FYI

I just found out through a good friend of mine that both Babies R Us and Buy Buy Baby are accepting the Bed Bath & Beyond 20% off coupons. Can't beat that!!!

Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis...

Has been lingering on in this large body of mine since before Christmas. I have never had bronchitis before and do not think I ever want it again, especially while I am pregnant. There were a couple of nights I seriously considered having Jason take me to the hospital. That seems so dramatic, but being pregnant and not able to take much I felt like the coughing was not going to ever stop and my lungs were going to collapse. I was finally prescribed an antibiotic and some cough syrup for bed time to help me sleep at night...I think I might becoming slightly addicted to it :/ Reed started showing the same signs as me around New Year's and when I finally took him in they diagnosed him with Bronchiolitis. So, he has been on breathing treatments for about a week now but seems much better. After going through boxes of kleenex and bags of cough drops, I think we are both finally over the major hump of it all!

26 1/2 Weeks

Baby and I are continuing to grow at a very rapid pace. I wish I could step on the scale just one time and I will have only gained a pound. This last doctors visit I almost skipped a whole digit of numbers :( Other than that, nothing really new and exciting going on. I passed my glucose test and they did my follow up sonogram and my placenta was in the correct place and they were able to get the view of his heart that they weren't able to get last time. I am so ready to not be pregnant anymore but so not ready to bring him home. I think we have kinda sorta decided on a first name, Colton/Kolton/Kolten but that is as far as we have gotten. I have too many decisions to make and running out of time.

Snow!

There is nothing better than getting to play in the snow when you feel like poop.

Excuse the half lit house but Jason blew a fuse and has yet to fix it.

Christmas 09

What a fun and crazy busy Christmas we had this year. It was so wonderful to spend it with all of our family and friends. We had 3 family Christmas parties and 2 Christmas's.

It all started the Saturday before Christmas. We had the annual Kiesow/Goad Family party at my Nana's house...

Sunday, Family Christmas party at my Aunt & Uncles...

One of his very favorite presents, the Dirt Devil. If this was a real vacuum cleaner my floors would be spotless...

Wednesday was the annual Beach/Blakely Family Christmas Party. I forgot my camera so no pictures from that night...

Waking up Christmas Eve morning at Jason's parents house...

Starting to snow at our house...

Christmas Eve with my family at our house. My sister, cousin Michael and Bro-in-law Trey...

Michael and Katie

Tried to get a picture of everyone having a snowball fight...

Santa came...

Cars, Cars and more Cars...

The Fam playing Rock Band...

Aunt Sharon attempting to play the drums but failing miserably.

Prayers

My mom is dealing with some health issues and the doctors haven't exactly been able to pinpoint what is going on. Long story short, she got the results from her CT Scan last night and they did not find what they were hoping to find. She will now have to give bone marrow at the first of the year to help the doctors further their evaluation. We are hoping for the best case scenario when they get the results but there is still the nagging leukemia thought/talk in the back of everyone's mind. Please keep my mom and family in your thoughts and prayers through the holidays.

Santa

Reed liked the idea of Santa this year but when it came to sitting on his lap, he freaked!

Round 2...still not loving the idea. I thought he would be tough for his girlfriend Grace, but as you can see he pretty much looks the exact same in both pictures.