title change...and name stuff

I guess I can shorten the title of my blog now that we know it's a boy!
And his name won't have Pompeo in it at all! Not even as a second middle name, it just doesn't flow ;)

I know I mentioned the name in my earlier post, but I figured since I'm blogging anyway, I might as well give ya all the details on it.

We picked out the name for Corban's brother the day Corban was born. My birth experience was THAT great, I was ready to do it again just hours afterward! I thought of the name when we were trying to pick out a name for Corban. Eric immediately vetoed it, not because he didn't like it, but if we weren't naming our first child after his dad...we weren't naming him after mine either! Well, fair is fair! So I dropped it....only to bring it back up hours after Corban was born. I had thought of the perfect middle name to go with it.....HIS dad's middle name!!! They sound great together and have good meanings...sounds like a winner! Eric thought so too.

Clayt is a shortened form of Clayton which is an Old English surname which mean's from a clay settlement....well, not so spiritual as his big brother's name, but hey, we live in Oklahoma, land of red-clay dirt! More importantly, it is to honor his Grandpa who is a hard working, level headed, caring, and all around great guy!

Daniel is a Hebrew name that means God is my judge. I like that Daniel is a Biblical name, and is attached to a faithfilled believer who didn't let anything get in between him and his God no matter what. It is also Eric's dad's middle name, though I hear that growing up he went by the name Danny...so it sounds as if even though I know him as "Dad" or "Joe" at least at one time in his life it was more like his first name. He is also a man who is known by all his loved ones as a helpful, patient, and loving man.

If our Clayt can even have half the great qualities of his grandpas' he's sure to become an awesome man of God.

Apointment Update 14 weeks 4 days

Well, I started to type my update last night and Eric asked me to wait till tomorrow cause he was tired and didn't want to go to bed alone...so being the wonderful wife I am...I'm posting this morning!

Well, we went to the office, waited, waited and waited...peed in a cup, waited, waited some more, got called back...weighed: lost 3 lbs since last time, BP taken..normal. ..waited, waited, waited some more. doc came in, I laid down, asked if we wanted to know the gender, then he tried to convince us that we were the ones who didn't want to know...You know I"m sure he has memorized the prefrence of all of his 260 patients he sees each WEEK! lol...he is very laid back and jokes a lot, so it wasn't mean spirited at all...

So it takes like 5 seconds and he's found a penis! I tried to tell him I thought it was a girl, but before I got the words out of my mouth, he's confirmed otherwise. Loooks like boy number 4 is joining our family in April. We got to watch in 4D for a few seconds and baby wiggled his legs around and showed us his stuff...even I could tell he is for sure a boy! The Doc must have checked the heart rate during that time because on my ultrasound print out it shows the heart rate being measured and it was 157, even though I don't remember it...I think I was in shock that it was a boy! Eric was estatic, like a kid on Christmas morning! He leaned over and gave me a big smiling smooch. The Doc asked us if we had a name and suggested LUCIFER! We informed him that we had already chosen a name: Clayt Daniel, after my dad and FIL. Then he hit print, gave us our pictures and out we went. For some reason now, I dont' think its gonna be so hard switching to our midwife in 2 months...our OB told us to name our child the devil! (all in jest, but still...)

I told Eric that he had better used up all the boys this go around, cause the girls are NEXT for sure!
Here's some pix....

Of course, what kind of mom would I be to not show off his boy parts.....

And last but not least...one of baby from the outside...

My sister 38+++ weeks with her first on the right, and me 14 weeks pregnant.

13 weeks 1 day, barely!

Okay, we'll I lied...tonight/last night...whatever, its almost 1am~ I went to bed at 7:30, so much for my "adult bedtime".........I went to bed even before the baby! I woke up to potty around 10:00, drank some water and took my vitamins (those sample ones the Dr gave me, not my "good for me" whole food ones). I thought I'd be okay taking those since I was going right back to bed. But the water I drank made me feel so full I couldn't stay laying down without thinkin it was coming back up if I moved the wrong way...so after Corban had his "dream feed" I decided to get up and putz around online and see if some tums would settle my tummy. Now I just feel nauseated too...and still thirsty! Not a nice combination!

I did have a nice surprise when I went to the kitchen to get a new bottle of water...it has been immaculately cleaned up after I left it a total disaster area after cooking dinner tonight. There was a sweet note on the counter for me from my hubby! I am so blessed and highly favored! I feel sooooooooooooo loved xoxxx....

I also got out my Supernatural Childbirth book and read over some scriptures, so whatever is causing this...has to obey the Word, and the Word says...that God blesses my bread and my WATER...and will take the sickness out of the midst of me...I'm feeling better already! Now, I'm just waiting on the Sweet sleep that God promises me to overtake me AND Corban...(he is sleeping now, but he needs to STAY ASLEEP till Mr. Sunshine comes out...or atleast the alarm goes off!) I guess I need to do my part by getting off the computer and getting my behind in bed! Night all...or Good morning...I suppose!

13 weeks

Well, my baby ticker says today is 13 weeks, but since I"m due on a Friday...it makes more since that it would be tomorrow...but Oh well, 2nd trimester here I am!

The last couple of weeks I've felt good, and the before 9pm bedtime has moved back to a more normal adult bedtime. Sometimes I sneak in an short afternoon nap with Corban and that does wonders! He is still waking up a couple times a night, and we are trying to get him back in the habit of sleeping, instead of waking. It is hard when my milk supply seems low, so I often go ahead and feed him, then after a week it has built back up and we go back to trying to sleep through the night...its a bit of a vicious cycle!

Last week, I'm not sure what triggered it, but I was on a sugar binge. All I wanted all day was sweets, sweets and more sweets! I think adding the extra sugar into my diet just caused me to crave it more, so I'm taking control back and focusing on eating healthy choices...now If I can just get my dad to stop bringing donuts over in the middle of the afternoon. That's just too much to resist! Haha, thankfully it is only on occasion!

Sunday was my sisters babyshower...we of course had to do some belly pictures together! I think this is the first picture of this pregnancy. Our cousin Amber is also there with us, she is pregnant with #3 and due at the end of November, Sara my sis (in the middle) is due in 3 weeks...and Me...um, I was just barely over 12 WEEKS there....so WHY is my belly about the same size?

Yesterday I called the Doctor to check on my appointment time, and decided to see if they could push it back a week...I wanted a little extra development time so hopefully we can get a more accurate prediction for gender....So my next appointment is the 28th. I"ll be 14 weeks an 4 days.

Today I've been a tiny bit crampy, felt a little nauseated and my belly seems to have grown! Eric reminded me that "well you are growing a baby in there, your belly is supposed to be getting bigger!" But I just looked in the mirror again, and I don't know if its the jammies I'm wearing or if It really did get that much bigger over night!

Dr. Appointment update

Well, we went to see good O' Doc Nilson yesterday (September 23rd). Only waited about 45 minutes for our 5 minute appointment. Of course I got to pee in a cup, they weighed me (133lbs) and checked my bloodpressure 104/62. Then we waited again, got moved to an ultrasound room and waited some more. The doctor confirmed my due date of April 24th, 2008, I'm 9 weeks and 4 days. Finally, we got to see our little bean. There was only one in there this time too! Baby had little arm and leg buds or so they tell me, Baby looks more like a squished apricot in the picture if you ask daddy! Baby measured 2.63cm crown to rump (just measuring 1 day behind the EDD) and the Heartrate was 171, which was quite a bit faster than Corban's (158 @ 7weeks) Of course, Doc said sounds girlie to me, but that's what he said last time, and baby ended up growing a penis at our 17 week appointment. Then he sent me off for blood work, which I tried to decline, he said we were getting charged for it either way and its cheaper to do it as a OB set...so, I went on along like a good little girl.

So today I sit here, Corban is 8 months old, and in 7 months I might just be in the other room holding our sweet new baby.

Week 9

Well, the weeks are coming and going without a whole lot going on. The nausea has eased up and is non-existant as long as I'm eating regularly. Sometimes I find that I get busy and put off eating too long and I start feeling icky from it, but that's not all to often. I'm still pretty tired, but I think I just have quite a load during the day caring for a 4month old from 6:15-5:15, plus nursing and careing for Corban and the rest of the crew . I'm ready for bed at 9:00, but I'm not sure I'm getting enough sleep at night with Corban getting up 1-2 times a night. The kids got back from a 5 week stay in Montana last week. We are still adjusting into our new routine and getting school done. We gave each of the kids a guess as to what the new surprise was. Perry guessed that I got a new cell phone...which he had just seen in the other room. It was true, but it wasn't the surprise. Parker or Libby guessed a new house, since we gave them a hint, that you couldn't go "buy one" at a store. I thought that was a pretty good guess. After Perry thought about it a few more minutes he guessed it right. They were all very excited.

I had my first OB appointment scheduled for last week but we got a call just in the nick of time that the Doc had to leave for a delivery. I was so thankful that I hadn't loaded all 5 kids up in the car. Though, the diaper bags were ready to go, Kendall was buckled up in her carseat and we were heading out the door in just a minute! We rescheduled it for Tuesday the 23rd, my special day. So I guess I will soon have a new update...since this one is so late!

I'm still struggling getting my water intake up. I've stalled out at about 50 ounces each day while my goal is 75. I do drink other things...usually a couple glasses of milk, sometimes some OJ, so I know those also count, but I still like having at least half my body weight in ounces of WATER.

We are getting the cupboards ready for a Daniel fast that starts on Thursday and goes till Thursday evening. The kids and I will be doing it a little modified, by keeping a few servings of calcium (milk) in there and I will continue with my prenatal vitamins. This is such a great way to help me jump start my eating habits in to more healthy choices. I am doing better each year, though I type this as I sit here munching on a sack full of chemically treated honey, mustard and onion pretzel pieces!

end of week SEVEN

Okay, all you girls concerned about my napping schedule. I am not tired during the day (and I am definetly not very active) and it just kinda hits after dinner. I've been going to bed early and I think this is the best thing for me all around. My goal is to be in bed before 10:00, and I don't mean like 1 minute before!

My good eating habits dwindled a bit this week. The nausea and the exhaustion were come and go. I got out my book on Supernatural Childbirth and prayed about it and those symptoms are on their way out! I started drinking one cup of Red Raspberry Leaf tea each day and it seems to be helping my milk supply, which is good since Corban is sleeping through the night FINALLY!

I havn't stepped on a scale in the past week, and I sure don't feel like I'm losing weight, so all must be well with that.

Week 7...Exhaustion sets in

Well, we rounded the corner to week 7 on Thursday. My baby ticker says that the baby is the size of a grain of rice. Wednesday we had dinner and I didn't even make it through watching service online before I zonked out. Eric and were in bed by 8:30, and yesterday didn't get any better. I was in bed by 8:00. I remember getting tired like this with my pregnancy with Corban, I hope I can get past it quickly. I have felt better today, and not needing to eat every 15 minutes. It's kinda hard to think of something (good for me) to eat that often. I usually end up snacking on blueberries, sugar snap peas or baby carrots throughout the day to get me by. I want to make sure I'm eating enough, since I'm eating for 3 (baby, Corban and myself) I called the Lactation Consultant and she said to try giving Corban some extra solids, and rice cereal right before bedtime. We will see how that goes this weekend.

What does it all mean?

Diamond - The birthstone of our baby
Pompeo - a Italian and Latin origin boy name meaning Five
Penthea- a Greek girl name meaning Fifth
Zera` - Hebrew for offspring, decendants, posterity, children

We already have a boys name picked out, and we have twin girls names picked out (they are top secret though!)...so it is not likely that the names listed here will end up on the birth certificate. I suppose Penthea could make the list for a middle name if we find out we are pregnant with a singleton girl. But it hasn't been up for review by hubby. I just thought it would make a cooler title than Our fifth child due in April.

Preblogger info...

Well, I am starting this blog 3 weeks after I found out I was pregnant....a lot of details can happen in 3 weeks so I am posting all of that here....this could get long!

August 11th Cycle day 28, we tested with a Reasor's Generic brand EPT. You are supposed to be able to test 4 days early, and I have always tested early and got a postive. My last pregnancy tested positive 10 days past ovulation. Well it was a BFN...(Big Fat Negative) we checked the result just after a few minutes had past and decided that this test was also "broken" (our little joke) like all the others we have used since we started our TTC journey back on April 10th, 2007.

August 15th- CD 32. We decided to test again. We woke up for the day around 6am and tested first thing. Even Corban was in there with us. Our little method is that Eric is the one who gets to announce what the test says. I peeked at the test just after we laid it down on the counter (you know, to make sure it was starting to work, and the 2 lines were already showing!) I told Eric he better take a peek! We finally got our BFP (that's a Big Fat Positive). We used our other Reasor's Generic brand EPT. Now I'm wondering, maybe I should have checked that test that we took on Monday again..after a few more minutes. I'm really curious if it ended up being positive! Oh well we will never know now! I do think that I ovulated a little late, and figured it must have been around the 1st of August. So, I figured my due date by that date and the calculator said I was due April 24th. I went back and took a peek at my pregnancy journal from Corban and we also tested on the 15th and got our positive. If this baby comes on his or her due date they will be exactly 15 months apart. Baby will have a baby girl cousin that is 6 months older too! We have been praying for a brother for Corban, but girls are really fun too!

We found out I am 4 weeks 1 day pregnant today! I announced it to my Christian Sisters first.

Copied from my post....
I've had some headaches and tiredness this week but I thought it was because I started fasting. (eating only healthy stuff...fruits and vegies, nuts, beans for breakfast and lunch, then a regular dinner. I'm going to do this while the kids are gone. I eat much healthier this way. Hopefully I can loose some of this baby fat before I start gaining more. I'm about 2.5 lbs heavier than I was when I found out I was preggo with Corban...but I was 15lbs overweight then. So, I could use some fitness...though I know to not over do it.
I am planning on continuing to Breastfeed Corban till he is 1 year old.

I've got to talk to Eric first, but I think I"ll be calling the midwife this afternoon and seeing how she does everything and decide if I want to start off going to the OBGYN or just use the midwife the whole time. ....end of post.

I called the midwife and set up an appointment. But ended up calling her a week or so later letting her know that we had some major bills come in and since insurance paying for a homebirth is somewhat shakey grounds, that we were going to go with the OB until January. Which I thought the way my dates worked out ended up being perfect. We can have the OB bill us for the first 23 weeks of care before the year is up and only pay 10%, then in January 2nd I will be 24 weeks, which is the cut off to switch to the MW. Gods timing is always perfect! My first OB appoinment is the 18th of September. We will get to see if there is one or two in there, which is always my first curiosity.

We told some people by phone, My mom came over and Corban wore his "I'm going to be a big brother bib" We also had him wear it to a party we went to for some friends from church, and he wore it at church on Sunday. We had to tell nearly everyone to read his bib, but the few that read it on there own, it was so fun seeing the "lightbulb moment" go off in their heads.

Week 5: Don't really feel pregnant at all. But I know that I am! I lost some weight down to 133.
Doing really well on my eating during the day. Cutting out all the junk sure makes a difference!


Week 6: Well, starting about midweek some pregnancy symptoms showed up. I feel hungry all the time and but I don't really feel like eating and if I don't eat something I start feeling nauseated. Weight fluctuates between 132-134. We are waiting until the kids get home to tell them, still havn't decided exactly what we will do.