My BP is going up, up, and hopefully....

will STOP with wonderful medication!!!!!
I went to see Dr. Harper this afternoon. My blood pressure is slowly going up...YUCK! and I'm only 24.5 weeks...those of you that are pregnant or have had problem pregnancies will understand why I included the .5....every day and i mean EVERY DAY counts!!! A little background...I have had hypertension (high bp) since i was 11/12 years old but put on medication at 16. Sooo...I watch my bp very carefully! However, having chronic hypertension puts me at greater risk for preeclampsia and my two blood clotting disorders ALSO put me at greater risk for preeclampsia soooo we have to REALLY, REALLY watch it...and that would be one reason I am high risk...i just counted today..I have been to the dr. 15 times this pregnancy and have had 8 ultrasounds IN 24.5 WEEKS! WOW!!! Dr. Harper upped my bp medication two weeks ago and is upping it again. I sure pray that this will help because it is WAY too early to have blood pressure problems. I think Dr. Harper is most concerned because this is the point in pregnancy (2nd trimester) when your bp is suppose to be the best...when you reach the 3rd trimester, that is typically when people start seeing a rise in their bp...well, I haven't even reached that third trimester yet! He said two weeks from now we might start to see it increase even more since I will be in the third trimester by that point. Sooo PLEASE pray that this medicine increase will do the trick.
I asked him about bedrest and he said "not yet" so I see that coming. But I did remind him that I really needed to NOT be put on bedrest before April 15th (I would be 30 weeks then)...even though I'm not sure Matt will slow down at that point...but it has been a goal for me. Dr. Harper just laughed at me...hmmm???? I was joking with him about how it was nice to not be miserable during that last month with Trigger since I never made it to a miserable point. He laughed and said "you probably won't see it this time either"...that kindof makes me nervous. Please pray that he is wrong! Okay...I'm off to rest...AKA...start cutting horse hair for Wild West week...oh the joys of being a Pre-K teacher. HAHA!
I'll leave you with a picture of my huge belly!

Okay...

so maybe THIS is sweeter?! A sleeping baby wearing a redneck hat and camo boots....PRECIOUS!!! If I haven't said it before...I love my boy..and he is ALL boy!!!





These were taken last Thursday. I had to stay home with Trigger because he threw up in his bed that morning. That was his first time to ever throw up...amazing that he made it for 19 months without throwing up!!! I thought he had gotten the rotten stomach bug that is going around but he only threw up once so who knows!

Is there anything sweeter?

Than a sleeping baby????
This is one of the only pictures I have of Trigger sleeping...all the other ones I have are from when he was a newborn.
I just love a sleeping baby!!!!

Do we have an Emeril?

Trigger loves to "cook". And, I sometimes wonder what he will be when he grows up...maybe he will be a chef like Emeril and he can come cook for his momma!
You will notice in one of the pictures that Trigger has a pan up to his mouth. He was actually trying to spit inside the pan and then he would stir his spit around...i don't think he actually got spit in it...or at least I hope not. That's the joys of having boys! :)

Sundays

Last Sunday, Trigger was in a fairly good mood after we got home from church so I took some pictures of him. I have become very bad about taking candid pictures of Trigger...shame on ME! Anyway, there is nothing special to post. Since these are pictures after church, I will tell you a little bit about Trigger and church. He attends Sunday school with children around his age. Apparently, he is the most "active" child...I know this only because I have been told by MANY workers :)! It's always nice when your child is THE active one...and I'm NOT naive...I know what "active" means because I have used that word as a teacher to describe a child that is OUT OF CONTROL!!!! I think he has a good time while he is there; however, dropoff isn't so pleasant. He cries as soon as he sees the door. Poor baby...he's so sheltered. I mean I would cry too if for once a week I was left with what he considers strangers...the rest of the week he is with me, Matt, his Izzy, or his Grammy....YEP...SHELTERED. I think the middle part of Sunday School goes okay. He loves Mr. Dan (one of his teachers). I've heard that Trigger is his helper when he gets snacks. However, somewhere around the end of hour 2, Trigger breaks down...he just can't make it for that long without his family ESPECIALLY without a nap. Anyway, on to pictures!
I know Trigger looks like Matt...we get told that ALL the time. HOWEVER, check out those toes....they could not look more like his Uncle Seth...IDENTICAL!!!

1, 2, 3...

Trigger loves my camera...and always tries to steal it off the counter or table. I finally broke down and gave him my old camera (35mm) because I will NEVER use it. He loves it.


Apparently, he likes to take pictures of himself...who can blame him...he is used to his momma pointing the camera toward him.
He has gotten to where if I ask him, "Trigger, can mommy take your picture". And he will shake his head and in his oh so sweet voice say, "no, no, no"...PRECIOUS!!!!
P.S. I only ask when I don't really care...the times that matter, I do NOT ask! As my professor in college would always say, "you never ask a child a question unless you are prepared for the answer to be NO! If you don't want them to say NO, don't ask. Instead, tell them "I need you to..." Seriously doubting this advice will help me with my child because he would probably tell me NO anyway...but good advice when teaching!

DENNNIISSSS.....

This picture below sooo reminds me of Denis the Menice. The blonde hair...not to mention he has the perfect sprout sticking up...AND he's in the corner. Matt and I are working on being a little more consistent with our discipline. Trigger is now familiar with THE corner. We started out by standing behind him because he wouldn't stay but now he will pretty much stay there by himself. He ONLY cried the first two times he had to stand there...doesn't care now. He thinks it's boring though because he lays his head on the wall and puts his hands up on each side of the wall and taps his fingers like, "haha, Mom. This is boring and i'm not gonna let you get to me"....which makes me want to yell, "ahhhhh...what am i going to do with this independent, stubborn child?" and he's only 19 months.

I have a feeling we have a loooonnnngggg road ahead of us...