The baby is on the MOVE!

This is just a short and sweet to share the good news, but also because I need to document when this happened since this is the only place I really do that.

I FELT THE BABY MOVE!!!! I think I may have been feeling it flutter for a little while now, but I haven't been sure. I was pretty dang sure I felt it on Sunday, but I felt the same thing on Monday night and I know it was the baby:) It was way down in like my hip area. I don't know if the baby can actually be in that area, but that's where I felt it. I used to feel little Victoria there all the time too. I think because of my anterior placenta it makes me only feel the really down low movements. Anyway, I felt it, I pushed in with my hand where I had felt it and I felt again with my hand!!!!!! So exciting and 100% unexpected. I didn't feel Victoria for sure until 21 weeks so I was hoping to feel something around 19 or 20, but again....the placenta really made me not get my hopes up.

Well, I better get off here. My charger is broken and a new one is on the way, but my dear, sweet hubs took my computer to his Mom's to charge and he would KILL me if he knew I was using my battery for blogging instead of school work. I just HAD to catch up with all that was going on in my life.

Goodbye Papaw

My Papaw passed away this past weekend, Saturday, June 18th. We knew it was coming. He has been suffering from Alzheimers for some time now and this past year he went down hill really quick. It was sad to watch. It is more sad to me though that my little girl will not remember how head over heels she was for him. She will not remember wanting to "pet" him and "tiss" him during his last couple of days. She will not have the chance most did to fight over his lap. She will not remember not wanting to leave the casket during the funeral. She just kept saying "Papaw resting" and "Papaw with Jesus." Harder than losing my Papaw was my daughter losing her Papaw. My Papaw was a great man and he loved his grand babies so much.

Another part of losing my Papaw that was pretty hard is that I lost my great-grandmother last year. She was not doing so great either and in both cases I am trying to not be sad that they are gone and instead be happy that they are new and happy with Jesus. It has been really hard losing 2 grandparents in 2 years and I am really hoping this is not a trend. I love my grandparents so much and I was blessed to grow up with a ton. The downside to that is losing them. It has been more spaced out in the past though. I lost my great-grandfather when I was 4 and I have great memories of him playing Barbies with me. I lost my Papaw Brandon when I was 16 and he used to come to my basketball games. Then there was my great-grandmother when I was 26 and now my Papaw Webb at 27. I'm down to 1 Papaw and 2 grandmothers now. My baby though has 3 great-grandparents and for that I am thankful.

16 weeks 2 days

I am starting to look pretty big! I don't feel that big in clothes usually, but I do think that I am pretty close to "popping." I popped at 25 wks. with Victoria and it's supposed to happen sooner with the second.

I am 151-152 lbs. depending on the day (7-8 lb. gain). I feel pretty fantastic! I am very rarely nauseous anymore, rarely so tired I could fall asleep sitting up, my boobs do hurt pretty though. They are kidding when they say the 2nd trimester is the "honeymoon" trimester of pregnancy. You feel great and really for the most part don't even notice being pregnant. I can't wait until July 8th at 2:30! Hmmm...is it a boy or a girl?

Anyway, here's a picture of my little Victoria:) She started her very first Vacation Bible School this week. It was pretty hard dropping her off. I got a glimpse into my future yesterday though when I had to take her to dance, rush home to change clothes and get a super quick supper, and then head off again for VBS. I pretty excited about her being busy with activities though;) That's me in the red shirt filling out her paperwork...see what I mean when I say I don't feel like I look that huge?

My hysterical moment at the Dr.'s

Today I FINALLY had another Dr. appointment. It's been 5 weeks since my last appointment and I was thisclose to losing my mind. I even called just over 2 weeks ago to see if I could come in just to check for baby's heartbeat. My doctor's office is pretty fantastical and so they said yes:) Only problem was I wasn't able to make it over before they closed for the day at 4:30. I decided I needed to just suck it up and wait instead of calling and trying again. Well, I schedule my appointments for right after lunch if I can so they get me back quick and this time was no exception. They got me back really quick and they got the doppler out to check the baby's heart....but they couldn't find it. Well, she couldn't find it. She pressed really hard, she tried not pressing hard, she checked all over me belly. I told her she was making me really nervous. I cannot tell you how many horror stories I have read lately of women going in for their 16 week check-up, finding no heartbeat, getting an ultrasound, and the baby died previously and they had no clue. I mean I have been horrified of this happening and here my worst nightmare was coming true. I broke down. I was bawling my eyes out and I was sure the nurse was about to lose it to. She could barely stop hugging me so that she could go get another nurse. Well, the next nurse came in, my regular nurse, and as soon as she put the doppler on my belly she found it!!!! WHEW!!! I could breathe again. All I could say was....I'm sorry.....I'm pregnant (in regards to being so emotional). Pregnancy is for sure an emotional rollercoster. The heart rate was staying between 145-155. That pretty much sums up the appointment. Oh...and then I scheduled my next which was to be 4-5 weeks from now, but I will be on vacay 5 weeks from now so I wanted to schedule it for July 8th. Go figure, that is when my doctor is on vacay!!! Ugh....well, I asked if I could still schedule the anatomy scan since that is done somewhere else anyway, and they said of course!!! I'm super excited!!! So, we should find out the sex of the baby 4 weeks from today! I don't particularly give a whoop about the Dr.'s appointment since it'll just be the basic routine stuff; nothing special.

After the appointment I had planned on taking a tour of Labor and Delivery. My Dr. recently started practicing at a different hospital and it just so happens it is the ONLY hospital around that I would NOT want to deliver at. Go figure. The reason I wasn't so keen on delivering there is 1) You labor and deliver in 1 room and then move to another for recovery and postpartum. I was willing to work past this, but 2) you aren't (or weren't, rather) allowed to keep the baby in the room at night unless someone was awake. I called and asked about this specifically as I heard that this has recently changed and I wanted to ask again while touring. Well, thank goodness they have indeed changed this crazy rule and you are now allowed to keep the baby in the room with you at all times. Another plus is they recently added 6 or 8 labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum rooms!!! I got to check out one of these rooms today and it was pretty dang spectacular!!! Here's hoping I get to be in one of those rooms. It seemed that not a lot of people were using them though so I have high hopes.

Moo Fest

In my continued effort to find fun (and odd) things to make this summer rock; yesterday we went to Moo Fest in Athens, TN. I went for the homemade ice cream....but that was at 4pm and we got there at 11 am and it was 95-96 degrees out. Needless to say, we didn't make it to the homemade ice cream. We did have fun though:) My Mom, sister, BIL, niece, and step-Dad joined in the fun. My niece and Victoria are best friends and I LOVE to see them play together! We parked at the Mayfield Dairy Farm and took a short ride over the the festival. The girls were already pretty happy:) Then when we got there, there of course was a huge cow at the entrance and Victoria said "Big Cow!" Precious!!! Then they got some tattoos, ice cream, lunch, played in bounce houses, had their faces painted, played in a water feature (missed getting photos of that and I'm pretty sad about it), and by that time they were about over it. We got them some italian ice and called it a day.....a good day. They had misting fans which was pretty much a life saver because otherwise I am pretty sure I would have died. LOL! I'm thinking about going back for Pumpkinville, but for sure will be there for the Old Timey Christmas:) Adult wise I will say it was not very entertaining, but once again....I just love to see the girls having fun. I mean....I don't particularly find the playground fun adult wise, but Victoria LOVES it and that's all that matters. Seeing your child smile and be happy really just makes you happy!

Sorry for the huge photo collage....best I could do with so many photos. LOL!