31 weeks

I'm seeing my Ob/gyn every three weeks now so I saw her today....

It was extremely hard for me to get up this morning for my 9:15am appt, but I got up, showered and headed over to the doctor's office with Mikey.

Got there and waited for my doctor to come see me....No one wants to hear "I have bad news" from their doctor but those were the first words out of her mouth as she walked into the room.

I had some blood drawn 3 weeks ago so I knew it was going to be about that....

Well, my iron level is very low. I'm a little under a 9 and 12 and up is considered normal according to her.

I expected to be be anemic because I was with Lilly, but I wasn't as tired as I am now.

The other this is my glucose test came back a little high so I have to do it again, this time it's the 4hr one, which I'm not looking forward to. The doctor said she is pretty sure I'll test negative this time, but this pregnancy has been full of surprises so who knows.

Hopefully it will come back negative so I don't have to worry about that and the anemia.

I didn't take the news too badly, I mean all that matters is the baby is healthy and my anemia is not hurting him, that's the first thing I was concerned about when she told me.

I'm going to start taking some iron pills to build my level back up. She said if I start now taking the pills now, my levels will be good at the time of delivery.

Nine more weeks to go....can't wait to hold my baby boy!

Three Day Weekend

It was a very long week at work, but it was great to have 3 days off because of President's day today. I have to say we made the most of our weekend.

We went to Murrieta on Saturday to my Aunt and Uncle's house and we all went to Valley View Casino to enjoy FREE LOBSTER BUFFET!!! we signed up for the players club just to get the free buffet. The only down side is the cigarette SMOKE!!!! I wished the buffet hall was located in the non smoking section, but I survived thanks to my DR. PEPPER chap stick.

My cousin Hayden

For Valentine's Day, Michael and I went to eat at Tom Ham's Lighthouse. This is our third Valentine's there and I must say this was the best one yet. We always do the Valentine's special. This year it Mikey ordered seared ahi for the started, I had the soup sampler which included lobster bisque and clam chowder. For our entree I had 1 1/2 lbs of king crab with potatoes and corn fritters, I only ate one crab claw. Mikey enjoyed lobster tail and ribeye with potatoes and artichokes. It was delicious. For dessert, I had fresh strawberries with chocolate dip and my love enjoyed a very decadent chocolate dessert. HE LOVES CHOCOLATE! I can't begin to express how much I LOVE, LOVE my HUSBAND. He really is the best thing that ever happened to me...so much I have now is because of him!

Lilly took our picture when we got home =0)

Our other Valentine

So to enjoy my last day off before I head back to work we took a trip to Julian today with Melissa and Corey. The drive was beautiful because the day was just perfect. Once we got there we ate at Bailey's BBQ. The food was great! We then walked around and stopped at The Candy Basket where Mikey splurged on salt water taffy and other candies. We wanted to have pie at MOM'S BAKERY but the line was out the door so we got back on the road and visited the one we saw on the way to Julian. Same place, different location, smaller crowd. My bumbleberry pie with the vanilla ice cream was DELICIOUS!!! yum yum!!!

I love this picture that Corey took...

Brotherly love

The Girls


Our Little Family

It was the perfect ending to a perfect weekend!!!

Looking back.....

It's been so long I forget how little babies are....and our cousin Erika just had her beautiful baby girl. I love holding her, she is the sweetest little baby ever!

I went back and found most of Lilly's baby pictures and I still can't believe she used to be so small...I wonder if our son is going to look like her...because in some of these pictures she could have been mistaken for a baby boy...haha

October 9, 2004

Lillyanne Marie: 7lbs 4oz 19 3/4 inches long

Wrapped up a few hours after birth

Looks just liker her daddy from day 1

She had really bad jaundice so she had photo therapy sessions.

She had and still has very dark eyes...and loved being on daddy's lap.

She loved that binky!

favorite sleeping position...

Our FAMILY then...

growing CLOSER and STRONGER now...

A few months later, Lilly grew to be a chubby little drooling machine...

She looks the exact same way now when she sleeps...







Those CHEEKS!



3 months old




































All these years and I've probably gone through these pictures maybe 3 times...and I actually found these on my old blog site.

I love looking back but I'm also looking forward to these next few months...

I feel very BLESSED to have my FAMILY. I believe they keep me going!

I love you all!