18 Weeks

I will be 18 weeks pregnant tomorrow! This Wednesday is our BIG ultrasound and I cannot wait to know the answer to the big question. Will I be playing with trucks and attending t-ball games for the next few years or playing with dolls and going to dance recitals? We will know in 4 days and I am SO excited. I pray that we get a good picture. I can’t wait to start working on the nursery, school will be out in five short weeks (Hallelujah…no really, praise God…I survived this year!) and after that the big project begins.
I have had a few interesting symptoms this week. First (and best) of all I have started feeling random “tap-tap-taps” at night when I am lying down. They are very light but I am pretty sure it’s our sweet baby I am feeling. I can’t wait to I feel them often and Daniel can feel them. Secondly, I now don’t go anywhere without a bottle of Tums…heartburn is no fun. Thirdly, on Tuesday at about 1:00 a.m. I woke up very nauseated and spent some time on the bathroom floor thinking I had gotten some kind of virus. After about an hour or so of this I feel asleep and woke up totally fine the next morning. This morning (Saturday) around 4:00a.m. I woke up with the same feelings and symptoms and actually threw up three times around 2:00 p.m. I feel much better now, although I still have a bit of a headache. Morning sickness showing up at 18 weeks? Surely not… I cannot wait to see our precious angel on Wednesday to know he/she is healthy and everything is okay.
Thank you God for protecting our child, help me to feel better and I pray that this sickness is not a reoccurring one (although even if it is I know it will all be worth it in a few short months).

16 Weeks

Happy Easter!

I am 16 weeks, 2 days pregnant. I had a doctor’s appointment today and mom went with me. The appointment went really well. I have gained ten pounds so far and Dr. Wells said this was “perfect”, since I was nervous about this I feel much better now. We got to hear the heartbeat for the first time on the Doppler. The heart rate was 153 beats per minute. It was (as always) so wonderful to hear that little heartbeat! The biggest news of the day was that Dr. Wells said that I could get my BIG ultrasound done in two weeks instead of waiting four weeks. I am SO THRILLED!!! I cannot believe that in two weeks we will know whether or not we will be welcoming Jackson Perry or Claire Elizabeth into our family. (I am betting on Jackson…but we’ll see.) I am so excited and thankful about how wonderful everything has been thus far. My belly has really started growing (see above picture) and I am looking obviously pregnant these days. I have been feeling some flutters but am not totally convinced that it is the baby since I am wanting to feel the baby so badly. As I type I am feeling some slight cramps and stretching, this always makes me nervous but I know that it is just my uterus growing and stretching for this little guy/girl.
I praise God for this miracle and pray daily that HE continues to watch over our family and precious addition.