Floods in ATL and our backyard

ATL is flooding in a very bad way. Schools are closed tomorrow due to roads flooding. Well today we had our own flood in our backyard. To make a long story short there was a mudslide and it came into our yard and covered up the storm drain. With a help of a stranger/hero with Centex came to my rescue and went into the water to clean off the drain. We were inches away for it to come inside the house. We are truly blessed.

While all this was happening and I was freaking out Nate was sleeping. Another blessing.

Week 16 Tater Tot update

It has been a while since I have uploaded a belly pic of Tater Tot. This is 16.5 weeks. I am in maternity clothes now because things were just getting too uncomfortable. I went to the dr about a week ago and the test for Down's Syndrome came back 1/1100 which is fantastic. My bleeding has stopped too and not as fatigued as I was in 1st trimester. I haven't gained anything yet so I know that will change in the next couple of weeks. I lost weight first and now I am back to the original weight.
This past week was a rough because I got virus sick for the first time. First Nate came down with the croup last Friday with a temp and this awful cough. So of course all he wanted was his mommy. By Monday I had it full blown and Brad took me to a minute clinic type place so I could get some medicine. Since I couldn't blow anything out it turned into a sinus infection. So after that then it went in my chest and my asthma flared up with coughing. Really sucks when your pregnant because there are only a few things you can take. But with the help of Brad and my mom I am on the road to recovery. This one really knocked me off my feet. Unfortunately the Dr stated I could not go to Dallas for Kendall's 3rd and Jace's 1st birthday parties. We have been planning it for months and we were all totally bummed that we couldn't go. Things totally change when you have to think of someone in your belly before yourself. We are still trying to get back to 100% this weekend with rest. I tried to stop the humidifier with Nate and noticed today that he was more congested in his chest today. I don't need to have this stuff come back! Brad got a small version of what we got which is a good thing. But we all sound lovely with our coughing:).

I go back to the dr Mid Oct for my 20 week ultrasound to check out organs. I can't wait to see Tater Tot again!

Nate sings with Elmo

Yesterday was a very funny day. Nate FINALLY figured out how to make Elmo sing. Singing is Nate's new thing ever since we started music class a couple weeks ago. Well Nate pushes the Elmo button and then all of the sudden he starts singing with him. We couldn't stop laughing watching him. At the end on that long note he squints his eyes like he is singing so beautifully. He must get his singing abilities from the Breedlove side (FYI the Breedlove's can't not carry a tune and I must of passed onto him) LOL!!!

16 new things about Nate

16 new things about Nate

1. Spitting is still here but not as bad. He mostly does it when we tell him no to something or he is getting really tired. Improvement.
2. He can count to TWO. He loves saying TWWWWWWWWWWOooooo. He will just be doing something and say it OR he is watching a show that is counting and will say TWOOOooooo
3. He can throw Gabbie's ball for her. But only on the hardwood. He grabs the ball and runs to the hardwood and throws it. He is so proud of himself.
4. He can say Gabbie but it is more like Gaaaghee. It is too cute!
5. New word in the past couple of days is Shoe. He says it constantly. He goes and get them and says it over and over again.
6. His favorite toy is the shape cookie jar. We work with him everyday to get the correct shapes into the hole. He tries very hard and has gotten it a couple of times. He is going to be a pro soon!
7. You ask him to go get his shoes and he finds it and brings it to you.
8. I tell him we are going upstairs and he runs to the gate to go up
9. He is starting to say Thank you when you give him things. Not yet perfect on this but getting there
10. He is now in a 6 wide shoe
11. I ask him if he wants to go outside and he goes to the door.
12. He is getting more of an opinion of what he wants or doesn't want. If you hand him something he just takes his hands and moves it side to side pushing it away
13. I ask him if he wants to watch a video and he crawls on top of the couch and sits there waiting for me to turn it on
14. He has never really had a big sweet tooth but his favorite cookie is oatmeal raisin. If I accidentally leave it out he reaches for it and cries until he gets one. I have learned to put them up fast. Out of sight out of mind.
15. The favorite thing for him to play with in our room is my hairdryer. He will drag it around and then try to dry his hair with it. He never plays with it plugged in.
16. This month I got another Nooj made just in case something happened with the other one because he loves it so much. Well he had regular Nooj in his hand and I handed him the new one and he looked at it and the new one. Kept looking at them back and forth and then threw the new one on the floor. I try it all the time and he always looks at their faces and he knows the difference. Smart boy!

Boy or a Girl?

That is the question. Are we having a Boy or a Girl? Well I got to see Tater Tot again today. Everything looks great. The ultrasound tech said he/she has a great nose and profile. Also his/her lungs, heart and liver looks fabulous. She kept complementing on how great Tater Tot looked which always gives you that warm fussy inside. Then she said "would you like to know the sex or did the Ultrasound tech tell you Monday already?". I said to her that I didn't find out with the first one and I don't think I will find out with the 2nd one either. BUT since you said that I am thinking that it is a boy because you could see their parts first--I would think. The ultrasound tech just laughed and laughed. I said "why are you laughing--don't tell me the answer but why are you laughing". She says "I usually see girls first". Now I am dying. Because is it possible that God has blessed me with a girl or was she tricking me and it is a boy! I am now 13 weeks and 2 days so it is early. I did read in my weekly email from Baby Center that " If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries". Well guess what...the ultra sound tech did only a side view and no butt view. So could she see something for a boy without looking at the buttocks? AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! What a great mystery!!!

But she told me everything looks fine and the Dr will go over everything at my next appt on Sept 11th. I told her about the mess up with all the dates and how impossible it would be to wait that long for these results. She told me to change it and then she said wait. She did more calculations and then said actually that appt is great because the 20 week will be after that and it will put me at a perfect time for that ultrasound. She told me in private that if anything is wrong they will call me in 2 days anyway. So praying that in 2 days I don't see the Dr's number appear on my phone. So I kept my Sept 11th appt knowing all that information.

All I have to say is God is good. Today was a fabulous day!

Haaaa doooo

OK this is mostly for record and most people won't understand unless your a Breedlove. When my sister and cousins were little our Muv use to put on a hat or glasses and look at us in a goofy way and say "haaa dooooo". We would all just laugh because she would look so funny with what crazy thing she had on her head. Well I have been passing on the funny tradition onto Nate and I have been saying everytime I put glasses on him or me "haaaa-dooo". well tonight it clicked with him and I put on the glasses and he said it! It brought me the biggest warm fuzzy. What a way to end today on such a funny note! I love this little man!

Update on Tater Tot

Tater Tot gave us a little scare this weekend. I experienced some bleeding and a little cramping. I called the Dr on Saturday morning and put me on bed rest this weekend until we could do an ultrasound on Monday. Boy was this a long weekend. Thank goodness for my mom and Brad. Mom has helped us out so much since she has lost her job. Some ways I think it was meant to be that way because God knew how much I would need her help. Muvie came over Sunday and spent the night and watched Nate for us today while we went to the Dr. I was so nervous. I can't feel Tater tot kick yet and it is hard to tell some days if I am really pregnant. All I wanted to see was that heart beat and movement. When we got into the Ultrasound tech room I started crying. All the emotions I have been keeping inside this weekend just let go on the ultrasound table. Thank goodness that the ultrasound tech wasn't freaked out by my crying. So I said a little prayer before she did an internal ultrasound. When she put the stick in I felt Tater tot kick me! What a feeling of relief!! He/she was moving around so much we couldn't believe how active it was. The heart beat was great around 164. She did lots of snap shots and then she did an external on my belly but Tater tot was moving around so much she couldn't get a good snap shot of him/her. She then made a comment before I left and pointed at the pic and said that is probably why you were bleeding. I had no idea what she was pointing at so we headed to the waiting room to see the Dr. This Dr was not my regular Dr that I see but I didn't care. I just wanted an answer of why I was bleeding. Dr McDaniel was really nice. Asked me lots of questions and did an internal exam and swipe of the q tip for test for any internal infections. He said he saw the problem. Now here is where things get a little fussy because it was one of those long medical words I never heard of and I wish I had him write it down. He basically said that the cervix has cells inside. Sometimes when you have kids those cells go outside and become irritated. Something that is common and not to be worried about. Then he went to the other reason why I could be bleeding. Right now I have Placenta previa. The placenta should be located at the top and mine is right on my cervix (at the bottom). This is not normal but very common in pregnant woman. Most of the time the placenta will move when the uterus grows making more room. He stated we need to keep an eye on it because if it hasn't moved by week 20 we need to discuss what to expect the rest of the pregnancy. What I have read it can have you go into labor early and you have to have a c section (which I was already having anyway due to having one with Nate). So I am not going to try to worry about it as much until I reach 20 weeks in Mid Oct.

BUT another thing has changed---my due date!!! As you remember when measuring the end of July he put me 2 weeks back. Well the Dr said with that machine that you take room to room it isn't high resolution like the one I had today and I am right on target from the original dates I gave to the Dr. So my due date is March 4th meaning this one will be a February baby due to the c section at 39 weeks. It will miss all the March birthday's and will have it's own birthday ( I don't have to share) in Feb. So with all that being said I was suppose to have my down syndrome test next Wed but you only have a small window for this test. I had to reschedule that appt for this Thurs. So I get to see Tater Tot twice this week! YIPPEE!!!

So all the prayers we have been saying this weekend came true. We asked God for a heart beat and the baby to be OK. Above are the pics of the ultrasound. I tried to point out the body parts so you can see what you are looking at. I hope you can see it.