A great weekend

College reunion!

The two preggos!! :)

Addison--so cute!

Audrey (one of the triplets)
Lunch at Chucks
Carson--I didnt get a good picture

This weekend was such a great weekend! Lots of my college friends were all in town for the Bama/Tenn. game. Friday night Cyndee, Dan, Amy Beth, Gabe, Becca, Zach, Riley and myself went to dinner at Melina's. It was so good once again! We got to do lots of reminiscing which is always fun. Saturday was of course Alabama football! We sat up a tent and tailgated before the game. Lots of my college friends stopped by and it was so nice getting to see everyone! Wow...I hate sooo much food! But...I probably walked it all off as much as I had to walk! I just love when we get tickets and the row is 62! Not to mention, I lost Riley so I walked up and down a couple of times wondering if I was in the right seat! But it was all worth it during those last few seconds of the game...all I can say is WOW! I was really worried for a little while but I knew somehow those boys would come through! Anyways....Sunday, I got to meet Kimberly & Cory for lunch and meet little Carson! Oh he is just adorable!! I have to say being around all of the babies this weekend definitely made me have the "fever" even worse!

Stubborn!

I had another appointment today and we were hoping to confirm the sex of the baby. Well...she was still being stubborn and wouldn't open her thighs so she could get a good picture. However, the lady doing the ultrasound said she was still going with girl but wanted to do another one next time just to see! The funny thing is she had been kicking and moving around a lot more today than normal UNTIL we went in for the ultrasound!! The one advantage to it is we are getting to see "her" more! We will have ultrasounds the next 2 visits as well...one to recheck and the next is the 4D. Maybe with all of that we will have confirmation!! Everything looked good though. Her heart rate was 155 which is about what is usually is (155-160). I have to take the wonderful sugar test next month...so that should be fun!

Carpal Tunnel??

For the past week or so I have been waking up in the middle of the night and my right arm is tingling and feels as if it is going numb. In the mornings when I wake up, my right wrist hurts and its hard to grasp things for about the first 30 minutes. This is when it usually hurts the most...mornings and during the night, but occasionally it does throughout the day. I googled my symptom as I often do and it said it was carpal tunnell and its very common during the 2nd half of your pregnancy. So didnt know that was another one of the lovely symptoms you get! I am going to the doc tuesday and will probably ask about it but according to everything I read, its kind of like everything else...it will stop after the baby is born!

Pictures

Here are a few pictures from the past couple of weeks.

Riley and I before going to eat for my Bday

22 weeks

23 weeks

The next two pictures are from Friday. Glen Coffee (former UA football player...now plays for the 49ers) He came to visit while he was in town for UAs homecoming.

This is most of my Kindergarten class with Coffee

Warning: very long post!

Ok...I am trying to catch up a little.
Baby Update: I am 22 1/2 weeks and I feel like I have grown so much in the past couple of weeks. I finally started feeling her kick from the outside of my stomach last week. I felt her for the first time last Tuesday. It was funny because for 3 days in a row, everytime I would assess a student on his/her letters, she would start kicking like crazy! Maybe that means she will love to learn! :) Riley finally got to feel her Friday afternoon. He was starting to get very frustrated because he couldn't feel her. It is such an amazing feeling...I just light up every time she moves! I have also had CRAZY dreams...I mean some are very disturbing! haha. I am definitely getting up more to pee which is just so delightful! :) And the appetite...well it has finally picked up! haha

I had a birthday on Sunday. I have a wonderful husband that always makes each birthday very special. I actually kept forgetting my bday was coming up which is unusual at my age...usually I have lots of plans! I am sure because the best present will not arrive until Feb so I have my mind on that! :) But I did enjoy three great meals over the weekend which is wonderful for someone that is pregnant! We got to try out the new restaurant in town, Melinas (where the Globe used to be) and it was great!! I also spent Saturday shopping with my Mom.

We have had so much going on for the past couple of months. Rileys mom is still in the hospital at UAB. She has been in the ICU 4 times since the end of August. They have had to open her up 3 different times to "fix" things. So we have been busy going back and forth to Bham. She had another surgery last night because of 2 spots on her liver and is having a chest tube put in tomorrow to drain fluid off her lungs. We are hoping this will be the end of surgeries! Please keep her and the family in your thoughts and prayers...this had been a battle she has been fighting for 11 years (when she was diagnosed with cancer in her colon and ovaries) and she is still such a fighter!

Last night we also had our first Childbirth class. Unfortunately Riley was unable to attend because he was at the hospital. It was very informative (Most things I already knew, but I did learn a few things too!) The next one is on Breastfeeding and that is the one I am ready to go to because thats what I have more questions about than anything.

I have a couple of pics to post...I will post them later.

Happy Birthday Mama!!!

Yesterday was my Mom's birthday and I didnt get a chance to post. Happy Birthday to a wonderful Mom and a best friend!! I love you!