that he secured a future for himself and Mya. All he has left is a couple months of student teaching and to pass a couple exams. The taste of sweet victory is among us! 2012 is going to be an amazing year for the Vadney-Gamm family. Of course the arrival of our lil bean Mya, daddy will become a credentialed special education teacher, and mommy will become a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. If you would have asked John or me a couple of years ago where we would be in 2012 I am pretty sure neither of us could have dreamt that we would be here. I am grateful for the life we have created and look forward to the amazing things that will be unfolding in 2012.

Our next doctor appointment is Wednesday 12/21/11 and I believe we then start doc appts every 2 weeks till we deliver. Wednesday is also our 3^rd birthing class and we get a tour of the birthing center that Mya will be born. We are so excited to see it. Daddy is planning to wear the pregnancy suit in the tour so he can feel what it is like to have all that extra weight. I will post pictures if he does wear the suit. It’s going to be hilarious and best of all, he agreed to do it! Hahaha

The best thing about John being done with school is that we can FINALLY get the house and nursery together. Cannot wait to see how our vision for the nursery turns out. In my head it’ll be amazing. I guess we’ll see!

Hic Hic Hic... Into the 3rd Trimester We Go!

Wednesday marked the first day of our 3^rd trimester. 2 down and only one to go! One busy one at that. With each passing day Mya is growing and getting stronger and with every hiccup I feel I am reassured that she is preparing for her first breath. If she is anything like her mother she will have a strong set of lungs.. No doubt! And with all the hiccupping she does I am certain she is practicing like crazy!

I wanted to take a few minutes to highlight the grandparents that will never have to opportunity to neither hold Mya nor watch her blossom into a budding toddler, kido, adolescent, and adult. My parents and John’s father although not here with us play a special role in Mya’s life as we would not be the people or parents we are today without their love and support as a child. Although they taught us things we plan to instill in Mya, they have also taught us a few things NOT to do! Haha.. Like only taking one glass baby bottle on a camping trip! (Mya daddy will tell you the story)! I know that my mother would be absolutely, obsessively over the moon with the arrival of her first grandchild. I don’t think she would be too thrilled about actually becoming a grandma because that would only mean she is definitely getting old! John and I will do out best to always preserve and honor the memory of Mya’s grandparents and tell her stories about them, the good and the bad because we want her to know just who her grandparents were. So I ask that you all share your stories and memories of grandma Julie, grandpa Dennis, and grandpa Greg with out daughter because every memory is special and she deserves to hear them. John and I are so lucky to have one another and as we go through these milestones of life we act as one another’s pillars and remind each other that our love for one another and now our daughter will get us through anything life has to throw at us.

WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA JULIE, GRANDPA DENNIS & GRANDPA GG!!!

2nd Times a Charm!

Mya's profile picure 26weeks 2 days. Does she really have daddy's nose?!?!

In this picture Mya is sticking her tongue out at us. She is such a silly baby. She was yawning and drinking. SO AMAZING!

This is a picture of her perfect heart. You can see all four chambers. This little heart has mommy and daddy's heart!

Friday we went in for our second anatomy scan because our little angel was being stubborn the first time around at week 18. Tech got all the shots she needed we are assuming as she did not mention that Mya was being uncooperative as it has been mentioned many times before. J  The ultrasound tech sent us home with a few awesome pictures of Mya. One of which is a picture of her heart which she said is as perfect as can be. I love that you can see all four chambers clearly. And it is even more amazing in the ultrasound to see that little heart beating so perfectly in rhythm.

This little girl continues to amaze us in the rapid speed of her growth. She weighed in at 2lbs. 3oz. That is a whole 4 oz. more then a week prior at our regular doctor appointment. The funny part is mommy lost 2 oz. even with the purge of Thanksgiving feasts. I am finally experiencing another not so lovely pregnancy symptom, just mildly though. Pregnancy induced carpal tunnel. Yep.. My left hand (thumb, pointer, and middle finger to be exact) like to tingle and go numb. I freaked out but after much research realized that it is a fairly common pregnancy symptom. Wow… The weird things women’s bodies go through when growing a human. Who’da thunk? It is definitely not debilitating, just super annoying.

I went to the lab Thursday to do my 1 hour glucose test. This is standard procedure these days to test all pregnant women for gestational diabetes. I am hoping that my results come up clear because it would be a total nightmare to have to change my entire diet to keep my blood sugar low. NO BUENO! Lab tech said that my doctor’s office should have the results in 2-3 days so I am hoping that I don’t get a call next week from my doc’s office. A call would mostly likely be in bearing bad news. Calling on all positive thoughts and energy for a normal result on my blood sugar counts.

Once again we are so thankful for all the love and support for all our friends and family. This journey would not be the same without you all. A special thanks to Mya’s aunties, Monica, Valine, and Kyrra as well as her abuela Jackie for the upcoming showers to be held in January. I am so looking forward to celebrating with everyone. Showers mean that we are that much closer to the arrival of our sweet sweet baby bean!