Its A BOY!!!!!!!

So we had our ultrasound today and found out that we are having a little boy!!! I am quite in shock as I was certain that we were having a girl. We haven't been able to agree on a boy name at all so that should be interesting. Any of you who have boys, I think I am going to need all of the help I can get. Nick is happy (but he would have been happy either way). I am sure that as soon as the shock wears off I will be excited too.

Poor Kitty

Hi everyone. Sorry its been so long since my last post but there just hasn't been too much to blog about. Now, however, there is. Our precious cat, George, is at the vet. He has had really stinky breath for awhile now and Nick noticed last week that his gums looked like they might have been bleeding. I took him to the vet on Wednesday and the doctor said he needed his teeth cleaned and possibly one or two teeth needed to be pulled. I took him back yesterday for the cleaning and surgery. His pre-op blood work showed some poor kidney levels. He has been on IV fluids at the vet since yesterday morning. He had to stay overnight last night. I am waiting to hear back from the vet's office so that I can go pick him up. He can't have the surgery until next week. We went yesterday to see George at the vet and he was so sad looking. Fortunately, we found out that a girl who goes to our church works at the office so I know he will be getting the very best care. Plus the vet is the father of a friend of mine. I am including a pic of our little George. For those of you who don't know, we have had George since right before we got married and he was our first "baby".

Pigtails and Teeth

Angie has started wearing her hair up almost everytime we leave the house. What seems to be the crowd favorite is her pigtails. Nick has been the only one to do them so far (I have only attempted the single ponytail on top). I am including a pic of the pigtails. Angie has a new tooth. I think it is called an eye tooth. It is the one next to her two bottom teeth. I just noticed it the other day and we are very excited. It looks as though the one on the other side of her bottom teeth is about to cut through too. Its amazing, she went for months with only two teeth and now they are just coming and coming. That's all for now.

Baby Update

I had my check up today. I am 17 weeks today. My blood pressure was fine (100/80) and I have only gained 4 pounds during the entire pregnancy. This is good for me since I was overweight to begin with. The baby's heart rate is in the 140's (this is the same as Angie always was). We actually had to do a brief ultrasound to see the heart rate because Dr. Shin couldn't find it with the doppler. I wasn't worried though because I have already begun to feel the baby move so I knew everything was ok. I go back on August 27 to have a full ultrasound which will check the growth of the baby and determine the sex!!! That's all for now.

Angie's First Road Trip

You can probably tell from the title of this blog what its about! Angie went on her first road trip last week. We went on a business trip with Daddy. We went to the exciting Huntsville, AL. Ok, so maybe not exciting but at least we were with Daddy. Angie did wonderful. The first day she didn't sleep all that well because we were in the same room, but after that she did just fine. She got to see her Daddy everyday before he left for work, at lunch, and as soon as he was done with work. Needless to say, she is now quite the Daddy's girl. When he would leave us after lunch to go back to work she would just cry and cry. Angie and I kept busy by playing in the hotel room, running the halls of the hotel and shopping. We didn't buy much but it was fun to look. They have a very nice mall in Huntsville so that was good. The only bad thing was the heat. It was over 100 degrees the first 2 days we were there. That was just miserable! Our hotel room was very nice and quite large so it made being there with Angie that much easier. I missed our cats greatly but I think I was the only one. Angie did fairly well in the car on the way there and back...much better than I expected her to. Although, after we got back, she wasn't happy about getting back in the car so that we could return the rental and go to dinner. Sorry this was so long but there was a lot to say about Angie's first trip!

Summer Fun

Sorry its been awhile since my last post. There just hasn't been that much going on at our house. Angie is still as active as ever and she is wearing me out trying to keep up with her. She has a language all her own (gee, I wish I had a translator). We have finally gotten Angie comfortable being in the big pool. The first time she cried a lot and acted like she hated it but now she laughs while we are in there and we have even gotten her to kick her legs some. Nick tried blowing in her face and dunking her under the water last night...she did NOT like that! We finally got me a preggie bathing suit so that I can swim with them (I did not have any bathing suits that fit me!) which seems to make Angie a little more comfortable. She had a lot of fun last night going between the two of us. I don't have any pics of Angie enjoying the water, those are on the camera and I don't know how to get them off.

There isn't anything new to report on the pregnancy. I think I might have felt the baby move a little last night but I am not really sure. It may have been nothing but my imagination. I guess that's all for now. I promise not to wait so long before posting again.

Baby Update

I had my doctor's appointment yesterday. I am now 13 weeks, so at the end of the 13th week I will be out of my 1st trimester! All was well with the baby. The hearbeat was in the 150's. We couldn't get a specific number because my heartbeat was overlapping the baby's heartbeat. When we had Angie, the first time we heard her heartbeat it was completely clear and strong. This time I had to strain to hear the baby's heartbeat because it was behind mine! Dr. Shin did say that she could hear the baby moving, even though I can't feel it! I go back in 4 more weeks.

Sorry, no pics this time. There was no need for another ultrasound.