Sew-saturday

I have a handful of sewing projects that must be finished by October. Miss Eve is going to make her appearance then, and I know things will come to a complete stop once she arrives.

First up is Eve's cradle bumper. Her actual crib is done in flowers and matches Iz's bedding because once she gets older she will share a room with her, but when she first arrives she will bein our room and in the cradle. I made a bumper for Iz, but it is long gone so I am now sewing a new one. This one is a leopard print with hot pink trim. I got everything cut this morning, I just need to get it pinned and sewn.

Next up I am making some crayon rolls for the kids to take to the hospital when they come visit Me and Eve. I also am making them I-spy bags...I have all the material but I still need to get some more objects for them to find...

Lastly I need to sew Iz's halloween costume. Andrew has decided to be Buzz this year, it's a costume he has had for a while.....I didn't make it, I bought it from the disney store...but he loves wearing it so that makes him easy to please. Iz however is going to be Snow white....I have bought the pattern, I'll probably buy the material in Sept and bust it out a few days later... (note back up plan here is to buy one from the disney store...lol) As for Eve....we have Iz's pea pod costume...so she'll wear it for pictures...I am pretty sure she's not going out trick or treating this year...lol

Baby Eve - ultrasound photos

Update on the baby - back from the specialist

My appt with the specialist went well, apparently Ms Eve does not have a cyst....she has a gall bladder. The us tech said sometimes you see them sometimes you don't, and you can see her's and since a lot of times you can't see them then when most us techs do see them they think they are something else and then they send them to a specialist to get a better look. The us tech took tons of photos of her heart because she was cooperating and she was getting great shots and the tech said she needed some good shots for her files for examples. So I have been released from seeing the specialist unless later they want to do another growth scan, but since my normal OB is doing growth scans anyway so I doubt I'll be back to see them.I ended up going by myself...I didn't want to have to get the kids up at 6am and I'm glad because my appt was at 8:45 and I didn't get out till almost 11.Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers :)

Update on baby Eve

We had another ultrasound today because the baby wouldn't let her get all the measurements last time. Our appt was at 11, and we didn't get in till 12. Again the baby was being totally stubbord and wouldln't let her get pictures of everything. Finally she rolled over and everything looked ok and she finished getting measurements, she left the room after we got done, and said I'll be right back, she comes in with an OB, not normal, so he tells us that she has a cyst in her abdomin. He said that it's not connected to her heart or bladder or kidneys and that most likely since she is a she its a ovarian cyst. He said though since he's not a specialist and can't give us a 100% answer he's sending us to a MFM specialist for further evaluation. He said in his opinion the specialist will probably just have them do ultrasounds every few weeks to monitor it and as long as it isn't growing they will wait till she is born to decide what to do about it. He said sometimes cysts are chromosomal, but since none of her other organs have any of the markers and look normal he isn't too concerned about it. He also said sometimes they are cancerous, but since the cyst does not present in a way that makes it look like cancerous.
We then had our normal OB appt and our OB again said to her she's pretty sure its just an ovarian cyst, but again she'd rather send us to someone who is paid the big bucks just in case.

So now we wait...they said we should get our refferal by Monday and an appt in the next 2 weeks.

So anyway...just keep us in your thoughts and I'll keep you guys updated as I know more :(

No vacation Blog today :(

No vacation blog today folks! I had too much to get done, clipping coupons, making grocery list, shopping, bathing...ya know all the fun stuff.

I did however save 59.00 at the grocery store in coupons....Which means I got out of there for 109.00 and enough food for the next 3 weeks....now remember I didn't buy any meat this week because I have a freezer full from recent sales...

And on another note. Mike took Andrew to the ER the other night. ( it was just croup) anyway apparently every time a dr or nurse entered the room he started crying. Andrew isn't usually afraid of Dr's so Mike was confused. So Mike finally asked him what was wrong. He looked at Mike and said but I don't want them to make me have a baby. See we have been talking to Andrew and Iz about how in a few months I will go to the hospital and the Dr's will help me have a baby and we will bring it home. He's gotten to see an ultrasound etc and apparently he assumed that they would make him have a baby too...lol

Vacation Day 4 - Sea World

Vacation Day 4

So we headed out early to make it to the opening of seaworld. The first show we hit was Clyde and Seamore take Pirate Island. It was a really cute show, and the kids did really good waiting on it to start.

Mike and Andrew waiting on the show to start.

Iz and I waiting on the show to start.

Photo of the otter and sea lion show

We then walked over to see the Clydesdales. Iz of course was in love with the horses and wanted to ride them...

Mike, the kids with a budweiser wagon

Iz petting the Clydesdale

Andrew petting the clydesdale.

We then had lunch at Sharks Underwater Grill. Way over priced, but I guess you pay extra for dining with the sharks.

Mike and Iz at lunch

We then headed over to see A'Lure which was a cirque de soleil kind of show. Except a little cheesy and a lot smaller. But the kids really seemed to enjoy it (no photography allowed) plus we (Mike and I) enjoyed that it was indoors and air conditioned

We then made the trek up the hill to see Believe (Shamu). I took a whole lot of photos, too many to share here :). We didn't sit in the spash zone despite the fact it was warm enough. We still had a long day ahead and I wasn't wanting to squish the rest of the day


Photos of Shamu

We then headed over to see the penguins. Yes they were cute, but boy did they stink. It was almost too much for my pregnant nose to take!

Lastly we headed over to see Blue Horizons (Dolphins). Again I took a lot more photos (I took like 200 total for the day) but there are way to many to post here :). Iz loved this show...I think she liked it even more than the Shamu.

Lastly we stopped and had a photo Op at this fake shamu. The kids really enjoyed the day. It was really hot though. Iz got very upset for a bit because the have these huge roller coasters in the park. After she rode the mini roller coaster the day before she was very upset to learn she was about 20 inches too short to ride these...I promised her at some point we'd come back and she could ride them....in a few years that is :)

Mike and the Kids with "shamu"

At the end of the day we drug ourselves and their toys (Iz got a stuffed Shamu and Andrew got a coral reef figures set) back to our resort. We took the kids swimming in the big pool. Thankfully they had lifevests for the kids because the water was way over their heads. Andrew and Iz both went down the big slides many times. I never got aroudn to taking photos of them swimming, so no photos of that :( For dinner Mike ran down to the food court and we dined on hamburgers and pizza.

Tomorrow - Hollywood Studios :)

Vacation Day 3 - Magic Kingdom

Day 3 -
We had reservations for breakfast at the crystal palace in the Magic Kingdom. I scheduled it before the park actually opened, so we got to enter the park at 8am instead of 9am.

Iz was super excited to see the castle

Iz spotting the castle

We stopped on our way up the street to get a photo of us with the castle...I have some with me in it, but I haven't got the photopass cd in yet :)


Mike and the kids in front of the castle

We then headed to our breakfast. For those who have not been, the crystal palace does character dining. We were supposed to see Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, & Pigglet. We however did not get to see Piglet. He was about to come to our table when they started a dance around the room followed by a character break, the kids were ready to go, so we'll just have to meet him next time.

Me and Iz with Eeyore

Mike and Andrew with Eeyore

Andrew hugging Pooh (Iz watching in the background)

Iz hugging Pooh

Andrew and Iz hugging Tigger

After having breakfast we headed over to the rope drop at Fantasyland. The first ride we hit was Dumbo. Both of the kids loved it! Neither was scared about going all the way to the top.

Iz riding Dumbo

Andrew and Mike riding Dumbo

We left Dumbo and hit Pooh, then Snow White (which in my tips book said scared young children, but my kids didn't bat an eye), then over to peter pan. Iz insisted we needed to ride the ponies...

Iz, Me, and Andrew riding the "ponies"

After riding the ponies we went and rode It's a Small World...

Mike and the kids riding It's a Small World

After that we headed over to Tomorrowland to check out the Buzz ride. The line wasn't very long, but since Andrew is a huge Buzz fan we grabbed a fast pass to use later and jumped in line. Both of the kids loved this ride!

Andrew and Iz in jail with Zurg

We then went to check out astro orbitor, but the wait was 45 minutes....too long for me. So we headed over to Stitch's Great escape. Andrew and Mike rode it while Iz and I rode Monster's Inc Laugh Floor. It was really cute, and the joke of the day: How do you make a tissue dance??? - Put a little boogie in it :)

By this time we were able to use our fast passes, so we hit Buzz again and then decided to head over to Toontown.

The only ride we did in toontown was the barnstormer (mini roller coaster) Iz was able to ride, which proved to be a problem....which I'll explain later.

We then jumped on the Train and rode around to Frontierland. It was getting hot by this time, and it was crowded (which it was Saturday so that's to be expected) so we hit Pirates of the Caribbean and then headed to Casey's for hot dogs.

Andrew on the train

Isabel on the train

After lunch we decided to head back to the hotel for a break. On the way out we saw Chip and Dale

Isabel and Andrew with Chip and Dale

The kids were so worn out...they fell asleep in the stroller at the bus stop

After a break in the room (and in the pool) we headed to the poly for dinner at 'Ohana. They served us way too much food, but we had fun trying to eat it all.

Iz at dinner, eating her noodles.

Andrew at dinner, notice he loved the chicken wings.

Mike at dinner

Upon returning to the hotel We decided to dig into our pretzel rods from the previous day. They were awesome. I am going to try and make some here this winter....mmmm I can't wait!

Lastly...this is how the kids fell asleep....it was a long hot day...normally its in the 70-80's during this time of year, but lucky (or unlucky) us it was in the 90's all week...no rain, but really hot and humid :(

Tomorrow - off to Sea World :)