Stressful Week for the Swindle's

So this week has been quite a bit stressful for us here at the Swindle household.
It all started this past Monday. I woke up feeling kind of weird-with some cramps-and some rapid heart movements. I thought that it would pass-but after about 6 hours of it-I decided to call the nurse line in Dr. Piquard's office. She told me to start measuring my heart rate and if it was over 100 beats per minute for over 3o mins then to call her back. And I needed to keep an eye on the cramps because they were really contractions. Checked my pulse-and it was way over 100 for about 45 mins. Called the nurse back-she told me to go to the ER. Of course I freaked out.

Was able to get a hold of Rob-he had been in surgeries all day-so I wasn't sure if I was going to get him. We went to Shawnee Mission Medical Center-and they admitted me to the ER. I was there for about 7 hours. They took lots of blood-everything came back negative-no diabetes, no anemia. But the problem was-when I would go from a laying, sitting, standing position-my heart rate would jump up at least 30 beats. I was given 2 IV bags. Nothing was coming back positive-so the dr. suggested that I get a CAT Scan the next day on my chest to make sure I didn't have a blood clot in my lungs. I was able to finally leave-and we did one last walk down the hall. Sitting I was at 95-by the time I was done walking down the hall-I was at 121. So I had to just go home and rest.

Called Dr. Piquard on Tuesday-she said that I HAD to get the CAT Scan completed-so back to the hospital we went. Got another IV in my arm-by now I was getting to be a champ at getting all these needles! Luckily-the scan didn't show a blood clot-which is great because I really wasn't wanting to spend the rest of my pregnancy in the hospital. So back home I came-and laid on the couch. Rob was really not allowing me to do anything.

Went to see Dr. Piquard today-my heart was still beating pretty hard at times-and getting out of breath. Spoke with Dr. P-she thinks that I just ran myself too much and was very dehydrated. She is sending me for a cardiovascular consult on Friday morning-and a possible halter monitor to check my heart for 24 hours. She also checked Grayson's heartbeat-it was a really strong 160. She told me that I have to stay home from work for the rest of the week-and if the consult comes back ok-then I'm able to go back on Monday.

So needless to say-it hasn't been that great of a week for us. Rob has done a fantastic job with keeping me calm all week. He amazes me on a regular basis.
Donna and LeRoy are coming this weekend-so I'm going to really try and rest-and then be ready this weekend. I'll post more when I know. Happy Wednesday!

First Picture

So I finally was able to figure out how to make the scanner work-here are Grayson's first few pictures announcing he's a boy. He's so handsome! I think he's going to take after the Sullivan side-with no chin...guess we'll have to wait and see!

House and Boulder with LOTS of Pictures!

This might be a long post-lots of stuff happening in this past week. Lots of pictures to go through-so enjoy!

I said before that Rob was doing a lot of work to the upstairs bedroom to get the office moved up there, etc. Well here's a few before pictures so you could see what kind of shape it was in after Rob started with it...

Tubs and Addy wanted to get in a picture

And now for the finished product...

Doesn't it look fabulous? Rob did an amazing job!

This past weekend I went to Boulder to visit Eric, Carole and Chase. It was such a great time-thanks again guys! I was greeted Friday night at the airport by the whole Lundeen clan-with the littlest one running and jumping into my arms. I sat in the back with Chase-and he just was talking and talking the entire 45 minutes home. He was so excited that his LeLe was there to see him. He kept saying "I Love You LeLe". Carole and I have a weird obsession with Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake-we have been talking about getting one since I booked my flight 5 months ago. Well Chase thought that since they bought a cake-it was LeLe's birthday. So we busted out candles and sang Happy Birthday. Here Chase is helping with the candles

After the Birthday cake-Carole broke out her Halloween costume. She's Minnie Mouse and Chase is going to be Pluto. Too cute...

Saturday-we all got up super bright and early to go see Thomas the Train. Chase was so excited! We had to take a bus to where Thomas was. Here we all are on the bus-Chase was busy watching Thomas on the TV above our headsAnd finally...we get to see Thomas! Chase took his Nana with him...We rode Thomas for a little bit-then went around to all of the other fun things that they had there. The fire truck, the petting zoo, the little trains-and we all got fun tattoos. Wish I would of gotten a picture of that-we were all like the Wonder Twins.
After we left Thomas we drove to Golden Colorado--where I learned that Coors was made in the town. After the smell the town had-I'm not sure I want to drink that beer again. We found a cute little farmer's market-and had some yummy homemade Mexican food. I bought some homemade dog treats for the pups-and some yummy Cake Balls. Once we returned home, Carole and I decided that we were going to go to downtown Boulder and do some shopping-or actually just window shopping after seeing some of those prices! Whew! Who would of thought that a onesie was worth $60? Sorry Baby Gray-Momma couldn't fathom spending that on you yet. Carole and I just went in and out of stores and had great talks-like always. After a few hours-we decided that it was time to head back.
Once we got back Chase was still napping-he was going on 3 hours-seeing Thomas and having LeLe there was making him super tired! Once he woke up we all went to the park down the street. Chase only likes to go in style

Stayed at the park for a bit-then went home and then to dinner. When we got back we were all sitting around watching TV. Well Chase wanted to jump from the ottoman onto my belly. Carole and Eric both got on him explaining that he couldn't jump on LeLe's belly because I had a baby in there. He came and sat next to me and started touching my belly and said "LeLe's Baby". I told him his name was Grayson-and Chase came up with "Jimmy" instead. So maybe Grayson will be Jimmy to Chase?!?! For those that don't know-Chase carries around a stuffed lion that he named NaNa. So he went around and gathered all of his NaNa's (I think 5 total-all different sizes) and piled them on my belly and said "Here LeLe and Rop's baby" He hasn't really gotten the 'B' down yet in Rob's name. He then went on and picked up some of his trains and put them on my belly too. I wish I would of had my camera-he was so proud of himself.

Sunday Carole had to work so I got to hang out with Eric and Chase. Eric and I watched the ChooChoo Soul on You Tube for about 45 minutes. It's a really catchy tune...I highly recommend it. Chase and I played for quite sometime-he didn't really want me to leave. We had to tell him on Saturday that I was leaving on Sunday so that he could understand. When it was time to go to the airport-Chase kept saying "LeLe up" which meant that he knew I was going in an airplane. Got to the airport-and I got out to say good-bye-Chase started crying-it broke my heart. I couldn't figure out if it was because I was leaving or if it was because he wanted to go inside the airport-but it was still sad. So we all said our good-byes-and I told him I would see him soon. Here he was helping me pack before I left

It was such a great weekend-thanks again guys and we can't wait to see you in a few short months!
Grayson enjoyed his first plane ride-he was moving and grooving quite a bit-and we can't wait to do it again in December! Have a great week!

Boy Oh Boy...Grayson John Swindle

Yup-that's right-Bean is a BOY! We are so excited. The sonogram lady was able to see everything and get some good pictures of it all. Everything looks perfect. Gray is a little big already-11 oz. I'm measuring at 21 weeks-so not officially yet-but my due date is now supposed to be around February 7th.

If I'm able to get the scanner at home working-I'm going to put some of his first pictures up here so everyone can see how handsome he is!

I'm headed to Denver this weekend to stay with Sis, Eric and Chase. I'm so excited! We are going to do lots of fun stuff-and most important-eat Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake! I'll post pictures when I get back.

Have a great week!

Almost time

I can't wait! Only 1 more day until the BIG sonogram! Bean gets excited when I think about it!

What other fun news...we have decided to go with Missy-the in-home daycare provider for the first few years. She was super excited when Rob called and told her. Yesterday one of the neighbors backed into my car-and didn't tell us about it. Another neighbor saw it happen and told us. The joys of having to get your car fixed...

Rob has done a TON of work to the house-it's pretty amazing. The upstairs is totally gutted and he's going to paint it tomorrow-then on Thursday we get brand new carpeting! So fun! I need to start taking pictures of the demolition-and then put up the updated ones.

After the big appointment on Wednesday I'll post the news in a fun way. Stay tuned...

Nothing Important...

...nothing important to post-just that this time next week we will know what we are having! We can't wait! Rob already said he better catch up on his sleep because he knows I won't let him sleep the night before!

If you don't already know-Rob and I are totally in love with our pups. Well we started playing the Baby Noise CD this morning for Tubs and Addy. We want to get them used to the baby sounds. While the baby laughing was playing-there was a part where it sounds kind of like a scream. I was getting ready and Addy comes in and sits at my feet-whining and making a little barking noise. I look down at her-and she runs in front of me-and gets me to follow her. She runs into the office-stares at Rob's computer-due to the sound coming out of it-and just wags her tail and jumps on my leg-trying to get my attention. I tell her that the baby is fine and that she was such a good girl for being concerned. Hopefully that's all she does when the real thing comes home!

This should be interesting....

12 Days and Counting...

Well this is one time that I'm happy Rob has to go out of town. Some training came up for him for work on October 1 when we were supposed to go find out what Bean is. So I had to call and re-schedule-and lucky for him they were able to get us in a whole week earlier! Yahoo! Now we go on September 24 to see our Bean! I'm so excited!