Really?

Am I really having Braxton Hicks???? For me I usually never start having them until I am well into my 3rd trimester, usually around 32 weeks. Today, I have been having them A LOT..... Normally when I have them it is just a tightening along the me trying to catch my breath. Maybe that is not the best way to describe it but i just notice that my breathing is weird when I have them.. This time I am having a little pain with the braxton hicks, so it is very crazy.

We have been staying in a hotel for the past few days and I have been able to relax in the pool and would go into the hot tub for about 5 minutes at a time (don't worry, I didn't let my body temperature rise for all of you who want to yell at me) and was able to sit and float in the pool so I have not done anything but rest. She has been kicking but not as much as she usually does, well with the exception of last night. She decided to keep me awake for a few hours with what felt like somersaults.

So with all of this relaxing that I have been doing i thought I would be rejuvenated and ready to get a bunch of stuff done but I am absolutely EXHAUSTED. I was getting all the stuff ready to go in the hotel room and I am just ready to close my eyes and sleep for a few hours. Who knows I may just have to do that when I get back home...

Meaning of the name

OK I know I said I wasn't going to tell the name, and I still wont. But I want to share the meaning of it. We have been searching for the middle name for awhile. The first name we have known what it was going to be because she is being named after my Grandpa, but as far as the middle name goes we wanted it to just be revealed to us and when it was, there was a little light that went off and Ken and I both looked at each other an knew that was it.

So the meaning of our little girls name is: In covenant (agreement) with Gods will.

This says a lot about our live over the last year or so too. We finally feel that we are walking in Gods will and we have such a strong covenant with him so when this name was given to us I knew it was going to be a girl...

What else I learned at my Ultra Sound

OK so as you may know now we are having a girl. I must tell you I was crying and I believe
that if I didn't have my 2 BFF's with me, Ken would have been crying as well.
I don't know if we wanted to cry because he was hoping for a boy or if he was happy. She was 100% sure because well there was not a "kickstand" (as my mom calls it) and we got a good look
at the "va- jay jay". We also learned that my due date will now be April 28 not April 19..
Also, we learned that I have fibroids, I guess its not that big of a deal (they are pretty tiny) and with my estrogen and the babies estrogen well, it is inevitable that they would be growing.
I will find out more at my next Dr.s appointment. We were able to see the heart which was
very good and even though she did not want to cooperate we were able to see everything
but the hands and fingers. The ultra sound tech wants me to come back in a couple
weeks for another one, why really I don't know. She says she wants to get a good look
at the hands and fingers.... Anyway, we are keeping the name a secret so don't try and
pry is out of me, because you know I will give in. LOL

ITS A .....................................

GIRL!!!!!!!

Lots of firsts

with this pregnancy. It is so funny but everyone I talk to says its because I am in my 30's now so everything is going to be so different. At first I really didn't believe them but I must say I am a believer now. Now this maybe TMI for some of you so I apologize in advance. One thing that just happened was, the baby kicked my bladder and I peed my pants..... (I am pretty embarrassed but had to share) I was trying to wait it out since I have been peeing every 5 minutes (or so it seems) and I thought if I wait a little longer I would be OK, well I think that my bulging bladder was getting in my little peanuts way... I tell ya, it was a very weird feeling but I have learned my lesson, go to the bathroom as soon as you have the urge.

Also, the other night I had heartburn for the first time too... I know, I know two kids already how did I not have heartburn with them??? I really don't know how I managed to go heartburn free, but I am so glad I did. I tell you what, I was miserable. I didn't get it until I laid down to fall asleep, and let me tell you I was exhausted, but I was awake for a long time with it and was not a happy person.. I do think that it caused my throat to be sore which I am still dealing with that today.

I have also been so much more hormonal with this pregnancy. I mean so hormonal that I will cry for absolutely the stupidest thing. I am not just talking a little tear here and there I am talking, a full out sob fest. There is one day that I just laid in bed and cried.... and cried..... and cried. When I was pregnant with my other two children I would sit there and almost brag that my pregnancies were so good. All of those crazy things that everyone else was going through in their pregnancies.......... Well I laughed at and said thank you Jesus its not me. Well guess what, it is me this time...

I, however, am embracing every part of this pregnancy. I would not change a single thing and I thank God that I am carrying this baby and I thank God for this miracle every single day. So a lot of this stuff I have learned to just laugh at, well with the exception of the bloody nose last night. That is another first. I have had a lot of nose bleeds with this one. I even have a humidifier upstairs and downstairs and I have still been getting them. Last night it took a while for it to stop but it finally did 20 minutes later.... So didn't laugh too much about that one, but all of these things I am not complaining about one bit, I am just so thankful that I get to experience them because I know in 14 more weeks it will not just be for nothing.

WOW I cant believe

I have time to sit down to finally post another blog. I really can not believe that my life right now is revolved around a stupid kitchen for crying out loud........ We are redoing our kitchen because of water damage. The valve on our sink was not working right so it cause a bunch of water to leak and it ruined our floors and our cabinet. So now we are replacing floors, cabinets, counter tops and we are adding peninsulas and more cabinets and a desk...... AND we are repainting......... Just in case you didn't know, my wonderful hubby has way different taste than I do, so to get us to agree on EVERYTHING in this kitchen is next to impossible so I have learned to trust him in certain things but I have also stood my ground in the areas that I think are important........... So anyway, I will post pics soon of when it is all finished. Just pray that we make it through this with lots of love for each other at the end. :)

Today, I finally get to just chill............... These days have been very few and far between so I am going to take advantage of this BIG TIME...... Sunday was suppose to be a day of relaxing too, but when you are only home to eat and sleep, your house gets really messy and I am not the type of person that can relax when my house is an absolute disaster. So I cleaned and did laundry and then rested (for an hour) before going to church.........

Yesterday was my appointment with my midwife and after the appointment that I had with the nurse practitioner last Tuesday, I must say that I was SO excited to see Wendy. I love actually feeling like a real person walking into her house. I love the way I am treated by Wendy and Christa, I mean they really do care about their patients. At a Dr's. office I just feel like another number. I feel like people are being herded through there like cattle. They didn't take their time with me I had to sit and wait on them and they make you feel weird for having some questions.... ALSO, when the NP felt for the baby last week she said "oh here is your babies head, can you feel it"....... Well this being my 3rd baby, that I have gotten this far along with, I kind of thought it was strange that she could "feel the head". I was only 24 weeks at the time and knew such a small baby in a big sack would not be able to be felt like that yet......... Anyway, this blog is not to knock my Dr. or the NP but I am just very happy that I have such a great midwife.
I will be seeing the Dr. (well not really, just the US tech) one last time on Monday, Jan 12 at 12:30 to find out the sex of the baby and then I will not have to go back to that place again.

Don't worry I will post on Monday what we are having, just not the name............