Is it February yet??

Just wondering....

26 Weeks

Can you believe it? In 14 weeks or less i'll have a new baby! It's going by so fast, yet so slow at the same time. I'm just glad that we have the Holidays coming up to keep me occupied with my time so i'm not constantly counting down the weeks. I feel great, although i think i got my first kick in the ribs a few minutes ago. I'm not sure if that's what it was, b/c Carter never kicked me in my ribs, he just pretty much hung out right out front in the middle and didn't bother them. Oh well, at least if it was a kick in the ribs it means the baby is head down then! Here are a couple pics. In the one with the gray shirt, i think the baby had balled itself up b/c it is just poking out there!


This one is 26w3d:

New 'Do

I went to Walgreens on a whim and bought a higlighting kit. I've been needing highlights for a while and was going to have my sister do them for me since she is in cosmetology school. But i could never get into her school to get it done because i don't have anyone to watch Carter during the day and there was no way i could take him with me! So i just decided to do it myself. It turned out okay, i think! Here are some pics:


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Update

I went in this morning for an ultrasound on my kidneys and everything seemed to be fine. The tech said she would get the pictures to the doctor and if there were any problems she would call me right away and i didn't receive any calls today from the doctor so i'm guessing everything is fine. I haven't had any cramps at all since two nights ago but i've been forcing myself to drink tons of water and NO pop at all! I really think that i was just getting dehydrated and that's what caused the cramping. I know i don't drink enough water to begin with and being pregnant i'm supposed to be drinking a lot more! The only way i will drink water is if i buy bottled water. I've been buying the 24 packs and just making myself drink them all day long. It sucks because i already pee 50 times a day and now i'm just going even more! But anyways, that's an update on me!

Spent 4 hours in L&D last night....

Yesterday morning around 10 i started getting a little bit crampy. I had to take Carter in to the Dr. at 10:50 to get some little bumps he has checked out. I had gotten out of the shower at like 9:30 and when i was drying my hair and putting my make-up on they just kept getting worse. I took Carter to his appointment where we had to wait like 40 minutes for the Dr., got a prescription for him, and came home. The cramps were still pretty bad during his appointment. When we got home I immediately grabbed a couple bottles of water and laid on the couch. I let Carter watch cartoons and halfway played trucks with him on the side of the couch while i rested. The cramps seemed to go away so we got up and ate lunch and then i put him down for a nap. I dozed off a little bit while he was napping. When i got up i felt a lot better so i got ready for work. I was supposed to go in for a couple of hours to help train some people so i figured i'd give it a try and if my cramps got worse i'd just go home. Well, i didn't even make it an hour at work so i came home and called my Dr. I explained that i was having cramping that got way worse when i was walking around but went away when i rested. I wasn't have any bleeding or anything just cramps. She told me to go in and get it checked out to be sure. So we dropped Carter off with FIL, and went to the hospital. I went in and got hooked up to the monitors and in an hour it looked like 4 little contractions showed up. I was having really bad cramping but it wasn't in a pattern or anything, just constant achiness. The nurse checked my cervix and it is closed thank God!! She kept me on the monitor and got me some ice and water to drink. My cramping wasn't going away at all and it turns out it wasn't contractions, which is good! But we couldn't figure out why i was having such bad cramps. The nurse took a urine sample and said that it came back with blood in it and bacteria. She thought it might be a UTI that was causing the cramping. After laying down for 2 hours the cramps seemed to go away. My Dr. said to keep me on the monitors for another hour or so just to make sure and to check my cervix after that. No changes in my cervix, good!! So i was sent home and told to rest and if my cramps came back to come back in. Well, today i called my Dr. to see if she had called in a prescription for a UTI so i could go pick it up b/c i am still having slight cramps but nothing like yesterday. She pulled up my results and said it wasn't a UTI but that i have to go in for a kidney ultrasound tomorrow morning. So i have no idea what is going on with my body! The baby was doing great the whole time, moving around, and a strong heartbeat that stayed steady between 135 and 150, depending on how much it was moving. So i will update tomorrow morning when i figure out what the heck is going on.

I voted!

I don't have anything interesting or witty to say about it, but i voted today! The place where we vote is right up the street from our apartment so i put Carter in the stroller and we walked up there at about 8:30 this morning. We only had to wait behind 2 or 3 people, but then i ended up being in the wrong line, so i had to go back around but we were only there for 10 minutes total. I was really happy to see tons of cars pulling in and out and on our way home i got stopped by a lady trying to find where she was supposed to vote. I gladly told her and feel good that i helped just one more person vote, no matter who she was going to vote for. I really hate being pregnant at such an emotional time for our country because i got choked up about 3 times today. Once on the way there, once while standing in line, and once while we were leaving. Dang hormones! Anyways, Go Vote!

What $20 got me.

My tank was on "E" when i pulled into the gas station and $20 got me pretty much 3/4 of a tank! I was excited! It was $2.25 when i got it on Friday and it's down to $2.10 now! Yes i was driving when i took this....and i know my car is dusty and i have a LOT of miles on it!! AND my check engine light is on...yes, i drive a piece of junk!