Maternity Pics

Jace's sister Nikell took our pictures today and they turned out great! I love them, they are cute! Nikell does a great job with them! I can't upload them on here at the moment but you can see them by visiting Nikell's photo blog at http://nikellandashtonsphotos.blogspot.com/

28 Weeks

*Had another doctors appt this week and it was a rough one.
*Everything with baby looks great, he is growing right on track and his heart rate is nice and strong.
*Everything with me, not so great.
*My blood pressure was slightly high again, no surprise there, its becoming a regular thing
*Had to do the blood glucose test. Drank the glucola(which isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be) at 9:30 am, and shortly after, I could feel that my blood sugar was high. I got shakey and just didn't feel right. The nurse tested my blood sugar at 10:30 and it measured 146, their cutoff is 140, so, no surprise again, high blood sugar.
*Because of my high blood sugar, I have to go to the lab on monday and have the 3 hour test done. Not too excited about that.
*At my last appt Dr. Winward told me to watch out for any pain in the upper right side of my belly, well a few days ago I started having lots of pressure on my right side ribs, so I told her about it yesterday and because of it I had to get lots of blood drawn and have it sent off to the lab. Luckily the results came back fine and as of right now I do not have preeclampsia. Thank goodness.
*Because of my high blood pressure and high blood sugar, instead of being seen every other week, Dr. said she wants to keep a close eye on me and see me for a follow up appt next week. Hope things improve by then.
*My belly has really started to balloon, I am really starting to feel pregnant.
*Baby moves around a lot, I love just laying around watching him move, it is the best feeling in the world.
*We are really starting to think about names and the one we like best so far is Tanner. We haven't been able to find anything that we like more yet.
*We went to Georgia over thanksgiving to visit my family, it was great seeing them and the trip was great. The flights, however, were way to long and hard on my body. Won't be doing anymore traveling like that til after Baby gets here.
*Had my first baby shower while we were in Georgia, it was GREAT! It was so fun opening all the cute baby clothes, I haven't been able to stop looking at them! Just seeing all the cute baby stuff really gets me even more excited for our little man to be here!
*Sleeping has become really difficult, my hips hurt, my back hurts, got my first really, really bad leg cramp the other night and they have continued, and I have to get up to pee at least twice now and have a really hard time falling back asleep.
*Jace is really cute with him already, he tells him stories at night before we go to bed, I love it! And he is always saying "love you" to my belly, it is so cute!
*We already love this baby more then anything and can't wait for him to be here!

25 Weeks

*Had a doctors appt this week.
*Everything with baby was great.
*I am measuring right on track, 26 cm.
*My blood pressure was slightly high when they took it and since it has been high before Dr. Winward said we need to keep an eye out because it could put me at risk for developing preclampsia or toxemia towards the end.
*Have to drink the wonderful glucose drink before my next appointment, not really looking forward to it.
*I have another appt in about 3 weeks and then I start going in every other week. Can't believe we are already that far along.
*Feel pretty good, my appetite sure has increased, I love to eat.
*Have only gained back about 4 of the original 11 pounds that I lost at the beginning.
*We started our childbirth class last week and it has been quite the eye opener for Jace, haha.
*We are leaving for Georgia next friday for Thanksgiving and my mom is throwing a baby shower for me....so excited!
*We love our little boy so much and can't wait for him to be here!!

Big News!!!!!!!

Yep it's true! We are having a boy! We had our ultrasound today and everything was perfect! He looked amazing! Our doctor said everything looked just as it should and he was measuring just right! We are so stinking excited! Can't wait to start buying everything blue!

21 Weeks

*Went on our cruise last week and I handled it like a champ, if I do say so myself.
*I have heartburn everyday at about the same time, it is horrible
*I think my sickness has finally started to fade away, I felt like a completely different person at exactly 20 weeks.
*My belly has really started growing
*I can feel baby move all the time a lot, and Jace has got to feel baby too!
*I am loving hot chocolate right now, and Mexican food
*My hips are killing me, especially when I sleep
*Have started getting some leg cramps while sleeping
*Can't believe I am already half way done
*We have our ultrasound appointment tomorrow! Can't wait to find out if baby is going to be wearing lots of blue or lots of pink!

Any guesses?...............

p.s. keeping up on 2 blogs is hard, especially when I can't even keep up on this one, I have so much to update, so I will probably just stick to this one for a while.

Check out the other blog for an update!

Pregnancy Blog

I have created another blog to track the adventures of my pregnancy. I will post all the updates on there so I can, hopefully some day, turn it into a book. So look for updates on the pregnancy there, and of course I will still post some updates here. There is a link to the pregnancy blog on the right side of our page.