home stretch......

I am officially in my third trimester, with only 12 weeks left.  That is, if I go all the way to my due date.  I had a doctors appointment yesterday, and all is well with baby Holden and I.  He is still measuring big, but only  2 weeks instead of 4.  That is a huge relief! 

The new house is also on its way to being finished.  Lights, plumbing, and Central air is all complete, and concrete is being poured right now.  I have been shopping like crazy, buying up odds and ends of what we need when we move. Hopefully all my purchases will come together nicely!

updates.....

I had my doctors appointment yesterday and they told me that I was measuring 4 weeks ahead of schedule.  Needless to say I almost rolled off the table.  I ended up having to do my diabetes test, and have blood taken.  I got the results today and everything came back normal.  I guess I either have a giant baby in there, or maybe too much fluid.  Lets hope its the latter.

The house is also starting to come together.   We officially have cabinets, and the countertops are on their way!  The stone work, as well as the trim are being started today!  Hopefully we can make our July 1st deadline.  I cannot wait to start decorating!!

24 weeks

Today I am 24 weeks preggo and starting to count down the days!  I know I still have a ways to go but it feels great to be over the halfway hump.  Holden has really started to move, and some nights I think he is trying his best to bruise me from the inside out.   I go tomorrow for a check up, and I get to  hear that sweet heartbeat.  In one month I will be having my gestational diabetes tests done, as well as my 4D ultrasound.  I guess things are moving right along as planned!!

It's a boy!

After waiting patiently we finally got to see baby frick, and find out that he's a boy!  No more "it" or "he/she" talk!  It was so exciting, and Nathan was so thrilled to get a little boy. I think his face beamed all day. The doctor said that everything looked good, and as far as she could tell he was perfectly healthy.  She even counded the fingers and toes for me....all 10 were there!  Today I am 20 weeks, the offical halfway point and  I have started to feel him move more and more. I have even felt a few kicks in the past few days!  I can't wait until Nathan can feel them too.  I am in the process of scouring the internet for nursery ideas, and I hope it turns out as great as I have planned it in my head!

Me at 19 weeks and 5 days

4 days and counting..

So here I am at 17 weeks, and 1day axniously awaiting Monday.   In four days at 10:15 Nathan and I find out what we are having.  I have no clue of what the sex is, although Nathan and I have both had dreams it is a girl.  I guess we will know soon enough.  In order to pass the time I have decided to take a weekend trip to visit my sister in Raleigh, NC.  I have been doing some investigating on area maternity stores and restaurants.  My two favorite things....eating and shopping!

loveinbloommaternity.com

Middle of March already???

Where has the time gone?  It seems like yesterday I was trying to figure out what dessert to make for christmas, and now tomorrow is St. Patricks Day.  Saturday morning Nathan and I went to breakfast with my Mom and sister, and on the way there it seemed like spring had magically appeared.  The grass was green, there were buds on the trees, and my favorite......buttercups.  It was if spring had happend overnight.  This put me in an extremly good mood, as well as the plummber and electrician finishing up on the new house.  Hopefully this week we will get some progress on brick and stone! 

BABY UPDATE:  There are so many differnt websites, and articles you can read that tell you when you start your 2nd trimester, but they all tell you something different!  Some tell you 13 weeks and others tell you 14 weeks, so to be on the safe side I will be 14 weeks tomorrow and officially in my 2nd trimester - the supposed glory days of pregnancy.  I have found some preggo pics that I love and I hope that when my bump gets a little bigger I can have some taken like this from http://www.pacingthepanicroom.blogspot.com/
Our little flipper is 3.5 inches and 1.5 ounces....growing like a weed :)

"While we are sleeping, angels have conversations with our souls." ~Author Unknown

"Pay attention to your dreams - God's angels often speak directly to our hearts when we are asleep." ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994

Happy Birthday Crystal