Baby Update

We had an appointment with our midwife, Marie, today (18w6d). We got to listen to the heartbeat again. It was going 145bpm! My uterus is mearsuring big (she didn't tell me how big) but you can't really tell because it is longer like a watermelon instead of sticking out! Everything looks/sounds great! We have our big/only ultrasound in 2 weeks!!! Now that the first trimester is over, the pregnancy is going really fast! I can't believe I am almost half way done!

Definitely Not!

Me: "Hey Liam, are you excited to be a big Brother?"
Liam: "Yeah"

Me: "Are you going to love the baby?"
Liam: "Yeah"

Me "Are you going to give kisses to the baby?"
Liam: "Yeah"

Me: "Are you going to get a Big Boy bed soon?"
Liam: "Yeah"

Me: "Are you going to give your crib to the baby?"
Liam: "Yeah"

Me: "Big boys don't need pacifiers. Are you going to give your pacifer to the baby?"
Liam: Looks at me for a second, shakes his head no, climbs off my lap and walks away.

Justin's new job!

So, I have been waiting to post about justin's new job until he actually starts but I just can't wait anymore! He was hired on at the Walmart Distribution center in Cheyenne, WY. No, we are not moving. The commute will be no longer than commuting to Denver. He is transferring there the beginning of May! With this transfer will come a very nice and welcomed pay raise, and only three days working a week! They will be 12 hour shifts but Justin (who has worked 12s before) said that he would much rather work 3-12s than 5-8s! I don't blame him! He will be working overnight weekends. The hardest part will be fitting church into the schedule but it will happen. It might take a few Sunday's to find the best sleep schedule though. This schedule will be great for school because it leaves almost the whole week open! Congrats to Justin for getting this new job!

Father to Son

Justin and Liam had a little Father to Son talk last night at bed time. It went something like this:

Justin: "So Liam, Mommy is having a baby and you will be a big brother!"
Liam: (Smiling)
Justin: "If you have a baby sister you need to toughen her up a bit! Thats your job as a big brother."
Liam: (Smiling and nodding his head in agreement)

Maybe we should have another boy...

Good Morning Surprise!

I woke up to find that Justin left me a beautiful Hyacinth plant! It has several bulbs and is in full bloom! It is so beautiful and smells so sweet! I can't find my camera so that picture isn't the actual plant but it looks the same! Time to go work in my garden! What a sweet husband I have!

New Midwife

We had another midwife appointment yesterday! I am 14 weeks. We met the newest midwife, Krista. She was great. There are three in the office and we really like them all. One of them wasn't to impressive but that might be due to the circumstances I have met her in. She was the one doing my labor checks. We went in every 2 hrs like they said only to find that I had dilated like .5-1 cm. So she wasn't my best friend. I am sure is great though- she just kept sending me home and I didn't like that!

Anyways, The baby was easy to find again. He doesn't move around nearly as much as Liam did! I remember the nurse always chasing Liam's heartbeat! The heartrate dropped from 169bpm (at 10 wks) to 154bpm today. He sounds great though! All of my blood tests came back great! I asked them to check my thyroid levels since my mom and sister have issues with theirs. I have had alot of the symptoms of hyopthydroid so I decided to have them check it out. To my surprise it came back .75 which is pushing to be considered hyperthyroid! Opposite of what I was expecting but thats fine since it is still in the normal range. I think I will have it retested after baby is born to see if pregnancy is messing with things! We don't have an u/s date yet but it will be in about 6 weeks probably!

Splurging

So Justin and I decided to have fun with some of our tax return money. We each gave ourself a budget and then we got to shop! I ended up, after alot of research, getting the Cricut Expression die cut machine. It came in a bundle with YourStory machine which is a book binder (not the cheese ring ones you used in elementary school) and a laminator! I haven't had too much time to play with them but once I am out of school it will be way fun! I chose the Cricut because of the cutting size up to 12 in! There is a software program called Sure Cuts A Lot (cheesy name, I know) that always you to use all the fonts on your computer. It also allows you to make your own. I have purchased it yet but I plan too. Spending $80 on one cartridge doesn't sound fun.
Justin bought a 42" t.v. which means our 32" is going in the bedroom! I fall alseep much better at night (when he is working the night shift) if the t.v. is on which usually results in a very uncomfortable night on the couch. Sorry I don't have pictures. It has been like 50 posts since I had any!