A Quicky

Just thought I would share my doctors visit with you. Everything is going really well. I have gained 20 lbs exactly, from my first Dr. appt to Tuesday. That right about where I should be. I'm okay with that. She took a measurement of my belly. It's at 23 inches. I guess it should measure the same amount of inch per how many weeks along I am. We heard the heartbeat again. It's still running in the 150's.
Next appt I have to take a gestational diabetes test. They have to draw blood and give me a shot. I am AB- blood type so there is all kinds of extra crap I have to do. Including 2 shots, one next month and one when the baby is born. Having rare blood sucks, lol. Not much else was discussed. I asked about prenatal classes. Chris and I will attend those when I am about 30 weeks along.
I think I've crossed my 6 month mark though. January isn't too far off! YAY!

24 weeks

Not much has changed within the last week. I was having some fun with the baby and the remote yesterday. I was laying bed watching TV and be kept moving around. So I laid the remote on my belly and watched it bounce all around. I did it again when Chris got home, to show him. He just thinks I'm crazy, lol.

I have my Dr. Appt today at 3:30. I am going to try and work a full day then run home and get ready for the appt. I don't like going to the Dr. on a Tuesday. Until now, they have scheduled them on Mondays, that works out much better. This makes to be a very crazy day.

Chris and I went to the south side fall festival this weekend. We had a very good time. The weather was perfect. We were able to walk from our house. It was a very relaxing day. Saturday night we had a birthday party for Chris. We had friends and family over for a cook-out. We had a wonderful turnout. Chris had the fire pit going and most of us stayed outside. I had a spider-man themed party for him. He even got a spider-man cake. I think he liked it.

Everything else is going well. I played softball again this last Sunday. I purposely wore jeans so that I wouldn't play. 2 of the girls on the team didn't show and they HAD to have at least one more girl player or they would have to forfeit. So I agreed to play. It went well. I was able to run and participate without any accidents. I had a good time.

I decided to show my actual belly in this picture. I'm not getting too big, am I? ;)

A place to call Home!

Well we are all moved in! We did tons of yard work on Saturday. The pictures below were taken before we got it all done, so it looks kinda trashy. Chris did all the mowing, bless his heart. I had the task of raking the trash area. The people that lived here before we did, didn't take care of it. There was trash everywhere. Plus, once you add our moving boxes and other trash to the picture, you can imagine what it looked like. We got it all cleaned up and bagged up and the trash company took it all Monday morning, YAY!

We also got to meet the neighbors across the alley. While we were outside cleaning, they came home. So I went next door and introduced myself. They are very nice people. They have an 18 month old little girl and a 1 week old girl. Sounds like Vance will have someone his age to grow up with.

I am absolutely loving the new house. We have plenty of room. Everything has a place and there's no clutter. The pictures I took of the inside were from this morning. My camera was in the car and it was cold. So the viewfinder was a bit blurry. I think you can get the idea of it though, ;) I don't have a picture of our bedroom. The cable guy is coming this morning and Chris had the TV pulled out. I'll get one on here eventually. Yesterday I worked on the nursery and got the curtains hung. Everything is where I want it for now. We're looking at getting a dresser. So once I get that in there, I might rearrange a little.

This is the back of the house. Like I said, still kinda messy.

Chris, working so hard on the yard...

The front of the house.

The side view

Living Room

Dinning room

Kitchen

And the Nursery

22 weeks 5 days

Well here's an updated picture for you all. I'm only about 3 weeks from my 3rd trimester. YAY! January is going to be here before you know it! I've definitely had more energy lately. I've been working full days at work and still having energy to do things at home. We've got everything moved in and settled at the new house. I hope to have pictures and updates on that soon. Chris and I are going home today and gonna work in the yard. Maybe then it will be picture worthy, lol.

Vance has been more and more active everyday. I now can feel him as I walk around. I hope all this movement means he's turning around and settling into place. At our sonogram, we was breach. But there's plenty on time for him to turn.

Whoo! That IS a baby in there!

For the last few days, Vance has been very "mobile". Most of the time he only moves around when I am sitting still or laying down. Actually, as I sit here and type this, he is kicking around. There are times I wonder if he has the hick-ups. It's an awesome feeling to feel him move around. Chris was laying next to me last night and I asked him to lay his hand on my tummy. He hadn't felt anything yet. I was determined that he would if he'd just be patient. Sure enough! One big kick (or something) and Chris felt it. It was a neat experience.

My weekend was full of activity. I ended up playing softball with Chris's team on Sunday. I had a great time. I love running and being active. It felt great! Until I fell. Twice. I was running the bases and my feet got out from underneath me, and boom, I was in the dirt. No worries, I wasn't hurt. Vance wasn't hurt. I scraped my knee up a little, that's all. It's been a bit stiff to walk on. But on the bright side, It's kept me from sleeping on my stomach. For those of you that don't know. That's been an issue for me. I am a horrible stomach sleeper. And it's not a good position to sleep in when you are pregnant. So since my knee is skinned up, I've been sleeping on my side. YAY!

The only picture I'll leave you with today, it one of my pretty pretty knee.

5 months

Monday marked my 20 week/5 month goal. I'm half way there. So even though I am 5 months I still have 5 more to go! I can only pray that I am blessed with another 5 months of sick-free pregnancy. I have done quite well with all this. Things are still very new to me and I feel 'weird' at times but overall I have been happy and healthy. My Dr. appt showed that I've gained 15 pounds since May. I'm hoping for only another 10-15 at the very most. If I gain 30 pounds total, that puts me at 190 lbs. That to me is a bit scary. I try not to think about it too much. I know that as long as it is good pounds and not fat pounds, both Vance and I should be fine, lol. So anyways... here is my '20 weeks' picture!

It's a....

BOY!!!!

Chris and I are having a boy! There's no question. We've finally decided on a name too, Vance Keaton Beaty. We're both very excited. This was Chris's dream come true, lol. Below are some pictures of the sonogram. We don't have a very good head shot but there is a VERY good picture of his 'boy parts'. Tee Hee!