Baby update - 37 weeks

I went to the Dr. today for my weekly appt. I am currently getting close to 2 cm dilated and progressing well. I have spent the last few days off washing little pink clothes and getting the hospital bags packed just in case. We shall see when little miss Lesko wants to grace us with her presence. :)

Christmas Lesko Style

We had a great Christmas this year, Tristan actually got the whole unwrapping presents thing, he had a great time playing with all of his new toys and games. Here are a few pics of his big day :). I also made my first turkey.

Daddy Issues

What two words convey more heart ache than these?

She's such a small girl, and every where she looks people are telling her how beautful she is, or how cute. She has a need to be seen, like all kids do. More than anything she wants to be validated, loved, and accepted. So she dances, and the boys look. Even that one boy who hasn't told her she's beautful. The one whose compliments mean more than everyone else because he only whispers them at night. So she laughs when she wouldn't, and makes time for things she doesn't care about until he sees her, and finally he does.

Then he presses, and she isn't ready. His disappointment bites at her heart until she gives into him, just like she did with the last boy. She just wants him to be happy with her.

How can a man raise his daughter to embrace a full life, and find her security in Jesus? Do I only need to love her enough? Maybe if I take her on dates she will learn what it means for a guy to treat her well. Maybe if I pray with her every night she will learn to see how God loves her throughout her day. Maybe if I tell her I love her enough she will understand that love comes from somewhere deeper than the skin.

Even if I do all those things will she understand? Will she know they can't see her beauty in a dance? Or will she still have daddy issues?

36 weeks...let the count down begin

I have begun the countdown to the big baby day...I am going to the dr. every week now, last week I was dilated 1 cm and "starting to soften". I go back tomorrow at 10am so we shall see if there is any more progression. Until then here is a photo of the belly.

Christmas Tree

Our first official tree is up and BeaUtiful :) If I do say so myself. Tristan was a big helper putting all the ornaments on...

Pics from the Sidebottom Rehearsal - Thanksgiving week

We went to Austin for Thanksgiving to celebrate our friends Lainey and Brett getting MARRIED :) WhooHoo! Here are a couple of pictures of Mickey and me after the rehearsal dinner :)

The Blogiverse

This whole thing about blogs is an enigma to me. I currently have a "blog", but really it's more of a journal. The simple truth is, its really convenient to journal on a blog because it is searchable, and accessible from anywhere, and frankly I type faster thanI write these days. The thing about journals though, it just isn't possible for me to be completely honest with God when I have an audience. The depth of the expression is constantly tempered by asking, who is reading this, what will they think of what I've written, will they hear it as I mean it, is this theologically sound? In my private journal my thoughts are only seen by God and me. There is no fear of discovery, or judgement. I am free to be totally unfettered. So, Journal = PrivateBlog.

Then "we" have this blog, but I don't see any of the fellas posting on the blogs maintained by their wives. Most of them have their own blog available for public consumption, and lets be honest, it's better that way. Girls like to talk about things girls like. Boys like to talk about things that are cool. I mean the ultrasound pictures of our wildly anticipated baby girl just aren't as poignant when I follow them up with the picture of a jet engine, or 16" inch deck guns. No guy in his right mind can continue to focus on baby pictures when there is a jet engine diagram to study. (Secretly, I think the girls care more about the jet engine than the baby too, but I can't prove that.) So, Lesko Chronicles = PublicGirlBlog.

Which leaves me with the option of posting my thoughts to the world on the PublicGirlBlog or starting a 3rd blog. In my mind starting a third blog is kinda like buying a 3rd cell phone. It's just a little excessive.

This ironclad logic has convinced me that I should be posting semiregularly on the PublicGirlBlog. Y'all tell me how this works out.

34 weeks and then some....

I went to the dr. yesterday and I am growing on track. I gained 1 lb this week. Little miss Lesko's heart rate was good, her head is down and her but is in my left rib :). I had to have an ultrasound last week to check my gall bladder because I have been having some pain on my right side, but all is well. No surgery to remove it no sign of gall stones or inflamation. So we are trying pepcid AC everyday for the next week to see if it is just acid reflux presenting "weird". I think she is starting to drop a little lower so her little feet aren't kicking the "bad spot" as we call it at the house as easily so that is helpful.

Stay tuned for some family photos, we have a wonderful friend Paul who took some pictures for us and I will put some up as soon as we get them.

I am now on a weekly dr. visit schedule. So more updates I am sure will come.

Until then...

Husband of the Year...again

Some of you know we have been working on a little bathroom project lately...and it is finally done! Thanks to my sweet husband who surprised me on Monday with a tile floor! They finished putting it in on Saturday...YAY!!!

It Has Begun

Do you know what you're looking at?  

That's a jet engine.

It's also the engine Brad and I are going to use in our soccer mom suburban assault vehicle. Think the Batmobile, but with room for 8.

I'll show you the artillery later.

I am more than a mom...

So I have realized recently that I talk a lot about kids, pregnancy, and preparing for little miss Lesko. So I thought I would try to blog about something different...probably no pictures to post for this one.

We recently started a home group (I am thinking about this today because we go tonight :)) with some friends of ours Byron & Heather Moore. It has only been 5 weeks now but it is so much fun! I have forgotten how great home group can be, I have not been attending one for about 9 months or so and was a home group leader before that. There are so many things that make home group great, one is that we get to hang out with our friends, the other is I feel like we have found a group where I feel safe, I can talk to them, look stupid, eat lots of food, and feel at home. I guess I just realized that this is something I have been missing for a while. There are many ways that God teaches me, being around other Christians, and feeling safe enough to be honest, is for sure one of those ways.

30 weeks aka more than 7 months woah!

My wife is so cute! And she has no idea I'm adding this :P

My 30 week belly - our little girl is growing on track and everything seems to be going well. Looks like I passed my glucose test. Stay tuned for updates :)...

Our little Monkey...

Tristan was a monkey for Halloween...we had so much fun with friends and then took a big trip to see Grammy and Grandpa in Houston. He wanted to wear his costume all the way down to Houston too (and he did :)). I think he had fun too...

Here are the ultrasound pictures of little miss Lesko...the first is a profile of her face, the second her arm laying over her face...She is so cute. There were more that show the front view of her face, but it looks a little alien like right now so I decided to go with the cute ones :)

Update from the Ultrasound

So today we went in to have our second ultrasound. Little girl Lesko is doing great and is "for sure" a girl. She is weighing in at 2 lbs 7 oz, which is in the 65 percentile she is growing right on track, all of her parts were measured and look good. Good news, my placenta has moved out of the way :0) YAY! Everything that they checked came back as right on track and normal. It was great to get to see her moving around. Once I am able to scan the pictures i will upload them. :)

Baby Bump - 26 weeks

We are on our way to the third trimester...here is an update of the belly while I was in Birmingham visiting Bug :)

Tristan's big weekend cont...

Tristan had his 3rd birthday party this weekend. We had a great time with friends and family. Here are a few photos of the main event :)...

Tristans big weekend...

Tristan was trying on Emmy's sunglasses so we decided to get him his own for his birthday. :) I think the spiderman is a much better fit. Although he looks great in both.

20 weeks aka 5 months woah!

Well we are moving right along and our little girl is growing...here is an updated picture of the ever growing belly :).

I go to the Dr. on Wed. of this week...hopefully I will have some update at that point.

Nesting continues

This weekend I made another trip back to Hobby Lobby and got some more canvases to paint some pictures for Tristan's room. :) Hopefully he will like it. I painted his name a few months ago for his shelf.

Baby update...

Well I have made it to a neat stage in this pregnancy I can feel our little girl moving around pretty much every day, we found out this weekend she likes it when daddy plays Halo she really gets moving when I am sitting on the couch watching :0) (It might just be because he usually plays at night and that is when she gets really active but...I am sticking to my story :0))

We should have more updates after next week, I have another doctor's appointment on Wed.

Nesting begins...

I got a little creative this weekend and painted some wall hangings for the baby's room. We shall see how the rest turns out. I also got the room cleaned out and ready for more updates :)...stay tuned.

IT'S A ...

GIRL!!!!!

We are thrilled! Our little girl was very cooperative with the Dr. on Friday, she let him measure all the things he needed to. She is growing right on schedule she measured at about 7 oz.

It is such a neat thing to get to see her growing inside me. I am working on getting pictures or some of the video uploaded (we need to get it into a good format).

We have already started looking for fun girlie things for her room, Grammy has offered to make her bedding and curtains which is very sweet!

Stay tuned...

Tristan and steak...

As many of you know our sweet boy is a picky eater this week we had a banner week! Last night we had dinner with our friends Brett and Lainey for Lainey's birthday. On the menu...STEAK!

We thought lets give it a try we gave Tristan baked potato, steak, shrimp, and bread. Normally he would touch nothing but the bread. He tried the shrimp and spit it out immediately...ahh but the steak he ate 4 bites! Emmy was so excited! The above are pictures of our little guys post steak face :)

Belly...

Updated belly shot...16.5 weeks :)

August 6, 2008

Boys have ruled too long...

So the boy stuff has been on too long, so I am just posting to put something kind of girlie back in view :)...

We will be going to the Dr. on Friday to find out if this next little Lesko is a boy or a girl...I personally can't wait! I will update as soon as I can after that.

I think this is a funny picture of our #1 guy!

I Am Watching

I have been closely monitoring this blog, and have decided that it is overwhelmingly girly.

Therefore, I am adding guns...



and cars...



and now I feel better.

Soccer ball...

As promised :)

Our little one lounging in mommy's belly! Thank you Nicole for helping me by getting the picture scanned :)!

This was a picture at 13 weeks. The baby is 14 weeks old now and we will get to find out if it is a boy or girl on August 8th...I can't wait!

Dr. Appointment

Friday, July 11 I went to the Dr. to check up on little baby Lesko. He or She is doing great the heartbeat was strong 169 beats per minute (Normal is between 160-180). YAY! I also got a special treat I got to see the baby...it is so neat to get to see the head and body... baby was lounging with its hand behind its head. SOOO CUTE!

I will try to scan the picture and post it.

The Best Husband Award...

Goes too...MICKEY LESKO! So tonight I was sitting on the couch with my sweet husband and all of a sudden White Cheddar Popcorn! I must have some...Mickey springs into action first finding what store has the Cape Cod White Cheddar Popcorn I am craving at the moment...then out in to the thunderstorm that is rolling through Frisco at the moment and on to more than one store to find the popcorn...an hour and a half later and one bag of popcorn I am a happy girl!

He's such a great husband!! :) I am such a lucky girl!

12 Weeks

As promised here is our little button growing in my belly! The 12 week bump is here. I will keep you updated. Home stretch to the 2nd trimester this week!

YAY!!!

Tristan likes pudding

I tried making jello pudding last week and turns out I did alright. It was a big hit with Tristan he at some of mine and some of dads :) I loved the mustache.

Such a happy guy!

High School Musical 2

We had the tv on last night and found... thats right High School Musical 2... and were watching it. This was Tristan's reaction to the show...I'm not quite sure if he liked it. Later he started dancing to the music so it couldn't have been that bad. :)

What a great face though!

Volleyball with Tristan

So I forgot the camera...one of many things I have forgotten recently. However, Tristan and Emmy went to play volleyball with our group of friends the FNFN crowd from our church. It was an adventure for the little guy, as far as I know this was his first sand experience. And what a fun time at least for the adults, I took his shoes off so he could get the real experience. It was really funny to watch, I don't think he is a big fan of the sand between his toes. He started running on his tip toes to catch up with me and nearly climbed all the way up my leg. So I picked him up and took him closer to the courts where he could play with other friends and he didn't want to get down, every time we tried to set him down he would pull his legs up underneath him. Then he would grab my hand and use it to wipe off his feet. :) One day he will be out there with the big boys playing...he just needs a little time.

Now the pool on the other hand, we barely made it past without him jumping in. He loves water! Tristan didn't get in the pool but bear made a flying leap in :0) Oops. Emmy rescued him and rang him out.

What a night. We had a great time.

First Belly Picture - Almost 6 wks

And a new hair cut...A friend of mine did a belly meter and I thought it was so cool, so I thought I'd copy... :0)

So here is the first mark on the meter almost six weeks along...

Some of y'all haven't seen me recently so I also thought you would like to see my new do, Andrea (my sister) cut 10 inches off of my hair last weekend. Just enough to donate and I have been getting lots of compliments. Thanks Bug!!

Week 5

I went to the doctor today for a colposcopy because of an abnormal pap. So the good news is the Dr. said we will just be able to watch it for a while she didn't see anything that she needed to biopsy which is good because that is really uncomfortable and it can cause a lot of bleeding when you are pregnant. So one big hump we have made it over. I have to go back in when I am 28 weeks and have another one.

Tristan is home tonight we are going to play volleyball. :) I am sure I will have pictures to update soon.

Thank you for those of you who were praying for my appointment this morning. I know God was watching out for us today.

Well its official...

We are having a baby! :)

We couldn't be more excited. I went to my first doctor's appointment today and I am about 4 weeks and 6 days along. So around January of 2009 we will have another bundle of joy around the Lesko house.

Mickey is such a proud papa, he couldn't wait to tell everyone! Tristan doesn't really understand, but we are sure he will be so excited as it gets closer. :)

Thank you for all of your prayers and love!

We will keep you posted.

Wednesdays with Josh

We have a wonderful friend named Josh who comes over to have dinner with us every other wed. night. We love having Josh to visit and Tristan is always so excited when Joshypop walks through the door. I thought these pictures were great. Tristan tried on Josh's boots and I think they look pretty good! :-) Mickey said we might need to get him a pair so Tristan will have some to play with all the time.

Tristan got a hair cut

Tristan got his first big boy hair cut and doesn't he look great! Emmy and Daddy think so!

On Saturdays Emmy and Tristan have a special tradition we go to the local donut store and get kolaches (his favorite) and donut holes. It is our favorite part of the weekend! It also lets Daddy sleep in just a little longer (since he has probably gotten up during the night with Tristan).

Our House...a very very very fine house :0)

In September of last year we found a house that we thought there was no way we could make it work...then by the grace of God we made an offer that any sane person would refuse and it was accepted! We did some painting and now it is home...

I learned something new about my husband during the process that he picks out great colors. Here are a few pictures...