What's been going on...

Daniel, Landon, and me on his birthday.

Our silly little girl in the drivers seat!!!!
Fixed and ready at last!

I haven't updated in a few days so I wanted to fill my readers in on what's been going on.
Daniel's birthday was on Wednesday and turned 26. He keeps telling me that he's old now....what a funny husband of mine! We mainly just relaxed on his birthday and then met up with his dad for dinner. I didn't make Daniel a birthday cake, so when we got home I made him a birthday ice-cream cone and that seemed to be perfectly fine with him.
The next day one of Daniel's good friends took him to the FBR Open as a birthday present. Daniel loves golf so of course he woke up extra early, like a kid on Christmas that just can't wait for the excitement. Since he woke up, I woke up, and then our sweet Zoe (our dog). She is just too funny and cute. She comes out of her kennel and gets a big stretch for all of her legs and makes sure to see her daddy before her day starts. Anyways, since we were up extra early I fed myself and Landon some cereal and Daniel decided he wanted to get breakfast at a fast food restraunt from down the street. Zoe must think she is a human like one of us because she LOVES sitting in the passenger seat and going for a ride in the car. I had suggested that Daniel take her in the car with him when they went to go get his food. Well, she instantly jumped in the car and must have decided that she was going to be the driver this time. Umm...yeah..not going to work so after I got a couple of pictures she moved over to the passenger seat and got her fun ride in the new car.
Yesterday, Daniel and I went out and about to a few places and when we got home I decided it was time to get Landon's carseat ready. My sister was very nice to let us borrow her carseat that the boys have grown out of but I still needed to clean it up a little bit. Daniel and I went in and started taking the seat belts out so I could wash the apholstry...this ended up being a little bit of a problem later because we didn't know how to put them back once everything was washed and cleaned. We did the best that we could, but we both knew that it just didnt seem right. We couldn't figure out how to get more slack in the seat belt for his arms and legs. I said to him "if we were to put him in this right now he would start screaming, this is just too tight". So Daniel went online and looked up the carseat to figure out how to fix the seat belt of the carseat and by the time I got out of the shower it was fixed! I could tell that he was so proud of himself and I was so happy that the carseat was fixed, cleaned, and pretty much just like new. It will be so fun to finally see our little guy in it when we bring him home from the hospital.
So, there's a little taste of what has been going on lately. I hope you like the pictures.

The things kids say

My nephew (the one in the picture from my wedding day-to the right of the page) says some of the cutest and funniest things. I was babysitting him today and he asked "Aunt Evy, has your baby been born yet?" I said to him "no, he's still waiting". He then asked me "what does your baby eat?" I said "he eats the same thing that I eat....I have a tube inside my tummy that whatever I eat it goes directly into his stomach from that tube." So, I said "today he had a roast beef sandwich for lunch today". He then replied "that's what babies should eat!"
Later on today when I was getting out snacks for us to eat he said to me " I have a frog in my tummy, I need to feed him" He eats everything I eat in my tummy. It was pretty cute and funny at the same time. He was obviously paying attention to me when I was telling him how Landon eats while living in my belly.

It might seem...

It might seem like I keep writing on here saying that Landon seems to be getting bigger, so I'm sorry if it's starting to get old but it will be really interesting to see just how much he weighs. When I saw the Doctor last week he told me that maybe they will do another ultrasound on me to see how big he really is.
At any rate, I really feel it once the night hits. I'm not exactly sure why his weight gets to me once it is dark outside but the waddling penguin Evy comes out. Once I can finally somehow get myself to the edge of the couch and lift myself off I waddle around and the weight and pain kind of gets to me. I am doubting that Landon will make it to 40 weeks because sometimes my pelvic bones feel like they are already loosening. I have no idea if Im starting the 10 centimeter count yet because I haven't had that check up.
I know I am running out of time and need the insurance thing to pan out, but at the same time Daniel and I cannot wait to see our precious little Landon. It may seem weird, but whenever I get coupons for huggie diapers and can get them on sale I just love going out and buying them. Call me crazy, but it's like I am becoming even better prepared for his arrival. Daniel and I were watching tv the other night and he saw a commercial of these two dad's holding babies in their baby carriers as they are watching football on the couch. He said to me "that's going to be me." He was mentioning something about the baby carrier and I was like "I have one of those!" He then was all excited that we already have the carrier like the guy in the commercial and I went to get it out of Landon's room. I came out with my Baby Bjorn carrier that I had bought months back from a lady on craigslist and Daniel tried it on and just loved it! Daniel mentioned to me just a couple weeks ago how he had a dream of Landon learning how to talk and told me that in his dream Landon looked at him and said in a little voice "Hi Daddy!" It was so cute. As the weeks go on he is getting more and more excited to see his little boy.
Seeing Landon's picture the other night, from his ultrasound at 18 weeks made me fall in love all over again. I just looked at that picture of him sucking his thumb thinking how cute he is and how much he looks like a mix of both of us, at only 18 weeks! Though I know it will be a very overwhelming experience in the beginning being a mom is going to be something I will just love.

I must've swallowed a golf ball!

So, this would be my little mover. You may or may not be able to see him move since I had the light on and it is kind of reflecting off my belly, but try watching the left side of my belly when the video is at about 24 seconds.

Lately I have had a good opportunity to feel where Landon's feet are. His little feet are getting big enough that I will suddenly feel a bump pushing up to the surface of my belly. It feels as if I have swallowed a golf ball and it's floating around in my belly. If I touch his foot he will move it somewhere else quickly. One day Daniel and I were laying on the couch watching a movie and since I was laying on my side Landon turned my belly into the weirdest looking thing my belly has ever been. I had to get Daniel's attention from the movie because I had to have him see what his son was doing to me. Landon must have been stretching really big because his foot would rise to the surface and make this lump in the side of my belly...then he would move it away. Then he would do it again...and again. It is so fun for me to watch, but sometimes it feels kind of funny. I start laughing sometimes when he moves. I don't know if he is trying to tickle his mommy or what?

I gotta stop kicking my butt

This passed Saturday I really wanted to work on the front yard. We have rocks in our front yard which is nice, in a way, because Daniel doesn't have to cut grass every week. The downside is that some grass and weeds grow through parts of the rock. I worked really hard, months ago, getting a lot of the weeds up so the yard would look really nice, but after getting rain and time going by they seem to be growing back. This was disappointing after all the time and effort I spend working on it :(.
Anyway, Daniel and I both worked on the yard on Saturday and it looks better, but I couldnt get over the baby weeds, so I spent probably 1-2 hours trying to pull them up. Let me tell you, it wasn't really worth it because I didn't get all of the weeds and I kicked my butt doing it. With all of Landon's weight, bending and squatting really does me in.
The next day (Sunday) was the day I had my episode with the paramedics. I was thinking how it must of looked like I was somewhat going through a seizure with me sitting in that rocking chair, tossing my head from side to side wanting to come out of the state my body was going through.
Well, I guess Saturday and Sunday wasn't enough for me. Yesterday I wanted to continue on in my nesting stage because I keep thinking that soon I won't be able to do this anymore. In wanting to get things done, I over did it again! I worked for about 4 hours trying to get the floors of the house done. I vacuumed, mopped, took a rag to Daniel and my bathroom floor, cleaned our toilet, took out the trash in both bathrooms and somehow managed to make dinner. My body must have been going "YOU WILL PAY!" because last night I had to have Daniel massage my legs and feet. It was a temporary fix because I was miserable later while trying to go to sleep.
So, those of you that are reading this...I think I have learned my lesson. Things that have come across my mind while I have been pregnant: I don't know how some women are able to work until their baby arrives (to me...these women are super-women), I don't know how some women carry multiple babies (like the lady on TLC that carried 6!), and I am kind of thankful now that God spared me from having twins (when the possibility was there). I just don't think I would have done well carrying twins. With how my body has been during this pregnancy I have been pretty blessed, yet trying to work around the house and having my breathing problems, passing out and almost passing out, and the insurance problem- pregnancy has to be a reliance on God! Landon will most likely end up being an only child, yet we won't completely close the door on having another. I have been so blessed to be given a healthy little boy and if Landon is our only one I will be content and thankful for his life that I have the blessing to care for.

latest update...

Tuesday, Daniel and I went in and filled out and submitted to apply for Baby AZ but today I had to go back to the Doctor's office because the system had been down and they couldn't enroll us. So, today I went in and thankfully the system was up and running and I was able to be enrolled. We still have a bit of a wait to see if we get approved for it, but for now while I am waiting for the approval I am able to see the Doctor with the code that they gave me.
My preference was to see one of the female doctors in the office but as soon as I got done enrolling they told me that they could schedule me in with a male doctor for 11 am! That was awesome because at that point that they told me that it was only 10 am and I would only have to wait about 1 hour!!! I decided to take the appointment even though it was with a male doctor because I wanted Landon to get his check up since it has been over a month now since I've had an appointment for him.
In the past I had seen one male ob/gyn and the experience was not the greatest. He was kind of rude and I could hear him talking to one of the workers in the office about me right outside the door. Ever since then I prefer to see female ob/gyn doctors. To my surprise, today was a very pleasant experience and I wouldn't mind having the same doctor I had today when I go back next time. He was extremely nice and actually cared to hear Daniel and my current situation. He measured my belly and took the time to tell me how Landon is positioned right now. He said that it looks and feels like he is in the head down position, his back is in the right side of my belly and his feet are positioned in the left. This made sense to me because today I have been feeling kicks in the left side of my belly. He took Landon's heartbeat and once again...it was fast. He always has such a fast heartbeat, which Im not sure why...but today it was 141. So anyways, everything went well and now we just have to hope we get approved through AHCCCS. Please keep praying, if we don't get approved I have to pay for everything out of pocket.

A little reality check for me...

Thinking upon what happened to me yesterday while helping out in the nursery at church, I feel that having Landon in the hospital is the best option for me because for some reason my body just goes into kind of like a crazy shock at times like yesterday.
I was thinking about what happened, and even though I wrote about it yesterday, it's nuts to think that I was just kind of starring off while darkness was coming over my vision, holding this little girl, and my body just sweating. I was practically helpless because I didn't know what to do with this baby I was holding, and by no means was I going to drop her even though I was going through this.

So I am pleading with everyone that is reading this blog to please pray for Daniel and I tomorrow. AHCCCS will be my last chance for insurance...and without insurance I won't be able to go to the hospital without it costing a lot of money. I would have to get a midwife and take my chances and hope that nothing goes wrong. Daniel and I are going into the Doctor's office early tomorrow morning and applying for AHCCCS, from there we have a little bit of a wait (about 20 days) for it to process. Please keep us in your prayers!

My second run in with the paramedics....

Our Landon's room is, for the most part, completed! My husband did such a good job.


As some of you may know, I was able to get a small job helping out with the babies in the nursery at church. I was happy that this would give me a little bit of practice for when Landon comes, and started the job about 3 weeks ago. I only do this on Sunday mornings and last week we didn't have enough babies in the nursery so they didn't need me to help. So, today was only the second time of me helping out.
The day was going pretty well. I was one of 3 workers in my classroom and there were 4 baby girls in the room. I would guess they were all around 15 pounds or so. I am carrying quite a bit of weight already so sometimes that makes things a little harder. All of our babies were crying at some point so we just needed to try to get the one in our arms calmed down. One of the babies was sleeping in the crib and I was able to get the one in my arms settled and pretty much content when the baby in the crib started to wake up. I had been holding different babies for about 30 minutes so I knew my arms were going to need a rest soon. I set my content baby in a swing while I went to get the baby that was waking up out of the crib so she wouldn't go hysterical. I took her in my arms and went over to the rocking chair because I needed my break for my arms. I sat down and it was such a relief to have the weight relieved off of my arms, yet something worse was about to happen and I didn't even know it. I was looking down at the baby and she seemed pretty happy with me. We were just looking into each others eyes when all the sudden I felt it hit me. My whole body was starting to burn up so I asked the other workers if it felt hot in the room. One of the workers said "no, seems about right". I said "oh, I am like burning up and things are starting to get dark...I might end up passing out". They got up really fast and started getting wet paper towels and a wet rag on me. Someone called the paramedics, but what seemed to help was when they got the little girl I was holding off of my tummy. One of my co workers prayed over me right away and I felt better after a few minutes. I was already up and walking around when the paramedics showed up. They went through their routine and took my blood pressure and blood sugar. They also checked my eyes, but everything seemed to be fine with me. I refused going to the hospital because I felt fine and didn't feel like I needed to go. I know this routine by now and I know that if they took me to the hospital they wouldn't find anything wrong with me. With that aside, I want to avoid the hospital until we know we have some form of insurance.
All in all, Landon and I are doing fine. I think what happened today was caused by the extra weight of the baby girl on my little Landon. I was just trying to take on too much weight in one area of my body. Someone said that maybe Landon was jealous. Haha, that would be funny. He already wants his mommy to himself. He doesn't want to share me with other little babies. He is just too cute!

The latest.....

Our sweet growing boy!

Landon's shelf and coat rack that Daniel has been working on was completed and put on the wall today! :)
A look down into Landon's crib. This is his cute bedding!
Landon's swing was put into position in his room today!

We have made even more progress on Landon's nursery and soon it will be completely done. I love progress!

On Wednesday I was able to make a trip down to Tucson to visit the lady I used to live with when I was going to school down there. We had a nice visit and it was so great to see her again. I am not sure when I will be able to drive down there again so I'm glad that my visit with her wasn't rushed. It's really something when I stop and think that I used to make that drive every week! I could not do that anymore at this point of my life. It now takes an extra 30 minutes for the drive because of traffic and construction. I am very grateful that when I did make the drive that God truly had His hand upon me and my car.
Thursday was the day to call regarding AHCCCS. It looks like we will probably be able to get on that program which will help us so much if we do. It is still a little bit up in the air, but after talking to a lady through Baby AZ it seems like if we just follow the steps and submit what they ask of, we should get through. This is basically my last resort for insurance. I have not been able to find anyone that will insure me. Even insurance companies that insured me while I have been pregnant won't seem to help. So, this is going to be a blessing to be on AHCCCS because we really need to have insurance for the baby.
Things have been going pretty well lately. I have come to realize that when I stand up straight and look down I cannot see anything passed my belly button. Where have my feet gone? I think Landon is getting comfortable again and I haven't had much pain. I no longer have my leg freezes and that, in and of itself, has been wonderful! Sometimes I have some pinched nerve pains (I think when Landon is adjusting himself) but they only last for a few seconds and then go away. Our little boy is already a blessing and hasn't even come out of the womb yet! He has been such a good baby and I am thankful that God gave him to us.

Accomplishment

This is our funny American Bulldog. She just received some new pillows from mommy and Daddy. Daniel put a pillow on top of her and she was buried, except for her head...lol!
Landon was given his first baseball bats for Christmas. A Derek Jeter bat and an Alex Rodriguez bat! Daniel hand crafted his bat rack and did a great job on it!

Daniel spent quite a bit of time painting the letters of Landon's name in NY Yankee colors and put pinstripes on the navy blue letters. He loves his little boy so much and has already spent so much time making his room look cute.

Today was a day of accomplishment for both Daniel and me! I love days when I can get a lot accomplished on something that really needs to be done.
Daniel's office has been really messy for a long time. It has kind of become the storage room, which wasn't the best thing because the office is for Daniel and also for a guest room if someone comes to visit. Before today it was not suitable for a guest room because there was stuff everywhere! I had started to work on cleaning up the room a couple of weeks ago and made a little dent in the cleaning up, but then I started feeling bad so I had to stop. Since I was feeling pretty good today I decided it was time for me to work on the room a little more. I got some stuff organized and looking a lot better and Daniel helped with cleaning up and getting things hung up on the wall (because the walls were completely bare). We didn't completely finish the guest room but it felt really nice to get it to where it is now.
Another thing that is exciting is that Daniel has almost finished his "Landon project" for the nursery. I took pictures of how Landon's nursery's coming along. I used my old camera and had some difficulty, so you'll have to bare with me for now. I will post more when the nursery is complete.

Not sure what that was....

In the past I have written about a few different hard nights that I have had during my pregnancy. Last night was one of them! I can't complain too much because I know compared to the pain and sickness that some women have to go through I haven't had to go through too much of my own.
Yesterday I had a different kind of pain. It came and went throughout the afternoon and into the night...even while I was trying to sleep. I wasn't sure if maybe Landon was positioning himself in a different way which was causing this, but it may remain a mystery to me.
I was feeling pain throughout the top of my right leg and in my groin...but it was only on the right side of my body! What in the world? I think my son was also in breech position because on top of feeling the pain he created an extra pain for me by kicking his feet. I didn't know if this was the start of labor or not, but I just knew that it hurt and I wanted it to stop. Daniel came over to me and talked to Landon a little bit and the pain subsided for a little while. He asked me if I wanted him to take me to the hospital, but I didn't want to do that. Sometimes with the hospital they can't find anything wrong with you and they send you home having spent a nice chunk of money. With our insurance being up in the air I just have to stick through things.
So I again ask everyone that is reading this to pray for us. Landon is not ready to come out yet, even if he thinks he is.

30 weeks and nesting

So now that I am 30 weeks I will be progressing more and more in my "nesting" stage. I guess you could say my husband has even started nesting for Landon too! Its pretty cute because he is working on a few little projects for Landon's room that are going to make his nursery look so cute! I can't say what they are yet, because I want to take some pictures and post them on this blog after the nursery is complete.
This week is like an unspecial milestone for me. Landon is getting so big that I am starting to feel his movements on my bladder and toward my butt. I know...that is weird for me to say, but imagine how I feel...it's not the most comfortable thing for me. I am drinking water all throughout the night and having to go to the bathroom a lot more! I know when I see my sweet baby boy, all these pains and uncomfortable feelings will all be worth it.
I am starting to relax more about our insurance situation. I know that soon it will be the time I can really start cracking down and figuring things out, but for now there is no use of worrying when I can't do to much but wait til the 15th of January.
Our sweet American bulldog is so cute and funny to me. Lately it seems like she has been having some depressing moments so when I was over at my mom's house today my mom gave me some dog pills to help her mood. Well, they seem to have knocked her out cold. I didnt even give her the dosage that she could have had but they seem to be working. Im sure in the morning she will still prove to me her "mommy routine". Her mommy routine is this: when she wakes up she comes into the room and stands at my side of the bed, she wimpers a little bit (just in case Im not awake yet) and then she puts her paws up on the bed and makes sure I acknowlege her and pet her...but most of all she makes a point that I get out of bed!
Anyways, I have to wrap this up for now...I will post again soon. Goodnight.

Finally....some relief

As most of you know, Daniel and I are currently dealing with our insurance issue. I was able to contact a certified midwife and she gave me prices for having Landon at home. She had deadlines for her prices and the cheapest price she had she graciously extended the deadline for me, in case I decide to go that route. I have a little more hope that I wont have to go that route but I am pretty prepared in case I do.
When I emailed the midwife she told me that if I have him at home then I would need my medical records and lab records from my pregnancy thus far....so yesterday was definitely a full day! I started off by going to Starbucks with one of my friends that I hadn't seen since my wedding. We spent a lot of time talking about what has been going on and she announced to me that she is now pregnant too! Now, two of my friends are pregnant! How fun! This means both of my friend's babies will be the same age group to be in the same class for school when they are older! Landon's potential friend group is growing and growing and that is exciting.
Anyways, after stopping a couple of other places I headed over to my Doctor's office and picked up my medical records (so I will have them...just in case). While I was there I asked them if they take AHCCCS. They stated they take every form except for one! That was great...because that will probably be what we will be getting soon and it will be better if I don't change things up now.
I also recently found out that I might still be insured. Not exactly sure how, but we have to look that up and make sure we are covered, in some form, for the baby.
After I finished my tutoring session at my mom's school I dropped the little girl off and headed over to the grocery store. I have been thinking how it is interesting to see different peoples reaction to my big pregnant belly. Some just look at my belly then look up at me with no smile on their face. I wonder what those people are thinking when they do that because it is not a happy look...maybe they are just thinking "oh my gosh....she's pregnant?!" I just walk on. But yesterday at the grocery store a couple of the old people that saw me were so sweet. One elderly lady was coming around the corner of one of the aisles and stopped abruptly. With a smile on her face she was like "I dont want to hit that!" referring to my belly. I just said "it's alright" so she knew that I would wait for her while she turned the corner. Then while I was in the parking lot I was offered a shopping cart by an older man so I wouldnt have to carry all of my grocery bags by hand.
I finished off the night with my husband by relaxing and watching some new shows, eating peppermint ice cream and one of my new favorites-ICE!
Hope everything is going well for everyone reading this...and my little wiggle worm, Landon says hi!

Not Defeated...

I will not be defeated! We are more than conquerors with the Lord.

As the time approaches we are starting to run out of time. As I was getting ready for bed last night I started to worry. Since Daniel and I no longer have insurance, Satan wanted to attack me with worry. I was in the shower thinking....oh my gosh, I am 29 weeks pregnant...if Landon comes within the next few weeks he will be a preemie! Not only would we have to pay for the hospital out of pocket, but we would have to pay each day they would need to keep him in the hospital, which would in turn lead to dept. I have always hated debt. In my life whenever I owed someone money for something I would try to pay them back in a timely manner. If I said I would pay for something I would try to follow through in a timely manner. Like I said...I've always hated debt.
I told Daniel about what I had thought about and I held his hand and prayed with him right before I fell asleep.
After I woke up and started my day, this morning, I got on the phone and called a number for a maternity number for AHCCCS. AHCCCS has basically become my last resort for insurance. No one else seems to cover or be able to help regarding a woman that is already pregnant. I went from having 2 insurance plans covering me 3 months ago...to no one covering me now! So I called AHCCCS this morning and talked to someone that was able to kind of help me. I found out the amount of money you are limited to earning as a household per month. Since we dont qualify because of the month of December we have to wait 2-3 weeks....and then we will qualify.
Maybe we will be able to get AHCCCS. If not I will have to find a nurse midwife FAST!!! Since we have to wait on AHCCCS we wont have anything til Landon is about 32 weeks along in my pregnancy! I know,.....cutting it close!
I can feel that he is getting heavier as my belly gets tight and I am starting to hurt a little. Luckily I think I have a big enough torso for him because he seems to have room to move around still.
I know I keep asking but please pray for my little family! This is one of those times of uncertainty and I know I need to trust God to take care of this situation. We need your prayers more than ever right now.