25 Weeks and 3 Days

My last doctor visit was yesterday. The doctor said everything with the baby looks good. The baby is at the right size so far. The heartbeat was 160 beats per minute (Bryan said it is a stress carrier boy). Other than that, everything was good. I start going ever three weeks now.

Our cattle sale was last weekend. It was nice to be able to do some things with the cattle I haven't been able to do for awhile. I think I'm starting to lose some strength, but drying the cattle didn't really hurt me. Other than being cold, it was a pretty good weekend. I wish I had more time to run some errands, but I'll have to wait until next time.

Time is definitely flying. I can't believe we are this close to the third trimester. It seems like yesterday I was on bed rest, never thinking the three weeks would end. I think Bryan and I will be registering Halloween weekend. I think that will make this whole pregnancy seem completely real. Picking out the crib, bedding and other baby things will be so much fun.

Until next post!!!

23 Weeks and 4 Days

Sorry it has been forever since I last updated. The move has been really time consuming. Since my last update, we have moved to a new house and got to see our baby again via ultrasound.

The Move!!!

We moved to Bryan's dad's old house on Friday, Sept. 25th. We officially spent our first night in our new house. We painted a lot of the rooms and have made this house our's.
Here is a picture of the main bath before. Don't ever put up wallpaper. It is horrible taking down.

Here is the bathroom now after painting. We still have some work left, but it is getting there.

Here is the nursery before. A little too pink for Bryan and I.

Here is the nursery now. The whitish wall will have a mural on it before the baby is born. I can't wait to start filling this with baby stuff. The other walls are dark brown.

The Baby!!!

On Friday, Sept. 25th, we had our second ultrasound. It was crazy to see how much everything changed from our first time seeing the baby. During the ultrasound, the baby was constantly moving. It had it's left leg up by it's head most of the time. It was crazy. We could see the four chambers of the heart and the kidneys. The technician said that she could see what "it" is. Bryan swears he saw too, but I really don't think so. He still believes that the baby is a boy, but we will find out in just a little while. We got to listen to the heartbeat again, and it was in the 140's again (as Bryan says, "in the boy range"). We were told the baby was 1 lb. 3 oz. so far. Right now, it is weighing a week early and in the 95th percentile. We are hopefully not going to have a huge baby. Hopefully, everything will even out. Other than that, the tech said everything looked good. I guess we will find out more at our next appointment on Oct. 21st.

Now, the baby is moving more and more. I can feel it move from around 10 am til 10 pm. It moves constantly and forcibly. It feels like it will kick through my skin. Bryan has been able to feel the baby move now which is extremely exciting. Last night was the first time we both saw the baby move from the outside. It was crazy to see just one spot bump out on my belly. It is crazy to see how much is changing in just a few weeks.

Me at 23 weeks. Almost no more belly button left!

Next week is our cattle sale. I hope everything goes well for that. Maybe it won't rain either.

I will update more pictures of the house as I get more stuff put away.

Week 21

We had a doctor's appointment today. The doctor let us listen to the heartbeat again which is always neat and reassuring to hear. The first two times the heartbeat were 160's, but this time it was 148. Completely normal. All my bloodwork came back negative, so I don't have to go to the longer glucose test. Other than that, he just scheduled our next ultrasound for this Friday. We are really excited to see the baby this time. At 6 weeks, you really don't see much. I'll update on Friday.

Other than that, we are just packing and cleaning. We tore wallpaper tonight at our new house. This is so much of a hassle. I'm a firm believer in no more wallpaper ever now!! We are having the house painted on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We can't wait to be completely moved out of this house and living in our new house! I'll post pics later.

Well, I'm going to bed. All the pulling of wallpaper kind of killed my back!

Time Flies

I can't believe it is already towards the end of August. It seems this year has flown by already. We have A LOT of changes and few things that have actually stayed the same.

I'll start from the beginning!!! November 22, Bryan and I finally got married. It seemed like it had been forever since we got engaged. Now, all the wedding plans are done. No more stressing about little details, that to be completely honest, I didn't even care about that day. It turned out great. Everyone made it down the aisle in one piece and Bryan actually showed up! Our second reception went great even with a little snow. We are both so excited that there is no more planning for the wedding anymore. It took up all of our time. Thank you to everyone that helped we couldn't have done this without you.

We are still renting a house outside of Charleston. That hasn't changed. Bryan still works at Schilling Bros. in Mattoon, but there is one slight change. He is now selling machinery. So if you need a new John Deere tractor or lawnmower, be sure to look him up. He seems to like his new position. He just got back from New Product Intro. in Omaha, NE. He seemed like he had fun going out there, even though he did leave me for three days.


Another new change came about on May 29th. Some of you may know that this is Bryan's birthday. Bryan turned 29 and learned that he will be a daddy! I took a test that afternoon after some pushing from my mom. Well, after a frantic call to my mom, I took that test (wrapped in a newspaper, it's all I could find) to the barn and told him to open his present. He had no idea! He was completely shocked. First thing he said, "Are you sure?" Well, after two more tests, I think he finally realized that it might be true. Monday I went to the doctor's, and it was confirmed. The very next day I had another doctor appointment. He said everything is going well, but they had no idea how far along I was. So I had my first ultrasound at what turned out to be 6 weeks. My due date is February 1st (my mom's birthday)!

After the ultrasound, I was back in the doctor's. I was put on bed rest for 3 weeks, but now everything is going great. First trimester came and went with no big concerns after the bed rest. No real sickness which is great. Now we are exactly 17 weeks in. Can't wait until February!!

Bryan took some pics of me at 17 weeks.

Other than that, no real big changes in our lives. We will take one huge change at a time!