38 Weeks

Welp folks, I'm 38 weeks pregnant! No baby yet. I have a feeling she isn't going to come early haha. Maybe I'm just trying to convince myself that that is true so that if she does come early, then I will be pleasantly surprised. But she will probably come in 2 weeks I'm thinking. Again, we'll see how stubborn she is! 

I had an appointment at the doctor's on Monday... 2 days ago. I had ANOTHER ultrasound. My 7th one! Crazy, I know. They are just curious about her size and development because of the diabetes. Everything looked good though! She is in the 21st percentile and around 6 pounds. I'm totally cool with that. Sounds like a good size baby to me! I would rather not have to push out a 10 pounder... I was a little sad, though, because they didn't check to see if I'm dilated more. But oh well. I bet I'm not even dilated more so it's probably a good thing I didn't get checked or I would have been sad haha. I have learned it doesn't matter how dilated you are though. Someone could be at 6 cm for weeks. Or another person could not be dilated at all and then all of a sudden start having crazy contractions and go from nothing to a 10 fairly quickly. Everyone is different. The other day I found out a lady due a couple days after me had already had her baby. I was so jealous. That was hard to hear! But I quickly got over it. I want a healthy baby, and that means she will come when she is supposed to come. 

I have loved going on my early morning walks. Thomas leaves for work around 6, so I leave right after he does. I walk around the neighborhood for like 45 minutes. It isn't too hot yet, and sometimes it has even been cloudy. It's nice :) I'm trying to walk this baby out of me... Sometimes Thomas and I go on walks at night, too.

We have just been trying to be patient waiting for Jayne to arrive... but it's hard! I didn't know it would be this hard! You know the feeling of the night before Christmas when you can't sleep? It's like that, but waaaay worse. It's mostly hard because we never know when she could be coming! Thomas is so cute- almost every day he will put his head by my belly and talk to Jayne and tell her that she needs to come out already. Yesterday he said to me "By the way, right after Jayne is born, I get to hold her for 1 hour straight." I was like "no way! Maybe I will share for a little bit..." and then he said "You have had time with her in your stomach this whole time so I need to have time with her!" Hahaha I thought it was hilarious and adorable. One of the things I am most excited for is seeing his relationship with her. I think it is precious when a daddy is holding his little girl. 

Each day I try and find new things to do... I am so bored! Also, the A/C broke in my car. $300 later and it's still not fixed... SO FRUSTRATING!!! We are having a guy come fix it tomorrow, so hopefully this time this guy will actually know how to fix it. It's definitely hard being 8 1/2 months pregnant, going to the grocery store, with no A/C. I basically try and stay indoors all day because of it. I'm thinking I'll go to the library later today or tomorrow and get a good book to read to give me something to do. Just trying to help the time go faster...    

Isn't this the cutest outfit?? I LOVE it!! I can't wait to dress up Jayne.  

 I decided to be productive yesterday since I didn't want to leave the house, so I organized our shelves in our bathroom! I threw away tons of stuff, organized it, and put Jayne's bathtub and bath stuff in there :) The top picture is before, and the bottom picture is after. It doesn't look a whole lot different in the pictures, but it is definitely more organized. I love it! 

My friend, Heidi, is awesome and came to my house last night and gave me a pedicure! It was so fun to catch up on things with her since I hadn't talked to her  in forever. And now I have cute toes for the hospital! 

 So on the Manning side there are FOUR of us pregnant! It's so fun! I am due first, then Maria is due 3 weeks after me, Julie is due the end of October, and Andrea is due the beginning of December! Andrea is also having a girl which is exciting :) Maria is having a boy, and Julie doesn't want to find out what she's having. I'm excited to have all these new babies in the family!! 

37 Weeks

I am officially FULL TERM! Woo hoo! That basically means that Jayne wouldn't be considered a preemie if she came now, but it doesn't necessarily mean that she is done "cooking in the oven". I have to remind myself this... Automatically I think "Hey! I'm full term so that means she can come today and be perfectly ok!" While that may be the case for most babies, it might not be for some. I need to remember that she will come when she is ready. Each day she is still in there she is growing and developing. All I want is a healthy baby! (Although I will do all I can to try and get her here sooner... because I'm starting to go crazy, and she will come when she's supposed to anyways... haha)

I had another doctor's appointment this morning. I made a little progress! I'm now 2 cm dilated! Not much... but hey at least it was a tiny bit of progress :) Jayne is still head down and everything looks good. I am excited because I am having ANOTHER ultrasound on Monday! Because of the gestational diabetes they want to check her measurements again. I wasn't expecting this, so I was excited to find that out :) I am curious to see how much she's grown in the last 3 weeks and find out her approximate weight. According to pregnancy apps, she should be 6.5 lbs right now... But last ultrasound she was pretty small for how far along I was. I mentioned to the doctor about getting my membranes stripped next week to help things speed up a little, but she reminded me that because of my diabetes, sometimes the baby's lungs need a little longer to be developed. She said it's probably best for her health to keep her in as long as possible. I just really hope things look good in the ultrasound and maybe she will be ready to come sooner than August 7th... haha but we'll see how stubborn she is!

How far along? 37 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: Gained about 20 pounds
Stretch marks? Not on my stomach! But watch... I probably will get them like a day before I have her ha
Sleep: It's hit or miss... I haven't been sleeping very good the past week. And I usually have to get up and go pee at least one time in the night.
Best moment this week: Probably just organizing the baby's room more and making sure everything is ready for her to come!
Miss Anything? Being able to sit comfortably....
Movement: Of course. But it's slowed down since she is taking up lots of room now. It's now just jabs and rolls instead of kicks. And mostly she is just pushing out... or pushing on my bladder!
Food cravings: I crave everything I can't eat right now... seriously. I want carbs so bad!!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Have you started to show yet: Stupid question. Of course. Yet I am proud to say that I am small for being 37 weeks :) (or at least people tell me all the time...) It may partly be because of my body type, but I think mostly it's because of my diet I'm on!
Gender: Girl! And we have had many ultrasounds to make sure
Wedding rings on or off? On! Yay! My fingers haven't swelled up at all. My ankles have a couple times though. But mostly no swelling.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! And excited!
Looking forward to: My ultrasound and appointment on Monday! I get to see my sweet girl and hopefully I will be dilated a little more...
Anything Else? I just can't believe the end is so near! It's been an awesome 37 weeks. I am so glad to experience this. I thank Heavenly Father every day that he has blessed me with this baby. Now I just want to hold her!!!!!!

Ok I had to post this because I thought it was the cutest thing... So Thomas came home from work and showed me this. He found this flat piece of stone, and he carved Jayne's name in it with a rock. He said he was thinking about her at work and he just can't wait for her to be here. How adorable is that? He is going to be such a good daddy. He is so sweet and thoughtful.
 

4th of July and Baby Update!

Thomas and I had a pretty chill 4th of July. We didn't have anything specific planned, so we kinda just did whatever we felt like that day. He had work, but he left super early so he could get home by lunch time :) We ate some yummy yummy steak for lunch and went swimming at the Moyer's for a while. I told him that I really wanted to go see fireworks somewhere, because that's just what you have to do for the 4th! Fireworks aren't even that exciting... but I knew I wanted to get out of the house and go somewhere! We decided to go with his parents to the Country Club in Scottsdale on the golf course to watch the fireworks. My mother-in-law grew up watching the fireworks there every year. It was awesome! We had fun going with them. 

The next day we went to my parents cabin in Heber for the weekend! We knew this would be the last weekend I should go anywhere since I'm getting closer to my due date (a week from yesterday!), and plus Heber was having fun 4th of July festivities, so we decided to go! I am so glad we did. The weather was awesome... Saturday night I had a jacket on! It got to the 60s at night. It was great. We had fun playing games, going to the parade, watching the rain and going on walks. My parents were there as well as my brothers Brooks and Preston, as well as Preston's wife and kids. It was a fun little vaca before baby girl comes :) 

The only picture I took from the weekend... Jett is such a cutie!! I love this boy! 

Alright, now for an update on our little bun in the oven! She is doing great! I will be 36 weeks on Wednesday. Today I had an appointment and got checked for the first time to see if I'm dilated. The doctor before she checked me had asked if I had had any contractions or anything, and I told her that I have felt a little bit of pain a couple times, but nothing crazy. Mostly just uncomfortable. She told me not to be surprised if I wasn't dilated at all yet. But, lo and behold, she said "Oh wow Tannis, I can feel her head!" I was like whaaaaat?? You're touching my baby's head right now?? (Ok sorry if this is gross or too personal.... haha) She told me I'm about 1.5 cm dilated and 25% effaced! Now I know that many ladies can be the same for weeks... so I'm not getting my hopes up that this means Jayne could be coming super soon or anything, but any progress is good! My body is definitely starting to get ready to give birth which is a great thing of course. Hopefully she'll be here sooner than later! My next appointment is next Wednesday. I am on weekly appointments now!    

My mom's good friend who lives across the street from her, Louise, gave me this sign for Jayne's room! She gave me the piece of wood and the vinyl lettering (she didn't know the exact color to do), so Thomas and I still had extra spray paint from painting the dresser knobs, so we painted the wood to match the room, put on the letters, and hung it up! I love it!

How cute is this picture?? Uncle Thomas and Jett :) 

Thomas' new baby. Haha but seriously... this is his new camera and camera rig thing. It's a shoulder mount and follow focus for videos. He also got 3 new lenses. He has quite a few videos coming up! Which is good because our bank account isn't too happy right now... haha. But this is a great business investment. He really needed this equipment to make high quality/professional videos. I am so dang proud of my husband. He rocks. 

34 Weeks

Tomorrow I will be 34 weeks pregnant. I went to the doctor today and got to have another ultrasound! Most likely my last before she is born. It was crazy how big she is getting! We could only see like one body part at a time because she takes up my whole stomach now. After getting her measurements, they are guessing she weighs 4 lbs. 11 oz. The doctor said she is in the upper 30s percentile for weight. My last ultrasound at 28 weeks, she was in the 80s percentile for weight! So crazy. It was probably because of the diabetes. Because I have been controlling my diet, she is not gaining weight too fast now. So yay for me doing good so my baby can be healthy and not huge! The doctor said that she will probably be pretty small when she's born. But who knows. I definitely would like a smaller, but of course healthy, baby! The lady doing the ultrasound also commented on her long skinny legs and that she has a little bit of hair on the back of her head! I might not have a bald baby after all! It was great to see our daughter today and see that everything is going well with her. I have an appointment in 2 weeks, and then after that I will go every week and start getting checked to see if I'm dilating! Crazy! I will be full term in 3 weeks, so she could come in a month or less technically! And I'm totally hoping she does... :) 

Here is me and my belly. Oh and I took this picture also so you could see the picture that we have hanging up on the wall in the background. We just put that up the other night. Thomas painted that when he was in 5th grade! How cute is that?? It's like way better than I can do, and he was so young haha. I love it. He's so talented. I love that we have it up in our baby's room. It's perfect :)

 Top picture is of her cute little ear. And I love her feet! They look so big!

She was sticking her toes like in her eyes! I was like holy crap don't hurt your eye silly girl! haha it was so funny though. But I wish we could have seen her face better. She is always covering it! 

June

It's crazy that June is already almost over! Where the crap did it go?? No but seriously. This month seemed to fly by. Here is what the hubby and I have been up to lately... 

*Dealing with my diabetes

I seriously am so done with it! I honestly can say that I am grateful that I only have about 6 weeks left of this, and I have no clue how people can have a diet like this all the time! I can't even count how many break downs I have had lately. First off, I am pregnant, so I am automatically more emotional than normal. Second off, food is so important to me! I LOVE food! If you know me well, you will definitely understand this haha. I know everyone loves food. But yeah... it's like a huge part of my life. I used to eat cereal at least twice a day. I haven't even had a bowl in 4 weeks. It's so sad. I miss not having to look at nutrition labels all the time. But, I am grateful to know that I have this so that I can keep Jayne and I healthy! Although it's hard, it is all worth it! Some people think gestational diabetes isn't that big of a deal, and I didn't really either after learning my diet, but after having it for 4 weeks, I realize how tough it is. My blood sugar gets high so quickly sometimes when I eat hardly any carbs at all! It is so frustrating to see high numbers. Overall I have been doing really well though. My doctor said I'm her rock star diabetic :) 

*Finishing up the baby's room!

Curtains are up! Aren't they so cute? I love them! My friend Miya has a sewing machine, so she helped me get fabric and sew them. I just love how simple they are. And the color matches the room so well. 

I got this bookshelf from this lady off of a Facebook group for only 5 bucks! Score! And my mom gave me most of these books and the book ends. Yay! I'm obsessed with kids books.

*Eating salad....

Guys... I counted today. I have been doing this gestational diabetes diet thing for almost 4 weeks now, and I have eaten 33 salads. Holy smokes! Yeah, pretty much every day I have at least one, sometimes 2 salads. Good thing I like salad! But seriously I am starting to get reeeeally sick of it all the time. (PS I knew how many salads I have had the past 4 weeks because I have to keep a chart of everything I eat and what my blood sugar numbers are for my doctor to see.)

*Pretending our daughter is a rapper

Haha I look over during Sunday school and Thomas was drawing this on a paper. It made me laugh so hard. 

*Having music and dance parties at my parents house

My nieces and nephews are seriously the cutest! I love them! They love when Uncle Thomas plays them Disney songs on the piano :)

My dad playing the harmonica and Mason playing the guitar. Seriously can Jett get any cuter?? Haha I love his outfit... Hawaiian shirt with plaid shorts. Nice :) Dad definitely dressed him.

*Playing with PAYTON!

My sister, Donelle, and her little girl Payton came and visited us for almost a week! She came for my baby shower, but also just to see everyone of course. (Oh I don't have any pictures of my baby shower... dang. It was so fun and perfect! Jayne got so spoiled! I was overwhelmed with how many people came! I am so grateful!!) It was such a fun week having them here. Payton (she's 6 months) is at such a fun age! She was soooo happy and smiley seriously like the whole time. She is like the best baby. I need to have her teach Jayne some things when she is born haha. It was so hard to have them leave!! But they will be back the end of August to meet Jayne! 

Payton with my Grandpa Crandell. This was on his birthday. He turned 79! But you would never know. He seriously amazes me. He hiked the Grand Canyon last year and he plays basketball in the mornings and goes to the gym. He is a rock star!

My grandpa is basically putting this truck back together and making it work. So tight. He painted it this awesome blue. I love it!

*Picking out Jayne's outfit for her to come home in!

Ok I don't really know if she really will wear this, because it depends how big she is! But this outfit is so teeny tiny! And I think it's so freaking adorable! 

*Getting Jayne's car seat

This was the group gift at my baby shower. Yay! So awesome! I love it!! Perfect for when we have a boy too :) I'm all for gender neutral strollers and car seats and stuff so we can use them for our future son. 

*Eating greek yogurt

Ok seriously, this stuff is SO YUMMY! And this particular kind has the least amount of carbs I have seen in yogurt, so I can actually have this kind (ocassionally). Toasted coconut vanilla or something it's called. It is seriously delicious. And definitely worth a dollar. 

*Getting other fun things for baby girl!

This play mat was only 5 bucks. Score! 

My mother-in-law gave me this baby book. So perfect!

I got so many blankets at my baby shower. I am so grateful! I LOVE swaddling babies and just snuggling with them in a soft blanket... so so so excited to hold my sweet girl.

This is what she'll sleep in for the first little bit! It will be right next to our bed :)

Ok seriously this is like the coolest thing! My sister got it for me. She uses it for Payton. It's a sound machine, and also a projector! So it's like a mobile, but real pictures that go through the projector on the ceiling. So awesome!!

*Hubby got a new camera (Canon Mark II)

Thomas has been doing quite a few videos lately and has been absolutely loving it. He is getting better and better each one he makes. He upgraded his camera to the Mark II. I was skeptical because it cost so much, but it will be a good investment for his business! Plus, he is learning more and getting better at photography, so I'm excited that he'll be able to take really good pictures of Jayne when she is born :) 

But seriously isn't he just so cute? I just love him so much. Yeah neither of us are perfect and we have disagreements like a normal couple, but I love him more every day! He is going to be such a great dad. I have especially have been grateful to have him right by my side lately when I have had hard times because of my pregnancy and the whole diabetes thing. He is so understanding and will just hold me while I cry and try to cheer me up. He is such a stud. I'm so grateful I have him for eternity! 

*Watching my belly do crazy things!

Jayne is getting bigger, and so now instead of kicks, we see full on rolls and turns. It is crazy! My stomach will get totally lopsided sometimes. 

*Getting used to it (officially) being summer

My poor hubby works outside doing pools... He is such a trooper. He has to leave so early in the morning so that he can get done before it gets to be too hot. We have had fun going swimming together lately though :) Oh and I made this summer banner! I had it up for spring, and I realized spring and summer had the same number of letters, so I turned the papers around and made it say summer on one side! 

Oh and my mom today bought me this bumbo! for 5 bucks! That's a steal for one of these!

Manning Family Reunion

We had a great weekend in Pinetop staying at a cabin with my husband's side of the family. The weather was oh so nice.... it was hard to come home to the heat yesterday. We went up Friday afternoon and came home Sunday night. Some highlights include:

*awesome cabin

*the fooooood.... so yummy!

*going on walks with Thomas

* sitting outside on the porch on the swing enjoying the nice weather

*going to the swap meet and seeing all the interesting people and what they were selling....

*Hawley Lake (and the long drive there because we got lost haha)

*talking to all his siblings until late

*family pictures (hahaha it's always insane when you try and take group pictures with lots of kids)

It was a great trip! It was crazy being with his whole family... tons of kids... lots of noise... so it's kind of nice to be home to our quiet home! Haha but we had a great time. 

 Hawley Lake 

 My wonderful in-laws

 The 3 oldest nieces. So crazy that I now have a niece that's 11. 

 The whole fam. 6 kids, 16 grandkids, and 4 more grandkids on the way!

 Thomas and his siblings

The siblings and spouses 

I love this man more every day! 

31 Weeks

31 weeks pregnant... holy shnikes. I know, I know, I seem surprised every week. It's because I am! It's insane that I'm on the home stretch now. It is June, so I can officially say that Jayne could be coming into this world the end of next month! I'm really hoping she's born in July haha. I'm due August 7th... (so technically I'm not officially 31 weeks until Wednesday, but I always start the week on Sunday or Monday... just for fun. Plus she has always been a little "ahead" according to the doc) but she will hopefully come a little early. Momma can't wait to meet you baby girl!
Welp, last post I talked about how I had to redo the glucose test because I failed it. Well, I failed it again the second time! Boo! I have been "diagnosed" with gestational diabetes. Basically it means that my body doesn't break down sugars how it should. It causes me to have high blood sugar and is harmful to my baby. So scary when I first found out :( There are so many risk factors and everything... I definitely had a break down. But after going to a class and learning all about it and also talking to people who have had it, it really isn't a huge deal. It definitely can be, though, if I don't control my blood sugar. At this class I went to, I learned how to check my blood sugar (poke my finger with the stupid little thing... it doesn't even hurt though. It's just annoying) and things I can/can't eat. I have to check my blood sugar 4 times a day (right when I wake up, and then 2 hours after each meal). It doesn't hurt or anything, which is good because I was super scared at first haha, but it's just annoying. I have to remember what time I eat so I know what time to check it. But the hardest thing is my diet. After going to the class I felt a little better about it, but now after doing this for a week now, I'm realizing that it actually is tough. I used to eat whatever I wanted and whenever basically... I tried to eat healthy of course. It's just hard to find things to eat now. It's weird to know that straight up sweets and carbs do the same thing to my body. Both pretty much are unhealthy for me right now. And yeah, there are carbs in FRUIT. Seriously?? Because of the natural sugars... So basically fruit isn't very good for me right now. If I eat it I can only have a tiny bit. The obvious carbs are bread, pasta, chips, pizza, etc. I can have up to 30 carbs for breakfast, and 45-60 for lunch and dinner. I have tried to eat even less than that though, because my blood sugar shouldn't ever be over 120, and yesterday and today it's gotten up to 111 from eating probably around 40 carbs for one meal. It's so frustrating :( The most frustrating thing is being worried about Jayne. Gestational diabetes can make your baby gain weight too fast and be premature. All I want is a healthy baby, so I'm trying my best to stay positive and be really good at this diet. It honestly is so hard though.... All I want right now is one of those Frosty's from Wendy's that now come in a waffle cone, and cereal (I used to eat 2 bowls a day at least... and guess what. There are lots of carbs in cereal and milk). Meals have been hard to think of... I've been eating a lot of chicken, salads, string cheese, eggs, and other meat. Those things are all super yummy of course, but it's hard when you know you can't eat Hungry Howie's pizza or a plate of spaghetti.
I try to not complain... and I try to remember that I (hopefully) won't have to eat like this for too long. But it's sad knowing I am at risk for type 2 diabetes. I have a fairly high chance of getting it. It's like so depressing haha.
Knowing this is for Jayne though makes it so much easier. I am doing this for my sweet little girl. It is all worth it :)
I am starting to get more tired (probably pregnancy symptoms but also mixed with diabetes) as I'm getting more and more pregnant. I feel more pregnant some days than others. I am grateful I'm not ginormous yet. I hope I don't get ginormous haha. I honestly have lots more better days than bad days, so I'm extremely grateful for that. I'm looking forward to this weekend (family reunion in Pinetop with my husband's family), my sister and her baby girl Payton coming on Monday, and my baby showed next Tuesday! Overall, life is wonderful. I have so much to look forward to :) I will hopefully get used to this diet and it will be over before I know it!