Not much happening (17 weeks prego)

i went home this past weekend to pick up a bridesmaids dress (and thank god it still fits!) and my sister showed me some pics. here's charlie batch signing autographs at belle vernon high school. my sister (the little one) has a girl in her elementary school who is sick, so they had a benefit for her. the steelers played the dad's of some of the kids. kenzie was able to get charlie's autograph. unfortunately, i forget who else was there.

things are the same here...i started feeling pretty good and i thought---finally some relief, but then i woke up this morning feelin' like crap...but once i ate some lunch i felt a little better. so hopefully it was just a small step backwards. i'm getting pretty excited though, in about 2 1/2 weeks we'll find out what we're having (if buddha decides to cooperate). i'm still going back and forth on whether or not i really want to know. i do and i don't, either way it doesn't matter to me what we have as long as things go well and everyone comes out happy and healthy. tim on the other hand really wants to know! he want to know whether to buy a pink steeler outfit or a black and gold steeler outfit! he's been looking since we found out we were pregnant. being prego can be exhausting and not just sleepy, but the mental part. i'm confused, i can't stay focused, i have no determination to do anything! i've even gotten a little sick of reading baby mags and looking on websites, and receiving info. there is so much out there and lately, i could care less! i just want to find clothes that fit :) it's worse than shopping for regular clothes!

Our monthly doctor's appointment was today and it went very well. My blood work came back with good results and the heartbeat is in the range that it should be (peaking between 145 and 160) and buddha was nice enough to give me a wonderful surprise--it kicked! I didn't feel it, but it could be heard on the doppler. It sounded like someone taking a needle across a record. It didn't last very long, and my first thought was that some type of gastrointestinal thing was going on down there! But as soon as it happened the doc said it was a kick. Absolutely amazing! So I go back again in 4 weeks for the regular visit and then the week after that we get our first ultrasound. Hopefully we will be able to tell the sex of the baby. I keep going back and forth on whether I want to know or not. I don't want to say yes, cause with my luck it would be the wrong position to tell! So we'll just have to wait and see!

Our carpet was also installed over the weekend! I wanted to just roll around on it! It's so nice to have real carpet under your feet--it was so soft and comfy! Next on the list--the deck, then maybe we could actually have people over to do some grillin!