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The Worst Drink Ever

So, I have to say...this is absolutely the worst drink ever!  You'd think that they could come up with a better way to do the Glucose Tolerance Test when you're pregnant.  I mean, seriously, one time in a woman's life when her gag reflex goes out the window and everything seems to make her nauseous, they want you to drink something that is supposed to taste like Tang, but instead just tastes like crap!  haha, anways, enough of my rant on the drink, I did get my call today that I passed, so I don't have to A) go sit for the extended test (and drink more of this stuff) and B) I definitely don't have gestational diabetes...

25 Weeks

25 weeks??!  Already?!?!  I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is flying by!  It seems like just yesterday we were letting Ryan telling his grandparents and everyone that he was going to be a big brother, and now we're on the "downward" side of it.  I remember feeling like I had been pregnant forever with Ryan, but not so much with this one.  I guess it really is true that every pregnancy is different.  And we have finally come up with a name for Baby #2...Jensen James Wooten.  Jensen was just a name that we both felt "fit" and James is Casey's middle name, and his grandmother's maiden name, so it's been around a while. 

Jensen is a very active and rambunctious individual...he is in constant motion, which, in turn, constantly keeps me entertained.  I can't believe how much I missed feeling a baby move around inside...it's unlike anything else you'll ever experience, and it's something that just seems so special.  It's your first contact, so-to-speak, between mother and child and something that strictly belongs to you two.  Granted, Casey and Ryan have had their chances to see/feel Jensen kick too, but its nothing (in my opinion) compared to feeling it almost constantly.  I have to say, I will definitely miss it when he get's here, although holding him in my arms will completely make up for it. :)

Mover & Shaker

This little guy loves to move!  I'm starting to think that I've got another one on my hands that isn't going to want to sleep because he is in constant motion.  Not that I'm complaining...feeling those little kicks and squirms are one of the best parts of being pregnant.

Last week was the first time that Casey was able to feel him kick which is great!  Now I can't wait to catch it at a good time for Ryan to be able to feel him.  Speaking of Ryan, he is absolutely so cute about this new baby!  He talks to him at least once a day.  He just puts his face up to my belly (the ever-expanding belly) and says "Hey baby!  I missed you while I was at school today.  Sure can't wait for you to come out of there! Love you.  Bye."  That's usually the gist of the conversation.  And then he kisses my belly.  How stinking cute is that?

I go in a few weeks for my gestational diabetes test, which, from what I remember, wasn't much fun.  I know I didn't pass the "easy" test with Ryan, so I had to go for the prolonged test, which meant I had blood drawn every hour on the hour for 4 hours, or something outrageous like that.  Hopefully it goes better this time around.  GB is something I don't really want to contend with!

So far, this pregnancy has gone pretty great.  I was sick mostly through the first trimester, but that's tapered off, and now I feel pretty good all the time.  I am still extremely tired by late afternoon, and my bedtime is usually pretty consistent with Ryan's, which is very rare for me.  My biggest complaint had been heartburn, but after my last appointment, the doctor gave me a prescription for Nexium, and it has completely knocked out the heartburn.

Well, I guess that's about all the updating I have for the day.  I've been off work yesterday and today because I'm supposed to be studying to get my insurance license.  That's obviously working out real well for me, huh?  Have a great day! 

It's A....

BOY!!!!

Ryan is absolutely tickled that he is having a baby brother, and we are too!

At the start of the ultrasound, it looked like our little one wanted to be very bashful, but after a little prodding, we were able to get a good luck at, well, the "goods". haha. It is obviously a boy, and we couldn't be happier.




I'm thinking that this one might look more like Casey, what do ya'll think? :)

Counting Down

So, I had an appointment yesterday; my first actual doctors appointment for this pregnancy. It took me so long to finally get accepted as a patient that things got a little bit behind. But no worries, I haven't missed any important tests or anything, so that's just fine. There really wasn't much to the appointment, blood pressure check, weigh in, a measure of the belly, and then listened to the heart beat (which is always awesome to hear). I did get to schedule my appointment for my ultrasound, which is going to be August 30th, so we're on the countdown to finding out if we have a boy or girl. I can hardly wait!

In the meantime, we are moving Ryan out of his room and into what was formerly the spare bedroom. We decided that we would put him in there and decorate it as his new "big boy" room, which is coming along great, in my opinion. Two walls are painted dark blue and the other two are painted slate gray, with bright white trim. Now we jut have to get his furniture, toys and clothes moved in, and we'll be all set! Then it'll be on to decorating the nursery, but that will wait until we find out what we're having. :) Once everything is done, I'll post some pics. Have a great day!

Quick Update

I promise that I will get the image of the 8 week ultrasound scanned in at some point to share the first glimpse of our little bean with everyone...I'm just being a bit slack right now.

Everything seems to be going pretty good so far. We're right at 15 weeks, so finished up the first trimester...yay for no more morning sickness! I have, luckily, noticed that my nausea has diminished quite a bit over the past 2-4 weeks or so, and my fatigue has started to wear off too. I can actually manage to stay up past Ryan's bed time now! I'm still not so much the night owl that I have been in the past, but I'm sure its because my body knows that in about 6 months, I'm not going to be getting much sleep at all, so its trying to stock up what it can now.

I'm getting really excited to be able to find out if it's a boy or a girl. Casey is too...he's said more than once that the anticipation of it is killin' him! I'm really partial to having a girl this time around (although it'll be just fine to have another sweet baby boy too), and I'm not sure that Casey really has a preference. I know this will be the last one for us and I'd really like to have one of each...I'd love to see Ryan in the role of "protective big brother" . Speaking of Ryan, he can't seem to make up his mind on brother or sister...it really started out more for sister, but has recently started asking more for a brother. And I think he's having fun trying to help pick out name ideas too.

I've already got ideas for the nursery in my mind...now all I have to do is get the room cleaned out! I haven't really worked in there very much since selling the furniture out of there...something I definitely need to get to working on.

Well, this is all of the update for now...hopefully I'll have some pics to post soon.