Beach Trip?

Well, as of today I can pass through a metal detector without setting it off. Doc says I'm healing well, but I still have some pain on the left side of my incision. I'm not sure what that's all about, but I hope it goes away soon so I can lay off the pain meds. Carter is growing well. I swear he weighs more and more every day. I've been really tired today. Carter kept me up for a couple hours last night so I fell asleep watching Thor with Brandon this morning. I hardly ever fall asleep while watching a movie, so I definately was pooped! Today I came to the conclusion that I will not be able to talk Brandon into going on a cruise to Bermuda, so I've switched to plan B - going to the beach. We're looking at renting a house either the first or second week of June. Colby is old enough to have a blast at the beach and Carter...well he'll be barely a month old and not much trouble at all :-) Plus Brandon will be able to get his beach fix before the beaches get too crowded. And going to the beach for a week is probably much cheaper than going on a cruise, though maybe not as exciting.

Happy Birthday Carter!

Well, last time I wrote on my blog, I thought I had two weeks until Carter would be here. Boy can things change quickly! I went to the doctor on Friday May 11th only to discover that my blood pressure was high and my amniotic fluid was low. I was slightly irritated about my blood pressure because it had been perfect the entire time and I didn't have a lot of swelling until that day. At any rate the doctor said that I needed to go to the hospital and that they were going to go ahead and do a c-section. I was like "Oh man!" because Brandon was in Roanoke. He was supposed to be helping to lock down the Roanoke airport for the arrival and departure of Michelle Obama who was speaking at graduation at VT. So I called him, told him what was up and he did 80-85 down the interstate because we weren't sure when the surgery would be. He didn't have to rush though, because I had to wait eight hours since I'd had breakfast that morning. They wheeled me into the OR. My only thought was that last time I must have been really out of it because I felt a little overwhelmed and intimidated by the whole process. But Brandon sat with me and at 3:33 Carter Edward Gill was born and all was well in the world :-) He was 5 pounds 6 ounces and 18 inches long. I thought for sure he was going to be bigger than Colby, but he was a full pound smaller! My parents came down that day and my mother-in-law picked up Colby from daycare and they all got to meet Carter that day. I think Colby was a little unsure of the hospital and I think he was really confused as to why we were staying there, but I think he was excited to see Carter. He's taken to being a big brother like a fish to water. As I write this, Carter has gained back the weight he lost and then some and he's doing great! I'm feeling a bit sleep deprived, but that's nothing a nap can't fix. Thank goodness for good medicines because I think I'd be a pretty pathetic person without them. I still feel pain, but nothing I can't handle. I get my staples removed Friday. Well, speaking of naps...ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

2 Weeks Until Carter!

Wow...I didn't know it has been such a long time since last I posted! I guess we haven't really been doing anything of note lately. I've been pregnant, Brandon's been working, Colby has been Colby. My pregnancy is going really well with two weeks left to go. About this time in my pregnancy with Colby my blood pressure had started to go all over the place and I was put on bedrest. So far this time around my blood pressure has been great (knock on wood) and I've not had any other issues. I've been trying to be really good about drinking plenty of water and putting my feet up when the opportunity knocks. The only thing that sucks right now is the fact that I'm really hot ALL THE TIME! At school I just burn up and at night I wake up sweaty. However, I'm really excited about Carter getting here and I hope that everyone else is too :-) I'm actually starting to get impatient...most people have noted how chill I am, but on the inside I'm really thinking that if he comes tomorrow I'd be okay with that! There's really not a lot going on right now. We're still working on our flower gardens and vegetable gardens. My peas, spinach and lettuce finally started to take off...I really thought I'd have something by now. We still need to work on the soil for our big vegetable garden or we're not going to have anything to show for the work we've put into it. I'm thinking of calling to have some manure delivered from a horse farm in Blacksburg. I guess I better get on the ball because we could really plant things now and they'd be okay. I heard they were already picking strawberries in Bedford so I think we're going to have a longer than usual growing season. School is going well. I feel really behind because our schedule this semester was really crazy and we had a lot of four day weeks instead of five. We took an extra week getting through Romeo and Juliet so now I'm not really sure if we're going to get to the Odyssey. I'm sure my kids are heartbroken :-) You can definately tell the end of the school year is within sight because my kids are really squirrely and I find myself being really snappy with them. Hormones might have something to do with my snappiness, but I have a pretty good excuse :-)