3 CM!

So I went to the Dr yesterday. I am dilated at 3 CM! Holy cow... I feel like a cow actually. I am so ready and so not ready to have this baby! I am uncomfortable and I want him out. I am scared of labor so I think I will just keep him in. I think I am tired now from not being able to sleep but I have done this a time or two and I know that once this little human is here (sucking out my life force) I will be exhausted. I already have 2 little creatures that make me tired. One is in my arms as I type this. His arms tight around my neck. :) Lincoln!

Lincoln has a pediatrician appt in 2 hours. I was contracting last night, Taylor was working the night shift and Nolan talked me into letting him sleep in my bed. I decided to take my medicine (for contractions) since the Dr. said it wouldn't stop real labor but would stop the annoying "could this be it????" contractions. The meds worked. Contractions slowed and I was able to finally fall asleep with Nono in my bed. As I finally drift off I hear Lincoln crying in his room. "MAMA! BABA! MAAAAaaaa MAAAA!" Half asleep I go get him, change him, give him a sippy cup of milk (bad idea) and tuck him between Nolan and I. Right as I am drifting off I hear the faint sound any mom would know means "WAKE UP YOUR KID IS ABOUT TO PUKE". Poor Link barfed all over himself, me and the bed. Seriously!?!? Gosh... Okay. I was expecting that if I was up at 2am it would be cause I was in labor but no... I was up doing laundry with a sick toddler in my arms. :) I would have put Lincoln down but he looked so sad and so cozy in my arms.

So anyway it was a long night but Lincoln woke up this morning fine. Full of boogers but fine. I am kinda suspecting he may have an ear infection since we all had colds and he is the only one who doesn't seem to be getting better. Either way he is going to see Dr Hurwitz at 2 today.

We are thinking about getting a Christmas tree today.

FULL TERM... DYLAN... come out!

I am finally full term. I can't wait to go into labor. I got through November (almost done) and now it's go time! I am nervous and excited. I want to know what this baby will look like and how it will all go down. Maybe I will occupy my time decorating for Christmas today because when I just relax... my mind just won't stop thinking of the unknown. Will it hurt ( OF COURSE IT WILL... DUH). Will he be cute (duh again). Who the heck is going to watch Nolan and Lincoln. Will it be during the day... Night??!?! Will my water break.. BURST?!??! OHHHHH my gosh. Let's get this over with... I can't take it anymore! :)

37 weeks 1 day. Not that I am counting.

Allie and Taylor on the tennis courts Thanksgiving morning

The annual "cousin picture" on Thanksgiving

With my mom and sister's at Dylan's baby shower


My Step-Dad's 50th birthday! Surprise! Staples Center Suite!

The George family has been busy busy this November! It's been a lot of fun. Some of the highlights include my baby shower, Lincoln's ENT appt, Nolan being out of school for break, visit from my father in law, Thanksgiving and my step dad's surprise 50th birthday party!

My baby shower was fun. We had it at Mimi's cafe. It was small and I was happy to see all of our family come to celebrate with us! Dylan is a spoiled little guy! Lots of cool baby things await his arrival. :)

Lincoln's ENT (Ear Nose and Throat Specialist) appt went as well as can be expected. The swollen lymph nodes have grown and instead of surgically removing the nodes over 2 cm we are opting to surgically put tubes in his ears to drain fluid the ENT found. We are hoping that clearing the infections in his ears will help the nodes to go away! Stay tuned for surgery details... I am nervous to have my baby put under but I can't wait to see if this helps not only his poor little neck but his ears and speech as well.

Nolan on break is interesting... he is kinda like a puppy that needs exercise or he starts going crazy and tearing the house apart. When does baseball season start?!?

We had my Father in Law down for Thanksgiving. It was fun having him jump into all our crazy family traditions and hang with the boys. Thanksgiving was fun. Breakfast in the morning at the Hairabedian's followed by Tennis in Meadow View, Dinner and Gingerbread House contest at the Fadden's. It was a GREAT fun day.

Last but not least my Step dad's 50th surprise birthday party! My mom got a suite at the Staple's Center and filled it with family and friend's to surprise Tim. It was really fun! The kid's had a blast cheering (Nolan with his shirt off "GO KINGS" written across his chest). Tim looked SHOCKED to see everyone in there and yell "SURPRISE!" Good times. :) The King's lost but everyone had so much fun nobody seemed to care!

Just feel like blogging.

As I type this... Lincoln is sitting behind me enjoying a strawberry yogurt. That means that I have to type quickly and look over my shoulder every 5 seconds. For some reason yogurt in this house turns to finger paint in the blink of an eye. At least it's not ketchup. Strawberry yogurt isn't so bad to clean up but ketchup makes me want to puke.

Anyway. 34 weeks. Family baby shower this Saturday. It seemed so far away and now... it's right around the corner. What is it about a 3rd baby that you don't seem to have to wait. The time FLIES. With Nolan and Lincoln time seemed to stand still. I was due around the same time with Nolan and the holidays did not keep my occupied enough to take my mind off my due date. This time I feel like it's creeping up so quickly and I have so much to do! I have been washing baby clothes every chance I get. I had bags and bags of clothes in the garage. It makes me smile tearing those trash bags open and finding little outfits that Lincoln used to wear. I gave them away thinking I would never need them or see them again. Who knew? They all ended up handed back down to Dylan. :) I had a baby in the beginning of 2009 and here I am about to have another little baby at the end of 2010! WOW.
I can't wait to meet this little baby. They are so much more fun on the outside than in my tummy. I am so over being pregnant! I can't sleep and now that Dylan's head in down I am rushing off to the bathroom every 5 minutes. I have still been having a lot of contractions. Some days Labor and Delivery will have me double up my meds to get the contractions to stop. It seems to be working. I hate how the medicine makes me feel. It's amazing that a pill that makes you shaky and makes your heart pound out of your chest can actually relax your uterus. So I get to sit there feeling like I drank 20 Redbulls and try to relax. HA... and that is hard when all you want to do is nest! I know I should be relaxing but I have such an urge to get everything in order before Dylan is here. I guess it really doesn't matter. He's not going to care if all the door frames in the house have been scrubbed. I am getting tired again. Not as tired as I was in the beginning of pregnancy. Just tired I think from carrying all this extra weight. Everything is achy and hurts. I was watching the boys wrestle around and was envious at how quickly they get around. I can't move fast or I will get a shock of sciatic shooting down my butt and leg. I can't wait until the baby is out and that nerve will stop doing that! Rolling over in bed is getting fun too... It's like a whole production of pillow arranging to find a comfortable position (and as soon as I'm comfortable it's time to pee). I swear I should be hired to speak to groups of young girls about "the joys of pregnancy". I would have them all so scared! LOL
Anyway it's almost over. Poor Taylor has to deal with me fine one second and then crying the next because of a million reasons I seem to think are worth crying over... I feel like I can't breathe because Dylan moved and was squishing my air out, I can't find the remote, My feet hurt, I'm having a bad hair day... who knows why I just cry sometimes lately and I know what I am doing but can't stop myself! ha.. I wish I could video tape myself. I am sure that would be fun to watch. :)

Okay that's enough of me complaining. The good news is that Lincoln ate his yogurt without smearing it all over the entire kitchen. :)

Halloween 2010

My kids

I just can't get enough of them!

Nolan is starting the "scary costume" phase. Makes me a little sad but it was still fun to see him so excited about his costume. We made his jacket and dirtied up his mask.

Linky was too cute. Watching him go door to door with his little UPS box just cracked me up. Everyone thought he was cute and told him to take as much candy as he wanted!

My silly boys dancing to the music at the pumkin patch. They make me laugh!

We had a great time. Nolan picked the perfect pumpkin to carve.