A 4 Month old 17lb boy

Grayson had has 4 month appointment on Wednesday. He was a very brave boy getting his needles and barley made a fuss at all. His weight this time was 17lbs! Hes growing so quickly! He also has a few bumps along his gums is donig some major chewing and drooling too, looks like teeth might be in our near future!

This past week Grayson got to welcome an adorable baby boy, he even bought him a stuffed teddy! It was so akward holding such a small (or so it seemed to me) baby after being used to holding Grayson! hes 11 lbs heavier!

He can now roll from front to back and vice verse, although he likes to spend is time in his bouncy chair, exosaucer (which I swore I would never use) or being held. He also likes to watch cartoons ( I also swore I would not let my child watch tv). Its funny how things change!

Welcome baby Grayson!!!

On March 27th at 3:47 am baby Grayson made his debut appearance. after 35 hours of labour we are very happy to now have our little man here. The labour went well although it was much longer then I would have expected starting with my water breaking at 5:15 on Wednesday March 25th and ending withthe arrival of Grayson Quinn Robert Heighton on March 27th at 3:47 am. Both Daddy and cousin and close friend Becki were there to greet him when he arrived. It was an awesome experience and we are so happy to now be home with our little guy! its hard to believe he is 1 week old already!

40 weeks!

Its offical I am 40 weeks pregnant today!!! and its also the first day of Spring... now just waiting on baby to make his appearance! if he dose not arrive before Monday then I have an ultrasound and some monitoring to make sure fluuid levels etc are all good and from there an induction date will be arranged.. on the plus side no more visits to the dr office as a pregnant person!!!

Ho w to lose 40 lbs instantly

Yes you read right... how to lose 40lbs instantly... well the answer to that is submurge yourself in a pool!!! the only downfall is when you come out you feel like you gained back 80lbs.... I spent the better part of an hour in the pool sitting on a pool noodle and jsut relaxing and moving around it felt like heaven however i don't float so well.... guess there must still be some type of center of gravity effect that happens in the pool... i don't have much of a science brain but i just know i normally float really well but not so much today! It was fun to be in the pool and have some company too hopefully baby boy will be as good in the pool as his little cousins where!!

This and That

8 more days till our estimated due date...will baby be early, on time or late... your guess is as good as mine... will just have to wait and see i guess.... either way it shouldn't be to much longer. I have offically been off work since March 6th now... getting kinda boared around the house.... going swimming today!! looking forward to that althrough being this pregnant isn't so appealing in swim wear... thankfully its an adult/tot swim so they will understand...



Babys room is all together now just about heres my most recent addition its a change table my dad built for me... my requested shower gift! and I love it even through he had his doubts if i would, but i think its perfect!

We are also looking at a new apartment hopefully next week a 3 bdrm which will ne needed for wheni retun to work in 51 weeks... its a realyl good price plus its the same people we rent from now who we like they allow pets and its ina kid friendly area, i am sure moving with a new born will not be so much fun but thankfully the new place is literally in my current back yard so we don't have far to go, hopefully we will find out more soon!

First Offical Day Of Mat Leave

To day was my first offical day of maternity leave. I spent the morning cleaning out baby boys room. All my work stuff has been returned and the desk found its way to the dumpster... the boarder has been taped to the wall.... thank goodness for double sided tape other wise the boarder would have spent more time on the floor then on the wall. I also had my 38 week appt today with a new Dr. shes just a general family dr but comes in to the office to assit some days. everything was fine blood pressue was good and my group b swab came back negative!!! that means no routine IV for me which the ob seemed convinced that everyone needs to have an IV the minute they go in to the door.... so now its jsut a matter of waiting for baby boy to come and doing a few thigns aroudn the house including relaxing!!

36 week 5 day Doctor appointment

Today I had my 36 week 5 day doctors appt... all went well for the most part. I got to see my regular doctor again and had my lovely swab done. she didn't seemed concerned about the growth scan reuslts and really barley mentioned it other then to ask me what the other dr had said and that was it. I did ask her about the IV medications that are given if the swab came back postive and unfortunatley she one of those dr who seems to think that an IV should be put in when you enter the hospital as she mentioend there were many things it was needed for to keep hydrated during labour to admisinter necessary medicens and to help expel the plencta after baby was born helping the uters contract as it needs to do this. I did advise her that i did not plan on having a IV unless there was a clear medical need for it. She had some objections saying how it was necessary and sometimes an emergecny situation would arise in which it was definatley needed... this dosen't make me feel like i need it at all, should some reason arise that i need it my expectaion would be that the nurse who was putting the IV in should be well versed in doing so and able to do so quickly and efficently. She asked me to really think about it and she recommended it but she did also say that it was my decision and they would respect what I decieded. That part was nice to hear as I have already made up my mind that i will not accept an IV unless it is needed. I do not wish to be tired to an IV during my labour and plan on moving freely with out IV restrants as well as eating and drinking as i like throughout my labour. So now I just have to wait to get the results back form from swab... heres hoping that they are negative... my next appt will be next friday, I was a bit dissapoinmted as none of the OBs are going to be doing my appt but rather a person I have never ment who is a family dr that comes in to the clinic there on Friday. So we shall see how that goes... weekly appts from here on out...

Doctors Appointment and Growth Scan

Well heres the story.....according to the nurses i measured 37 weeks 5 days but i am 35 weeks 3 days. They hooked my up to the fetal monitor and monitered babys heart rate, movement and for any contractions, everything there was fine there... they even gave me a hlaf lime popsicle... brings back memories of being in the hospital from garde one.... then i got to see Dr. Clag... can't say he's what i was expecting i throught he would be older and more grey..... lol but anways he said that according to the measurements babys head and femer measured at 35 weeks 5 days and his belly measured at 37 weeks 3 days. oh and the other thing he said was that baby weighed 6lbs and 5 ozs according to the ultrasound again this may or may not be true as these tests tend to be off anways... my next appt isn't till next week with my OB so we will see if she has any comments to add at that time.

Food Color Fun!

So I seem to have taken a liking to dyeing wool it never seems to come out the way i intended it to but I like it just the same... here are some of my most recent dye jobs! Right now i only have 4 pots of colors to work with .... 2 different blues a green and a burgandy... i need to add some yellow as i ran out and also need to get someother colors for more variety too... so heres the last 4 skiens i did...

5 Weeks Left

OMG.... where has the time gone.... not to much longer and we will be welcoming our little one in to the world.. A few things have happened since my last/first post here... I had a Baby shower on Sunday that was nice i got to see some people I haven't seen in a little while and got lots of great gifts too. My cloth diaper stash is now well under way I have to order a few more things but have been procrastinating on that a litte, thankfully the place I will be ordering from is also in NS so it will not take long for them to arrive once the order is placed.

I am schduled to go for a growth scan on Monday which I guess also includes some monitering.. its going to be a long afternoon at the hospital, but it will be nice to see baby boy again. I am not putting to much stock in the measurements that they give me during the growth scan as they tend to be inaccurate anyways... seems like theres some test crazy Dr. around here... I had the same feelings about the 1 hour glucose tolerance test however i did it and as i suspected got a false positive that ended up in having to do the two hour test which came back prefectly fine... so we will see how things go and I shall update later!

Well here i go... I figured I would jump in to the wonderful world of blogging...not sure how much i will get to spend keeping things updated ehre but i figured it was a ncie place to update and share things... so here we go!