Better late than never

Hi folks... remember me?  That preggo with the cute daughter?  Yeah I'm back.  It's been too long.  I know I complained  explained in my last blog post that June's very busy for both my husband and I.  Well we're now approaching the end of July so what's my excuse?  A lot has happened.  And frankly, I have technically had the time to write an entry or two over the last month and a half, I just haven't had the desire or inspiration for what to write.  Which is strange for me because so much has happened that I have plenty to write about. 
So now I have the task of getting you caught up to speed without making this post ridiculously long.
Where to begin, where to begin?  Well June is over (thankfully) and July has been a bit slower for my husband's work so I've been able to see him most Sundays which is good.  We've done a couple quick day trips to kiddie parks and things like that, so while we're not able to take a vacation, we've been making more of an effort to use the time we have to make good memories.  Especially with the new baby on the way, I know my time with just the 3 of us is limited.  It's also caused me to take lots more pictures.  That and my husband got me a nicer camera for my birthday so I can actually take decent pictures instead of using my crappy point and shoot with the broken zoom. 
Oh yeah and then there was the big ultrasound.  We went in last week to find out what we were having.  Oh and check on the baby and all that stuff.  I forget that's why the Doctor's want to do that ultrasound, not to tell me if we're on team pink or blue.  It took forever this time.  I don't remember it being that way with Farrah.  Last time she pretty much asked us right away if we wanted to know the sex and then told us it was a girl within 5 minutes of me laying on the table.  This time 45 agonizing minutes went by as she measured and typed, and measured and typed, without saying much at all.  I was actually a little nervous.  She was having a hard time getting a good picture of the heart, but after having me get up and go pee she was able to get a good shot.  After all that she asked us if we wanted to know and we practically screamed "YES!" and she said "Ok well let me see...."  All that and you still hadn't gotten a look at the goods?  Turns out baby's legs were crossed and tucked in.  Not exactly easy to figure this out.  She had me turn several times and finally she was able to get one shot and said "Looks like it's a boy!"  I'm still not 100% so I'm going to do a 3D ultrasound to find out for sure since it was only 1 shot that she was able to get and this mama needs to know for sure but it did make me smile to think I may have a son on the way. 
Other big news from the ultrasound.  Turns out I have placenta previa.  A condition in which the placenta implants low and mine happens to be completely covering the cervix.  After hearing from my Dr. about it and reading online here's what it means.  I have to be extremely careful for the remainder of the pregnancy and if it doesn't move back up on it's own, I will have to have a C-section.  No heavy lifting, no exercising, no nookie (my poor husband), and just all around take it easy.  No heavy lifting?  Ummmm I have a toddler.... who's heavy.  So I'm learning to rely on other people's help, especially my wonderful husband.  I can't have this baby come early and I don't want to end up on bedrest because then I'll really be unable to contribute so I'm taking the Dr.'s advice and taking it easy. 

I'm supposed to be heading to Dallas in a week for my annual Mary Kay seminar.  I'm waiting to hear from the Dr. if I can still fly.  If not I don't know what I'll do.  I would hate to miss this event!  But obviously not willing to risk my health or the health of the baby.  We'll see! 

That's all I have to update you on for now.  More to come I'm sure!  And I'll try not to go another month and a half before posting again!