Hi All~

Yesterday I had my 24 week appointment. Lilia came with me and did well eating snacks while we waited for the nurse. They took my weight- I have gained 14 lbs- and my BP, which was 94/60. The baby's heart rate was 150 beats a minute. She kept skirting away and the nurse was having problems keeping her in place to get a good heart read. The baby also kicked and the nurse felt it :).  Next appointment is 28 weeks on March 6th when I have to do the glucose test.

No names have come up since last time I wrote...really, nobody wants to throw in their two cents??

My motivation for working out is getting bleak. I still worked out four times this week but I am starting to feel elephant-like and just plain tired. I will fight through it though, it's way too early to feel like this.

With Love,

Misty

Hi All~

I am on it! Check out my photo album- I've updated it with my 20 and 22 week belly pictures! This is huge for me, since I feel like this pregnancy I haven't been as faithful at taking belly pictures. So that is TWO times in a row, yea!!

I've been feeling Little Baby Girl kick around a lot lately. She mostly moves early in the morning, late at night, and right after I eat. I thought she might have had hiccups the other night, but it was too short lived for me to sort it out.

David and I are still trying to sort out a girl name. We have a new book from the library called 40,001 Baby Names. Why is this so hard?? For anyone reading this, we are taking suggestions! And if you know me, nothing that can't be spelled or pronounced by an ordinary person.....

Last, is I am still doing great with my cardio this time around! I am doing 30 minutes on the Arc trainer at work- lately I do the cardio workout and just this week increased the level to 6, which makes it even harder. Then I do 30 minutes on the treadmill. It used to be walk 3 minutes, jog 7 (repeat, repeat) but now my bladder feels full ALL THE TIME, even if I've just peed, and is making jogging miserable. So I've been walking more of it.  On the flip side, I've not eaten as well this pregnancy. I still have to have my ice cream. Last time I was able to limit myself to every third day. Not this time. Enuf said.

Misty

Hi All~

Tomorrow David gets the crib for Baby Girl from a co-worker. It is a white crib which the Glenna Jean bedding (that Lilia also used) will look great in. We will set up the crib in Lily's room in May and rearrange all the furniture in there to make both cribs fit. Lily's crib converts into a toddler bed, so we will keep her in that crib until we deem her ready to take off the jail bar :). I have been thinking through creative ways to have both girls in the same room, with enough space for both of them. David and I have to tackle the closet in there. He has to empty it out of all his clothes and move them into our closet. But in order to do that I have to downsize in our closet...so much to do! But once the girls closet is emptied out we are going to get organizational closet type things so we can store all their clothes and other random stuff in there. That way the room can be their beds, the glider, the dresser, and the nightstand.  I have two small wall shelves that I am going to put on each side of the window. Then I want to take the small block letters and spell out their name for each side of the room they are on. Too bad I don't have a clue as to what Baby Girls name will be.

Last thing to mention is that David felt the baby moving again last night :) It seems she likes to move around our bedtime each night.

With Love,

Misty

Hi All~

Last night we were laying in bed and Baby Girl was moving around a little bit. I had David put his hand on my stomach, and sure enough, he felt some thumps. Made it all the more real to him.

In other not so exciting news- I've been able to work out regularly now that I work at the gym. When I get off at 7p I work out. About 50 min of cardio and then some light weight lifting. Feels good, but how long can I jog with this expanding tummy? Or, how long with I be motivated? That is the real question.

Misty