8 Weeks to go...and everything is A-Ok!

Happy news to report!  The weird 4 days we had last week have passed and everything is back to normal!  Maybe it was our son's way of telling us "Hey, I'm really coming, you better get ready!"  

Well, we listened and got his room ready.  We are swarming in clothes that kind people have given us, so we washed, folded and tucked them all away!  It really does help in getting us ready and excited to meet our little guy!  We have big plans for him...well, mainly just cuddling with us.  :) 


But we are happy and relieved he is doing well, and that my body has decided to let him continue cooking!  Almost all of the contractions seem to have disappeared and an ultrasound today confirmed that we are not on our way to labor!  And while a moving baby is great, I'm happy our little guy is getting a little more rest these days than he did last week!  (This also means I'm getting a little more rest, a welcome benefit as well.) But don't worry, he's moving plenty for both of us, and he's probably very thankful he's not getting squeezed by a balloon every 5 minutes.

Thank you all for your prayers, we really appreciate them, and as always, God listened.  

Here's a sneak peak at what we're in for!  Look in the middle and you'll see his squished nose and mouth, and what we're hoping are some chunky cheeks!  You can start putting your bets on whether that is a Carmody nose or not now!  

Last week some of our friends had a shower for us!  It was small and wonderful (and had bagels and donuts) so it was perfect!  We are very blessed.

So now, we're back to normal, though being 33 weeks pregnant is not normal for either of us.    And other than all of that, nothing new to report!  

Thank you all again for your prayers and support.  We are lucky to have you all.  We feel very close to all of you!

Love,

Robyn, Joe & Baby Rosey

How cute is he?! And a few hiccups.

Lawrence Joseph Rosenberger II at 2 years old.

We'll be pretty lucky parents if our little guy gets the looks of his dad, don't you think?  I just love this picture!

Well, we've had an interesting baby week this week...

Tuesday our little guy turned into what we thought was an octopus moving around in my stomach.  Totally freaked us out, as my stomach was moving in directions I didn't know were possible.  In hopes of getting a good nights sleep (aka not staying awake worrying) we gave the doctor a call.  The on-call doctor was the same one who was on-call when I ended up having appendicitis.  We like him.  He assured us that a moving baby is a happy baby, but to check in the next day if things didn't settle down.

Things did settle down, but we were still worried, and he was still moving (though not as erratically) 24 hours later, so I gave the doctor another call.  He proactively had me come to the hospital to check that everything was okay, if only for peace of mind.

Well, we were relieved to find out that our baby is still doing great!  Great heartbeat, great movement.  We were surprised to learn that I was having frequent contractions.  Well, after 4 hours in the hospital on Wednesday, and 5 hours in the hospital Thursday, we are home and keeping low key to try to keep everything at bay so that LJ3 can continue to grow!  We'll be visiting the doctor again on Monday to solidify a plan.

On a happy note, they did an ultrasound and we saw just how cute our little guy is!  It was precious and certainly brightened our day.  We got to see the clearest picture of his face!  And, he has hair!!!  Who knew you could see that in an ultrasound!?  We can't wait to see what color it is!  While we were looking at him, he gave two big yawns, and then preceded to chew on his arm.  It was very reassuring to see him looking so peaceful!  Glad he's not disrupted by the craziness going on around him, though his octopus moves probably were in response to being squeezed so often!

So, we are thankful for a lot of things.  Confused and frustrated by other things, but more thankful that we're being taken care of so that our guy can cook longer!  And thankful that he has cooked long enough already to be ready for the world if need be!  But, we're still planning on him hanging in there for at least 8 more weeks!  :)

So that's our update...Joe is taking great care of us as always!

Love,

Robyn, Joe and our baby!

9 weeks to go!

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No blog posts in awhile means I have lots of updates for you!

Let's start with the most exciting news…we are in the single digits of our countdown with less than 9 weeks to go!  Hard to believe that it's actually in sight!  We're getting really excited to meet the little guy!

He's been keeping us well informed that he is doing well by continuing to perform kicks and rolling around each night when we talk to him.  There's really nothing quite like feeling a baby move inside of your body.  I hope I can hang on to this feeling well after he is born, because it certainly is quite surreal for now.

So, since I last wrote, we celebrated our 1 year wedding Anniversary, Eli's 1st Birthday, and started our Birthing class.  We had a great Anniversary and celebrated it by going to the Sounders Game (Seattle's Professional Soccer Team), a nap, dinner and a movie.  Couldn't ask for much more!  

Eli's birthday party was awesome as well, and he performed the task of cake-eating perfectly!

We were really excited to begin our birthing class and go to our second week of it tonight.  It is an 8 week series so we should finish up the class with just a couple of weeks to spare.  In the world of birth education, it turns out we go the Queen as our teacher!  Her name is Penny Simkins and she has led the movement for childbirth education since 1968!  There are probably about 12 other couples in the class, all with a due date a week or two apart from ours.  While the first week was primarily orientating us to the class, they did pop in a birth video right away to get things started!  So we can check that off our list!  We don't really know what all to expect from the class - 16 hours of information seems like a lot - but we're excited to soak it all in.

Penny Simkins - our teacher

In between work, celebrating things, and taking naps, we're trying to get our little guy's room ready for him!  I think we have all of the furniture now - just not sure exactly where to put it!  We were lucky to receive a free glider chair, and found the sweetest old dresser from someone at the Farmer's market.  Joe's boss took us on a trip to Baby's R Us to figure out what we're going to need, so I'd say we're well on our way…with a lot of work ahead of us!

My belly is growing…Joe is excited for my belly button to pop out…I could do without that feature!  But we're feeling good!  I woke up this morning with the first symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome and the acid just won't stay down in my stomach, and I'm EXHAUSTED, but other than that, we're doing swell!