Who does he look like?

Today we went for our 4D ultrasound, which is best to have around 27-28 weeks.....you don't want them too big or you can't see to much because they take up so much room. So I scheduled ours during the 27th week because I knew Dax was pretty big. Other things that I knew about Dax so far were:  1.that he doesn't like showing his face he loves to put his hands up in front of his face 2.he will show you his man parts anytime 3.he does not respond to jiggling my belly 4.he likes to be scrunched up in one area.

Today was no different!!! Dax is big, put both his hands and his feet in front of his face, gave us a full show of his man parts, and didn't move at all when prompted. We got some pretty good shots of his face, but for the most part he sat with both hands up and then at one point grabbed his foot and put it in front of his face as well. But when the ultrasound tech went down to just double check we were having a boy....the answer was a resounding YES.... he held those legs up for all to see! No doubt he is a man and we can already see what he is most proud of. 

We tried to get him to move, I drank a mt. dew before the visit, I rolled from side to side, the ultrasound tech jiggled and jiggled my belly....but we got nothing, if anything he just jumbled himself up even more. At one point he had both hands and feet and his umbilical cord in front of his face! He also had tons of room to move around in and he kept his head in my rib cage and his butt right below it, he never spread out! Needless to say the child is stubborn, I would like to chalk that up to one of his father's attributes, but unfortunately that he gets from his Mom. 

I'll post pictures below and ya'll can be the judge of who he looks like, however, I think he looks like his Dad. Apparently he has fat cheeks....the ultrasound tech kept going on about his fat cheeks. He is also still measuring big...still measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule and weighting in at 2lbs 15oz. His head looked massive since the last time we saw it and the ultrasound tech got a good shot of his femur bone and wanted to measure it......she said it looked really big and of course it was about 2 weeks ahead of schedule. So today just confirmed what we already know....he is chunky and stubborn! But.....he is also the cutest, most beautiful baby I have ever seen and I can't wait to kiss those chubby cheeks! Although we didn't see a great shot of his face what we did see was perfect....so were his little feet and hands, and even his man parts that he is so proud of, I can't wait for Dax to get here, I am literally counting down the days. It is hard to believe that in just 13 weeks we'll get to see his sweet face. 

The Top image is a picture of his man parts! 

Cute little feet in the top picture! 

Thought I would post a few baby pictures of both me and Waldo and ya'll can decide for yourselves who Dax looks like, I don't have any really little ones of me, I'll have to grab a few next time I go home.

I just posted this picture because I literally laugh out loud every time I see it! 

I think it is pretty clear who the cheeks come from :)! I go back to the doctor Wednesday for my check up, I'll update more then. I also get Dax's bedding today so I'll post pictures soon!

On a side note, I need to brag on my hubby for just a bit......Northridge beat County High twice this past week, meaning they will be in the 6A State Baseball Playoffs for the first time in school history!! So proud of  him, the other coaches, and all the players!! 

The Dreaded Sugar Test!

Went for my glucose test last week.....I was super worried about this test I did not want to come back for the 3 hour test, spending 1 hour in the doctors office is enough much less 3. Thank the Lord I passed it on the first try!! The nurse took my blood and let me watch the number on the testing machine as she checked my iron. She told me the number needed to be below 135....when it finally beep it came up 77....I was glad I'd based but then had the thought that might be too low, but thankfully it was great and so was my iron!! I was also super excited because I hadn't gained any weight since my last doctors visit.....woo hoo....Dr. E was very proud! I also measured right on schedule! It was a very successful doctors visit and I left feeling super proud. And Dax left all jacked up on sugar....he jumped around for a few hours after the visit! That's okay though, I love feeling him kick. Although I really wish he would kick at more appropriate times. Right now his kicking schedule is around meals and then every night starting at about 10:00, this is his most active time. So between his couple of hours of kicking and Debo waking up at 5 a.m. I'm not getting a ton of great sleep. Guess I should get use to it. 

Tomorrow will mark 26 weeks.....which puts Dax here in 14 weeks!!! Although 14 weeks is to long, I'm anxiously awaiting his arrive, I really can't believe its only 14 weeks away. Come on July 4th or the end of June! HAHA :) 

The Cardens Lately

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, we've been pretty busy lately. Here's what has been going on!

Me and my sister, Cara, went to Mobile to babysit my niece..sweet Anniston Kate. We had a great time with her and Cara got to get a little experience with a baby before big boy gets here! We also went by Polka Tot and ordered my baby bedding. I love Polka Tot, they make the cutest baby bedding ever, check it out at www.polkatotdesigns.com. He's room will be bright blue, green, and black, with an elephant pattern in the mix as well. I can't wait to see the finished product!!! Here is a pic of Annie Kate....

We have also decided on a name for baby boy Carden.....drum roll please.......Daxton Mark Carden! We will call him Dax. Waldo has decided to call him Run DMC. His middle name is after Waldo's father Mark. I've already ordered some clothes with his name on them, so its official. Can't wait to meet Dax in July!!

I've finally started to feel Dax kick. He always kicks at night when I'm going to bed and he is active at different times during the day. He really likes Mountain Dew, as does his mother, so anytime I drink it he gets pretty active. Waldo finally felt him kick about a week ago....he was pretty excited...I think he thought it was a little odd as well. I guess its a weird sensation to feel something jabbing your wife's stomach. I'm so thankful I can finally feel him kick....it eases my worrying mind each time I feel a kick or punch!

Since we are on the subject of Dax,, I need to say I have officially sworn off shopping for him until after our showers. This past weekend the First United Methodist church in town had their annual Little Lambs sale, which is a huge consignment sale. It's super nice because they are very picky about what they will accept, so you know your getting stuff in great condition. If you volunteered to help with the sale you got to shop an hour before everyone else! Of course I worked and went in early with all the other crazy mom. But I feel like I got some good deals, I knocked a few big things out! I got a bathtub, a Rainforest Jumperoo, an extra swing (for my office), a Babybjorn, and some cute clothes!

Now that I've updated you all on my human baby, let me share the recent drama with my 2 feline babies!! Last night I let Debo go outside. I just happened to be standing by the back door when I saw him being chased by another cat across the porch, I ran out the back and started yelling for him, while Waldo ran out the front door. You could hear him and the other cat fighting on the side of the house....in the meantime Crim came to the back door (which was still open)....then Debo came running back toward the door with the other cat chasing him. Well, big brother took over....Crim ran out of the house, the mean cat did a quick 180 and Crim chased him all the way around front and out of our yard.....then Crim came back inside like it was no big deal. He stood guard at the door for the rest of the night to make sure that cat didn't come back to mess with his little brother! Isn't Crim the best!! He puts up a big front like Debo annoys him, but deep down he loves him and he let that other cat know he was the only one who could slap Debo around. Poor Debo was in shock, the thought of someone or another animal being unfriendly was just to much for him to understand. He acted a little weird all night, he was not jumping around like usual and when Waldo went to work the next morning Debo didn't get up with him as usual. I monitored him this morning and he was acting funny and not putting any pressure on his back leg.....so we packed up and ran to the vet. Turns out that cat scratched his leg pretty bad and it was infected which was causing a fever. The vet gave him an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory shot and hopefully he'll be better within a few days....poor little thing.
I've posted a pic of both Crim and Debs they both deserve a little face time! I'm so thankful for both these cute critters!

 

He's a big boy!!

We went to the doctor today for our organ ultrasound and all looked good! The ultrasound tech went through and showed us each organ as she found it. Sometimes I could see the organ, like the heart I could see it and it's 4 chambers, but most of the time I just watched in awe. It amazes me she can tell what everything is inside the baby and exactly how he is positioned. We did learn today that apparently our little man is not so little!! The ultrasound tech said he had a fat little stomach and then Dr. Edwards later followed that with "he's thighs aren't to tiny either." Apparently his stomach is in the 80th percentile and his weight is in the 96th percentile. We all sort of giggled about this, but then I told Dr. E I would not be delivering a 10 pound baby!!! Maybe he'll slow down just a bit, we want healthy, but a 10 pound baby doesn't sound to fun! :) Next visit will be my sugar test....so I'll be praying I pass that on the first try! Also, on Wednesday I'll be at 20 weeks...we're half way there!!! Only 20 more weeks to we meet our precious little man!

It's a boy!

This post should get us up to date!!

We went for our first, 2nd Trimester appointment on January 12th. Dr. E said we would take a peek and see if we could tell gender at this appointment. My gut feeling from the beginning was that we were having a boy, I didn't tell Waldo though. I knew he wanted a boy so bad and I didn't want to get his hopes up. So we went to the appointment very anxious. We the ultrasound tech first pulled the picture up on the TV I could tell we were getting a shot looking up at his booty and legs....and I was positive she was about to say it was a boy, it was pretty obvious! :) Sure enough she said, and I quote "there is way to much going on down there for that to be a girl," HA I think Waldo was pretty proud of that statement. Later he told me he knew it was a boy too, before she even said anything. We both wanted a boy so to say we are excited is an understatement!!

In conclusion, I'd say this particular week was one of the best of my life. First, we started the week off by watching the Crimson Tide crush LSU and win our 14th National Championship! Second, then 3 days later we got to find out we would be having a precious baby boy, plus this was the first ultrasound that really looked like a baby. And if you ask me he is the most perfect, beautiful, handsome baby boy I have ever seen!! Like I said GREAT WEEK!!!

1st Trimester Doc Visits

I feel like I should begin by telling everyone about our doctor His name is Dr. Harvey Edwards and we love him and his family. We first met Harvey while Waldo was his son's baseball coach and about a year later his wife Debbie invited us to their Sunday School class. We didn't know it at the time, but that invite was such a blessing....thanks to the Edwards we really became involved in a wonderful church and became a part of a fabulous church family! Once in the Sunday School class we would hear stories about what an amazing doctor Harvey was and if we ever decided to have kids we should go to him. Well we took their advice and started seeing Harvey, he is an amazing Christian man and his faith runs over into his practice. I'm thankful God provided us with such a Godly physician during this process! Plus he is a friend and allows me to text him with any and all questions throughout this process!!! :)

So...1st appointment:
We had our first ultrasound, all we could really see was the yoke sack....but that was enough, we knew he was there!! Then we met with Dr. E and got the Do's and Don'ts of pregnancy.

2nd appointment:
We had another ultrasound and got to see what looked like a little bitty baby. However, the most amazing part was getting to hear a little man's precious heartbeat. I could listen to his heartbeat all day, and I found that as the days went by (since I couldn't feel him and I was feeling well) I longed to hear that heartbeat. The heart rate was 150.....we then started the guessing game of girl or boy, but after much reading I've decided that was useless...one article would say girl, the next boy. I'm glad we finally know!

3rd appointment:
This appointment we just went through the normal routine....weight, blood pressure, etc. everything was good. Dr. E came back and measured my belly for the first time.....I totally forgot to ask the measurement, I was in a state of confusion because we didn't stop at the ultrasound room. I had no clue that your insurance only paid for so many ultrasounds....which I think is RIDICULOUS, come on insurance companies ease a mother's mind let her see her baby once a month!!!! Anyway, after the measurement he was like "okay see you in 4 weeks." I was like wait a minute, how do you know there is a baby in there? Do we get an ultrasound or get to hear the heartbeat or something???? Dr. E ask us if the nurse had check the heartbeat. Which of course hadn't happened (not sure why, think she just forgot). He got her back in there and she checked. I felt like it took an eternity for her to find it, and Waldo said it was the longest minute of his life and all he could think was he didn't know how he would leave with me if they didn't find the heartbeat. Thankfully she found it and all was well, around 150 again!

That pretty much sums up the 1st Trimester. Thankfully I was only sick a few times and overall I felt great! However, I was glad to see the 1st trimester go for 2 reasons....1) I was so tired all the time 2) it gets us closer to meeting our little man.....I'm anxiously awaiting his arrival!

Recap of when we found out!

I figured I'd start from the beginning....the day we found out. It was October 26th, we had been trying for about 5 months and this month I had actually gotten a positive ovulation test so I knew the chances were good. I was about a week late, however this had been normal since I came off birth control, but I had been feeling funny all week, so I knew there was a good possiblity. As soon as I woke up that morning I took a home pregnancy test....and waited what seemed like FOREVER! When that little smiley face came back I was estatic! I started telling Crim and Debo they were going to be big brothers and dancing around.....or course they looked at me like I'd lost it.....and Debo was just eyeing the pregnancy test. That's another story entirely, but lets just say he LOVES those sticks, so they better go in a trash can with a lid!

Anyway, Waldo was working at UPS and it seems like it took him forever to get home that day. I should have thought of a creative way to tell him, but I was just to excited. When he walked in the door I told him to close his eyes, then I held the test up in front of him and said open. I can't even remember what his response was, I think he ask if I was serious....I'm not sure. I know he was totally pumped and he gave me a kiss.....then automatically became protective and ask if I had called Dr. Edwards yet.

Shortly thereafter I did text Dr. Edwards who sent me to his office for blood work. My blood work came back around 5:30 that night, I remember because I got the phone call right before I walked into church. It was so wonderful to hear that sweet nurse's voice confirm that I was pregnant. Once again it seems like it took Waldo forever to get to church....but when he finally arrived I got to confirm that we were for sure expecting a baby and that we'd have our first ultrasound next week!!

To say that the Carden clan was excited or happy this day is an understatement. We had been wanting a baby so badly that I can't even describe what it felt like to have that desire become a reality. All I can say is praise the Lord, he is an amazing God, and he does know the desires of our hearts!!