Langston Family Blog

We took Gavin to the French Quarter saturday and he loved it! After our stay at the Ritz last weekend, we decided that he would love it down there. He is studying Louisiana history right now and he is learning about the Cathedral, etc. So, we visited Jackson Square, the Cathedral, the French Market, the Jax Brewery, and we took him to see the Rodrigue Gallery (Blue Dog) and the Jack Gallery - it features the Peanuts painted by Tom Everhart - very cool gallery if you ever have the chance to go. We REALLY ultimately want to purchase a Tom Everhart Lithograph but they run a few thousand dollars. So, we compromised and bought a framed poster for Gavin's room. He really loves art and Charlie Brown and Snoopy! He truly enjoys going to see paintings in galleries. The poster looks great in his room!

A Country Day tradition is the lower school holiday concert. The singing was so pretty and the kids just seem to love it. Gavin II could not wait - he had been practicing his songs for DAYS on end. In fact, he would not stop singing Christmas songs! My picture of the actual concert did not come out well but here are some pictures of my handsome man before the concert! We bought him this suit for the concert and Christmas but they were not allowed to wear jackets or ties - he just HAD to put the whole ensemble on for effect! How cute is he?!

Gavin had his "Hanukkah Party" at school on Thursday. He really wanted me to come and be there for the party - so I went, of course! However, I think I should have volunteered to help make the gingerbread houses earlier in the week - all the moms who volunteered for the Hanukkah party were, of course, Jewish. It was really cute, though, and I enjoyed being there so much. I helped the kids do their Hanukkah activity packs, we played the dreidel game, and then they made menorahs from graham crackers, icing, tootsie rolls, and mini kisses. Gavin was so proud!

Gavin II has been making a gingerbread house at school. Well, today, they must have used the leftover candies and allowed them to decorate gingerbread cookies with icing and candy. He could not eat his but his teacher suggested that he bring it home to us. He had it decorated with spice drops, marshmellows, kisses, m&m's and sprinkles. Well, Daddy went out of town and got back tonight so he decided that it would be a nice "welcome home" gift for him! Talk about a sugar rush! Daddy loved it!

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Last night was a bit scary...I'll make the story concise....

I am 28 weeks, 3 days. I started noticing that I was having Braxton-Hicks contractions a lot around 5:00 pm yesterday evening. I looked up online that more than 4 per hour was not good - I was having plenty more than 4 per hour. I decided to try the water drinking and lying down - the Labor and Delivery Dept. agreed. Well, the contractions got way more intense, I was having pressure, and then the contractions and discomfort started going into my back so Gavin and I headed to L&D to get checked to be on the safe side. We had all intentions of coming home last night.

I get to L&D - my BP is 120/91 (nerves). They start an IV, get fluids going, and get Walker and I hooked up to the monitor. He is doing fantastic - heart beat is strong. They determine that I am having "real" contractions and I was having them every few minutes although still irregular. Then, they decide to check for any "down below" infections that may be causing the contractions - everything comes back negative. They also did a test that is supposed to be an indicator or preterm labor. Basically, if it is negative, it is very accurate that you will not go into labor in the next 2 weeks. If it is positive, they are not sure what it means - it does not necessarily mean that I will go into preterm labor - it's a better predictor if it is negative. Mine comes back POSITIVE! BY the way, I am also a tight fingertip dilated. YIKES!

After all is said and done, they were going to discharge me but they decide to admit me for observation overnight. Around 1:30 am, I have contractions every 3 minutes for a period of 30 minutes - then they calmed down. I had a few throughout the night but much less and NOT as intense. They gave me IV fluids all night.

My doctor came in this morning and decided to do an ultrasound to check to see if my cervix was shortening (preparing for labor). He was not concerned that I was dilated since this is my second baby. They wanted it to still be long. So, at 11:30 am, I had the ultrasound and they determine that my cervix is not shortening and that I am still only a tight fingertip dilated - the contractions had not caused me to dilate any further overnight. I felt so much better this morning, though. So, I am discharged with instructions to take it easy - I intend to do just that. Walker needs 11 more weeks to cook!

I did come out of it with the above pictures of Walker which are SO cute!!! They also told me that he is already 3 pounds, 1 ounce and that is the 64th percentile for weight! They actually said that I have a "fat baby". I am excited that he may be a bigger baby!