Sorry for the sporadic posting the last few days, but our house has been a bit of a whirlwind. I went to the doctor last Wednesday for my weekly visit and for the first time this entire pregnancy, Sophie wasn’t measuring as she should. Instead of measuring 36 weeks, my belly was closer to 34 weeks and it caused my overly-cautious doctor {which I appreciate} some concern. My doctor was sure the measurements were off because of her position and nothing more, but I had an ultrasound and non-stress test that day to see how things were going. The ultrasound showed her to be 5 pounds and 15 ounces, putting her in the 24% percentile over all for height and weight. According to my doctor, anything between 10% and 90% is considered normal, but we wanted to take a better look at her just in case. The NST showed her heartbeat and movement was great and I had very few contractions while on the monitor.
Fast forward to Monday. I had a regularly scheduled appointment that morning, but because of her size I spent 30 minutes on the monitor again. Sophie fell asleep and had to be shaken awake by the doctor, but performed really well. I had another appointment in the afternoon with a high-risk-pregnancy doctor to confirm her weight and see if there was anything else going on that we needed to know about. I was on the ultrasound machine for about 45 minutes and the images we saw were astounding. It was one of the best machines available and the resolution afforded us some really remarkable pictures of our sweet girl. Seeing her face on the screen was so much fun! The technician and doctor were wonderful and they measured every piece and part of her, including blood flow to her major organs and umbilical cord. All was well and her percentage jumped to 27% with the better machine. She weighed in at 6 pounds and 6 ounces, which didn’t sound all that small to us at all! We are still scheduled for a delivery on the 14th, assuming she doesn’t surprise us any sooner than that, but the doctor told us we had absolutely nothing to worry about. Sophie Kae Fields is just perfect.
Now, wanna know all of the funny things that have happened in my absence?
1. On Friday night we went to dinner at a local BBQ restaurant because we were too exhausted to cook and didn’t feel like driving into town. Dinner was good and the staff gave us free pie since we had to wait on our food. As we were leaving, me with pie-in-hand, Josh and I miscalculated the car key hand-off and the pie ended up on the nice clean floor. Everywhere. Ever seen a pregnant lady attempt to bend over and clean up? Needless to say, I wasn’t much help and they rewarded me with a replacement piece of chocolate pie. It didn’t help with the embarrassment, but it sure was YUMMY.
2. Saturday morning we had a birthday party in Chelsea and then Ella accompanied me to a pedicure. With all the unanswered questions about the day of Sophie’s arrival, I wanted to make sure my toes were ready even if nothing else was. Ella stood beside me and watched with lots of questions and my tootsies have never looked better. Until as I was wrestling the princess into the car I scraped my big toe with my blue jeans and completely ruined the just-paid-for pedicure. If Ella hadn’t been securely buckled in, we would have gone back in for a touch up, but I didn’t feel well enough to do it all over again. So after spending $30 on a pedicure, I got to spend $6.50 at Walmart to buy polish to match and gave myself a pretty decent paint job once I got home.
3. My carseat was supposed to be delivered on Saturday morning while we were out. I ordered a carseat and base combo and then an extra base for Josh & Gran to share. I got a deal on Walmart’s website and had a giftcard to help defray the cost. I had it shipped priority because we were loading the car over the weekend in case of Sophie’s early arrival and wanted to have plenty of time to get it installed. When we got home from the party we were thrilled to see two boxes on the front porch. Unfortunately, upon closer inspection they were both really small and contained two car seat bases. I spent 30 minutes searching for a customer service telephone number on their website and an hour on the phone with them and local stores trying to hunt down the car seat. Luckily, the rep was very nice and overnighted us one {which as I type this has been delivered at my house, but I won’t cheer until I see it with my own eyes!!}.
4. This is perhaps the best story of the weekend. After the disastrous pedicure, Ella and I ran in Walmart to pick up a few things for the hospital. The only two areas of the store we visited were the toiletry and grocery sections. As we were getting ready to check out, Ella reminded me how good she had been and wanted to get a Reese’s Cup and a movie from RedBox. As we wheeled by the greeter on our way out the alarms all went off. I dutifully handed over my receipt and waited while she looked through my bags. Apparently the alarms indicate what set them off and we were looking for a CD or DVD. Did I mention anything about visiting the electronics department??
Last week, while grocery shopping I decided to pick up a surprise for Ella from us for Easter. She has been begging for Miley Cyrus’ new CD and I happened to be alone at Walmart for a change. I bought it, but put it in my purse so she wouldn’t find it while digging through the grocery bags when I got home, and I never thought of it again.
Fast forward to Saturday, I finally realize why the alarm went off and try to discreetly pull the CD from my purse without Ella seeing it. I explain to the “nice” older lady why I have a Walmart CD in my purse and that yes, I had paid the $8 ticket price, just on a different day. I had already balanced my checkbook since the purchase, so no receipt was to be found and she didn’t exactly believe my elaborate story. All I could think was what 9+ month pregnant woman with a 3 year old in tow, spends a ridiculous amount of money on groceries, but shoplifts an $8 CD?!?!? She wasn’t giving in. I did my best to convince her and she chastised me pretty hard about not bringing previously purchased merchandise into the store and that she has to personally account for the alarm going off. I was horribly mortified, but at least I wasn’t drug off into a manager’s office or frisked in front of my daughter or the half-million people streaming out the doors, some of whom I probably knew. It was horrible and as much as I hope it never happens again, the CD is still in my purse!
