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.