All good. Heartbeat in 160s. B/P was very good- lower than it has been by a good bit. Yay! Only thing to really happen that was “exciting” was as I was sitting there waiting for my dr to come in, I hear a nurse run down the hall and loudly proclaim “Dr… you’re needed in labor and delivery NOW.”
Yay.
So I got to see the Nurse Practitioner instead. No big. She’s nice and it happens, surprisingly, only about once a pregnancy. She didn’t like that I had lost 2 pounds. Sheesh- I really didn’t gain 6 the time before, that’s all. Doesn’t matter. Now is when I start gaining. I’ll be up 25 pounds by the end.
I get to try the one hour GTT next time. If I have to go back for the 3 hour I am going to be ticked… I always fail that!!
And after that- it’s every 2 weeks time! Is it just me or did that happen really fast???!
So, when I am not miserably fatigued like I have been all day up until about 3 hours before bedtime for the last 2 weeks… and when my back behaves… I’m doing pretty good! I’m loving the 2 or so times a day I feel her move! She especially loves about an hour after supper.
Nursery is ready for the detailed painting. Just waiting for the energy…
I’m having a lil baby!! I’m having a daughter!!! I can’t wait to nuzzle a soft fuzzy head! 😀

Andy (3 1/2) and I did this together today. We all ended up in stitches! First I demonstrated how to trace each letter with my finger, then Andy did his best to trace it with a crayon. I made funny sounds for each letter (ex. B said “Bonk! Hump! Bump!, Z said “Zip! Zap! Zip!”). We also switched between 4 colors of crayons and between each letter I held them up and did something funny (ex. Red said “Pick me, Pick me!”) He thought this was hilarious!
When it came time to put the pieces together, we did it like a puzzle. After picking the first section, we sang the ABC song until our letters ended and then wondered what came next. He’d pick one piece and we’d sing the song again with the new letters on the end. When the letters were wrong I clued him in with a funny voice… which had Brendan howling with laughter.
It was fun! It’s now hung down our hallway wall. I don’t remember where I got this activity from, but if anyone comes across it and lets me know, I’ll happily post a link!
airplane alphabet banner pages

20w4d. Had the 2nd part of the anatomy scan today with the peri. Everything looks perfect! Baby girl weighs 13 ounces now! The head measures 1 day ahead- I forgot to ask overall. Everything from the pinkie fingers to the lips to the heart to the legs look perfect. YAY!

I asked if there was a pain reliever other than tylenol that I could take. He asked what pain was having and I told him about the spot between my left hip and spine on my back. Sometimes it hurts so bad I can’t lift up my left foot. He said it is called the Sacroiliac joint. Apparently it is a fairly common issue with all the pregnancy hormones that relax you in order to prepare for birth. He said I could take an occasional ibuprofen but only through 24 weeks or I can try a muscle relaxant (that’ll apparently knock me flat out) called Flexeril. Considering I’ve been walking around the past several days muttering “my kingdom for an advil,” I’ll take 4 weeks of being able to take it if required!!! He also recommended either massage therapy, a chiropractor or acupunture. I’ll be checking to see if a chiropractor is covered on my insurance.

Isn’t this the cutest…

and last but not least… 😀

19w3d. Tonight marks the half way point to my c-section date of May 24th! Woot!!!
Aunt Cathy took us shopping a couple days ago… 6-7 more outfits (Icluding a seriously cute red top with push to the side sleeves. Andy chose a sleeper with a strawberry on the butt that came with a matching soft doll and Bren chose 2 piece pajamas with LOVE on the front and heart all over the pants.) and the nusery set! I chose Cocalo’s Sugar Plum. The nursery is painted pink and soon we’ll have the rest put up! I’m excited!

Mimi and I went shopping!! 17 outfits… wow, that was fun!

It’s going to be a wonderful year!

We even got a blizzard!!
At the Schliterbahn Christmas park:

Christmas Eve- hey, is that snow?

Snowball fight!!

Snowangels

Blizzard!!

Twas the night before Christmas… my lil sweeties!

The gift was a white gown trimmed in pink tucked into both pink and blue tissue put in a sparkly silver box and bow with a black and white card that said “We know… do you want to know? (picture of baby toes)/ “It’s a …” It was tagged to Mimi & Papa. Obviously my MIL thought nothing of it because she handed it to Papa to open. He started opening the box and DH shouted “No! No! Open the card” LOL! So he did and after he read the first page he started saying how he just knew we knew already. My MIL is realizing her mistake and snags the box but he manages to keep the card from her. He opens it, looks confused, looks everywhere for a clue in the card, lol. Then he remembers the box. She looks at me (I’m looking seriously hard at the floor trying desperately not to give anything away, my heart is beating furiously) and she says, “It’s a boy. I can tell by how she looks.” And to me says “It’s okay…” She opens the box, sees blue paper… then pink paper. She yells over at me “Jen?!?!” and gets a bit excited but is obviously confused. LOL! I tell her to keep going and open the rest, maintaining my scrutiny of the carpet. She does… pulls out the rolled up gown that looks totally white, unrolls it, sees the pink and I finally look at her and say “It’s a girl!” And she SCREAMS and hugs the gown to her. It was fabulously fun!
I also told my grandparents and aunt (& my mom via phone) simulataneously that it is a girl. That was fun too. Then they brought out an “It’s a girl!” cake. LOL! They all “just knew” it was a girl. Yeah right! I think they are having a midnight snack of “It’s a boy!” cake right about now. Haha!
18w1d. OB appt went well… blood pressure still slightly high, urine was fine, HB in 160s. 😀 And I gained 6 pounds!!! Holy Moly…