IT'S A BOY!!!

I went to the ER last night because of some cramping. They think it's just the baby growing and I was overreacting. LOL But my friend did pull some strings and I got a quick ultrasound to find out what I was having. I had them print what it was on one of the pics and waited until I got home so James and I could find out together. He gave us a great shot of his buisness. LOL I even got a great pic of him sucking on his hand. I'm just so excited to be having another boy!!! I even went back out to the store last night just to buy him some things. LOL

So now I introduce you to Gage Henry Herrington!!! (unless we change the name before he's born. LOL)

Just Updating

I had my OB appointment last Thursday. Everything is good. Baby's heartbeat was between 150-155bpm!! We also set up my big ultrasound which is on Feb. 19th at 10am. I can't wait!! I begged them to make it sooner. LOL

Today is kind of hard for me. I'm in a due date club and one of our girls lost her precious baby. I feel so bad for her and so scared for myself. It's very uncommon to lose a baby at this stage in pregnancy but it shows that it can still happen and thats what gets me. It doesn't help that I lost my second angel a year ago today. I am feeling alittle better now though because as I was responding to a post, baby firecracker kicked me! I was instantly in tears. It was like it was the baby's way of saying I'm ok mama. don't worry. :)

Here is my 16 week pics from Thursday!!

My son stole my heart this morning

I was in my room getting ready for my day when he came in and noticed that Kira was sleeping in my bed. He made the comment that she needs to learn to sleep in her room and I told him that when the baby is born, the last place she's going to want to sleep is in my room because the baby will wake her up all night long. Then he shocked me by saying that when the baby comes, I can wake him up in the night to help out so I can get some sleep as long as it's on a weekend. AWWWW!!!! Now you have to realize that Mike is at that age where puberty has set in. He can be pretty hard to deal with alot of the time and this just shows that my wonderful little boy is still in there somwhere. I could just hug and kiss him for his sweetness but he would run away and scream so I won't even try. LOL

Awwww

This morning I was laying in bed not wanting to get up when James cuddled me and put his hand on my stomach. Instantly the baby started moving and doing flips! It was sooo sweet. I asked if he could feel it but he said he wasn't sure if he did or if it was just me breathing. LOL I just thought it was too cool that the baby started moving for daddy. And it was right under where his hand was.

I'm starting to feel her move more often now. At least a couple times a day. It's such a reassurance to me everytime I feel it. It's like it's her way of letting me know she's ok. Man, if this baby ends up being a boy he's going to be really mad at how often I call him a "her". HAHAHA!!

A week from today is my next doctors appointment. I'm getting so impatient!! At this appointment we are setting up the big ultrasound. I just can't wait!! I want to go shopping for this baby so bad but I can't find anything gender neutral so I have had to wait to find out what the sex is. I'm NOT very good at waiting. LOL

Oh and here is my 15 week belly pic that I took tonight. I'm getting HUGE and I LOVE it!!!

Out of the mouth of babes

I was waking Kira up this morning for school. She reached over and started rubbing my belly, something she loves to do, when she looked at me all serious and asked if we were going to lose this baby too. Talk about wanting to cry. Sometimes its hard to remember how difficult the miscarriages were for my kids too. They wanted James and I to have another baby long before we did. LOL I explained to her that we were past the point in pregnancy when miscarriges were more likely to happen but I think there is still so much fear there for all of us and I don't think it's going to go away until we are holding this baby in our arms. I just wish that my kids didn't have to feel that worry too. :(

Just babbling

I am sooo in love with this baby!! I'm starting to feel "her" move more and everytime it melts my heart. Corny I know but I don't care. I was talking to James on the phone today and told him I needed a present and at that moment the baby kicked. I told him she must agree with me. The other night I was in bed and it felt like she was doing little flips over and over again. I just can't wait now for my kids to be able to feel it.

James is starting to show more affection towards this pregnancy now too. He didn't really talk about the baby or touch my stomach until the last couple of weeks. I think it was still unreal to him and he didn't want to get too attached until we were past the scary point.

I have posted my u/s pics from 5 weeks, 6 weeks, and 8 weeks. Should only be a few more weeks and I'll have my big u/s and we'll know if this little firecracker will be a boy or girl!!!!

About me

Well, I've never had on of these so I don't exactly know what I'm doing. LOL My name is Nikki for all who may not know me. I am married to the love of my life, James, and we have 2 beautiful children with one on the way. Mike will be 12 in a couple of months and Kira just turned 8. I am 14 weeks and 4 days pregnant with our miracle baby. We tried for over 2 years to get pregnant with this baby and after 3 miscarriages we our finally on our way to completing our family.

This blog will mainly be my way of sharing my pregnancy and writing down my fears, joys, and frustrations. And trust me, there are alot of fears this time around that I didn't experience with my other 2 due to my history of losses.

To catch you up, I have had 3 ultrasounds already. We first heard the heartbeat at our 2nd u/s. It was 118bpm. Our 3rd u/s the heartbeat was 162bpm and at my last appointment we got to hear it with the doppler and it was a wonderful 158bpm. This has helped ease some of my worries. I have felt the baby move also. Last week it just felt like little nudges but last night it felt like the baby was doing flips for a couple of min. I almost cried it was so great.

Well, I think I have caught up on everything so far. If I think of anything else I'll be sure to let you know. LOL