Introducing....

Milo Adam Fluckiger 

Born June 21, 2012 at 7:01 A.M. 

Weighing 7 pounds 8 Ounces 

Measuring 20 1/2 inches long 

Surprising us with his gender, and always kept us guessing

 
 

At Almost 39 Weeks

I usually wait until about Thursday to do my weekly prego update, but since I was blogging and had my doc appointment, I figured I'd just do it. Plus I might not do it in time. I went in this morning and got to bring Adam with me again. That was really nice. I didn't want to go by myself. Thanks to wonderful Tamera willing to come hang with the kiddos early this morning. I went in and the wait was a little longer than normal due to a double booking. We knew it would be, so we didn't mind. He talked about me waiting for my body to do it's thing. I did ask about him stripping my membranes. I really would like to NOT get induced, and stripping sounds like a good option before I get to that point. I was willing to try. My last doc wouldn't do it with me having Strep B. This doc didn't understand why and talked to us about it in detail, and we felt good about it. (I have strep B again) He discussed stripping with us in detail, and I asked him to do it. He checked me and told me that I am at almost a five, and after I have it done and walk some, I'll probably be at a five. I'm hanging out at a five people. It's definitely the furthest along I've been. I went into the hospital with Ollie at a six. So it's kinda nice to know it's around the corner. He did like three swipes of stripping the membranes. I wish I could put into words what it felt like. I don't think I can. It felt like a grinding/rubbing feeling, and then almost like a pop. Ha! I don't know how to explain it. Painful? A little. Super uncomfortable? Definitely. Adam teased me that I might as well go into labor, cause I sounded like I was. I was a grunting my way through it, trying to be brave about it. Ha! Still last week checking the position of baby did hurt worse. So he told me to give it 8-12 hours for contractions to start if it worked. He said with how far along I am, he'd be super surprised if I didn't go into labor tonight. I'm really trying to not think about it, cause if I don't go into labor I don't want to stress about it. I am finally measuring right on with my weeks. No more worries about baby measuring big I guess. I guess that makes sense, cause I haven't gained a lot of weight lately. It's nice not having to worry about it. 

With so many people kinda "waiting" around to help us out, I feel like it's my body's fault that I haven't had this kid yet. I know that sounds super silly, I'm pregnant, and can't help it. I'm not even due yet, but it's tricky. If you were in my shoes, you'd feel the same. Ha. I think it's from people wanting updates and needing to be updated and asking why it's not here yet. Bleh. Gotta love it. Anyway, I guess we'll just hang out and see where tonight takes us. If we go nowhere, we'll try again next week. Wish us luck. I'd be okay having a baby, but if we wait, we wait.

Adam and Gabe have been super cute about "lecturing" the baby about coming. Gabe is excited, but doesn't quite get all of it still. She understands it's coming and what that means, but I wonder how much it will really change our lives. I think both my kids will be in for an eye opener when baby comes home. Ollie has been sleeping unnaturally bad the last few days, even for him. With naps as well. I hope he's not teething or getting sick. That would be our luck. Especially since I'll have to leave him with someone. It makes it super tricky, when we can't even get him to sleep well. I feel bad for whoever he gets left with. Sorry in advance. :) I hope he does okay. 

Adam says multiple time a day, "I just wanna know what it is." He told me one day, "I feel like it's Christmas Eve, but it doesn't mean that we get to open our presents in the morning." Ha! So true. We are all so excited to find out what this baby is. I'm so glad we did this and had this experience. It really is so fun to do. I also am so glad that we are all so in the dark about it. Even Gabe has started talking about it being a brother instead of a sister. We have come to the conclusion that I am outnumbered and am the only one thinking it's a boy. Even Ollie says girl when asked. :) I am usually wrong, so it'll probably be a girl, so I guess it all works out. Ha! Baby is around 20 inches and 7 pounds. Man that'd be nice if true. I wouldn't mind staying under 8 pounds this time. Baby keeps building fat to help control it's temperature when born. I'm being warned by my apps about post prego hormones. Gotta love em.

Our baby has started to not move a lot in the day, but moves ALL night. Gotta be honest, don't love that idea. Ollie came out that way and it was REALLY hard for us to adjust to an awake all night baby.  But hey, if I'm up with Ollie anyway, might as well have a party right?

Here is Daddy lecturing baby to come

 

Gabe is really cute when she talks to it

This kid has the hiccups whenever I lay down. So we tried to record it. It's not that great of a video. It really shakes my whole stomach though. So I figured I'd post what we did get. Kinda fun.   

Life with Ollie

It's been a while since I did an Ollie post. It's much overdue. I think with baby on the way soon I feel like I need to have my blog as up to date as I can, including posting about my other wonderful kiddos. 

Here's what our little critter has been up to as of late:

*Ollie is such a cuddler. Whenever Gabe lays down or sits he feels the need to give her cuddles. It usually ends with him squashing her and she can't get out from under him. She doesn't always love it, but he thinks it's great fun. Whenever he sees Daddy he runs to hug him. He always makes sure that I'm included and involved in everything we do. If I'm not in the room when scripture reading starts, or there to view a game, he makes sure to come get me. 

*He is always yelling at me, "Mom! Momma!" He loves for me to watch him do things. He is always excited to show me new things he can do or accomplish. He tries so hard to tell you everything right now. So a lot of rambled words are starting to be mixed in with his real ones. It's nice to see him communicating somewhat better. 

*He is such the big little brother. He wears the same size everything as his sister right now. Everyone always thinks he's older than he is. Most of his shirts are 3T right now. It throws me off how quick he grows. 

*He loves to put on everyone else's clothes. I think cause he can get them on by himself, and he's really proud of himself. 

*He loves to go ba-bye. He is constantly begging to get into the car and go somewhere. All you hear him saying is, "VVRmmm Vrrmmm. Ba-Bye! Ba-bye!"  Especially when daddy gets home. It used to be that if you helped him put his shoes on, he'd assume he could go somewhere. Now he can put some of his own shoes on and he assumes that means he can go somewhere. He also loves to pretend to drive the car still. He could hang in there all day. Now when we go to the toy section of a store, he has to find the cars that have the steering wheels that turn. 

*He loves to put stuff away. It's one of my favorite things about him. He sometimes puts stuff away that doesn't need to be put away, but he is always willing to help. Usually it has to be his idea though. When asked he stubbornly refuses and battles a little, but if he sees something he thinks needs to be cleaned he'll do it right then and there. Even if we are in the middle of something like dinner or prayers.

*He has some nights where he sleeps amazing, and even sleeps until after eight. Other mornings he's up at six and wakes up a million times at night. I actually have started sending Adam in to "lecture" him about going back to bed, cause it's the only thing that really works right now. Usually if I go in, he just stubbornly refuses and we go back and forth for hours. Stinker.  He doesn't care if you give him milk anymore, he just flat out refuses to go back to bed. It makes us a little nervous for leaving him with someone while we are at the hospital, but what can you do?

*He loves to color. Loves it. He also loves painting. He knows where the pens and paper are, and colors pictures all day. He is always so happy and proud to show you his results. 

*He is kinda warming up to nursery. I snuck out a few weeks ago and he did okay. Last week I waved by, and he waved bye. Then when he realized I wasn't coming back, he sat by the door all of play time. He didn't cry, but he wasn't too thrilled either. I kinda blame it a little on the leaders, but not much can be done about it, and that's another story. 

*He loves dogs, cars, curious george, monkeys, and Mickey Mouse right now. Not sure why he loves Mickey so much, cause he won't watch the show, but he does. 

*He went through this stage where he called Gabe, Babe or Bob, but he's kinda back to calling her mom as well. It's kinda fitting, cause she is like mom number two for him. He loves to play with her and still copies ANYTHING she does. It's pretty cute. He's a very good sharer if you ask him for something. If he gets it in his mind that he wants a toy though, he gets pretty determined to get it. He ends up taking Gabe's toys a lot, and hits her when she doesn't surrender it. It's a fun stage. 

*He loves water. He plays in it any chance he can get. Puddles, water in cups, sprinklers, etc. He loves to splash and we usually end up with a very wet bathroom when he's done taking his bath. 

*He's good about letting Gabe dress him up in girlie things, and playing what she wants to play. 

*He tries to ask questions about things. He kinda just mumbles something but raises his voice to a higher pitch at the end when "asking". It's pretty cute.

*He stops whatever he's doing as soon as music starts. He just starts dancing. It's adorable. There is one song that he will forever dance to I think and it's Dynamite by Taio Cruz. Not sure why this is his song, but he LOVES it, and probably always will. 

Here are some videos and pics of our little man in action

 

 

 

 

 

 

We recently buzzed his head. I tried getting some good pictures of it, cause he looks so old, but he wouldn't really let me. 

 

Father's Day

I really couldn't ask for a more wonderful father for my children. It was always one of the qualities that was so attractive to me about Adam. He just has such a natural way with kids. Maybe, cause he's a big kid himself and can relate? ;) He is all about playing no matter what. He can come home at the end of the day tired and want to rest, but instead of telling his kids no or explaining he needs to rest, he plays whatever they want. He is amazing. My kids ADORE him. He'd do anything for them. I love him for all that he does as a father, husband, and supporter of our family. He is the greatest. 

I felt like kinda a slacker this year celebrating. It's hard when your pregnant, and your husband still won't let you do anything without his help. Thanks babe, you stubborn wonderful man.We did manage to get him some goodies, let him sleep in some, make him his favorite cookies, cook him his requested dinner, and tell him how much we love him all day. The kids made him some fun stuff at church. We spent dinner time bragging on daddy and taking turns letting him know all the things we love about him. Thanks for all you do Daddy we heart you!

At church they asked him to help in sharing time. Gabe was thrilled her daddy was there. They had these old ties that they ended up having the dads wear, and had the kids take turns cutting them up. I didn't quite catch the lesson, I just snapped some pics from the hallway. 

 

 

 

He definitely got plenty of Mtn Dew and goodies that day

 

 After dinner we had some ice cream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was hoping our baby would make an appearance on Fathers day for Adam. It would have made his day. Ah well, I tried. :) It's okay we have two other wonderful kids that made sure daddy knows he's loved. 

Gone Fishin

Friday Gabe kept begging me to go fishing. I told her she could call Daddy at work and ask him. He thought it was a great idea, so we worked out getting a fishing license. The next morning we talked about where to go. Ideally we'd go to Sand Hollow, but I'm pregnant and huge and hot. Hanging out in red sand on a beach in 100+ weather sounded hot. So we went to a little place called Grandpa's pond. It's just a homemade water pond where they plant fish and has a path around it. The kids were excited to play with their poles. We actually didn't end up catching anything. So the first fishing experience wasn't quite how we wanted it to be. Ah well. It probably didn't help that my kids were loud, throwing rocks, and splashing in the water. Plus Gabe just kept wanting to reel her line back in. Hers kept getting tangled in weeds. She actually was very excited about all the plants that she was catching. :) Cute girl. Ollie lost interest, and roamed around for a bit. It was a fun adventure we're gonna have to try again soon.

We did see one fish in the water that some people had thrown back and it had died. It was still fresh, so we let the kids see it. Kinda gross, but Gabe was all about examining it, so we let her. Too bad it wasn't one we caught. 

Proud of her plant she caught

Taking a break to throw some rocks

Gabe took over Daddy's pole for him. She looked so little holding it

Gabe went potato bug hunting and found some good ones

Ollie didn't know how he felt about wet shoes at first, but warmed up to it and didn't want to get out.

Love his cheesy faces

Here are some random videos taken from the day

At 38 Weeks

Phew made it another week. It kinda amazes me how hard the last month can seem when pregnant. Too many pains and emotions. I hope I always remember it, so I can be sympathetic to pregnant women in the future. It's kinda nice to go to church and talk to younger women who have been there recently and try to be encouraging. It helps you shrug off the old women's comments/questions asking why your baby isn't here yet and telling you how ready you look. Believe me I am ready thank you. ;) 

My recent symptom is a crazy itchy tummy. Meaning its stretching! Ah calm down kiddo I'm big enough. I am constantly putting lotion on it. I don't know how I could possibly get anymore stretch marks than I already have. Baby has proven it is indeed possible. I'm still measuring okay, but feeling it. I actually have only gained three pounds the last four weeks. My doctor was so proud. Wish I had done that the whole pregnancy. Oh well. I also am crazy nauseous at night. It sucks. I spent some time with my face in the toilet last night. Man I don't miss that first trimester. When I'm not feeling sick I'm usually having random false labor contractions. They are really annoying and wake me up. I usually have to get up for a bit to get them to stop so I can go back to bed. Gotta love being teased all night by pretend contractions. Although I'll take them. They don't make you dialate, but they still help thin you out. The thinner you get the faster your body dilates supposedly. I will take what I can get. I even read that my all day Braxton hicks do some good thinning. Atleast they help some right?

 Well I had my second cervical exam at my doctors Wednesday. I have to be honest, I was anxious for this appointment. I want to know what I'm at, but I don't. It's kinda stressful knowing, but equally stressful not knowing. I got to bring Adam this time which I love. He asks questions I don't think of and helps me make decisions. The doc tells me I'm at a 3 plus. Whatever that means. Adam says he doesn't understand why he can't just say 3. 5 or something more clear. It's almost like they are trying to make you feel better. He did tell me I'm 90% effaced and showed me the difference in thickness. Because I'm so thin he thinks I'll dialate fast. Hope that's true. I'm further along than I was with Gabe or Ollie so I guess we'll see how things play out. He gave us some good helpful info about strep B, which was nice to know and be reminded about. Since I have quicker labors, baby's exposure to the bacteria in the birth canal isn't as long and helps its chances of not having complications. That's nice to know. He was saying that the chances of baby getting harmed by the bacteria is one in thousands, but if your kid is the one, it's a big deal. It gets meningitis and that can lead to brain damage. Sounds fun eh? I also asked him to make sure baby was head down. I honestly never know with this kid. He told me he could go in and check. I told him to go ahead, he stuck his hand way up me and felt the sutures on baby's skull. It's indeed head down and he could even tell me which way it was facing at the time. Kinda crazy he could do that. IF I had known how uncomfortable/miserable I'd be the rest of the day from him checking that, I probably wouldn't have had him do it. It sucked. Ha! However, it was reassuring to me as a mother to know my baby isn't breech. I worried on that one a little. I did have a rough day from it though, which makes me think twice about stripping my membranes next week. I'm still not a big fan of the induction idea, but we were thinking maybe getting stripped. They go in and detach your water from the cervix wall. He said statistically at 38 weeks it works 50% of the time. At 39 weeks 75%, and 90% and 40 weeks. He says after its stripped women usually go into labor six to twelve hours later. I've heard it hurts like mad. After being so miserable from checking the position, not sure if I want it. I question if it's worth it. I guess we'll wait and see how things go.

I took some random belly shots recently. It's not attractive, but it's a nice reminder of how big I really get when huge and pregnant. Don't mind the wet spots, it happens when I bath the kiddos. It's hard not for the belly to get in the way. :)

 

 

 

I think that we are all ready around here for baby to show up. Even though my kids are back at this silly phase were they just fight with each other, I think we are all ready for a change. Whenever we ask Ollie if he wants a brother or a sister, he tells us brother. If we ask if the baby is a boy or a girl, he says girl every time, no matter how we word it. It's pretty funny. Adam asked me the other night that if we went to the hospital and had the baby that night, what would it be? I said boy, and he said girl. Ha! I guess we are at odds at the moment. It makes it ten times more exciting finding out, cause we both have gone back and forth so much on what we think it is. We are so excited to find out, and equally excited for either sex.

We had a client appreciation dinner last night with some of Adam's clients down at a restaurant in St George. I actually have started taking my hospital bag with me when we venture out for a while. I know that sounds silly, but it makes me feel better. It made complete sense to me as I contracted the whole night through dinner while still trying to make polite conversation. Too bad we couldn't head right over to the hospital when done. Ah well. We sent my camera off to get fixed by a place in Reno we have used before. He hopes to get it sent off back to us next week, by Tuesday or Wednesday. So if baby decided to wait until then, so I can actually have memorable pictures, I'm okay with it.

Baby is supposedly 6.8 pounds and is about 19 1/2 inches long. It has a firm grasp, so it'll be ready to hold our hands when it comes. :) I wouldn't mind if this baby came out with brown eyes (i want one kid with brown eyes-I think they are beautiful), and ended up a toe head for a while like it's Daddy was (well not at birth-but later). I don't think I'll get that though. With my other kids I was all about trying all kinds of natural induction methods at this point. I've kinda given up on those ideas. I've decided that when baby is ready, it'll come. I just hiked a mountain recently people, nothing. There's your proof. I had some spicy food at the restaurant last night, nothing. It does seem like whenever we venture out to St George, things start up. Maybe a shopping trip is in order instead. :)

Around the House

Usually when the weekend rolls around, we spend at least one night having some BBQ. It's been super yummy. Daddy introduced a new way to eat our grilled asparagus. 

 

 

 

 

Ollie tends to be Gabe's dress up doll lately. I asked Adam if he thought this meant that she really needs a sister, or that he really needs a brother. Ha! Either way he's a good sport about it. 

 

 I went visiting teaching the other night, and Daddy took the kiddos over to the Hurricane water park. We got them some water socks/shoes, it makes a HUGE difference playing there. 

 

 

 The kids love cuddling on our bed to watch shows. It kinda makes it nice when I'm having one of those moments where I just need to lay down for a minute. They are more than happy to join me. 

 

We finally broke out the pool and this other hop scotch water toy that someone gave us a while back. The kids just used it to run and jump through. Lots of fun. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Gabe loved the squirt guns the best

Ollie loved dumping the water from the squirt guns