Week 20 – my baby’s legs finally get to be counted in the length so now it’s the length of a BANANA! I love bananas – banana pudding, blueberry banana smoothies, banana bread, frozen bananas dipped in chocolate, banana split, banana chocolate milkshakes! OH I’m hungry again! My baby is also slippery like a banana peel too – the little booger is moving around like crazy in there – I try to feel it on one side and it just slips to the other side! Late last night it was kicking real good that it finally made my tummy jump. A couple kicks really poked out and it felt so funny – it tickled! I couldn’t help but giggle as it wiggled and kicked. Child Mark has been trying to feel it kick for a week now and he finally got to feel it tonight but it wasn’t that strong and he tried to explain what it felt like – it was cute.
This past week I got my first adjustment at the chiropractor – felt really good to be “snapped crackled and popped” as Mark likes to say – the chiropractor however does not explain it that way. Apparently my upper back is straight where it should have a curve to it, but I’m very easy to work on.
I’ve discovered that either my hips are spreading or my butt is just growing, so I sent Mark into town to the maternity store to get me a new pack of panties – such a good boy to go get me things like that. I told him too while he was there to get me a new bra the next size up since mine is not fitting as good as it should, however, the store suggested I come in to get measured instead of him just buying the size I say. While he was there he also took the liberty to buy me a pair of grey pants – he said I needed more than one pair of pants. It was a nice surprise.
Father’s day was this past Sunday and Mark was excited to get not just one, but three Bill O’Reilly books – one for each of his children…Mark, Puppy (ok so pretend kids count too), and Baby Rich. He really appreciated it – especially knowing how much I really despise buying political books to feed his already Right sided brain. I hate getting into politics – but as long as he doesn’t make me read them or read them to me I’ll smile and say “Glad you like it”. I really do have a great husband who just so happens to be a wonderful father who will do anything and everything for his kids, born, unborn, or the ones that simply call him Da Da cause they don’t know he’s not daddy.
One week left until my next ultrasound! Can’t wait! My little girl is just waiting to be announced officially LOL!
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I've come back and added in week 21 since I never posted it on here before.
Week 21 - Its A GIRL!!!
The much awaited ultrasound has arrived and my little girl was verified a little after 9 on the morning of June 29th. My grandmother (who had arrived from California to see Sister’s babies) was able to come to the appointment along with Sister, both boys, Mama, little Mark and my Honey. The morning started out hectic – me panicking because we woke up late, then the child had a hard time with his shoes, then we arrived before Mama and crew but it all worked out and we did not miss the appointment. When the tech called my name we moved back to the small room and boy was it packed. The ultrasound started and I saw my baby once again. I was so nervous to find out the sex because I really wanted my little girl…sure enough there was no little pecker between her legs! Had everyone not been there I probably would have cried but I kept very cool, surprising myself. According to baby center my little girl should be about the size of a carrot and it was pretty close. She weighed right at 13 ounces and is perfectly healthy. Everything is developing perfectly – I couldn’t ask for anything more (well I did – for it to be a girl…but now I’m done asking – she just needs to continue growing like she is and be born healthy).
After the appointment Me, Mark, Nana, and the kid drove into town to Babies-R-Us to register for all the adorable baby girl stuff. I tried not to go too crazy with the pink but I don’t know if I did such a good job with that. I tried to think of things I needed instead of so much of what I wanted. I did splurge picking out the crib and dresser – they are really expensive and even though I’m pretty sure nobody will buy something that expensive a girl can still dream.
Once we left Babies-R-Us we headed to the mall to hit up Target and do another registry there – by the end of that we were all pretty tired so we headed home.
We can also officially release the name of our daughter (which we’ve had picked out since before I even knew I was pregnant), Colleen Elizabeth (Named after both mine and Mark’s mother). I will try very hard to call her Colleen since there is no real easy way to shorten it without calling her Collie (like the dog) but if we did shorten it to Collie it would go right along with Puppy!
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