The Evendens

Today I had my weekly appointment and the doctor ended up sending me over to the hospital for some testing.  To make a long story short, I'm dilated only to 1 or 2, but they have been concerned about my blood pressure the last few weeks.  All the sudden it's gotten pretty high and I'm starting to swell up like a balloon.  I have yet to gain any weight this pregnancy, and have actually lost some weight but in the last 3 days I've put on 5lbs which he says is all water weight.  This has him concerned about preeclampsia.  So, I thought I was just going for a simple blood test, however I was admitted to the hospital for almost 4 hours.  I was brought to labor and deliver and they monitored both me and the baby, ran some blood work, and monitored my blood pressure.  The doctor came in to see me at the end of it all, and said that everything came back ok, but that he was still concerned.  He told me that I need to take it easy (modified bed rest) for the next week and that as he put it "Your mama might get to meet this baby yet."  This is because my mom just got here and I was explaining to him how badly she wants the baby to be born while she's here.  He wants to see me next Monday and then talk about inducing possibly next week.  He's theory is that he'd rather induce before we have a problem rather than wait until we have a problem.  So that's where we stand with things, it's all happening so fast now!  But my mom is here and my dad will be here Christmas day.  It really would be great if Jackson made an appearance while there were here!

The video below is what happens to me when I don't sleep, which I haven't been doing...

So I had a doctors appointment today and everything is looking pretty good.  I'm measuring about a week ahead of schedule.  The doctor said his goal is to keep me pregnant for the next two weeks and then we can talk about having a baby before the end of the year!

Well, the Evenden's FINALLY got the tree up.  This has been on my to-do list since right after Thanksgiving, but oh well it's up.  It's a little weird preparing for Christmas here when we're still wearing flip flops!  In fact it's supposed to be 75 two days this week!  Anyway, our house is feeling much more Christmas-y.  Now the baking can begin!

Jackson James Evenden.  That is what we've decided on, thanks all of you for voting, it helped set things in stone for us.  If you were wondering, the name that we had originally decided on was Pacey.  I love that name and not just because I'm a Dawson's Creek fan, I really do love it.  Jackson came in a close second and it was a good compromise.  The one issue I had with Jackson is that my best friend's little boy is named Jack, however, she assured me that having a Jack and a Jackson is an ok thing.  So, we're happy with our choice!