31 Weeks Today

Today marks 31 weeks into the pregnancy. All is going well. I had an OB appt yesterday and the doctor said I am measuring right at about spot on with a fundal height of 31. The babys HB was about 154. He said he appears to be head down at this point but still can do some flipping around.

I asked about getting an ultrasound to check things but he said at this point I may not be having anymore.. that kinda bummed me out as I like to check on stuff. My Bp was okay, 130/80 I will want to watch the lower number some. He also told me that my weight gain from now on really will affect babys size so to be more careful with it..( that pleased me as well!!)

Buckys at a training in Minnesota for 12 days so we have been missing him alot. We came to Bend to be at our other house. My friend Amy took these pictures I am posting of me today.

I am feeling pretty huge about now... feeling what I think are braxton hicks contractions. I am trying to really take it easy as I do not want early labor especially with Bucky not here!

Tanner has a football camp this week with the Three Rivers team so thats good, and went to watch some of the golf tournament Jeld Wen today with his Grandpa beforehand. Schools just around the corner so I am glad he can have some fun while we are here- this summer hasn't been the most exciting for him. But he is very excited about his new baby brother and cannot wait! I know he will make a great big brother!

29 WEEKS TODAY!!!!!!

Okay all is caught up on the blog and todays post is the accurate date Aug 5!

... Well I have been fighting this nasty cold for like 2 and a half weeks now!!! I am still coughing but finally nearing the end I think- Tan and Buck had very short like 2 days of it...There also has been a really hot heat wave that I hope is nearing the end finally!

We also have had some very big scares from little Alex this past week or so... I am glad he is home now and all the real big serious things have been ruled out- this has been a stressful week and a half for everyone, especially Jen!

I had my OB appt Aug 3rd- all is going well FHR 155, BP good, uterus measuring 30...
I only gained 1.5 lbs this last month WHEW!! My total gain is not pretty and I needed a reprieve! I now begin OB appts every 2 weeks. They still are thinking sometime between the 10th and 18th is more realistic than the 22nd of Oct due date but we'll see!!

Its getting closer and I am getting nervous.!

The baby moves alot right now and its fun to watch him from the outside rolll around. He also gets the hiccups alot... he likes to hang out really high like right under my ribs. We still dont have a for sure name picked out.. we are working on it!!!!!!

Todays Grandma Lilas birthday- Happy Birthday Grandma Lila- We love you!

Sunday July 19th...

.. Sunday we went to Cuesta Park for the Family Picnic portion of the reunion. We picked up sandwiches from High Street Market for us all and met Mom, Jen and Chris and Alex there..

It was pretty fun except not a huge turnout of people.. people were probably tired from the night befores excursions!!

We then went over to The Hansons to see the rest of the family and nieces and nephews that werent at the shower- we didnt have much time to visit with anyone this trip it was so rushed and with Gram needing the extra help there really just wasnt enough time to see everyone how we would have liked to. I was glad we had just seen the Hansons the month before in Idaho.

We had icecream sandwiches and just hung out and visited with all the kids.. it was really fun and enjoyable and relaxing!! Great to see everyone!! Love you guys!

Then we went back t0 Santa Maria and said our goodbyes to Jen and Chris and Alex...

we were all leaving the next day- pretty sad and hard to say goodbye. We never really got to spend the quality sissy time we wanted together, but nonetheless I am soooooo glad to have gotten to see them and spend time with Alex. It was hard to say goodbye to Gram too... I will be looking forward to planning our next visit together and I hope it to be SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you again Jen for coming out.. it means more to me than you'll ever know.. I love you!

SLOHS 20th Class Reunion

We went straight from the shower to the reunion practically! Dad hung out with Tanner and watched Lulu for me... took Tanner to Hitching Post a family friends restaurant and then to Boomers to play a lil air hockey!

... The reunion was at Native Restaurant and Lounge in San Luis Obispo...

They all got some cute name tags with their senior pictures on them. It was cool that Bucky could see and reconnect with some old friends. I didnt get any pictures of us before as it was so rushed but he looked super handsome :) still hoping to get some others took!

They served light appetizers. I unfortunately started getting sick and throwing up at the place..

and even started having some contractions.. ( The doctors think it was the stress of the trip and all that went on just took a toll on me.. too much strain and not enough rest)- so about 10:30 pm Bucky and I left.. I still feel bad as this was something he was really looking forward to and it was cut short. He showed me once again, what a wonderful and loving and selfless husband he is with all he did for me and my family and the sacrifices he made to help others...

I love you babe!!!

** I am putting up an oldie from school till we get a better new reunion pic, look at that white blonde hair!

BABY SHOWER!!!!!!!!!!

First off I have to say THANK YOU! THANK YOU! to my big sister Jen for putting so much effort and planning to make sure I had a special baby shower! She came all the way out from N Carolina and spent so much time planning it... it turned out so wonderful and it means the world to me to of had such a nice baby shower!!!

I also want to say THANK YOU!!!!!!!! To my great sister in law Laurel for helping Jen!~ She helped to do all the games which turned out so cute and were really alot of fun!!! Thank you Laurel!

YOU GUYS ARE THE GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The luncheon shower was held July 18th 2009 at 1:30 pm at the Cornerview Restaurant in San Luis Obispo..

In attendance were: Charla Hanson, and baby in belly!(he he), Jennifer Bennington- Alex Bennington ( Chris.. he was our master videographer and photographer!)Jeanie Reynolds, Linda Spreafico, Elizabeth Nicholson, Mary Robinson, Sheryl DeGroot, Clover Robinson, Kelly Hanson, Cassie Guillisane,Bonnie Bastian, Libby Hanson, Linda Jackson, Sandra Almaguer, Laurel Hanson, Mary Hysell, Nancy Poe and Lori Threlkel... a great group of gals I'd say!!!!!! I was blessed to have had so many wonderful friends and family join us to celebrate our new upcoming baby boy!!!! Thank you all for coming! Your attendance was so special to me!

We had a lovely lunch menu- that were all printed very nicely with entree choices that went from Butternut Squash Ravioli to Salmon Salad...and a few others in between! We were served bread and raspberry lemonade.. It was done very nice and the way the room was set up it looked great.. the invites, and the table centerpieces and my cake all coordinated- I really liked it!

Next we played shower games... we played the memory game- Laurel passed around a cool train box full of goodies for the baby ( which I got to keep THANK YOU!) and everyone had only a few seconds to check it out then guess from memory what was in it... I think Lori won this one??? Am I right???

Then we played the OH SO FUN..( no it really was!) game of guess how LARGE my baby bump is with yarn... lets just say, some people were not so kind!! MOM! SHe guessed me like over 2-3 feet wider than I really was!! Actually alot of guests did- it was so funny to watch the guesses.. and Nancy guessed me just about exact!!!!! ** Thank you for the kindness!! HAHA!

Then we played the baby food game.. guessing which food each was( boy I blew that one!)

and Cassie won this one...

Then we also had a baby trivia game that had all sorts of fun questions that Clover won..

We visited and took pictures..then I opened presents- THANK YOU all for such wonderful gifts they will be so useful for the new baby and it has been so fun to look at all of them and imagine the baby in them...! Thank you also for the gifts that people sent that could not attend.

The shower lasted a good 3 hrs and was SUPER FUN!!! I was pooped afterwards. It had been such a long week so far.. and I had the reunion in an hour and a half to go to!! This is called burning the candle at both ends for sure!!

.. So I will have to put WAY more pictures up as soon as I get them.....

FRIDAY JULY 17th....

... We were at Grams most of the day.... Jen and Chris and Alex got Dad from the airport and came to Santa Maria.

One of Grams oldest friends Jean Denman came and brought a gift for the baby.. very cute sleepers and blankets.. so we opened a few presents so Gram could enjoy some of it- Aunt Jackie made a beautiful blue quilt and Aunt Jean made some great receiving blankets and sent $20 for the baby too and I had a very nice gift card from Jean Phillips across the street to Babies R Us.. so it was nice that Gram was able to take part..

Around 4 pm.. Bucky, Tanner and I went into SLO and went to Davids for a barbeque- we were a little late but we saw lots of old friends! It was cool, I think Bucky really enjoyed seeing some of them, it had been so long! Most of them had no idea I was pregnant again so it was pretty funny!

Tanner had fun hanging out with the "big guys" and they made him feel like part of the group so it was fun. My Mom came over and hung out with us for a bit too then we went to Music in The Mission it was already going for quite some time.. we met Elizabeth and Anthony there and Bucky and the guys came by.. but tonight is there "Meet and Greet " night so.... Iopted for Tanner and I to skip this part! We met Jen and Chris and Alex too then we went to Fosters Freeze for Icecream then out to Linda and Genes to hang out for awhile... it was great to see them too! Gene showed Tanner all his reloading equipment which he is really facinated by! It was fun ... we ended up having a pretty late night.

It was cool because Mom got to spend time with both her grandkids .. and I know that meant alot to her.

MEETING ALEX!

... On Thurs late morning Jen, Chris and Alex arrived in Santa Maria!!!!!

I was so excited... I had waited nearly 8 months for this!!!! Finally getting to hold Alex!

He was so much cuter than I even expected from the photos.. ! He is so sweet! His expressions are priceless and his smile just melts your heart! He is a beautiful baby and a really good and happy baby.. it was so special to watch my sister with him. Finally. Finally I see such happiness on her face when she is with her son. It makes me happy to see her so happy!

Jen looked great too.. and it was great to see Chris and there new little family!

Bucky and Tanner went in to San Luis for a little while to see Bucks friends- All his buddies were in town and it was great for him to spend some time with them especially after such troopers they had been helping me with Gram the past two days.. needed a breather.. so they saw Brandon and Glen and David and a few others and had pizza and I picked them up later...

Elizabeth and Anthony stopped by Grams and it was so great to see them!! Elizabeth looks so beautiful pregnant and it was fun to get some pregnant pics together!!!!!

*** I will update with more photos after I get them ordered from Snapfish from Jens acct..

Of course this is the week our camera decided not to cooperate!!***

Start of California Trip.....

Okay... Okay.... I know , I know. I have not blogged in TOO LONG. So I will catch up to date....
alot has happened! I will do this in segments... this is segment 1!!

Well we took vacation to go to San Luis Obispo CA to meet Alex and see all the family and for Buckys 20th class reunion and my baby shower!

We got in on Tues am.. July 14th- went out to McClintocks (YUM our favorite) for breakfast with my Mom.. it was great to see her! Then we fooled around went to Motherhood Maternity where Mom got me a couple outfits which was so cool, I needed some new stuff! We got Tanners haircut at Rays Barber shop which is where Bucky used to always get his done- great haircut and just fooled around before waiting for Grams dialysis to get done. We go to Santa Maria and she isnt home yet.. which is odd. I call and no answer on cell or home... went down to dialysis where they reluctantly gave me out the info that she was in the hospital! No one knew she went in that morning. She really gave us a scare- they released her the next day but she wasnt doing well at all- it was hard she had no strength in her legs to get around so it took alot of help( especially on Bucks part) to get her around and into bed- etc etc.. I wont go into all the details here. I am just glad now she is starting to feel better.. and has some health care at home- Jen helped when she came on Thurs and Dad flew in Friday to help. I am just glad we were able to help her and happened to be down to do so.. she did miss the shower which is really sad.. but I am glad for the time spent with her.