Belly movements!

For the first time we were able to see my belly doing some crazy movements last night! i've been feeling him kick and move all around for a few weeks now, but last night was the first time tim was able to feel and see him! i was laying on the couch searching the web when i started to feel him move constantly...so i lifted my shirt and my belly was just jumping all over the place. there was even a little wave action going where i could see it go across my stomach...very strange but entertaining to watch! :)

Buddha's Room

Well I finished the drawings on buddha's walls and this past weekend and my mom and sisters came to visit so they helped get the painting started....it's not quite finished and there is alot more yet to do, but here's the progress so far...hope buddha likes Pooh! or we're in trouble!

Ultrasound Redo

We had the ultrasound re-done this morning, it was 100% better than the first time and the tech was absolutely wonderful!

hopefully these pictures will come through ok...we were able to see that yes, it is a boy and even have a picture to prove it-although i really don't want to post that one on internet! so hopefully you'll be able to see these ones. we got alot of pics this time, nose, mouth, feet, profile, face, arms-everything....and everything is accounted for and in the right places!

although i felt a little guilty about complaining to the place about the first visit, we were so glad i did send the "complaint letter" or we would have missed out on this experience...

well, i (with a huge help from amanda) wrote a letter to shady grove radiology (the people that did the sonogram) explaining how we thought our visit was inappropriate. basically, since the tech didn't explain anything as she was doing the test (she barely spoke a few words during the whole thing), and didn't show us the the baby (as she said she was going to do), or how she knew it was a boy, and didn't explain the pictures that we received, they called and offered to do the sonogram over again. so we're getting another one done on tuesday. they also said they were going to have us back anyway because the report on the spine didn't come through, but i think this may be an excuse to cover their ass with the insurance company on why they have to do a second one. so this one will be with the med. director and his top sonographer. so we're pretty happy that we'll finally get the experience that everyone else had on their first visit.

19.5 Weeks

we had our ultrasound done this morning! they must have taken 30 different pictures, but we only got to bring home 3. everything looks normal, 2 legs, 2 arms, fingers, toes....the only thing i didn't like was the tech that actually did the ultrasound...she didn't speak until one of us asked her a question. and she wasn't very personable. but tim was able to watch the monitor and i could see it a little from the side and ----IT'S A BOY!

we're very excited and now tim wants to go out and buy a steeler outfit!! he'll be here just in time for football season :)

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!