Only three months left!

Wait! We're not ready! At least I'm not! In three short months, I will be responsible for another human being. I will have to keep him fed, warm, breathing, comforted, and ensure he sleeps. While I've done this for Baker and Ruby, I am starting to freak out now that I have to do it for a person! If I get tired of dealing with the dogs or if they misbehave, I just tell them to get in their crates- or put them in the backyard (and while their feelings may be hurt, they settle down and end up enjoying it). I can't do that with a baby! Every minute of my life (until the kid goes to school) will be consumed. Surely, others are as concerned as I am! Right?

Ben and I spent the weekend nesting. We refinished a dresser, took a shot at installing the car seat, and worked on the nursery. Our least successful chore was the car seat. As with the crib, I spent most of the time laughing while Ben spent most of the time cussing. Turns out we may have to exchange car seats for a smaller one. That, or we just can't have a front seat passenger. Maybe we just installed it incorrectly. You'd think with the 10 degrees between us (um...I only have 1), we could figure it out. Not so much. Maybe the folks at the Humble Volunteer Fire Department can lend us a hand!






P.S.
A comment about my hair...thankfully, the above picture is small enough that you really can't tell. BUT...the Texas humidity plays a cruel joke on my hair. If I don't slather product into it and blow dry it right out of the shower, I get a Diana Ross effect. It's scary.

23 Weeks!

Growing bigger by the day!

Baby Stuff part 2

Baby Mitchell is receiving great welcome gifts!

Two of our most cherished are a blanket and pillow crocheted by Ben's grandmother "Boltie." She made these for us before she passed away 6 years ago.

22 Weeks!

I can't believe I am actually posting this picture- but what the heck! You think swimsuit shopping sucks...try pregnant swimsuit shopping! Check out those tree trunks! I figured I could not make it through the summer in Texas without swimming!

Baby Mitchell is apparently starting his athletic workout early in hopes of a scholarship....which is good because Ben already has him playing football at Auburn AND basketball at Duke! The boy can kick and jump like it's his job!

I'm fully recovered from the fall. Thanks to everyone checking in on me! Nothing new to report. I go back to the doctor on May 24. Any bets on the giant baby's size?

Good use...

Between me and Ruby, the pregnany pillow is getting some good use!

What a day!

So...I tripped over the broom Monday and crashed onto the granite floor. Hard! Banged up my knee and had some cramping. I called the doctor and was put on bed rest. At 4 am, the cramping was getting worse. Then, the doctor wanted to see me. We listened to the baby's heartbeat (144 beats/minute) and did a couple other tests to make sure everything was okay. However, my abdomen and uterus were too tender for Dr. Anding's comfort and he admitted me to the hospital for heavy-duty tests. Long story short, everything is okay and I'm on bed rest until the end of the week. Here are a couple of photos from the 10,000th ultrasound we had:

Baby Mitchell was dancing and riding a bicycle the entire time. The doctor actually started laughing! I guess Baby was soon bored by it all..hence the huge yawn in the above photo. What a character!

Side story:

A few weeks ago Ben had a dream about the delivery. We had the baby and the nurse wouldn't tell us if it was a boy or a girl. She told Ben, "You didn't want to know, so I'm not going to tell you." But then she gave in and said it was a girl. Well......she was wrong....cause we found out last night that it's a BOY!!! For real this time!!!! See for yourself!!!

With the scare of the fall and a "second chance" ultrasound, I really wanted to found out. It seems to much more real to me now! Ben and Amanda are going to have a son! Lord, please help us!

19 weeks- pretty much half way!

Enough with the heartburn already! Come on! We should have bought stock in Mylanta Chewables (the tropical flavors)! While the morning sickness seems to be gone, my food tastes have gone haywire. I asked Ben to cook me eggs for dinner the other night only to take ONE bite and know instantly there was no way I could swallow it! The same thing happened with my turkey and cheese sandwich today! And this is the time when I should really be putting on some weight! We decided to have rice for dinner tomorrow night.

We spent the afternoon completing our registry at Babies R Us (we also did Pottery Barn Kids). Ben was having a great time until he needed to nap for a moment. He kept picking out a cute girlie outfit or a sweet boy item and I'd have to remind him we couldn't register for those kind of things since "we" didn't want to know the sex of the baby. :)

That's about it for now. We see the doctor again on April 24. Until then, I'll keep contemplating if that was a kick or just my stomach gurgling. And Ben will keep putting his ear to my belly listening for whatever it is he's listening!