Mommy Advice!!!

I am asking all of you moms new, experienced or well seasoned for any advice you can give me! This is your chance to hold nothing back!!! Anything from sleep advice, nursing, mommy time, etc..... Please I ask of you to leave a comment!! I really want to learn all I can and what better way than through family and friends!! Thank you!

Colton's Bedding!!!

I found a steal of a deal at Babie R Us tonight and could not pass it up!! Here is the first look at Coltons crib set!! I am so excited to receive it!! I just have to be patient and wait for it to arrive!! Sure beat paying full price in the store!! This is a 6 piece set, I will show pictures once it arrives and is all ready to go!!!

I have so many things to blog about, however, I will when I have a spare moment!!

Baby Colton's Room!!

The secret is out..... Little boy Giardino will be known as Colton Alexander!!! We love it!! I am so amazed at the job Josh did on his room!!! He has some talent!!! I cannot wait to fill it up with all the decorations!! That will be awhile but enjoy the pictures of the room!!

Christmas Lights!!

This is just a cute picture of Hailey with her good friend Kaden!!!

I still need to get the picture of the house at night but here is the process of the lights going up!!! Josh and our neighbor did the hard work.... I was a little unhinged while they were up there!!

Update!!

I went to my 31 week check today and everything is going well! Baby and I got a clean bill of health! Our little man may be here before February and if I had my way that would be the case! I am measuring at 33 weeks which is a couple of weeks a head of schedule!! I have another check in 2 weeks and possibly another ultrasound down the road to make sure we are not dealing with a 10 pound baby!! Doctors words not mine!!! In the meantime I am slowly feeling a little more uncomfortable, but tolerable! I am very excited to be going to AZ in a couple of weeks to see family and friends that I have not seen in quite some time!

Stayed tuned, I have more to post, like Josh putting the Christmas lights up and the outcome of him painting the babies room!!! He has outdone himself on this task!!! However, it may be a couple days before I get pictures of the finished product!!!

30 Weeks and Counting!!

The countdown is on!! Officially we have 10 weeks, However, will all measurment I have a sneaky feeling he will be here a little early!!

Stress Has Gone Away!!!

I have kept some of the pregnancy experience on the down low but I am finally ready to share my thoughts!! At 12 weeks I went in for my tri-screen ultrasound to check for any signs of down syndrome or any other concerns that there may be! I did the ulrasound mainly because I wanted to see how he was developing! After my screen I was called into my doctors office because they found some markers on the baby that were linked to downs. They drew some blood from me and as expected it came back saying I had a 1 in 30 chance of having a baby with downs. At my 20 week ultrasound they found another marker on his heart called a EIF that is also linked to downs. I decided to go and see a specialist to find out what I could and he told me that the baby looked ok, however, there was still fluid on his neck (more than normal) However, not enough. He then said I was still a high risk because of my other test results. Another ultrasound at my regular OB was done again and I was told the spot on his heart was still there and the fluid was getting bigger..... Can I just say what a nightmare this was becoming! I was prepared to raise whatever child I was given, down syndrome or no down syndrome and it would not make a difference. Over the past several weeks I have researched all I could about down syndrome and learned what I could! Josh and I decided that we were going to do the amnio, well I decided for us! I had my appointment on Wednesday and they took the necessary fluid to send to the lab..... Today I got the call saying that everything was just fine! For the last 29 weeks I have been a wreck on the inside! We miscarried about 2 years ago and from the get go with this little guy I have not felt great and I have had my fair share of appointments so I was beginning to feel very stressed! For the first time in months I am finally able to smile and be excited and not have to worry about waiting for answers!! We have them and now we can concentrate on getting him here safe and sound!!! Thank you to those who knew for your multiple prayers and words of encouragement!! They meant so much to us!!