In other baby arrival news, my best college friend, Erica Ladwig, welcomed her sweet baby girl, Madelyn Alyse Ladwig, yesterday afternoon at 3pm! I sadly am not allowed to travel anymore, and since they live in Houston, I don't have any pictures yet to post. Nevertheless, I cannot wait to meet this sweet little one once Carter is here! She looks absolutely beautiful in the online pictures I've seen...hopefully, we will have some pictures of Carter and his future bride posted when the Ladwigs come to town around Memorial Day.
On Monday, our sweet niece Kensington joined us for a few days. She was such a precious little helper and we had so much fun painting toenails, going for walks, playing with bubbles, and shopping together.
While she was here, we had a little scare with Emma, our four year old Boston Terrier. We took her Tuesday morning for her annual exam and shots, and for whatever reason, she had an allergic reaction to the shots. It was horrifying to watch her teeny little legs go out from under her as she collapsed and became very cold. (Sidenote: God should NEVER allow pet scares in the third trimester...I haven't cried that hard in a LONG time. Stupid hormones!) The vet kept her Tuesday afternoon for observation and gave her some steroids to reduce the swelling in her face. Fortunately, she was able to come home late that afternoon, but she wasn't quite herself until this morning. All she wanted to do was cuddle and sleep for most of Tuesday night and Wednesday.
In baby news, Carter has developed a new past time - HICCUPS. These crazy little bouts of spasms happen at a minimum twice a day...the most cases I've counted so far in one day is six. (Today, we have had two cases so far and it's only noon!) It is the absolute craziest thing I've ever felt...but I love it!
I've decided, after way too much time off from work and a quiet morning alone at the house, that this is a typical daily schedule for little C in the womb:
- Wake up (my eyes actually open now when I'm awake!)
- Kick Mom to wake her up
- Breakfast (eggs are my fave...I do a little happy dance after Mom eats those)
- Get the hiccups (gotta work those lungs!)
- Nap (hiccups are exhausting)
- Kickboxing class #1
- Lunch (sunchips, please)
- More hiccups
- Sleep again
- Practice walking by "pedaling" on Mom's ribs (she LOVES this)
- More hiccups (I'm going to have the strongest lungs in the world)
- Dinner and dessert
- More pedaling/kickboxing (the most intense workout of the day...gotta work off that Blue Bell!)
- Last bout of hiccups (gotta make sure Daddy feels them at least once a day, too)
- Back to sleep
- Repeat
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