34 Weeks.....

We have made it to 34 weeks! Thank you, God. We had a few scares with stomach viruses and being in the hospital 2 different times....but here we are!
I went to both doctors this past week. Landry is on track as far as growth and is actually on the larger side of the chart which is surprising since Elliott is ALWAYS towards the bottom. E is actually small for his age so I have been devoting practically every day to stuffing him with food to help him gain some weight...which can be exhausting and frustrating. He's around 25 lbs. He was born at 7lbs 2 oz and lost a couple ounces the first day or so, so not a big baby or toddler! BUT Landry is already around 5 and 1/2 lbs...and at this point babies typically gain around 1/2 a lb a week...so My guess is that he will be larger than E. We will see what happens!
As of now, our plan is this....we have our c-section planned for May 19th. After Landry is born, he will be seen by the Neonatologist as well as the cardiologist from Medical City. They will be doing an echo cardiogram to take a better look at his heart....So please continue to pray that everything turns out to be just fine. He still has a little bit of fluid around his heart....I will have one more appointment with the Perinatologist the first week of May (just to make sure there are no "suprises" on the day of delivery). I am not sure if he will have to stay in the NICU, but I would assume he may have to for a bit, until they have a chance to do a thorough check up. I am really hoping that everything is normal and he will not have to be transfered to another hospital while I stay at Las Colinas.
Mike will be back sometime before or on the 18th. I am glad I have my mom and my sisters help...but its still hard taking care of a (almost) 2 year old "by myself" and being SO very pregnant. He tests me on a daily basis....God is teaching me to have TONS of patience with him right now. I enjoy the fact that he is developing his own personality, likes/dislikes, independence...but we are having a few screaming/ kicking tantrums, which usually revolves around diaper changing. Bedtime is usually a bit of a fight bc of course he wants to watch cartoons in the playroom, eat, go downstairs...ANYTHING other than actually sit in his bed. Mike is really good about getting and keeping him in bed...For me, this is a work in progress...
Mike has finally moved into our new apartment and has started work. He is enjoying it (for the most part) but I know he hates being away from us. Our new apartment will be about 20 mins from the course he will be working at, and is great bc his company pays for it...we just pay cable and internet..we also have a nice sized backyard for the boys. Depending on how everything goes...we will more than likely be moving up there with him about 6 weeks after L is born (around July).
Please continue to pray for our little man and family as we are going and will be going through some very big changes!