Update on Eleanor

26 weeks and counting!! I had my glucose screening this week to check for gestational diabetes and since I haven't heard anything, I'm assuming we are just fine - nothing to be concerned about! I'm nearing the uncomfortable-all-the-time point, and I don't remember feeling this way with Cohen quite so early.

So far in this pregnancy, Eleanor has been "a bit on the small side," but as of Monday (at 26 weeks, 2 days), she's "ahead of the curve; a good size baby" - or at least that's what my OB tells us! She must have had a growth spurt!

Hmm...not much else to report...big brother Cohen is doing well. He's getting very excited to meet his baby sister and each day that passes, I see in him a little bit more of what makes us know that he is going to be a great big brother! He is so helpful and intrigued by the thought of having Eleanor home. The hospital I'll be delivering at has a Siblings Class that provides a look at the labor and delivery process through the eyes of a child - a perfect opportunity for Cohen to feel a little bit more prepared when the time comes for Eleanor to make her grand debut! We signed up to take the class August 3rd!

That's all for now, I suppose! Stay tuned for updates!




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Father's Day 2013

Cohen getting all ready to start fishing!

The first cast of the day - you see, it's always easier when Daddy casts and Cohen reels it in!

Now, we just have to wait!

But they didn't have to wait long...

...first cast comes up with the first fish of the day! Cohen caught a crappie!

Cohen wanted to pet it before his dad "set it free."

And it wasn't too long after that that Cohen caught the second fish of the day - a decent size catfish!

I love all the thumbs up!

Gettin a worm out for the next cast!

Helping Papa fish from his line!

Going out on the paddle-boat!

Coming back...it was starting to get hot!!

All tuckered out from such a fun day!

We had made plans to go fishing with Papa (my dad) over Memorial Day weekend, but it came a huge flood and rained for several days straight that weekend, so we had to postpone it to this weekend. That was okay, and kind of perfect, because it was Father's Day. We met Papa in Gonzales at Palmetto State Park and fished, played in the water, paddle-boated and picnicked for several hours and had a blast! Cohen was a lucky guy - he caught the first two fish - while his daddy only caught two more (that we didn't get to see because we had to take a bathroom break), and his Papa didn't catch any! Oh well, that's part of it! We sure did have fun, though, and can't wait to do it again!

3D Ultrasound of Miss Eleanor

Here she is, folks...refusing to let us see her!

There's a little bit of her face. She almost looks like she could be smiling a little bit in this one...

...however in this one, she looks like she's pouting.

There's that hand again up over her forehead (color version of this shot below...)

This one makes me giggle...she's covering her face and pointing which makes me think she's saying something along the lines of, "Go away. That way would be fine!"

Left hand on her head and right hand in front of her nose/mouth.

Left hand up over her forehead again.

 

Starting to fall asleep in this one, snuggling close to that arm again.

So, I've been having this recurring dream (or, nightmare, perhaps) that we bought all this pink stuff and went all out planning for a baby girl, only to get to my delivery date and give birth to another baby boy. (Not that there would be anything wrong with that, except for the fact that Eleanor's sweet Mimmy and her super-excited Momma have *almost* filled her closet with LOTS of adorable clothes! Yikes!) Anyhow, it's been quite unsettling for me, quite frankly. In order to ease my worries, I talked my very understanding husband into letting me get a 3D ultrasound with this pregnancy.

You see, we did one with Cohen - not sure if any of you remember the blog post with these types of shots of CK - but needless to say, we were rather unimpressed. He was hard to see, mostly because he was pressed up against my belly and placenta for most of the time, and so the whole thought of having a 3D ultrasound again left a rather bad taste in our mouths, and Will swore after the last one that we wouldn't be doing that again... My bad dreams got the best of me (and him, too, I suppose) so I scheduled this one for today. Thanks, honey!

Well, after doing this whole song and dance, yet again, we learned two things: 1. 3D ultrasounds aren't all they're cracked up to be, and 2. Eleanor is a sassy little thing - ALREADY!!! She didn't want to refused to move her arm(s) away from her head for very long. The sonographer had me flip and flop from right side to left side probably 20 times trying to get her to move. We poked and prodded my belly trying to coax her into moving, and all she did was cover her face more - and pout, and turn over and face my spine. Little stinker! Cohen did a lot of "awww"-ing, though, and he was pretty excited to see his baby sister, which makes my heart smile. I hope he's that excited when she finally makes her big debut. :)

Oh, and I promised Will today, should there be a Baby #3 in the Kent family, I will NOT ask to do a 3D ultrasound - no matter how many or how bad my dreams are...

Summer vacation to DFW!

When we arrived in Fort Worth on Sunday afternoon, we decided to go play Putt-Putt. Cohen had never been before and he got a hole-in-one on his first hole! Golf pro in the making, I'd say!

Sweet Daddy helping him "line it up!"

Cohen's first trip to the Fort Worth Zoo!

He really liked the gorillas. He kept waving at them hoping they'd wave back at him!

My boys!

Jaxson and Cohen checking out the saltwater crocodile. It was enormous!!

Mom (and Eleanor) and Cohen about to go into the MOLA!

A little standoffish, but very intrigued!

A thumbs up saying this is all pretty neat!

This photo is proof that my child is braver than I am! I can't believe he touched this snake!

"Mom, wook at this huge lizard!"

Not sure how we got a *guns up* in this one...

Taking a little lunch break!

I love this one. So sweet riding the merry-go-round!

With cousin Jaxson riding the train!

Random last photo from the zoo trip...Cohen thought it was so funny the turtle was riding the alligator!

Later on in the day after the zoo, we went swimming (which I have no pics of because it's hard to take pictures when you're wet)...Anywhoo, when it was time to leave, Cohen decided he didn't want his swimsuit on in the car, but all I had was underwear, so this is his "What? I'm gonna ride in the car in my underwear?" face! Silly guy!

Watching TV the next day with Jaxson.

Tuesday afternoon at LegoLand! He probably went up and down this slide 100 times!

Checking out all the Duplo in Duplo Village!

Cousin Jeffery helping Cohen build a car to race!

For those of you who haven't heard, I've had a fairly challenging pregnancy this time around with Miss Eleanor, including one trip to Labor and Delivery at only 23 weeks. Needless to say, I've been instructed to take it easy this summer, and to stay fairly close to home. That being said, we canceled our plans to go to New Orleans for our summer vacation, and went to DFW to spend some time with Melinda and the boys for a few days. We had a great time, and thoroughly enjoyed being able to show Cohen lots of great places in Fort Worth that he had never been before. It sure did make us miss being up there, though, and tears were shed when we loaded the car and headed back to Cibolo. Fort Worth will always feel like "home" for Will and me both, and we can't wait til we get an opportunity to move our family back up there! In the meantime, though, we're making the best of Central Texas...even though it's hotter than Hades and it seems like somebody in this family is sick every time we turn around. We'll be home someday...sooner than later, I hope! :)