This Week

Last Friday (a week+ ago), Rhyan and I had to take something up to Archer for Jeff. We enjoyed our visit with him during his lunch and Jeff and I giggled at how tiny Rhyan looked walking those huge halls. Of course, you'd never know that she's not even two- she walked around there like she owned the joint! She just loves open spaces to walk in!
Well, on the way back out to the car, she fell and scraped up her knee pretty badly. She cried only for about a minute, then was ok. Unfortunately, that afternoon after her nap, she fell on the same knee again and really messed it up. This was, unknowingly to me, the beginning of a week of injuries :-( So I thought I'd document a couple of them. Some with pics, some without.

Here is a pic of her knee after its almost healed, almost a week later!

Then, at Tracy's house she straight up ran into a door frame. As if it were a brand new door that had just been put in. She got a little bruise on her head and it left a knot. Later that same day, she walked into a chair. Like she never saw it coming!

That same afternoon at home, she got into a fight with a metal clothes hanger. Looks to me like the hanger won... it scratched up her temple, straight across her eyelid. Its scary to think of what it could have done to her actual eye had she not closed it. Thank the Lord for reflexes! (she is telling me here that this is her "noooose").

I had a dental convention I had to attend on Thursday and Friday of this week (yes, it IS as interesting as it sounds... which means it was pretty much a bore) so my Mommie (grandmother) kept Rhyan for us on Friday for a few hours. While she was there, she touched the heater and got a burn on her hand. She's very good about telling us that it is "hot", but unfortunately, she had to learn for herself what that really means :-( She's back to not going near it again.

In other- not so painful- news...
Jeff's JV baseball team won their second game of the season this Wednesday. They've lost 7 and won 2... not great, but each win helps boost some morale, which is priceless for those boys!

And I had my 28 week checkup this past Thursday. I gained a ton of weight, but I dont count it all because i typically go to the Dr 1st thing in the morning and dont eat or drink before i go (yes, maybe i'm a freak, but i like the consistency) and on Thursday I weighed in at almost 5pm after having eaten and drank all day long. Plus, i'd been on my feet a lot in Atlanta that day and I was swollen :-( So I'm just going to wait and see what this next appointment brings before i get worked up about it. I'm measuring at 30cm from pelvic area to fundus (top of the uterus). You should measure 1cm per week so i'm a little bigger than i should be but this is right in line w/ Rhyan's measurements, as well. The dr is not concerned. The heartbeat sounded great and Dr Pohl said Mckinnon probably weighs almost 2lbs by now. We discussed cord blood banking, which Jeff and I have pretty much decided against (I'll post on our reasons why later and the info we've gathered in case anyone else finds it helpful) and circumcision and that was about it. Easy enough.
I'll be seen every 2 weeks from here to 36 weeks, where he'll start seeing me weekly until Mckinnon is born.

Ok, so a few quick pics to last some of you for a bit. Rhyan is getting so BIG! We adore her fun personality and are really enjoying her!

Hope all of you have a Great week! We have a BUSY one here leading up to spring break. Man, i know Jeff will be glad to have that come next week! He deserves it, thats for sure. Between coaching, grading and planning, I bet you he works 16 hour days fairly regularly. Plus some on the weekends. I'm so thankful for all he does to provide for our family, and to be a good role model to Rhyan and to anyone who knows him. :-)