Sunday, August 14, 2016
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
37 weeks baby
Just got back from the midwife and have some heartening news. I am 37 weeks 4 days today. Mary Kay did an exam and said I'm -2 station, 3 cm dilated, and 70 percent effaced! We are packing bags tonight to have them ready.
Monday, February 22, 2016
17 weeks of baby 2 and Isa girl
Okay, of course I am way worse at keeping a blog with baby number 2. I don't have the time to sit down and curate my belly photos and keep updates about it all. But I really do want to keep a written record of how this pregnancy is going and how my Isa girl is growing. So, the scoop is that I am definitely showing. (I will get Pat to take a photo one of these days.) My nausea is basically gone, but it lasted from about 6 weeks to 16 weeks. It started to wane around 12 weeks, but wasn't completely gone until very recently. I took this combo of unisom and vit b6 each night and that definitely helped it. I already feel the baby moving, but it's very weak and only every once in a while. I still feel very little interest in cooking or doing housework, like a sort of general malaise. It's hard to be pregnant with a toddler! Isa is high energy and my energy can accurately be described as very, very low at the moment.
Isa is SO into the new baby. She talks to my belly daily, and tells the little one that she will help him/her walk when he/she comes out, that she will sing him/her lullabies, that she will share her toys (we will see about that). She is so sweet. At the last appointment with the midwife, we listened on the doppler for the baby's heartbeat, and when I laid down to hear the heartbeat, Isa came up next to me and kissed me and comforted me while I lay there on the table! I honestly think she thought the baby was about to come. But either way she was so sweet and so loving. I can't wait to have her around when the baby is actually coming.
The 20 week ultrasound is coming up and we are kind of on the fence about finding out the sex. We feel it is a surprise either way - if you find out at the ultrasound or when the baby is born! It does make picking out a name easier. So we will see what we choose. We will have the baby at Little Company of Mary Hospital, and visited their birth center recently. It is very nice! They have private suites with showers, tubs, a big pull out couch, music, aromatherapy, so much! It'll be just as nice as having it at home, or nicer because no clean up!
Okay, on to take care of this child. It is true that I can pay less attention to the pregnancy with a toddler to care for. I have been keenly aware that these are my last few months one on one with Isa, so I've been giving her extra special attention, because my attention will be divided once the baby comes. I think she feels that extra love and has been reflecting it back onto the baby, so win win!
Isa is SO into the new baby. She talks to my belly daily, and tells the little one that she will help him/her walk when he/she comes out, that she will sing him/her lullabies, that she will share her toys (we will see about that). She is so sweet. At the last appointment with the midwife, we listened on the doppler for the baby's heartbeat, and when I laid down to hear the heartbeat, Isa came up next to me and kissed me and comforted me while I lay there on the table! I honestly think she thought the baby was about to come. But either way she was so sweet and so loving. I can't wait to have her around when the baby is actually coming.
The 20 week ultrasound is coming up and we are kind of on the fence about finding out the sex. We feel it is a surprise either way - if you find out at the ultrasound or when the baby is born! It does make picking out a name easier. So we will see what we choose. We will have the baby at Little Company of Mary Hospital, and visited their birth center recently. It is very nice! They have private suites with showers, tubs, a big pull out couch, music, aromatherapy, so much! It'll be just as nice as having it at home, or nicer because no clean up!
Okay, on to take care of this child. It is true that I can pay less attention to the pregnancy with a toddler to care for. I have been keenly aware that these are my last few months one on one with Isa, so I've been giving her extra special attention, because my attention will be divided once the baby comes. I think she feels that extra love and has been reflecting it back onto the baby, so win win!
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Baby 2 and Isa is 2 and a half!
Time for some news. Fitzbaby #2 is on the way and will leave his or her watery home sometime in late July or early August. Woooooo!
So that means I am about 10 weeks along, and have been feeling like absolute garbage. I have been nauseous, tired and lethargic for about 8 of those weeks. Let's hope it lifts soon, because I have plans to teach 3 classes, raise Isa, and write my entire dissertation during this pregnancy.
In other news, my beautiful Isa is 2 and a half! She is so wonderful, I can't even describe how I feel about her here. She spends a large part of her days signing songs, and especially likes to sing "Once Upon a Dream" from Sleeping Beauty at the moment. She can sing the whole Do, Re, Mi song from The Sound of Music and she's only seen the movie twice! She is very musical, this child. She starts "school" today - which is an hour-long class at Kennedy Park once a week. I think she will really like it. We recently joined this rec center (The Kroc) that has an indoor pool and water park and she loves the water. She never wants to leave!
Sunday, September 13, 2015
stay alive!
Just stay alive. By that I mean:
1. Don't die or get seriously injured
2. Keep experiencing everything. Don't die inside. Feel it all.
Love,
Mama
Monday, August 31, 2015
2 year old stats
Isabel Cora. My girl. At her 2 year checkup she was: 31 pounds and 3 feet tall!
When I post these stats, I always think of the starting lineup to the 90's Bulls. We used to turn off all the lights in the house and blast the TV while the Bull ran through the streets of Chicago on the screen. I just imagine Isa lining up there with Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan.
"A two-year-old point guard from Pullman, Washington. 31 pounds and 3 feet, 0 inches...Isabel Cora FITZGERALDDDD!!!" And the crowd goes wild.
When I post these stats, I always think of the starting lineup to the 90's Bulls. We used to turn off all the lights in the house and blast the TV while the Bull ran through the streets of Chicago on the screen. I just imagine Isa lining up there with Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan.
"A two-year-old point guard from Pullman, Washington. 31 pounds and 3 feet, 0 inches...Isabel Cora FITZGERALDDDD!!!" And the crowd goes wild.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Isa is two. years. old.
Oh my, oh my. Isa girl is TWO?!? She is a big, big girl. She speaks to us in entire sentences. She is going pee on the toilet. She eats food. She can spend hours on end with other people without any problem. She's basically a grown up.
We have done a whole lot in her two years with her. She's experienced more than some 80 year olds. She's been to Canada and Uruguay, to National Parks. She's flown on a plane more times than you can count on one hand. She swam in the ocean, lakes, the rio de la plata. She's spoken Spanish and met friends from around the world. She charms everyone she meets. She can identify flora and fauna from a Canary Islands Palm Tree to an American ground squirrel. She knows her ABC's, can count from 1-10 in Spanish and English. She does yoga with Auntie Em. She fully memorized several books. She can crack an egg and cook it. She can make tea and coffee. She jumps and runs and holds a pen correctly. She can go up and down the stairs herself.
She makes friends like Oprah and cares for people like Mother Theresa. She pushes limits like Martin Luther King and makes art like Picasso. She sings and dances like Elvis and swims like Michael Phelps. She loves like Anne Frank. She's an artist, a singer, a dancer, a thinker, a lover, my best friend and the love of my life.
We have done a whole lot in her two years with her. She's experienced more than some 80 year olds. She's been to Canada and Uruguay, to National Parks. She's flown on a plane more times than you can count on one hand. She swam in the ocean, lakes, the rio de la plata. She's spoken Spanish and met friends from around the world. She charms everyone she meets. She can identify flora and fauna from a Canary Islands Palm Tree to an American ground squirrel. She knows her ABC's, can count from 1-10 in Spanish and English. She does yoga with Auntie Em. She fully memorized several books. She can crack an egg and cook it. She can make tea and coffee. She jumps and runs and holds a pen correctly. She can go up and down the stairs herself.
She makes friends like Oprah and cares for people like Mother Theresa. She pushes limits like Martin Luther King and makes art like Picasso. She sings and dances like Elvis and swims like Michael Phelps. She loves like Anne Frank. She's an artist, a singer, a dancer, a thinker, a lover, my best friend and the love of my life.
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