Kindergarten Baby

When did my baby turn into this big boy?!

New Spiky Doo for Big Boy School!
 

It's hard to believe Justin's turning 5 y/o in a week and is off to kindergarten this Fall. AND, he's going to be a big brother in a matter of weeks! So many changes, so many memories.

While we live in Ypsilanti, we chose to apply to Ann Arbor School District as a School of Choice. Happily, Justin was accepted, and will be attending Mitchell Elementary. About a month ago we met with the principal and received a personal school tour. We also attended the end of the school year ice cream social, yum! Justin was a little nervous, but so excited. In addition, his little friend from preschool, Gabriel, will be joining him at Mitchell. I am sure this will be helpful to his adjustment.....but it's also helping mommy emotionally to know he'll have a little friend joining him.
http://mitchell.a2schools.org/mitchell.home/home

Last week, J had his pre-K doctor's appt last week and aced it. So brave, so smart! He's 40 lbs. and according to the doctor at the rate of his height and weight he'll be about 6 ft tall. He passed his hearing and vision tests, had his blood pressure taken, was able to identify his shapes, numbers, opposites, etc and was able to spell and write his name. He was so proud of of himself (and of course, mommy and daddy were too....In fact, mommy cried she was so proud-stupid pregnancy hormones, haha) And, at the end of his visit he was super excited to receive his special treat, a book! Out pediatrician's office is part of a reading program to which every child receives a book at their annual physical. Of course, he also gets to pick out stickers.

The Ever Growing Bump!

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Baby Hawes II Update

Greetings Blog Followers-
Yet again, we have been awful at updates. We feel badly. With Justin's pregnancy I feel like we were blogging on a weekly basis. As much as we have tried, life as we know it hasn't been cooperative. I think the biggest difference has to be at the time of Justin's pregnancy it was just us and work. This time around we have Justin to occupy, work and grad school. Here I am making excuses though. In advance I apologize to my newest little angel if you feel deprived of your pregnancy journey!

From this point forward, we really have no excuses....On June 25th, (at 31 weeks) mama had a fall at work in the parking lot and I landed right on my belly. Immediately, I started having severe pain in my abdomen. With a little help from some co-workers, I went to L&D Triage right away. I was very uncomfortable, scared and worried about my little one. I began to have severe pain in my lower back and had extreme tightness in my abdomen. I was sweating and so uncomfortable I could not be still. The nurse came in noticing my changes and discomfort from the monitor, and when I asked what the heck was going on she gave me a chuckle. Little did I know, but here I was experiencing contractions....back to back to back and strong! Holy crap! I never experienced contractions with Justin as he was an emergency c-section and from what I recall I never experienced any pain like that with his pregnancy.

As funny as this is now to share, in the moment it was terrifying. Things began to progress and a lot of things began to happen. They began talking "worse case scenario" so several things happened....I was admitted to the hospital to manage my preeclampsia and high blood pressure, they also wanted to get these contractions and pre-term labor to stop and especially wanted to make sure my placenta didn't detach. In addition, they gave be 2 shots in me bum of betamethazone. This medication speeds up baby's lung development. And, when I asked why we would need to do this, the doctor said, "In case we need to deliver in the next few days."I was shocked and terrified. It was a bit to early for you to be joining us!! We also received a maternal fetal ultrasound where were learned you were measuring about 4-5 weeks ahead and you were already measuring about 5 pounds. 80th percentile for growth. Wonderful, another big baby haha Well, after several days of monitoring, some pain medication and lots of rest we were cleared to go home, yay! BUT, on bed rest, BOOOO!

Your mama is not one to just lay around let me tell you. Bed rest has been a challenge and completing the simplest tasks have been difficult. Even taking a shower winded me and caused me discomfort. I had internal bruising from the fall so this meant all of your little dancing in my womb caused a significant amount of pain.....But, let me tell you something little one....I would go through all the pain, be bed ridden for all 9 months, experience heartburn as a breathing dragon and go through hell and back if it meant you would be happy and healthy.....So, here we wait, and wait and wait....Doctor's say you will more than likely be early so we shall see! I'm trying to keep you in until after your brother's birthday. We would like to make sure he has a proper celebration, but we're prepping him of your early arrival just in case!

We did have an updated ultrasound on July 7th.....You're measuring about 36 weeks, 5 days and over 8 pounds and they say you have quite the head of hair. Oh my....I am so glad I don't have to push you out haha Again, time will tell when you will decide to make your appearance. If you make it to your due date you will be well over 10 pounds and it will look like we won't be needing any newborn sized diapers or clothing. :)

What else can I tell you little one.....Oh, my biggest craving right now is Coldstone's Mudpie Mojo. YUM! I can't get enough and neither can you as it seems. You do a little happy dance whenever I indulge. You also love music....and seem to tap to the beat and dance a jig. And, I am sure you are hating it, but all I can stand to do right now is naw on ice chips, which I understand I can contribute to my low iron, but man, all I do is chew on cup and cups of ice. And, I am sure you love how the cold makes you dance around. :)

Well, little person, time for a nap....your daddy and I cannot wait to meet you. We love you so much and have loved you since the moment we saw those double pink lines on the pregnancy test! Your big brother is soooo excited to meet you. I am sure you were him talking and singing to you. He can't wait to hold you and be your protector and teach you everything you need to know....except, he's already let us know, he doesn't really want to share his toys with you. We'll have to have a little chat and work up to that. Love you and see you soon!!!