Pregnancy/Baby Update

I went back to the doctor on Friday. The baby's heart-rate was 140. It's getting a little lower each visit. We find out next Friday what we're having! HOW EXCITING!!!!!! I probably won't be able to sleep the night before due to the anticipation. I can't wait to pick out colors, nursery bedding..................that is if we have a boy. If it's a girl she's going to get shafted because she is going to get all of Ashlyn's hand me downs. The lucky boy will get all new everything! As for the names I think that we finally have them picked out.........for now anyway. They have a great possibility of changing before the baby arrives. =) For a girl - Chesney Adeline (not quite sure of the exact spelling yet) Cody, and for a boy - Walker Reid Cody.

The doctor measured my belly and told me that it was just the right size. Britt and I both chuckled. I told her that it was just funny to me because I feel like a cow. It doesn't help that EVERYONE, whether I know them or not, continue to tell me how big I am. I constantly hear - "That's going to be one big baby!", "Are you sure that there's only 1?", "Are you sure that they don't have your due date wrong?"!!! Now, coming from my friends and family it's ok to hear these comments, but to hear them on a daily basis from strangers and people who hardly know me, well it's really starting to give me a complex! I KNOW THAT I'M BIG! I wasn't this big when I was 6 months pregnant with Ashlyn! Give me a break people! I can't help that I am showing alot sooner since it is my second pregnancy! At least that's what all of the doctors keep telling me, and it makes me feel somewhat better about being so big. =)

This pregnancy has been wonderful besides the dreadful headaches that I've been experiencing. I talked to the doctor again on Friday about the frequent headaches and how terrible they are. She referred me to a neurologist. I have an appointment on November 15th. Hopefully we can find out the cause of these nuisances and help me find a way to keep them at bay. I really don't know why I haven't been referred to a specialist before, especially with my history of headaches the past couple of years. It's about time!

Things are good at home. Ashlyn is loving school. It's so funny that the same girl who would wake up crying and begging not to go to school now wakes up on the weekends crying and begging to GO to school! Too funny how things work out. It was hard on all of us in the beginning, but it was so worth all of the struggles in the morning those first few weeks. I can tell that she has already learned so much. Her teachers are WONDERFUL! I couldn't ask for a better preschool for her!

Ashlyn is looking forward to meeting her baby brother or sister. She went with us to the doctor on Friday and got the hear the baby's heartbeat. She's named the baby Zippy, and that name has stuck for about 5 weeks now, so I have a feeling that no matter if it's a boy or girl and no matter what the real name is, it will be baby Zippy to her. We've even starting referring to it as baby Zippy since we don't know the sex yet.

Can you believe that Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner? Time really does fly! I plan to have all of my Christmas shopping finished up by the beginning of December. Yeah right! I want to go to the Gaffney outlets one weekend and knock out numerous names on my list. If anyone wants to go with me I'd love to have the company. I'll probably leave Ashlyn at home so that we can shop til we drop. These outlets are the best around!

I'll close for now. I better get back to work........uggghhhh! Ta Ta until next time.