Names

So my favorite girl name ever is Madalyn. Obviously if we have a girl, that will be her name, but I cannot decide how I want to spell what we will call her.
Madi Agre
Maddy Agre
Maddie Agre
Mady Agre
There are so many options. I thought I liked Madi Agre until today. Now I think I like Maddy Agre. I just don't know. Who knows, maybe it will be a boy. Then we have to decide between Luke or Mason. Decisions Decisions Decisions!

Allison,
We are going to Red Lobster tonight! Be jealous!!!

10 weeks left! Lalalala!!!

We had our last monthly appointment today, we move to every two weeks at this point. The baby's heart rate was 140 and it was measuring right at 30 weeks. Perfect.

I have had some pain in my upper left quadrant (right under my ribs). It had hurt for about 3 weeks, but only in the evenings. But last Wed. night it started hurting all of the time. I called the doctor and told them that I thought that maybe I had just bruised a rib from being kicked (I forgot to mention to the nurse on the phone that I was pregnant, she asked if my students were kicking me. It was pretty funny.) but that it hurt all of the time now, so I wasn't sure if that was it. I went in on Thursday and the Physicians Assistant told me that my diaphragm was spasming and gave me a muscle relaxer. That didn't help. So when we went back for our appt. today, I talked to my doctor about it and she wanted to make sure that it wasn't my spleen. So off Justin and I go to the hospital to have a sonogram done on my abdomen. I laid on the table for a while while the man had me hold my breath and roll from side to side while he was looking around at my insides. Didn't find anything. So, in the end, we still don't know what is causing the pain. I am sticking with a bruised rib or something. It is comforting to know that my insides look good :) Justin and I then had Mexican food and enjoyed the 80 degree weather. All in all, it was a fantastic day!

We go back on the 20th for an ultrasound and appt. I cannot believe how close we are getting. We started at 40ish weeks and now we are down to 10! I am getting really excited!!

Have a great day everybody!

Tuesday Night Chocolate Malts

Every Tuesday night Justin and I have baby class. Tonight we learned about epidurals. The important thing to remember about epidurals is that you have to have your lab work done and have had a full bag of fluid. Don't forget that! But my favorite part is on the way home we go to Sonic. I get a small chocolate malt and Justin gets a Butterfinger Blast with extra Butterfinger. It is just so nice that we get to have this time together before the baby gets here. We are both excited, so excited, for the baby to get here, but I know that this quiet time that we have just the two of us will be gone for awhile.

No sugar for me tomorrow. Thursday is my glucose test. Send good thoughts my way that I don't have gestational diabetes!

Have a great day! Enjoy the warming weather!

This is funny

My 6 week belly and my 28 week and 6 day belly. Things have changed a bit.

THIRD TRIMESTER!!!!

Here are a couple of pictures from the shower and my 27 week belly.

We are in the home stretch! 12 weeks to go! We learned that this week the baby begins to blink. :) Baby birthing classes began this last Tuesday. We learned a lot, most of it being pretty gross. But, now we know when to go to the hospital and that Justin better feed me before we get there. Our teacher probably said 50 times "husbands do NOT take your wife to the hospital without feeding her first". I hope we remember that (I won't forget! I love food!) Overall, it was an interesting evening. I am looking forward to the next 4 classes (especially the one on March 10th, Justin gets to wear the empathy belly. I will post pictures, don't you worry!)

Last weekend was also my first baby shower. It was wonderful! Jaclyn (my cousin who is due a week before me) and my Auntie M (yes, I have an Auntie M and she lives on a farm in Kansas) hosted it and Shellie, Macenzie, Noelle, Glenna and Brenda all came in town for it. It was family and coworkers. I think we are just about ready for the baby to get here. Everyone was so generous and we appreciate everything.

Double Digits! 99 Days!

We are 99 days from our due date!! Woo hoo!! It is getting so close. Went to the doctor on Tuesdays the heartbeat was 148. Baby is doing good. I also measured a little big, meaning that we will get to have an ultrasound soon to see how big the baby is. We are excited to see the little baby again!

I have been amazed at how many people come up to me and say "Wow, you are really big." I am not to the point yet where a rude comment comes out of my mouth, but I am just about there. Seriously, I am growing a child. My belly is going to be big. Also, I have no control over how big the baby is. It grows at it's own pace! Most of the time when someone says this, I just stare at them with a blank look on my face.

I am looking forward to this weekend! WARM WEATHER! We have a friend getting married tomorrow and who would have thought that on Feb. 6th, you would have a 70 degree wedding day? I am excited to not be shivering in my dress!

Have a great day everyone!

Baby Movement

It is amazing how much this baby is moving. Today during my plan period I sat and watched, what I can only assume, was the baby hiccuping. My belly would just "pop" a little every 15 seconds or so. It was pretty entertaining. Also, it has been kicking like crazy. Justin and I will sit and watch for 30 minutes in the evenings. The other night we went to the Davey's house (Justin's fraternity brother and a groomsman in the wedding) to play poker. They just had a baby on 1.9, Brooklyn, who is adorable. So, of course, I sat and held her all evening (she really is just SO cute!) and when I was holding her, our baby started kicking and kicked hard enough that Brooklyn's leg went up a little. It was funny. I let Brooklyn know that one day, since she is older, she can get revenge :) We have an appt. tomorrow, so I will post again after that. We are closing in on the thrid trimester! 15 weeks left to go (that also means 15 weeks until it is seriously spring!)