33 wks and 5 days & a weekend update

**NEW Update** I just spoke w/ the phone nurse at the dr's office and my dr isn't in today :(. She had to speak w/ another dr... which I like them all, but I think you're always just more comfortable w/ your own dr. I'm supposed to go home and rest until my appt. tomorrow and keep that appt. I'm already scheduled for blood work for this stuff anyway so we'll see how that goes!!! Thank you all for your prayers!

**Update** Well, like this post says, I don't want to complain, and I don't! But I do need to ask for your prayers. I knew my face swelling was just so weird... I thought I better have our county health nurse check my BP today b/c I feel kind of tingly and stuff... she just checked it and it was 140/90. That's high and SUPER high for me. Mine is normally like 104/78.... or somewhere around there. Sooo if you, say a prayer for me. I tried calling the dr's office, but they are out to lunch. Since I'm going down tomorrow for an appt. I doubt she'll have me come in today, but Amy (co. health nurse) thought I should go ahead and call her and make sure and just let her know. They will be back in at the dr's office at around 1, which is 2 our time so I'll update when/if I know anything. Hopefully, I'm just stressed or something... but I don't feel stressed.

Well, here is a belly picture... you'll have to excuse the swollen face... I'm retaining water like crazy & i had a crazy tooth ache that made my face swell even more on one side lol. Luckily, the tooth ache is gone and that brings me to- I want to apologize for being such a whiner lately! I think B would call me a "baby whiner" lol... I really am so grateful to be pregnant and realize that last year at this time my heart was breaking b/c I wasn't. I get so caught up in being miserable & tired & grouchy and I don't want to say that I forget how blessed I am, BUT I do tend to overlook it I guess. I realize that in a few or a little more weeks it will all be over and I'll have a precious bundle of a joy and I won't even remember all this little stuff making me miserable. I also realize it could be so much worse! I don't want anyone to think I'm unappreciative of the gift God has given me, b/c I'm so not. I thank him daily, more than once for this precious baby that we tried so hard for! This is just a place that I feel comfortable venting & whining, but I definitely don't want that to be the overall feeling people get when they come read what's going on w/ our family! So- thanks for listening and I'll try to keep it more upbeat from now on :).
Here I am at 33 wks and 5 days.

We had a pretty good weekend. Friday I came home early due to not feeling well. I was up by the evening and feeling quite a bit better, thankfully! We just hung out at home and chilled :) Ryan isn't used to me being so anti-social and I think he was bored, but he is being a trooper! He made us hot ham and cheese sandwiches for supper, YUM! I was so thankful he made supper for us! Him and B played some trucking game on the X-Box most of the evening while I sat and laughed at them!

Saturday morning I got up and came into work to catch up on the stuff I missed the week before... wasn't too much really and I actually got some boring jobs done that I tend to put off a lot... like shredding papers... eww! I am really really glad to have that done! I am all caught up on my back log right now and that is just so exciting to me! We are normally months behind on cases and I knew I wanted to get it all caught up before leaving on maternity leave! I have accomplished that and now I just need to stay caught up on day to day stuff which is so much easier to do when you don't have all that other stuff holding you back! After I was done working my mom, B, and I headed to Vincennes and ate at Buffalo Wild Wings for a late lunch (I had the best chicken ranch wrap ever!!) and to Wal-Mart and to do a little shopping at Kohl's! I was worn out by the time I got home, but it was a fun little trip! Saturday night we didn't do anything again... I KNOW Ryan was going stir crazy, but I just couldn't motivate myself to want to leave or even have people over! We went to bed pretty early and I was glad about that!

Yesterday we were up and off to church. After church we had to run by Wal-Mart for a few things and then home we went. I took a nap with B again which was great- I slept for 2 hours, which I regretted last night at bedtime, but hey it made me feel good during the day! :). I got up and made a stromboli (yes, it's one of my favorite things to make!) to take to our family friends, The Doerner's for our little Superbowl get together. It was just them and my parents and us, so a relaxed evening, no big deal and only 5 min. from our house so it wasn't super late when we got home! Brycen got asked to be the ring bearer in the wedding of Jeremy & Megan coming up on May 2nd. He is going to pull little Lilyan down the aisle in a wagon! That will be so cute! This will be his 3rd wedding so he's going to be a pro at it :).

I think that's about all I have to update on for now... Tomorrow afternoon I have my 34 week check up at the dr's. They are doing another CBC to make sure my platelets are staying at a normal level so lets hope they are! I always look forward to hearing his little heartbeat, although he is so active, he lets me know he is doing just fine!