Week 31

           I have not been able to sleep lately. I will fall asleep at a decent hour and wake up like 2 hrs later wide awake. Tonight I fell asleep for like 15 min and have been wide awake since then! It is weird because I was SOOO TIRED before I fell asleep too! So here it is almost 4  in the morning and I am awake! But I am going to try and see if I can go to sleep after I write in this.
           Little Andrew has been moving so much inside of me. Sometimes there will just be a big pop, like he is kicking me with all of his might and my stomach moves so much in that one area! It is really cool though! I cannot believe that there is a little baby inside of me! And that he is going to be mine! It is like the coolest thing in the world to have him moving inside of me! When I feel the movements start I lift my shirt so my stomach shows and just sit there to watch it.
           I am just so glad that Drew will be able to be here with me for the birth of our son. He will be able to be here with us until Little Andrew is 5 months old, then Drew will have to leave for 6 months. I am so lucky that I will be able to have Little Andrew to be by my side until Drew returns! He will make it to where its not so lonely. I am just scared of shutting myself away from the world while he is gone. I don't even know if I will be able to go back to the United States to visit family while he is gone. Thats such a long way to go all by myself with a little baby.
         I only have like two  months left until I am 40 weeks and the baby can even come before then. Its exciting and kind of scary at the same time!
         Well I need to get going to bed! It is soo late! But I just wanted to type a little in here tonight and just say how awesome it is to have a precious little baby moving inside of me! And one day I will get to hold that little baby in my arms! I just hope I am a good mother and give him everything that he needs in life.

Week 30

           Okay, I am way past due to write a blog! I figured I needed to hurry up and do it before I forget what I want to write in here! :)
           My last OBGYN appointment was on December 14, 2009, like 10 days ago. I went in and the Doctor asked how everything was. And here in Germany it is a bit different, I guess you are expected to tell the doc if something is wrong because they don't like examine you every appointment. But I told him about the pains I was having and how they were bothering me. So he checked me out and said that I need to be put on house rest because the baby's head was so low. He said I am at high risk for premature labor. And after he checked me out he wrote a slip for Drew to take to work to turn in so he could get temporary use of his liscense since the Dr wants me off of my feet as much as possible. After that we went into the ultra sound room and there I got my first 3D ultra sound! It was amazing! I thought the pictures of the baby were clear and really cool, but the Dr said they weren't the best pictures because the baby is so far down that he could barely get a good enough view of him. So the Dr said that he wants to do another 3D ultra sound during the next appointment! And that is TOTALLY FINE WITH ME! That just means that I will get to see baby Andrew again! Well, I mean more clearly. The 3D ultra sounds are AMAZING! I am going to try and post the 3D pictures to this blog if I am able to figure it out.
           I had a scare last Thursday, exactly a week ago. I was on my way to the bathroom to go pee and once I sat on the toilet I noticed that my underwear were completely soaked, although it did not go through to my pants. So I called my mom just to make double sure that it wasn't my water that had broke. Because I have read online from other women who have only had small leaks and it turns out it was thier water that had broke!
           It is after midnight now so when I post this it is probably going to have the date December 25th on it. Although I am writing in here because I cannot fall asleep and I did start before Midnight.
           On Wednesday, December 23,2009 (yesterday evening) I got a phone call from this lady named Maria and she said she was on her way over with a Secret Santa Gift for me! I asked her, "Are you sure you have the right number?" And she said, " Yes, I think so. You are on bed rest right?" Then I answered and said, "Well house rest, but yes." But she said that it is from a Secret Santa and that she was just delivering it to me.
           I could not believe it! So I hurried and titied the house a little before they got there. I was so excited that I couldn't help but look out the window and watch for them to get here, her and her husband! I saw them pull up and park and I saw that she pulled a mattress out of the trunk of their Jeep/Expedition! I was so surprised and grateful that I almost started to cry! But I like did a little happy dance to let the excitement out and I calmed down and opened the door for them. It is a 3 in 1 Sliegh Crib! Exactly like the ones online that I was wishing I could get! They even set it up in the baby's room for me! I was SOOO EXCITED!! And gave them both a hug when they were leaving and wished them both a Merry Christmas! Later that night before I went to bed I set the crib up with the Noah's Ark Bedroom suit that Mama had gotten me for Little Andrew. I didn't get the bumper set up quiet the right way but I will get it figured out.
            I am just so thankful for such a blessing! I had been stressing about how we were going to be able to get one, and now we will not have to worry about it! Now we will be able to get other stuff that we are in need of for the baby!
             Little Andrew sure did enjoy what I had eaten for Christmas dinner tonight! After I had eaten it seemed like he was doing flips inside of me! We had Lasonia, green beans, yams and rolls. I am so excited about Christmas tomorrow! Not because of the gifts, there is just something about Christmas that I just love! Tonight Drew finally got the rest of his Christmas wrapping done and he braught the mattress in the living room so we could sleep in here and listen to the 2009 Christmas Devotional. I was able to stay up and listen to the whole thing, it was about an hour long. Right now I am listening to the Mormon Tabernacle Chior on YouTube. All of their Christmas songs that they have on YouTube. It is such beautiful music!
             I am trying to make this Christmas memorable. I am trying to take lots of nice pictures so I can put together a slide show or something like that. Next Christmas Drew and I will not be together. He will be deployed for 6 months. But he should be returning mid-January. So Little Andrew and I will hold off on celebrating Christmas until he gets back. I am just trying so hard to make as many ways for Little Andrew and I to be able to look back at something and feel Drew close to us, although he will be far away.
             Drew is going to try and get a digital picture frame for me so I can upload pictures of us as a family and pictures of the two of them so we can always see him. I also thought it would be nice to video tape Drew reading a story to Little Andrew so the baby would remember his Daddy's voice. I am going to miss Drew alot but I have to be strong! And I am thankful that we will have a child to keep me company (and busy) so it will help time go by.
             Niether of our families (besides probably Drew's sister and husband and son) would have seen Little Andrew yet. And I would love to go and visit the United States while Drew is gone! But I don't know if I could handle it. I wish I wouldn't stress about stuff like traveling so bad! But we will see what happens. Little Andrew will be 5 months when Drew leaves. But like I said, "We will see what happens."
              Wow! It is almost 1 AM! I guess I better get off of here and get my butt in bed! But I just had to write a blog before I forgot everything that I needed to put in here. So until next time, Buh BYE!

Emily

    

Not Much, Just A Little Update

            I have not typed a blog in a while! I have not had the energy to do much lately besides SLEEP! I am tired like all of the time. Last Friday I turned 28 weeks, so I reached my 7 month mark. In two days I will be 29 weeks, it sure is flying by! It like hurts to walk alot of the time and go down the stairs!
           As for cravings, it is still the Marsh Mellow cereal by Malt-O-Meal! I went like a week and a half without any so I walked to the grocery store yesterday and grabbed two bags of it! And another craving I have is for Granny Smith Apples! They are so good! And who ever the person is that invented that circle apple slicer thing is a genious! And I am always craving milk! Besides that, thats all that I really crave.
           Sorry this blog is not going to be too big or interesting. 5 more days til my next appointment! And we should be getting a 3D ultrasound done then also!!!

Middle of Week 27

           I do not like feeling the way that I do right now. Someone from church called and asked how I was doing, and what did I do? Cry! I cried like the whole time I talked to them. Now everyone is going to think I am a crazy nut! It did feel good to cry and talk to someone though. This evening I started crying while I was sitting on the couch with my husband watching tv so I just went and layed in bed, because I didn't really have a reason to be crying! And when he came in and asked what was the matter I couldn't really give him an answer besides, "I can't help it." And I cried again this evening because I had a craving but couldn't figure out what I wanted. How funny is that?!! And it wasn't like I was hungry or anything like that, I had just eaten dinner and my stomach was satisfied! After it was all over though, I realized my mind was worried or whatever because I did not buy what I crave at the grocery store.
          Okay enough about the crying! Now a new topic.
          I haven't really had any cravings at all in my pregnancy until this past month! And I crave that MarshMellow Cereal! (the cheap brand of Lucky Charms) And I LOVE milk! If I measured it out, I drink about 4 cups of milk a day! And I have been craving like water also this week. And its not like I am not getting enough water everyday. Thats one thing that I make sure to get in is the water!
         There has been like an art project that I have been wanting to try/do. Well its not really art, just a project I guess you could say. Well you get those cloth diapers and get some fabric and sew a rectangle of the fabric down the middle, the thicker part. Then you have a decorated burp cloth I guess you could say. I am not explaining it too well... I tried to find a video on youtube with step by step instructions on how to make them, but I had no luck with it! So I will have to see if I can pull it off on my own. I have only seen the finished project before, not someone actually showing me how to make it. Anyways, I am hoping to get to try it this week! I will try and let you know how it went!