Just a quick update

I had another doctor's appointment on Thursday. Everything is great! After the doctor reviewed the ultrasound, he says that everything is perfect and measuring well. Even my belly measures perfect. The heartbeat was good but it was hard to hear it for longer than a couple seconds, because the baby kept moving. He's a wiggly little thing! Jared was finally able to feel him kick me from the outside this morning! Actually is was the first time we even tried. I didn't think the baby was kicking hard enough for anyone else to feel it. I was wrong....even though Jared only felt a couple light kicks, it was exciting! I'm definately feeling him all the time now. It's good for me because I've been such a worry wart! I have something I can measure now, instead of just waiting for the next appointment and hoping for a heartbeat. 22 weeks and counting!

Our 2nd Anniversary!

My husband and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary yesterday. We have been together for 6 years now, and time has just flown! It's amazing what we have been through in those 6 years, and it's really amazing what has happened in just the 2 years we've been married. 2 days before our wedding, my husband was laid off from his job....what a wedding gift! He immediately got a new job, but it was 3 1/2 hours away. We spent the first few months of our marriage separated all week and just seeing each other on weekends. That was horrible. We finally got the courage to move everyone....even though our home hadn't sold....and lived in a tiny 2 bedroom apartment closer to his job. This apartment was suppose to be for only a few months....that turned into almost a year. We finally moved into a new home and have started the settling process. I can officially say after 2 years, I feel like I'm home, I feel like we are where we should be, and I feel blessed to have the things we have. We have overcome some hardships, and in my opinion have done a pretty good job with it. Most newly married couples don't have to start their lives together by picking up and moving to a place where there is no family and no friends to help out. Honestly, I think our situation has helped us to grow as a family. We've learned to sacrifice a lot for one another and depend on each other....because who else is there?! All I know is , I could not have chosen a better man to be my husband, or to be the father of my children. Our family is currently growing...and we will soon have a new baby boy in the house! We are very excited, and the kids can't wait to have a new baby brother! We are truly a blessed family!

Although we don't get a lot of time to ourselves around here...we were able to go out to dinner, just the 2 of us! We ate way too much, and just talked to one another (without interruption for a change!). It was a wonderful anniversary, the best 2nd anniversary I could ask for! I love you Jared, thanks for everything you do for me!

There's a baby in there!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we had our ultrasound yesterday! Everything was perfect! The baby measured exactly to the day of my original due date! So, my due date is still August 28th. The heartbeat was 141. There was a lot of wiggling and kicking, most of which I couldn't feel! I am feeling quite a bit of movement lately, but not near as much as what's been happening. It was wonderful to see the little hands and feet, even the lips and nose!! I feel relieved that everything is okay and that we've made it this far! I'm also starting to get excited....I was just too nervous to be excited before! Since it was my husband and I's anniversary yesterday....we made the big decision to find out the sex of the baby. Sort of as a present for us! We are having a beautiful baby BOY!!! We are very excited....but we're gonna need some help with names!! I'll post some pictures soon :)

Another Milestone

As of today, I've officially reached another milestone....I'm at the halfway point of pregnancy! 20 weeks, Yay! We haven't had the ultrasound to confirm this, but I'm going with it! I had my 5 year old take some pictures of my belly...he actually did a pretty decent job. My belly is much bigger than it was with my first pregnancy. At this point last time I was still fitting into size 3/5 jeans. It's a little embarrassing to say that I'm already in maternity clothes. I just couldn't do the rubber band button thing anymore. The other sad thing is that most of the maternity clothes that I wore during my last pregnancy, barely fit me, or don't fit me at all. I have one pair of pants that I can wear right now...these are the same pants I wore while 9 months pregnant with Peyton. It's a sad sad thing lol. In reality, most of my "baby belly" is fat. I really eat way too much! Our ultrasound is Tuesday next week! We are very excited and still haven't decided if we are finding out if it's a boy or girl. If we find out, we will share with everyone!