I have 35 days left until my due date and I'm 35 weeks today! I can't believe our baby could be born sometime at the end of this month. It seemed like it would be forever until I get to this point. We want her to be here already but I wish I could just skip through the labor part. I'm very nervous as I have mentioned a million times to everyone but it's running through my mind everyday all day. I feel great. It's a little tough to sleep some night's due to my back being a little sore or I get really hot but I know it will soon be back to normal and the only thing keeping me up will be my little baby girl.
Oh my gosh! I just experienced what heartburn feels like about 2 nights ago. I woke up with a hot pain in my chest around 1 in the morning and I went to get some cold water but it didn't make it feel better so then I was like maybe this is what heartburn is and sure enough it was. I took 2 tums and I felt great and went back to sleep. It was the pizza and soda I had for dinner. Lets just say I'm sticking to water and non spicy foods for the next month.
Alexa is moving around like crazy. The resident's had a baby shower for me and I got a lot of stuff! I have lot's of baby clothes and toys ready for Alexa to wear and play with.
I went to the blood doctor today to check my blood due to my low platelet count. If you don't know what that is, it's what makes your blood clot so you don't keep bleeding and if you have a low platelet count when you are pregnant then when you have the baby it could be severe. It is common to have the count drop during pregnancy. My platelet count was 112,000. The danger zone is 50,000 and lower. The best is between 150,000 and higher. So mine wasn't too low but because I'm pregnant my doctor wanted to keep an eye on it to make sure it didn't drop more. Anyways, so I went to the doctor today and they said that my test last week showed my count to be 123,000 so it's going up. It made Matthew and I really happy to hear that. They took another blood sample today to make sure it was still good but I'm sure it will be just fine.
Have I told you how much I love my husband? I love him more than anything and I'm so grateful to have him in my life! Just when I didn't think we could be any closer because we are each others best friend, we get closer. I love it! I love that it's him I share my bed with and wake up to every morning! I love that he is the father of our child! And I love that he is all mine! I'm very lucky! I just felt like letting the person that reads this know what I'm thinking at the moment. Now I'm going to go and give him a hug! Goodnight!
Alexa is 1 month old today! I can't believe it has already been 4 weeks since I had her. She is growing up so fast! She can already sleep through the whole night without waking up mommy and daddy. :)
She can hold her own bottle.
For my dad's Dec. 11th birthday I wanted to get him something other than just a shirt like I always do. He told me recently that he wanted to see some of John Wayne's recent films. I looked up John Wayne and went straight to Wikipedia to see if his films were listed, which by the way John Wayne is just his stage name and his real name is Marion Mitchell Morrison. Lets just say I'm glad he had a stage name. As I was scrolling down I saw info about his death and I was interested in how "The Duke" died. It said he died of stomach cancer June 11th 1979. I kept reading and I saw that John Wayne was buried in Corona Del Mar right next to Fashion Island in Newport. I immediately thought I would take my dad to see John Wayne! I looked up where he was buried in the cemetery and that same day (Sunday) I drove down to make sure I was able to find him. It was like I was following a treasure map. It was really fun! Sure enough I found him and I called my dad and told him to keep the next Sunday open because I was taking him to his birthday surprise. His actual birthday was Friday but since he was going to a party and I had to work that night I chose Sunday to show him his gift. I had to wait a whole week to finally show him. John Wayne's info read that his grave was unmarked for 20 years. John Wayne converted to Roman Catholicism shortly before he died and he wanted his tombstone to read
It was finally Sunday and I was so excited to have my dad meet John Wayne. My dad drove and when we turned on the street of the cemetery he started to smile. He had no idea why we were going to a cemetery so he said uhhh did you buy me a plot? Haha my mom and I started laughing our heads off! I showed him where to park and walked him down to the tombstone. Right before we got there I told him to close his eyes. I pulled him forward told him to look down and open. He could not believe it was John Wayne. He was so happy that he gave me a great big bear hug! My mother asked him if he ever thought about wanting to see his tombstone and my dad said he had thought about it a few times, but that he thought he wouldn't be able to find it since it was unmarked. It made my day to see my dad so happy. The whole week he was telling me, "I hope you didn't spend a whole lot of money", but I kept telling him that besides gas it will cost nothing. I also told him to dress kinda nice before we left cause I was going to take his picture, so he was even more concerned when we were driving into a cemetery. After I showed him his gift we went to brunch in Newport then the swap meet then we came home and I watched a few shows with my parents. It was a great day and I could tell my dad enjoyed his gift. He even said he may just come visit "The Duke" every once and a while.
