25 Weeks!

The nursery is still not finished!!!! I keep saying, "hopefully by the weekend." Well this is a long weekend so HOPEFULLY we will finish it. Mom found some fabric for the curtains so hopefully they will match. I am taking some of the bedding down to Manchester tonight to see if it matches. Her nursery will be so pretty when we are finished - Jason and the cats have worked so hard on it. I go meet my new doctor today and I am hoping that they will give me a new due date. They are going to actually measure my stomach this time or at least I think they are. My belly has blown up in the past couple weeks. So far though my stomach is the only place I am gaining weight. My appetite does get bigger and bigger each day though! I have had a cold and have felt like crap since Monday. Jason was out on a business trip Monday night so I had to take care of the doggie by myself. That didn't make me feel any better.

Kate is rough and I had my first hormonal break down lol. She is stilla puppy and just wanted to play and I felt so bad because I could not play with her the way she wanted to be played with. We took her to the dog park on Saturday and Sunday and she LOVED IT! I was so happy to see her playing with other dogs and just being a dog. She did jump on a little doggie a little too much so his mommy took him home lol. Some people there just let their dogs run wild and they just sit in the shade - we do not have that much faith or trust in our dog. We have to follow her around, she can not be trusted lol. She is killed out when we leave, she can only handle about 30 minutes.

Anna moves so much now. On Sunday night you could see her moving across my stomach - each time Jason would walk into the room she would stop and then as soon as he would leave she would start again. It was pretty funny and sweet.

I have been looking at baby shower invitations and themes and can not find one that is half way decent. I think Jason will just make our invitations. Our baby shower is going to be October 25th and will probably end up being fall themed just like our wedding shower was LOL. We are much more excited for her baby shower than either of us were for our wedding shower.

24 Weeks!

We have decided on a name, Annabelle Taylor Welch. I always knew I wanted a little girl named Anna and Jason wanted it to be Annabelle. I guess we have compromised besides Anna Taylor does not sound as good as Annabelle Taylor. Taylor is my poppy and uncle Bill's middle name. She is due around what would have been my uncle's 52nd birthday, December 7th. I know the chances of having her that day are slim because my "official" due date is not until a week later. My mom's birthday is the 10th. As long as she is here before Christmas I am okay. It has taken me awhile to get used to the name but I like it a lot now. I used to have a plan in my head that when she was born and we were signing the papers that I would leave the Belle out of her name lol. I think that would be too mean but I could blame it on hormones or trauma whichever was more convenient. Jason used to be all mysterious about where he got the name Belle so I decided if she ever asked I would tell her he got it from when we saw Beauty and the Beast on Broadway for our honeymoon. That is much better than his real reasoning of he just liked it lol. Her room is STILL not finished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jason is caulking up the ceiling and it is taking forever. We still haven't gotten to touch up the paint, vaccum or shampoo the carpet. All that has to be done before I put the crib up. I have become very impatient when it comes to her room. We still have not found the fabric for her curtains either. I also need a good housekeeper to come clean my house. Mom said she would help me clean it really good right before the baby gets here. Help me she said, I'll be nine months pregnant and she'll be expecting me to clean.

I go to the doctor next week thankfully I haven't had any problems. My ankles did swell last Wednesday evening and I did get a little worried. At first it was on my right one and then my left. I felt silly calling the doctor but it was early for me to start swelling (in my mind at least). I was told no sugar and no salt. That is a hard thing to do! I kind of thought maybe it was one of two things. The first was that I got too nervous watching Jason's volleyball team in the tournament. They won two tournament games (it was quite a shock) and did very well in the semi finals. I was proud of them. The band Filter was playing at the bar Jason plays at and all these people kept walking by Jason telling him how great he did. Just what Jason needs, his ego blew up even more. The second thing I thought was maybe my blood pressure was going down. Before pregnancy it was 90/70 and afterwards it went to 120/70. Both of which are great numbers but I had been having headaches and dizziness along with this swelling. All three can be signs of BP going down. I didn't go to the state fair with my sister and her boyfriend because they were still swollen on Saturday and didn't think it would be a good idea to stand all day. I really wanted to see the cattle and horses, no joke I did. The swelling went away on Sunday and my mom told me she figured it would come back when I went back to work and sure enough I noticed it again last night. This time it was my left ankle swollen more than the other. Odd lol. Maybe it will be a Wednesday - Sunday thing for the remainder of my pregnancy.

Somehow I managed to bend a prong on my engagement ring and took it in for a repair on Friday. I struggled getting it off because my fingers were a little swollen too and the chick behind the counter asked me if I was wanting to get it resized. I was thinking, lady, I'm pregnant I am just having a weird moment but tomorrow it will fit again so NO I don't want it resized lol. I don't think she knew what she was doing, she gave me some guys receipt inside my warranty card. Craziness!

Veronica got to feel her kicking this weekend. She is one stout baby. More importantly than all of that Anna is now viable outside the womb. I hope she does not have a reason to come out though. She still has a lot of growing to do.

23 Weeks!

The nursery has been painted! We have almost all of the crown molding up now we only like having some touch up paint done. Our goal was to be finished by the weekend when Veronica and Josh come up. Doesn't look like we will make it though. We didn't get to work on it last night because Jason's volleyball team was in the tournament (they made it to the semi finals last night before losing). They all played really well though, I was proud lol. I was getting nervous watching and Anna didn't like it, she kept moving around all over the place. Anyway, I doubt we will have much time to work on it tonight either. Hopefully everything will be completely put together by next weekend, including the crib, dresser and changing table. I can not wait to see what the room looks like when we get everything in it.

She still is kicking quite a bit, like right now, and Jason has been able to feel her more. She kicked him really hard last weekend. Yesterday my friend Amy could feel her. My sister is a little jealous but I couldn't help it, Amy is crazy! I told her she was kicking and next thing I know her hand is on my belly lol. People keep telling me I look pregnant and have really popped out. All I can say to that is I would certainly hope so since I am almost 6 months pregnant LOL. I always thought I would gain so much weight, luckily I haven't YET. I am sure it will get piled on in those last couple months. My ankles have started to swell a bit, I feel like it might be a little early for that so I am going to ask my doctor when I go at the end of the month. I am sure it is normal but just doesn't seem like I should be doing that yet lol.

22 Weeks!

We only have 18 more weeks before she gets here. There is still a lot to do to get ready for her arrival but we have gotten a good start on it. Jason started painting her room last weekend and had to put three coats of paint on it. The room is going to be a posh red color with del coronado tequila off white color on the bottom third. Hopefully this weekend we are going to get the crown molding and finish the painting. Thinking of getting carpet now instead of the laminate flooring. Jason needs a break and its not that much to let Lowe's install it for us. It is only 50.00 more to get carpet installed in 2 or more rooms so that means new carpet for all bedrooms! Last night jason looked on ebay for some artwork for her room. We have bought some pop or outside art from there before and the chick we have bought from has a lot more for sale now. Jason got so excited about the one with aliens riding horses that he woke me up lol. It was pretty funny, but I can only imagine the comments we would get if we used that in her room.

Anna has decided her favorite thing to do is kick me. I have been able to feel her from the outside now as has Jason. She got very excited last night at his volleyball game. It was the first time they had ever won a tournament game lol.