Week 22 and scare at work

This is week 22 and it has been marked by some excitement...note the sarcasm. While at work we had an emergency with my patient and had to send them to ICU. After getting the patient in the room one of the nurses tried to move the old bed out and completely smashed me up against a trashcan. Totally by mistake and completely hitting my belly. She was very worried and kept suggesting I get checked out. I tried to calm myself and relax for a bit but I was still worried and my belly was in fact tender. So one of the nurses walked me to the Emergency Room to get checked out. I went to the ER at 4pm was still there having tests come 6:30. During that time I had blood drawn and I got wheeled around the hospital in a stretcher to have an ultrasound. That was quite interesting since I work there and was in my scrubs. So every doctor, transport person and even the EMS bringing patients to the ER had to stop what they were doing to check on me. Very nice, but awkward being on the other side. At 6:30 they didn't have my results back so they let me go back to the floor to finish my shift I had to give report at 7pm. They call me from the ER at 7:30 telling me to go to L&D and get monitored. Now this was unfamiliar territory, no one knew me over there. So I called Willis and he met me over there. Walked right up and met Dr. Hilton she talked to me about what happened and they put me on the monitor. She said my ultrasound looked fine. Sigh of relief! But one of my other tests had them concerned. I knew my blood type is Bnegative so I knew I would need to have a RhoGAM shot later on but they were concerned about having a trauma that could cause the baby's blood to mix with mine. Well the test came back positive. The Dr. did not think it was major but she did want to monitor me, draw more blood and give me the RhoGAM shot early. The blood work showed that I had not built up sensitivity yet, so that was good, my blood hadn't made antibodies to start fighting the babies so now we just had to wait on Blood Bank to make the shot. Boy what a long wait that was. Finally at midnight I got my shot and then I had to be monitored for 20more minutes. So at 12:30 in the morning after being at the hospital since 7am for my shift we finally left. Willis drove me home and had to go back today to get the car. Needless to say today I have been exhausted and have rested all day. I have an excuse from the Dr.'s office that I don't have to return to work until Monday so I actually get Christmas with my family this year. I am so excited to spend time with everyone and not be rushed and to start some new traditions that will carry over once Baby Girl is here with us. I just love for the house to be spotless when we have company and with the last couple of days it definitely is not and I do not have the energy to clean so I will have to bear it this once. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!
Exciting new with Baby Girl...I can actually feel her kicks with my hand on my belly! And while taking a bath the other day I saw my belly move from her kick....so awesome!!!

Week 21

Time for a weekly update. Today is Week 21. Baby Girl is still moving around like crazy, some days more than others. I feel her still when I ride in the car a lot. So this weekend when we went to visit my family in TN and KY she wiggled all around while I rode in the car. I have definitely started to notice the bump is getting bigger. While riding home I had to ride with my seat belt unbuckled (which I NEVER do) but I could not get comfortable and the seat belt kept digging into my belly. When driving I can lean my seat back so I don't have as much pressure on my belly so I don't mind the belt. It was great getting to see my family and show off my bump:-)

This week Baby Girl is about 10 inches long...the size of a banana! No wonder this belly is growing! Christmas is on our minds but we just keep thinking about preparing for our precious girl. So constantly we are looking up nursery ideas and talking about names. We had settled on a name for both a boy and girl in the beginning of our pregnancy then slowly got away from both. We started looking into other options but I think we are starting to lean back to the beginning. Nothing set in stone yet. The nursery ideas are fun. We both agree we want the room to be bright, colorful and definitely girly. Willis is so cute, if I find something I like he sometimes tells me it's not "girly" enough for her.. Love it! The down side is, we have very expensive taste. All of the bedding's that we like are over $300 and that's just for the bumper, a blanket and the bed skirt. Um probably not doing that. So I'm definitely leaning towards the idea of making our own. We have a great fabric store close by and I will use the pictures I have for inspiration but this way I can hand pick the colors and designs I want. Plus it won't be as pricey! So come January I will be putting all of my creative ideas to work :-) Willis took our traditional weekly photo today and I thought I would post one since it has been a while. Miss Abby had to get in the picture but I think it's cute.

Halfway there!!!

Yes today is 20 weeks and officially the halfway mark of my pregnancy. I absolutely love being pregnant. Sure I get tired of getting up to pee in the middle of the night and the growing waistline is taking some getting use to...but I LOVE IT. As much as I love pregnancy and this growing baby inside of me after seeing her on the ultrasound now all I want it to hold my little girl in my arms, and I'm halfway there!

Yesterday was a girls day with Momma. She came up and we picked up our glider from Babies R US. And believe me, we spent a lot of time in there now that we know we are shopping for a girl! Then we came back to my house to bake some cookies. We made some cute sugar cookies Mommas were snowflakes and looked amazing and I did ornaments.

Momma baking cookies

In a Christmas book we found a great recipe for dog biscuits. So of course I wanted to try them for Miss Abby. They were cheese flavored and very simple to make. Here I am cutting out the cookies.

As you can see the growing belly is starting to get in the way. You can see some of the flour on my belly from the baking.
At the Southern Christmas Show I had found some dog bone cookie cutters that I knew would be great for making Abby's cookies. And here they are after about 15 minutes in the oven.

They get Miss Abby's approval. They smelled great and Willis says they taste like the cheddar biscuits from Red Lobster. I will definitely make those again.

Willis came home that night to a project. Just getting him use to parenthood he says :-) We picked up the glider earlier that day and Willis had to get it assembled that night. Here he is putting it together and Miss Abby thinking she's helping.

All assembled! I think it looks great in our living room. The cushion is microfiber just like our sofa and is so comfy. We decided early on that we wanted it in the living room and to match in there instead of the nursery and I'm glad we did. It's a great addition in there. We went with the darker cushion so stains won't show as easy. I'm excited to take some naps in that!

Momma didn't come empty handed! I knew that she would go shopping the second we told her the baby is a girl. She brought a cute hat box that says it's a girl with some goodies inside. She recommends using the hat box for my keepsakes like the outfit I bring her home in, her first shoes etc. and I think that's a fabulous idea! Inside was an adorable white dress, some receiving blankets, a rattle and a cute stuffed lamb. Thanks Mom! Baby Girl will love it!

While at Babies R Us Momma couldn't resist picking up Baby Girl some cute things. We got a set of 5 onsies that I just love. And a cute little outfit. It is all summer outfits since she will be here the end of April. I can't wait to put these on her!

As you know I do not do gender neutral. So until this point I had restrained myself and not bought anything and I mean anything for our baby. Now knowing we are having a sweet girl I could not go to BRU and leave empty handed! I got her this adorable swim suite and of course I had to match up a headpiece!!! LOVE IT!!! Now all she needs for her first beach trip will be sunglasses and some little sandals! After Christmas is over we plan to start on the nursery. I am giving myself time to plan what I want to do in there. I am looking through websites and magazines trying to get inspiration. All I can tell you is that it will be colorful and definitely girly!!!

It's A...

We had our ultrasound today. Can you say AMAZING! Our little one gave us quite a show moving and stretching all over the place. Here is our very first look at the profile! Precious!!
And our little one cooperated. We found out we are having a sweet little GIRL!This one was so cute she was moving her hand around it looked like she was waving at us :-)One of my fav's. Her leg was all bent up and we watched her straighten it out and flex her little toes back. Just love it!Another shot of her moving around. This is her arm and on the left you can see her little knee.A profile pic of our beautiful daughter!
I just keep looking at these pictures over and over. I am so glad she cooperated but even more thankful that God has blessed us with a healthy baby. She is right on target for how far along we thought we were. Due date is still April 28, 2010! Everything is normal, heart, spine, head, lips and size she weighs about 8 oz! And we couldn't be any happier! I so thought that once we found out the baby's gender that I would want to go shopping and buy so many things, but I haven't! I did buy a precious frame this week and have already put her picture in it the caption below reads "love at first sight" and it couldn't be more fitting :-) I am just in awe of our little miracle. I can't wait to meet our sweet baby girl in a few months!

Week 19

It's Week 19 a HUGE week! We find out in just 2 days if little Whitley is a boy or girl. I don't think I will be able to sleep Thursday night in anticipation. Here are some updates: Baby Whitley is about 6 inches long and the size of a Mango. I still feel the little one a ton when in the car. I'm still feeling great. I really enjoy pregnancy. I am starting to get a big belly on me. Everyone now notices that I'm pregnant so I'm getting use to the extra weight. But hey this is a good reason to gain a few lbs. :-) I am definitely loving being pregnant during the Holidays. My motherly instinct is kicking in and I am for sure nesting. I have this desire to clean and bake all the time. Mom is coming up on Monday and we are going to spend the day baking together! Well I have to go, Willis and I just made some cookies and they are finished. Can't wait to update on Friday!!