Our little gymnast!

We had another doctor's appointment today. This one was to get additional measurements of Emily...due to her being so stubborn the last time! They were finally able to get all the measurements they needed. We are right on schedule with our due date as usual...she is measuring 6 days behind schedule which is fine and normal. I no longer have the placenta previa!!! Which is a really good thing. They didn't tell me at the last appointment, but if I would have continued to have the previa I would have never been able to have a vaginal birth! It would have been an automatic C-Section. So thank goodness for NOT having the previa. I now have a low lying placenta. Which is ok. They have me scheduled to come back in 4 weeks to check my placenta again...which means MORE pictures! Yeah!

Picture #1 is officially my favorite picture of her so far!!! A few minutes into the ultrasound the nurse was trying to get a profile pic...but of course she didn't want us to have that right now. SO Emily thought it better to have this shot...of her bringing her foot above her head! I saw her doing this and laughed so hard....I also wanted to cry. I couldn't believe her...the nurse said "MY! What a limber little girl we have here!" So we are calling her our little gymnast! She couldn't help but show off and say "Look what I can do!"

Picture #2 is of little Emily reaching down and playing with her little feet. This was too cute. I sat there and wondered...what could she be thinking! LOL...

So that of course was the best part of the visit. The worst part was my gestational diabetes test #1. SO we sat there for the hour it took. I got my sugar tested. It was 146...which I thought was pretty good....OH NO....I failed. The maximum you could have was 140. 6 stinkin points away from passing. I was sooooo mad. So now I wait til Wednesday the 26th for my 3 hour test. I hope I hope I hope I do not fail this one...then that would diagnose me as having diabetes. Which is fine....but I would just rather not have it...ya know!?

So I'll wait another week and see what happens. I'll let ya'll know....

New Pics

ITS A GIRL!

We found out on Oct 22 that we are officially having a little baby girl! I am so super excited. Eric said "Uh-oh I'm in trouble!" LOL...because this little girl comes straight from me so that's why he thinks he's in trouble. The more I think about having a girl I get more and more excited. Little dresses, little hair bows, baby dolls, barbies, dress up, and eventually (but not too soon) make-up and earrings! Oooooohhh I can't wait. Eric said he was really wanting a boy so he could teach him how to play football and baseball, but now that we are having a girl its going to be pom poms and tampons!! LOL I totally died when he told me this!

So I forgot the ultrasound pictures for the second day in a row...so I couldn't scan them to put them on here, but SOON I will post them I SWEAR! I have four pictures to show everyone and they are so cute.

So the doctors appt went well. Everything is right on schedule with the due date and the baby looks good. Bloodwork came back negative so that's a relief. The only thing is I have a placenta previa which means (from what I gathered from the doc) is that my placenta is lower than normal to my cervix. Basically right now its ok, but they will continue to watch it. It should move up over time, but I think it will be ok. Eric's sister's had this I think, so it is something that they will be checking on.

In true fashion...the baby was being stubborn this visit. She was breech and not co-operating for all her measurements. So we have to go back in 4 weeks to have another ultrasound. She is already doing her own thing and being stubborn...lol...just like her mother!

So that's about it for this entry. Please check back for the cutest pictures of the baby.

Finally a picture!

This picture was our very first ultrasound and I'm finally getting around to adding it to my blog. This was the day we thought we were only 6 weeks old, but SURPRISE we were 16 weeks!

So Wednesday Oct 22nd is when we find out if we are having a boy or a girl. WE CAN'T WAIT! Let me tell you. I'm very very excited. Then the shopping can begin! YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!! I can't wait to register, too.

My sister is having a boy! I'm super excited for that. My mom thinks we are going to have a girl...I think I'm more leaning towards a girl now...Eric wants a boy. Either way I'll be happy...I just want to know....LIKE NOW...lol...I'll have to wait 6 more days....

Ok here's whats been happening this week...

We find out October 22nd what we are finally having...just 2 more weeks and let me tell ya I CAN'T WAIT! I found out today that my sister is having a boy! I secretly hope that's what we are having...

Sunday I came across my first problem...spotting...I hadn't done this in the past 18 weeks and it is a scary thing. But apparently I've been hearing that this is a pretty normal thing. I called the doctor early Sunday morning when it happened and he said as long as I wasn't cramping then I was ok. Which I wasn't so that's a good thing. And as of right now I am still spotting, but its ok. We went to the doc on Monday just to check on it. The baby sounded fine (thank goodness) so he wanted us to just wait til the 22nd for our ultrasound. So that's what we are going to do...

As every day passes I get more and more excited. I can't wait til the next appt so we can get new pics of the lil peanut!

17 weeks and counting...

We went to our second doctor's appointment today...no news yet of the sex. 3 more weeks til we find out that. This appt was just a history and exam. We got to listen to the heartbeat, too. I wanted to listen to that all day long. I almost asked her if I could take the monitor home...lol! I'm pretty sure you can get one at Baby's R Us or some place like that.

Thursday (today) my mother took me to this Consignment event in Knoxville...WOW! This place was like a zoo. They had EVERYTHING you could think of for newborns up to teens. It was unbelievable. I found a couple cute outfits and some other stuff but theennnnnn we had to wait in this GINORMOUS line. We waited and we waited....for OVER an hour. It was SUPER crazy....they had the police their to monitor over things. They have this twice a year and I'm definitely going in the spring. It was so fun. I love shopping for baby stuff.

Yesterday I finally got around to cleaning out the guest bedroom so we can start setting up the room eventually. Not sure when we will get the furniture and stuff, but I'm just glad I got it cleaned.

Today also starts a big event....training the dog to prepare for the baby. I am a bit nervous about that because this dog is like no other dog I have ever had. He is so hyper and so all about himself. He is totally into everything and you can't leave him alone for one minute. He is a weimeraner...and 3 years old. I did some research on the internet about ways to prepare a dog and they all said to get a baby doll and practice with that and download baby cries and noises and start playing them now. So we will start that this week. I'm definitely going to cross my fingers with this one!