Half way there!!

I'm almost 21 weeks now!! I had my official u/s last Thursday and he is still a boy. LOL The tech was even nice enough to switch it over to 3D for me so I have a couple of those pics too. I did find out that there is a small chance, half a percent, that Gage could have Downs Syndrom. I'm trying very hard not to worry about it but concidering I'm a worry wort as it is I'm not doing a good job at it. I will love him no matter what, I just want him to be healthy.

Today I have this stabbing pain in my stomach. It's about half way between my belly buttom and my side. It's freaking me out but Gage has started moving and kicking me so thats making me feel a little better. I also got his bedding in the mail yesterday. It is so darn cute!! I can't wait until we can start on his room. Thats going to be awhile though since we are redoing the whole thing from cealing to floor and as of right now I'm not even sure how we're going to be able to do that. I just keep reminding myself that it all works out in the end.....right? LOL

I also started my registry Sunday. They didn't have those when I had Mike and I didn't have a shower for Kira so this was my first time doing one. It was so much fun!! I know I have to add more to it but when I was walking through Target, I had a hard time remembering what I needed. LOL

Ok my niece is in desperate need of my attention, LOL so I will update more later. Sorry it took me so long to update this much.

Holy Movement!!

I was watching TV last night and talking to Crystal on the phone when all of the sudden I feel the strongest movement to date from Gage. It actually shocked me and I yelled out. LOL At first I was thinking "What the heck was that?" Then the realization hit my that oh yeah, it was my baby!! I sat there for the next 30 min trying to get him to do it again but all I got was little kicks. Already ignoring his mommy. HAHA!!

I go to see the Physical Therapist on Friday. I'm very excited because I am having so many back problems already and still have a long way to go until I have the baby. I hurt my back a little over 3 years ago and that is what I think is causing the problems. Sometimes I can barely walk or stand up straight which is making life very difficult at the moment. Today is a good day though. It's only an ache instead of all out pain so I'm happy about that. LOL

Oh and tomorrow, I will officially be 5 months preggo!!! WOOHOO!!!!!

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. :(