I feel super bad that I have been such a horrible blogger! I need to get better, especially since I am promising family and friends that I will be so good at updating once we move. Ha, we will see if that actually happens.
Pregnancy Updade:
I have reached the point that I never thought I would reach: THE END! About 36 weeks, I decided "Ok, I am done with this." Week 36 to 37 was hard. My ribs hurt (especially on the right side), as did my back. Plus, I was working a TON to make up my hours so I did not lose benefits. That did not help to the whole back pain. I normally work every Monday and Tuesday and every other Friday and Sunday. So I normally was scheduled Friday, February 25, and then work Sunday through Tuesday. But I had an ACLS class that Friday, so I had to trade for Saturday instead, meaning I worked four days in a row. It was absolute hell. I cried after the third day on Tuesday while I was driving to work. After that miserable weekend, I finally experienced the "swollen feet syndrome." No fun! But I got five blissful days off and I got a pedicure and it was wonderful. I felt so much better! So week 36 was no fun. I had my doctor's appointment and was told that I was not even close to delivering.
I reached 37 weeks this last Friday, March 4th (I have pictures that I will post soon!) . My midwife said I'm still not close, but closer than the week before! That was Thursday. Friday she begun the descent down! No rib pain, a little more pressure on my hips, and having to CONSTANTLY go to the bathroom! It is freaking me out a little bit! So we will see what this Thursday doctor's appointment shows! She CANNOT come this week! I have three tests and two papers to write! And Derrick has a test! We are sending good vibes and telling her she has to wait!
Other news:
My uncle passed away tonight. That is the other reason this little gal cannot come this week. He was in his early fifties, but has suffered with medical problems for a really long time. He had bladder and kidney cancer that metastized to his lungs. They gave him six months at Thanksgiving. My thoughts and prayers are with my aunt Malayna and my three cousins. We saw him Saturday night to say goodbye. My aunt is so strong. I cannot even imagine what she is dealing with. But, he has gone to a place where he does not have to suffer anymore. I'm so grateful to be a member of a church with the "big picture." He is with my grandma doing the Lord's work. He is back home. Love you and miss you uncle Craig!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
My eggo is prego
Here are the pictures from our pregnancy photo shoot! The first set were taken last Saturday, and the second set (you can tell them apart by the different clothes), were taken today. I swear I got bigger, but I don't know if you can really tell in the pictures.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Ohio or bust!
So, I'm sitting at work at 3 in the morning and I'm bored. Good 'ol OB floor! But, I decided that I needed to make a formal announcement since I hadn't yet...
THE PECK FAMILY IS MOVING TO OHIO!
Derrick got accepted into the Ohio State University Dental Program in Columbus, Ohio at the beginning of the month. We are SO grateful that he got accepted, let alone to the school that we both wanted. He had interviewed at four different schools: Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, and Michigan. We really loved the thought of Virginia, but Ohio is going to be SO much cheaper for us. Most schools have very tight restrictions on obtaining residency and getting in-state tuition. For example, Indiana basically says "if you move here for school, you get to pay out-of-state tuition all four years." But Ohio State allows you to obtain residency after a year, and they will also let us pay in-state tuition the FIRST year if I work a full-time job. Dashed all my hopes of going to part-time! Oh well; this is why I was inspired to change my major and become a nurse.
But, anyways, we are super excited for this change in our lives. We are hoping to move in July, but it all depends on when I find a job. Derrick has already started looking for houses and I am researching hospitals. Our lives are gonna change!
THE PECK FAMILY IS MOVING TO OHIO!
Derrick got accepted into the Ohio State University Dental Program in Columbus, Ohio at the beginning of the month. We are SO grateful that he got accepted, let alone to the school that we both wanted. He had interviewed at four different schools: Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, and Michigan. We really loved the thought of Virginia, but Ohio is going to be SO much cheaper for us. Most schools have very tight restrictions on obtaining residency and getting in-state tuition. For example, Indiana basically says "if you move here for school, you get to pay out-of-state tuition all four years." But Ohio State allows you to obtain residency after a year, and they will also let us pay in-state tuition the FIRST year if I work a full-time job. Dashed all my hopes of going to part-time! Oh well; this is why I was inspired to change my major and become a nurse.
But, anyways, we are super excited for this change in our lives. We are hoping to move in July, but it all depends on when I find a job. Derrick has already started looking for houses and I am researching hospitals. Our lives are gonna change!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Christmas and New Year
This Christmas was great! It was a little bittersweet just because we knew that it is our last Christmas in Utah for a really long time. So we spent lots of time with family, which resulted in a really busy few days! I was scheduled to work Christmas Eve, but ended up getting called off, so we spent the night down at Derrick's mom's house and played games with everyone. Derrick's sister, Emily, and our bro-in-law, Kevin, had flown in from Texas and surprised everyone and his other sister, Stacey was down from Bear Lake with her family so it was a full house!
On Christmas morning, we woke up and had our own Christmas at our house. I woke up early (the baby decided that it was time to play trampoline on my bladder!), and then I was hungry so I made Derrick get up with me. I was so excited to open presents! Derrick spoiled me this year, as usual! I got a Cricut!!! I'm going to have a lot of scrapbooking to do with a baby! I also got new slippers, lots of treats and healthy snacks to take to work (I'm hungry every hour I swear), lots of movies, and the tradition of hair stuff, including shampoo and conditioner (Derrick gets me that every year!). I also got a new toothbrush! Derrick got a really nice one from one of his interviews and I was jealous so he got me the same one! My parents got me a HUGE scrapbook kit and a KitchenAid! I can finally make my mom's breadsticks! Derrick's mom got me more scrapbook gear and some glass tupperware.
Derrick got a LOT of candy from me plus treats that he likes, new hunting gear including his own duck call so he can practice, and camo under-armor. He also got a GPS so that we can navigate the crazy roads back east! He also got a lot of movies and new slippers too. My parents got him a new suit and a little "new dad" statue that is super cute. His mom got him a jack for his car.
The baby got spoiled too! There were two presents under the tree for her "from Santa," that I got to open. She got a U of U onsie with a beanie and socks to wear home from the hospital! She also got VeggieTales movies! My parents got her a children's book and Derrick's mom got her some night-gowns. And she got blankets from grandparents!
New Year's was kind of low-key for us. I was scheduled to work so we couldn't really plan on doing anything. I got called off, but we didn't find out until like 7:30. So we booked it to the movie theaters and saw Harry Potter! GREAT movie! I LOVE Ron! And Harry! I love them all! Then we went home and put together a puzzle! haha I know we are lame. But it was fun to just hang out.
Derrick's Stash
Spoiled little girl
Putting together our puzzle!
Pause for a New Year's Smooch, then back to the puzzle!
On Christmas morning, we woke up and had our own Christmas at our house. I woke up early (the baby decided that it was time to play trampoline on my bladder!), and then I was hungry so I made Derrick get up with me. I was so excited to open presents! Derrick spoiled me this year, as usual! I got a Cricut!!! I'm going to have a lot of scrapbooking to do with a baby! I also got new slippers, lots of treats and healthy snacks to take to work (I'm hungry every hour I swear), lots of movies, and the tradition of hair stuff, including shampoo and conditioner (Derrick gets me that every year!). I also got a new toothbrush! Derrick got a really nice one from one of his interviews and I was jealous so he got me the same one! My parents got me a HUGE scrapbook kit and a KitchenAid! I can finally make my mom's breadsticks! Derrick's mom got me more scrapbook gear and some glass tupperware.
Derrick got a LOT of candy from me plus treats that he likes, new hunting gear including his own duck call so he can practice, and camo under-armor. He also got a GPS so that we can navigate the crazy roads back east! He also got a lot of movies and new slippers too. My parents got him a new suit and a little "new dad" statue that is super cute. His mom got him a jack for his car.
The baby got spoiled too! There were two presents under the tree for her "from Santa," that I got to open. She got a U of U onsie with a beanie and socks to wear home from the hospital! She also got VeggieTales movies! My parents got her a children's book and Derrick's mom got her some night-gowns. And she got blankets from grandparents!
New Year's was kind of low-key for us. I was scheduled to work so we couldn't really plan on doing anything. I got called off, but we didn't find out until like 7:30. So we booked it to the movie theaters and saw Harry Potter! GREAT movie! I LOVE Ron! And Harry! I love them all! Then we went home and put together a puzzle! haha I know we are lame. But it was fun to just hang out.
Christmas Eve!
Derrick's Stash
My little hunter
My stash
I'm gonna be a scrapbooking maniac!
She's already a Utah Fan!
Spoiled little girl
Putting together our puzzle!
Pause for a New Year's Smooch, then back to the puzzle!
Finished product!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Pregnancy Update
I am in my THIRD TRIMESTER! Ever since I hit 20 weeks, this pregnancy thing has sped right on up! I'm wanting it to slow down, because I'm not ready to be a mom! Scary stuff. I will be 29 weeks FRIDAY and it is nuts!
Our baby is 2 pounds, 4 ounces. She is stubborn as can be too!! We had our Target Ultrasound at the beginning of November, and she just turned her head inward, and when the tech tried to turn her so we could see a profile picture, she kicked right on back. So instead we have her looking away and covering her face with her hands. It has been like that at our last three appointments. She is always covering her face! She definitely has a mind of her own. Things we have found out about her:
1. She is stubborn
2. She LOVES Christmas music. Derrick was listening to music on his phone, and "Carol of the Bells" came on. I don't particularly love that song (I'm sorry, but it's creepy), but he does. He held it to my stomach and she went NUTS! And she also loves Jingle Bells. When that song came on we actually saw my stomach jump; it was so funny.
3. She likes beef jerky. I ate it a few days ago and she started doing flips in my stomach.
So, all in all, she is just like her daddy!! haha. My favorite thing ever is feeling her move. I love when she flips over and I can feel her. It is the best feeling ever.
So, here are some pictures of my expanding belly and of the baby!! I tried to upload our DVD of all the ultrasounds, but it won't save the file. So I'll keep working on it.
27 Weeks!
28 Weeks!
Both of these were at 21 weeks at our Target Ultrasound. The 3-D one is good because it is really clear (isn't she sooo cute! kinda alien-like, but a super cute alien!) The other two are where she is being stubborn. The left one she is trying to turn away and the one on the right is her looking straight on so it looks weird cause of her eyes. Oh well!
Another one of her being stubborn! I wanted a profile picture soooo bad but she kept moving. So this is the best we got; not very clear, but you can see her little nose! This is her at 25 weeks!
Her is her cute little bum showing us she is still a girl!
Our baby is 2 pounds, 4 ounces. She is stubborn as can be too!! We had our Target Ultrasound at the beginning of November, and she just turned her head inward, and when the tech tried to turn her so we could see a profile picture, she kicked right on back. So instead we have her looking away and covering her face with her hands. It has been like that at our last three appointments. She is always covering her face! She definitely has a mind of her own. Things we have found out about her:
1. She is stubborn
2. She LOVES Christmas music. Derrick was listening to music on his phone, and "Carol of the Bells" came on. I don't particularly love that song (I'm sorry, but it's creepy), but he does. He held it to my stomach and she went NUTS! And she also loves Jingle Bells. When that song came on we actually saw my stomach jump; it was so funny.
3. She likes beef jerky. I ate it a few days ago and she started doing flips in my stomach.
So, all in all, she is just like her daddy!! haha. My favorite thing ever is feeling her move. I love when she flips over and I can feel her. It is the best feeling ever.
So, here are some pictures of my expanding belly and of the baby!! I tried to upload our DVD of all the ultrasounds, but it won't save the file. So I'll keep working on it.
27 Weeks!
28 Weeks!
Both of these were at 21 weeks at our Target Ultrasound. The 3-D one is good because it is really clear (isn't she sooo cute! kinda alien-like, but a super cute alien!) The other two are where she is being stubborn. The left one she is trying to turn away and the one on the right is her looking straight on so it looks weird cause of her eyes. Oh well!
Another one of her being stubborn! I wanted a profile picture soooo bad but she kept moving. So this is the best we got; not very clear, but you can see her little nose! This is her at 25 weeks!
Her is her cute little bum showing us she is still a girl!
Life on hold and Thanksgiving
So....I do have an excuse for not posting in FOREVER. On Thanksgiving I woke up and was sick. Derrick had been sick the week before and through the weekend (which REALLY sucked, because he had double interviews in Michigan and Ohio and he pretty much lost his voice during the Ohio interview. And that was the one we wanted to go super well; we'd prayed that he would get an interview there as well as get accepted.) So my Thanksgiving was spent with a sore throat and feeling kind of ucky. I blamed it on working a grave the night before and not getting a ton of sleep, but I was worried I was going to get a nasty cold. And...I did. Being pregnant and sick is NO FUN!
But, anyways, our Thanksgiving was good. We spent half at my grandparents and half at Derrick's mom's. It has been weird this holiday season knowing that we won't be here next year, so we have been trying to spend as much time with family as we possibly can. We stuffed ourselves at both houses (hurray for being pregnant and eating two full Thanksgiving dinners!! Don't judge...my baby LOVES turkey! haha) and had fun hanging out with everyone. After dinner at Derrick's mom's house, we did the good 'ol Thanksgiving tradition and pulled out ads and started making lists of who wants what from all the stores. I started falling asleep on the couch while Derrick made a giant list of all the movies he wanted. Normally, we just go home and go to sleep and send all of his sisters out to do our dirty work, but they convinced us to go to Walmart on our way home with them at midnight. Hello nightmare! There was SO many people! They had all of the movies in the produce section and I swear there was like 300-400 people in that small space. It was crazy. But we ended up with a ton of movies. The main one we didn't get was "How to Train your Dragon." But we got most of the ones we wanted. We ended up not leaving the store until like 3 am. I was exhausted.
The next day I dragged myself out of bed at noon to meet Derrick's family for our traditional pizza lunch and I went to get some stuff for Derrick's Christmas. So, because of my lack of sleep, I was still sick and worse than the day before. But I got some good deals for Derrick. But I just kept staying sick. I ended up calling in sick 3 days in a row the next week for work and went to the doctor to see what the deal was. I got told that I had a virus, being pregnant makes me vulnerable, and a prescription for cough medicine. Bleh. But I started to get better about a week later; I still had my cough but I felt better. Then I took a nasty turn for the worse and I was coughing so hard I was throwing up. I was trying not to take the cough medicine, but my mom told me I was in my second trimester so I should be ok, and Derrick said it was better to take the medicine than cough so hard that I go into labor. So, I called my midwife and.....she prescribed more cough medicine. I called in sick AGAIN (this was going on the third week of having this crap) and went to InstaCare. I FINALLY got an antibiotic (Bless you Dr. Marshall! He is a resident at the hospital) and started feeling better. I STILL have my cough, but it is NOTHING like what it was. It feels more like an asthma cough now and I'm praying it goes away soon. I get it most when the air is bad or my lungs get irritated. Being pregnant is crummy sometimes!
So, there is my excuse for not posting stuff. SORRY!
But, anyways, our Thanksgiving was good. We spent half at my grandparents and half at Derrick's mom's. It has been weird this holiday season knowing that we won't be here next year, so we have been trying to spend as much time with family as we possibly can. We stuffed ourselves at both houses (hurray for being pregnant and eating two full Thanksgiving dinners!! Don't judge...my baby LOVES turkey! haha) and had fun hanging out with everyone. After dinner at Derrick's mom's house, we did the good 'ol Thanksgiving tradition and pulled out ads and started making lists of who wants what from all the stores. I started falling asleep on the couch while Derrick made a giant list of all the movies he wanted. Normally, we just go home and go to sleep and send all of his sisters out to do our dirty work, but they convinced us to go to Walmart on our way home with them at midnight. Hello nightmare! There was SO many people! They had all of the movies in the produce section and I swear there was like 300-400 people in that small space. It was crazy. But we ended up with a ton of movies. The main one we didn't get was "How to Train your Dragon." But we got most of the ones we wanted. We ended up not leaving the store until like 3 am. I was exhausted.
The next day I dragged myself out of bed at noon to meet Derrick's family for our traditional pizza lunch and I went to get some stuff for Derrick's Christmas. So, because of my lack of sleep, I was still sick and worse than the day before. But I got some good deals for Derrick. But I just kept staying sick. I ended up calling in sick 3 days in a row the next week for work and went to the doctor to see what the deal was. I got told that I had a virus, being pregnant makes me vulnerable, and a prescription for cough medicine. Bleh. But I started to get better about a week later; I still had my cough but I felt better. Then I took a nasty turn for the worse and I was coughing so hard I was throwing up. I was trying not to take the cough medicine, but my mom told me I was in my second trimester so I should be ok, and Derrick said it was better to take the medicine than cough so hard that I go into labor. So, I called my midwife and.....she prescribed more cough medicine. I called in sick AGAIN (this was going on the third week of having this crap) and went to InstaCare. I FINALLY got an antibiotic (Bless you Dr. Marshall! He is a resident at the hospital) and started feeling better. I STILL have my cough, but it is NOTHING like what it was. It feels more like an asthma cough now and I'm praying it goes away soon. I get it most when the air is bad or my lungs get irritated. Being pregnant is crummy sometimes!
So, there is my excuse for not posting stuff. SORRY!
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