24 weeks...Papaya!

The time is truly flying by!  The baby is moving all the time now and Joel is able to feel it and see my stomach moving.  Due to the shyness of the baby during the 1st ultra sound we were able to get a 2nd one at our 24 week appointment.  The baby looked so much bigger and we were able to see things much more clearly.  It has the roundest little (or should I say not so little) belly.  The ultra sound tech said that since it was so large it was making the baby measure farther along than 24 weeks.  At our 1st ultra sound we were measuring 5 days ahead of schedule and at this ultra sound we were measuring 8 days ahead of schedule.  Not enough to change the due date officially but we should maybe be prepared!

Actually was taken in week 26..we are busy!

Still a higher heart rate...a girl?!?!

Christmas was good to the baby...bad to mommy!  I doubled my weight gain this past month!  The all day buffet at my parents' house I'm sure didn't help!  8 lbs in 1 month...making my total be 16lbs!  My nurse said it was a good thing...I will trust her! 

Over Christmas break the terrible happened...I got sick!  I tried taking the medicine that I am authorized to take but after 5 days it hadn't brought any relief!  After 2 nights of literally no sleep (I watched a lot of tv!) I headed to the doctor where they prescribed me cough medicine with codeine and an antibiotic.  They tested me for a variety of things, but couldn't figure out what was wrong!  I just had a perpetual tickle in my throat that made me cough so hard that I would almost throw up and on several occasions pee my pants!  Peeing your pants is already something likely to happen just because you are pregnant, but adding a forceful cough to it only makes it happen that much more frequently!  I told Joel this is what he has to look forward to if we are blessed with old age together!  It was kind of annoying but provided many good laughs!

I haven't really bought a whole lot for the baby yet because I wanted to see what I get at my shower and we don't know the gender so that rules out most clothes as well.  My mom, on the other hand, has provided us with a good start on some of the essentials for the baby and took me shopping at Once Upon a Child to pick up a few outfits for either sex so I can be semi-prepared for the 1st week.  I love the little outfits so much!  Joel laughs at me because I like to look at them and lay them on my belly, but I know that he secretly can't wait for there to be a baby in them!  I also scored some great Craiglist items too this month!  From 1 family I got a jogging stroller, baby Bjorn (front carrier), a hiking backpack child carrier, several Baby Einstein DVDs, some clothes and some toys for the low price of $100! These aren't essentials for a baby but fun stuff that we will enjoy having!