I just walked in from a beautiful day on Long Beach Island. Joe and I took Patrick down to the beach for the day to spend time with Elise, Ty, and the boys. It was rather surreal knowing that we've settled into parenthood rather smoothly. The beach was gorgeous. Patrick hung out in his shade shelter for most of the time, but I did manage to snap a few shots of him just lounging about!
It's amazing that today could have been the day. Today, Patrick is 40 weeks in the making. I'm so glad he came early. He really did make perfect timing: just after Vibes, but with enough time that I could spend one last blissful day at the beach with Elise. Perhaps we'll sneak one more in before we turn in for the fall!
Labels: Baby Patrick, Family, Pregnancy
12:04 AM 8/27/20080 Comments:
Yes!! HE is here! Took everyone for a loop, we all thought HE was a SHE! None the less, he's precious and beautiful and we love him so much! Patrick Finn Conroy arrived at 2:21 AM this morning, 8/8/08 weighing in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces and 19.3 inches long. He's the most mellow baby, just like inside :) Although he was early, he's doing just fine! More to come later, until then, enjoy this sneak peak at the rest of our life!
Labels: Baby Patrick, Pregnancy
3:07 PM 8/08/20081 Comments:
Hee hee hee, I love how River Girl now has 100% more baby! What a cutie pie.
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12/8/08 2:37 PM
So I woke up this morning, knowing I had an OB appointment. I got dressed and ready and went down for breakfast. As I was eating breakfast, I felt a gush right down my leg. I stood up, more gush...upstairs, yet again! So needless to say, 2-3 weeks early, baby is coming whether we are ready or not! I'll certainly keep you all updated, but in the meantime, send me easy labor vibes. I'm at Labor and Delivery right now and we aren't leaving without a baby!
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11:29 AM 8/07/20080 Comments:
The days keep sneaking right past me, and before you know it, the Conroy's will be 3! Today, I went to the dreaded baby super store, and I think I'm done! I've got everything in order, and now we are just awaiting little "Kenobi's" arrival. Hopefully, baby will wait until AFTER Vibes..because I'd really like to enjoy myself just one last time....
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6:12 PM 7/24/20080 Comments:
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9:34 AM 7/04/20081 Comments:
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15/7/08 1:45 PM
You know how they say "No News is Good News"? Well, it isn't ALWAYS true..I'm down to two week appointments at the OB. Two weeks ago, I had taken the dreaded inaccurate Glucose Tolerance Test. I was mortified of this test because I've got a horrible sweet tooth. I figured since they didn't call, I had passed!
Well, I went yesterday again. I wasn't so lucky. They expect me to pass the 3 hour (yes, THREE HOUR) GTT because I was only borderline, so it becomes more of an annoyance than anything else. I am taking off Tuesday to do this. I get to sit in the uncomfortable lab waiting room for 3 hours and have my blood drawn a total of 4 times! ugh!
Keep me in your thoughts..I'm hoping to pass. We've gotten through this bump free so far..I'd hate to start now..come on! It's ICE CREAM season!
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8:21 AM 6/06/20080 Comments:
Well, the baby HAS been moving..for quite some time..and here we are at 26 weeks flat..less than 100 days to go now, and Joe only felt the baby move for the first time on Sunday. For weeks now, he's been trying. I'd feel it move, put my hand on it, feel it again (from both outside AND in), and tell him to hurry before the baby goes back to sleep. He'd send a calming vibes into the belly, and the baby would go right back to sleep!
Well, Sunday evening, we were watching TV, and the kicks have moved north, towards the placenta a bit, so they are more muffled for me, but I told him to try..I said TALK to the baby!
"Kick little one!" *bump*
"Kick!" *bump*bump*
There it was! Joe was feeling the baby kick, and on command at that! So of course, we've got a new game going on. Last night, he was talking to the baby, and it was kicking his hand yet again!
Labels: milestones, Pregnancy
9:10 AM 5/20/20080 Comments:
So I've got this belief that I never have enough time during the week to get what I want done. I mean, sure, I've got time after school. But I honestly believe that there is an absolute need to wind down after school before dinner, and then before you know it, it's bedtime! This week, it seems particularly worse so. I think the baby is having a growth spurt this week. I'm sure you are wondering why exactly do I believe this. Well, I'm generally more hungry, I'm more tired, and I'm more crampy to be honest!! Hopefully it will get better soon! 10:46 AM 4/30/2008
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I know..my life already revolves around baby..I apologize..but hey, this is some pretty exciting stuff..or would you rather hear about our income taxes that we owe (for the first time EVER bleh!) or perhaps how our two cats are handling being a couple again? Things are fine there by the way ;)
Anyway, baby news!
Baby is lookin good! Weighing in at about a pound. Everything looks healthy, still measuring ahead at 21 weeks 5 days (currently 20 weeks 3 days)!! Heartrate was 135, so in the "boy" range, whatever that old wives tale means LOL.
Now, she took all her pictures, never told us to look away, but managed to do a gender scan without us knowing, which drops me in the GIRL boat, because i think boys tend to be more obvious, no?
Everyone else is calling a girl!! Who knows! This not knowing business is kinda fun :)
The baby didn't do a whole lot of moving. I even drank some sugary iced tea before we went, but the U/S tech had to poke to make it move a bit!
My placenta is anterior, which could be why the muffled/lack of kicks! I THOUGHT it was! It is starting though! It's kinda neat, but only in the past few days have I felt really much at all besides two isolated twitch incidents nearly 3 weeks ago :)
I've been feeling really good, of course, minus the minor growing pains. I always feel blessed that everything has gone so smoothly so far. I know my mom is looking out for this baby.
Here are some pictures. She gave us like seven pictures, but the tech herself wasn't very cheery..she had about as much personality as a dish rag! All of the shots are profiles, but one attached has an ARM in front of it's head. We have settled on names, or so we think ;) BUT we are keeping it secret. Joe's taken to calling IT Baby Kenobi..as in Obi Wan? He thinks its funny, and it's starting to stick LOL! Hence, the labeling!
Labels: milestones, Pregnancy
8:53 PM 4/11/20080 Comments:
Well, break is just about over..what do I have left? A mere few hours? It's alright, I suppose. Joe and I made good progress over the week. Although he had a stiff neck that required a trip to the doctor, he managed to help me move the larger things out of the baby's room and into the purple room. In his words, "Maybe you'll have time to set it up when you are home with the baby..." Yeah right! I have every intention of working up there as soon as possible!! After I painted the window ledges and installed the new blinds in the baby's room, I took to the attic, setting up my new sewing area, which will be shared with the likes of Joe's nostalgic video games, the exercise bike, and reading nook that we've so lovingly crafted. It really didn't take me long to do. Unfortunately, my body tells me when to slow down before my brain does these days. Noone ever mentioned how gingerly you'd find yourself moving while pregnant. I swear, I'm carrying a watermelon and I'm not even half way there yet!
I'm hoping this move to the purple room will find me new inspiration. I did head up there today with the notion that I'd be starting on a Waldorf Doll, only to find that my doll fabric isn't exactly what I wanted for this project and I've got to wait until I get some material more befitting of the doll. At least I got the head started!
Labels: Crafting, milestones, Pregnancy
3:50 PM 3/30/20080 Comments:
So noone ever tells you certain things about pregnancy. Alas, I'm here to give away these secrets to you! I'm sure you all knew about the episiotomies, where the thought of stitches in your hooha just makes me cringe...but did they ever mention all the aches and cramps? I swear, I was convinced that I'd be cramp free for 9 months! What a glorious thing! Boy was I wrong! It seems that every day is something new. I think Baby Conroy has been going through a growth spurt for the past two weeks that finally seemed to subside over the weekend. I swear, if I had been spotting, I might have been concerned for the big scary "M" word..but alas, I wasn't spotting, and apparently, this stuff is completely normal!
Other than that, I THINK the horrible M/S may actually be disappearing, but the last time I willed it away, it came back to get me with a vengeance! Hopefully this is it..then again, not everyday is always going to be perfect!
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10:48 AM 3/12/20080 Comments:
*~* MONDAY MORNING SICKNESS *~*
I swear, it's the MOST bizarre thing! I'm not sure how my body just KNOWS, but it does. It's the Sunday Night/Monday Morning sickies..and it happens EVERY WEEK!
Now that I'm nearly at 14 weeks, I'm hoping it disappears soon, because it's getting old!!
My love of carbs is somewhat coming back..not completely..and then, like last night, when I ate raviolis and they didn't stay..it makes me wonder if I should just stay away for a while yet :/
Maybe next Monday we'll beat it! At least it only lasts until I leave for work, you know?
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12:55 PM 2/25/20080 Comments:
Today was the Nuschal Translucency Scan. Basically, it's an ultrasound that, combined with a blood sample, determines your odds of trisomy defect or downs syndrome. Of course, it's been 4 weeks, which leads me to worry about what's going on inside me. I haven't seen this baby since then and of course, the worst runs through your mind! Thankfully everything was fine! The baby's heartbeat measured 160 BPM. It is actually measuring a week ahead of schedule at this point (and it was at the last appointment as well). I don't have official results on the NT scan yet. I think it really hit Joe today that it's a BABY in there! We watched it bounce around quite a bit. We saw all four limbs and little hands, and a nose and face. We saw the heart beat again as well...Here is a picture of our adventure today! Enjoy!
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7:08 PM 2/12/20080 Comments:
That phrase seems to be the theme of my life lately. Tell the world that you are pregnant, and all of a sudden, everyone at work, everyone in your neighborhood, well...EVERYONE asks you all the time "So how are you feeling?!" I don't mind being honest, telling them the gorey details of Sunday's all nighter morning sickness extravaganza..I mean, hey, they asked, right? At least it's just an evening and weekend affair, although I was a bit worried on Monday morning when even water would not stay down. The thought of being out a second Monday in a row just annoyed me. I packed my things, some cheerios, my one and only soda a day, the covetted AM soda, and two plastic bags in case my body decided to disagree with me on the way to work. I was OK, thankfully...but I'm hoping this whole business leaves sooner than later. It's really not much fun!
Labels: Pregnancy
7:03 PM 2/07/20080 Comments:
I know, I know, I've been here for almost 2 months now spouting out pregnancy tales to everyone we meet. Of course, they'd all ask us when we were seeing the doctor. Today was officially the day! I was hoping for an ultrasound, but I wasn't sure it was guaranteed! When we walked in the exam room, I immediately saw the U/S machine, all cued up with my name on it! Everything went really smoothly with the appointment. I really liked the OB, she seemed right on par with what I was hoping for. She showed us the little bean on the screen, and it was amazing! The little heart was beating and you could SEE it! There really IS a bean growing inside of me! I'm measuring 8 weeks 3 days, and I'm timed at 8 weeks today, so that's good news. They worry when it's TOO small..but it's actually measuring right on par!
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5:32 PM 1/15/20080 Comments:
Do you ever feel like the world is crashing in on you? I'm sure you have, but take a magnifying glass, aka pregnancy, and magnify it by 10!! This week I've got a lot weighing on my shoulders. From my first OB appointment to my second observation to two very important meetings to round out the week, the upcoming 3 day weekend will surely be well deserved. I just hope I can survive the next five days!
Labels: Pregnancy, School, weekends
9:20 PM 1/13/20080 Comments:
So I thought I was getting off easy...6 weeks, no sign of the horrid MS...boy was I wrong! At least it isn't as bad as it could be (knock on wood!). I woke up the other day and could hardly stomach my breakfast. The next day, the toothpaste made me gag. Ever since, it's been a constant feeling of absolute ick. My appetite is gone. Not even the simplest foods seem appealing! I've stocked up on applesauce, peppermint lifesavers, and I've even bought seabands. I'm hoping this isn't settling in for the long run. 6 more weeks is a long time!
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6:49 PM 1/06/20080 Comments:
That's what the plaque said that we gave to Joe's parents last night. We waited until after the annual tree trimming event. Dinner was nice and long, tree trimming was nice as usual..and once the train was in place and Joe's family sat around basking in the glow of the Christmas tree, we presented them with the plaque..We told them it was a very special Christmas present that they had to open together. They dug through the gift wrap, and as they read the plaque, it took a few minutes to hit them. I experienced a high last night that can only come with seeing that kind of reaction. It's totally different than when you get engaged..A first grandchild! Absolutely amazing! Of course, my mother-in-law cried, and my father in law broke out the 12 year aged Jameson..We outright blew their minds! it was truly a perfect evening!
I can only imagine what today will bring as we bring the news to my family!
Merry Christmas everyone! I know I got what I wanted this year! 7:54 AM 12/25/2007
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How appropriately fitting. Joe and I are still basking in the glow of it all. We still can't really believe it, and I even bought a new stock of Dollar Tree tests today, just to be sure. My first OB appointment isn't until January 15th, but I truly believe this happened for a very good reason to us. The last 8 months just weren't right..and now is the time.
I told a few people at work, and we are saving the news for Christmas with our families..so if your PART of that..SHH, it's a secret..let us tell it in our own way...apparently, I've got a bigger readership than I realized! It even spans continents!
Right now, I'm mortified that the extreme fatigue is going to set in. I'm trying to get all of my Christmas presents finished and wrapped, as with many homemade gifts this year, I'm really proud of myself..all of my arts are being represented! A few of Hillary's Wee Wonderful dolls to finish up, or at least the clothes for them! Then I'm officially done!
Please keep us in your thoughts in the next coming weeks.. 7:09 PM 12/19/2007
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Just when you've given up..when you were told by a professional that chances are SLIM to NONE..when your mind is consumed by more pressing issues..and the timing just isn't right..guess what happens?
yup! that's right kids! I'm pregnant! And yet however early..I told the whole world 8 months ago we were trying..so why not tell you that we've reached success..Please keep us in your good thoughts! 40 weeks is a LONG TIME! 10:48 AM 12/17/2007
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