Update on Baby Sadowski - C-Section Scheduled!!!!

I had my first internal exam with the physician today and everything looks great! The baby is growing well and I'm measuring right where I'm supposed to be. I'm a fingertip dilated, but I think he just told me that to make me feel better. The baby is head down, but pretty high. When he pushed on the baby's head, it just floated up into my abdomen. My weight gain has been similar to Jacob, right now only 21 pounds, so we'll see how quickly it comes off this time. I was spoiled last time as I was out of my maternity clothes within 2 weeks...if only I could be so lucky this time around!

We have scheduled the C-Section for November 18, 2008! This baby has until then and it will receive its official eviction notice! Of course, I'm still hoping that I might actually go into labor on my own this time, but not holding my breath! It is hard to believe in exactly 4 weeks, I will be holding my second child in my arms! ;-) We are anxious to find out if God has blessed us with a boy or girl! Either way, we will be excited, but we're both rooting for another boy....mostly because it is what is familiar and so that Jacob has a brother, especially since they are so close in age! We feel so blessed to have a healthy child developing normally and thank God every day for this little miracle. It is something that neither of us ever take for granted! The movements have become less gentle and feel as though they are urgent attempts to escape through my belly button. I wouldn't trade that for anything in the world!

Please and Thank You!!!!

My big accomplishment for the last couple of weeks has been starting to teach Jacob his manners. For months, he has been signing "Please" whenever he wanted something. A couple months ago he added the word along with the sign and does it pretty consistently when he wants something. So the next challenge was getting him to say "Thank You". This week he has started saying "Thank You" without me having to ask him to say it. It is so refreshing to hear him ask please and then say thank you afterwards. I'm not sure he understands yet, but he will at some point! Until then, he sounds polite! ;-)

We went to a pumpkin patch at a local church today and looked at pumpkins. Jacob even picked one out, pointed to it and said "mommy". When I asked him if he picked out that pumpkin for me, he promptly answered "yes"!!!! Ohhhh, that melts my heart! Daddy is working a trauma shift today at the hospital, so hopefully we can go back tomorrow and pick a couple out as a family!

Our little boy is 18 months old!

It is so hard to believe that Jacob just turned 18 months! WOW....where has the time gone?!?! He is weighing in at exactly 22 pounds and 31.5 inches tall. He continues to hang in at the 10th percentile for his age....but Brian and I aren't exactly large people, so why should he be?

Even more startling is that in about a month he will be a BIG Brother! Jacob has grown up so much in the last 3 or 4 months. His vocabulary has expanded from his first word starting at 14 1/2 months to over 100 words...I have lost count. Everyday he has a new word. He reminds us to say our prayers when we sit down to eat by saying..Amen. He chatters all the time! Gee I wonder where he got that from? His new expression this week is "Whoa". He knows a lot of his animals and many different types of trucks like cement mixers, bulldozers, fuel trucks, buses, tractors, garbage trucks, etc. He points everything out as we drive and gives me a full account of everything he sees!

The first picture was taken the other day. I put my baby doll in the baby's room to get him used to seeing a baby and he decided that he needed to rock her, kiss her and hug her. Last weekend, we all went to the pumpkin patch and Jacob absolutely LOVED the hay rack ride with the tractor! The last picture is displaying my large belly that also serves as a shelf for Jacob...I don't even have to hold on to him! He points to my belly and says "Baby" but he has no idea how much that little baby is going to rock his world.

Jacob and Alayna

I wanted to post a picture of the little girl I have been watching for the last 8 months. Alayna will be 9 months next week and she and Jacob are finally starting to play together, well parallel at least! Jacob has a hard time sharing his toys sometimes and Alayna just doesn't understand why!?!? ;-) I watch Alayna on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings and it has been wonderful practice for getting ready for 2 kids! 2 kids will seem like a piece of cake when I have the three of them to take care of! Alayna has been a lot of fun and I have enjoyed watching her little personality develop. She and Jacob can make each other laugh in a way that I cannot! She is crawling all over the place and trying desperately to pull up! She and Jacob love our morning wagon walks! Although they are 9 months apart, they wear the same size diapers and almost the same size clothes....makes Jacob look like a little runt! ;-)

Baby Sadowski's Nursery

The baby's nursery is now complete! We have assembled all of the furniture and are anxiously awaiting the arrival of this baby! It has been so much fun for me pulling out some of Jacob's old stuff, saving some that will forever be his because I can't imagine another child wrapped in a certain blanket or wearing a particular outfit. We had a diaper shower last month and are stocked with diapers. Next month, one of the bible studies I am in is throwing a shower for myself and two other girls! Once the baby comes, we will have a "Meet N Greet" in early December for everyone to meet him or her. I moved all of Jacob's Winnie the Pooh stuff into this nursery. The walls were already painted green, so that was easy! It is very simple and once the baby is born, we will hang letters of the child's name above the crib! 5 Weeks to go and hopefully not much sooner...this little one isn't done cooking yet! ;-)