Please be Patient!

I have to say this now, because I am looking at my schedule and I need you all to know that I am working on the thank you notes!

If you all remember last year for our wedding thank you's we ....ehem.....misplaced our list of who to thank in the garbage! But that is not the case this time. I am slowly but surely plowing through them and I just have a lot to be thankful for!

So please bear wih me as I try and get these finished here shortly. I have a very busy schedule and a lot of people to thank.

Another Silly Update....

19 days left of work (in the traditional sense of the word)

39 Days until Noah is due (I must have passed the 50 day mark when I wasn’t looking)

7 More Paychecks

5 more Saturdays to (hopefully) sleep in

1 last Aunty Talitha visit

By the by….where is Aunty Talitha lately? Clinicals and a boyfriend sure do take all her time….I haven’t heard from her on this blog since she started both....

Hmmmm is it more the clinicals or the boyfriend...I'm taking a pole.

First Ferrell Family Photos!!!!

All I have to say is that Rosie Siebenthal is amazing! If anyone is interested, her blog is http://www.sdgphotography.blogspot.com/ But here is our first family photos. They are soooooo cute!!!!!










This one is really funny, Jordan is doing his "Fine! I'll SMILE" face at my prompting him to smile better. He did! I love this one. It makes me laugh every time I see it.

Puffy McPufferson

So I went to the doctor’s office this week for a normal check up. I had concerns about how many braxton hicks contraction I am having and that my feet are so puffy.

The doctor told me that I have to keep my feet up while I am at work because my swelling is not normal. Also coupled with the fact that my blood pressure isn’t the best. So she threatened me with bed rest if I didn’t comply.

I wish my camera did break because I could show you how sad my feet are. I push in at the ankle and the indent stays for about 2 minutes. It’s gross but funny at the same time. Apparently I am the only one that thinks it’s funny though. Moriah and Jordan were grossed out by it. Granted the indents were like a half inch deep into my skin…I can’t say I blame them.

Also, the doctor was kind enough to mention that Noah is…huge. She felt his little leg and head and everything and thought it was funny. She hadn’t had a pregnant woman in a while that she could feel that much kid through the stomach. So we had fun poking him about.

The braxton hicks I am having are a lot for a pregnant woman too. But she mentioned that if I go into labor, they won’t try and stop me. Which is a good thing considering she mentioned his head is firmly planted down, I am having a lot of contractions and am 35 weeks.

So hopefully Noah will just come home early. I keep finding myself praying that I have high blood pressure like Lori Alexander and they have to induce me early. It’s a sad thing I know, but this kid is already probably about 6 to 7 pounds, and I have 5 weeks left!

Plus he seems to be ready. He is really active, very strong, and beautifully knit together. I just want to see him and kiss his little face. Noah, we’re ready when you are kid.

I’ll keep you all updated as to my progress, but just know from here on out, I can go at anytime and we’re all ready for it. The doctors also checked out my heart thing and nothing can be done about it all still. It is abnormal, but it’s not affecting anything so they’ll monitor it for a while.

All in all, a pretty good last couple of weeks.

God still amazes me...

We had our third ultrasound yesterday. It was one of those 3-D ultrasounds too! Noah was not very cooperative though. He liked to have his face smashed in my hip bone…but we got him!

We started out with the normal ultrasound. The technician measured him and got his little head and body. She showed us what his feet looked like now. He is such a cubby munchkin compared to last ultrasound! His third toe looked a little longer than his second toe, like mine! And he was breathing! It was amazing!

Then she zoomed into his face, he was frowning, then smiling, then numbing on his hands and feet. He then took his umbilical cord and started chewing on that too. He grabbed his feet and played with them, and shoved his finger in his nose.

He was so active. Jordan started to talk to Noah and Noah started to mouth back and move around at his Papa’s voice. She showed us his eyes, and tongue sticking out.

Then came the best part, the 3-D version of what we were seeing! He has the sweetest face ever! And cute pouty lips, my lips! Jordan’s nose. He opened his mouth and pretended like he was eating. I can’t say enough how much God has exceeded our expectations with Noah. He is beautiful!

I had the technician also double check his….downstairs area. With all the baby showers and needing to get prepared, we wanted to make certain he was a boy before we took the tags off anything…..YUP! DEFINITELY A BOY! AND WHAT A BOY! The technician said with all his measurements he is measuring a week older than we thought originally. She didn’t change my due date though, but if he comes early, we won’t be surprised. Jordan totally called it too. He might even have a betting pole going as to Noah’s birthday if anyone is interested.

Anyway, it was the best time I have had at the doctor’s office. Jordan was there holding my hand and I, of course, was crying. He is so beautiful and I can’t imagine how much more I could love this little guy. Jordan has given me the best gift ever. I could not ask for more. I have totally fallen in love…with my son.

So, without further ado….here’s Noah Riley Ferrell.

Silly Update

Just a little silly update, we have:

8 more Fridays for date nights
8 more Saturdays to sleep in
8 more Sundays to go to church

Because, in 57 days Noah is supposed to come into our lives and change it forever.

Results...

My echo came back normal, but I do have a heart murmur. They are still waiting on the results of my Holter Monitor to see why my heart is beating irregularly.

The doctor is not concerned as of right now though. He said a lot of women who didn’t know they had a heart murmur or arrhythmia find out during pregnancy from the extra stress on their hearts. Nothing too serious though. We’ll have to wait until next week to get the last of the results back.

But Noah is safe and sound thus far and I did have an episode on the monitor so it will be reviewed by the cardiologist.

The only reason they were really concerned was one episode lasted for an hour and a half. At hat point it’s not good to have that many irregular heart beats. But, like I said, we’ll know more next week. Till then we are anxiously waiting Thursday when we go for our 3-d Ultrasound to see Noah.

I can’t wait, maybe we’ll be nice and let you all see him too….or maybe you’ll have to wait until he’s here to catch a glimpse of him!

Eco, Lines, and Holters

I went to the doctor and spoke with my “high risk” physician. I explained my symptoms and what happens when I feel these weird heart flutters. I also tracked my pulse and wrote down all occurrences that this has happened in the last few days. He listened intently and asked if I ever have had these sensations before. I told him a few times in my life I have but not anything significant. Not like lately.

Well, its not blood pressure. It’s either an arrhythmia or a weird valve thing. The valve thing is of no consequence. Women with that typicaly deliver normal babies. Plus he said he doesn’t think that’s what it is because I have never been diagnosed before. Arrhythmia can be nothing as well, providing Noah is still getting all the oxygen and nutrients he needs.

So Thursday I am off to Delnor for an echocardiogram and a holter event monitor. The holter even monitor will be hooked up to me for at least 24 hours for observing these weird heart flutters. From these tests the doctors will examine what’s going on and see what the next step, if any, should be.

On a different note, I am getting a line down my belly! I thought ethnic women usually get these things! I guess it’s better than stretch marks, but equally as gross.

Anyway, Noah is still fine and I am fine. We are just now waiting until Thursday to see what’s going on.