Busy Girl

Our appointment yesterday went great! We had our ultrasound at 10:00 a.m. and then the 20 week check up immediately following. Everything looked wonderful with the baby! She's still a girl ;o) and we were able to locate 10 fingers, 10 toes and a chin that SCREAMS, "I look like Mommy!" Her heart rate was 150 bpm and she looked to be as happy as can be! I don't think it could have been any more perfect! My check up afterward followed suit...Dr. Eberhardt listened to Ellie's heart beat and said it sounded lovely, my blood pressure was normal (blah, blah, blah...) and I've finally gained all my weight back that I'd lost in the first 3 months! I was a little concerned because I've noticed recently that I haven't had much of an appetite and what little one I do have, isn't healthy. She said that there's no need to worry, everything looks great and for me just to do my best and that I'll catch up in no time.

I also want to share that Miss Ellie is quite a busy little lady already! I feel her move most of the day, every single day! It isn't just little flutters or spasms anymore either, she has full-on mastered the art of Tae Kwon Do in there, I'm pretty sure of it! Right around Christmas (maybe a little before) I'd started getting Cory to try and feel her moving but every time he'd try either she'd stop or he just couldn't feel her. I knew, though, that a lot of the kicks I usually felt were strong enough for someone other than me to feel, so I didn't give up! On New Year's Day at a little after 10:00 a.m., as Cory and I were laying in bed talking, I noticed Ellie becoming more active so I told him to feel. He sat there for a second and almost immediately started getting frustrated. I told him to be patient, so he sat quietly for another few seconds and finally it all paid off!!! She kicked so hard that it made me jump (I'd never felt one that hard before) and Cory jump too! He giggled about it for most of the day and everyone he talked to he told, "Hey, guess what...? I got to feel my baby kick today!" It was great! He got to feel her thumping around again the following night! Being able to actually feel her as seemed to have made it more real to him than even seeing her on the ultrasound! On New Year's Day we ended up in Tri Cities looking for cribs! We (meaning Cory) also decided on a bedding set for Ellie just a few days later!
As of today we have purchased the crib and dresser set, bedding, and 2 Ugly Dolls (that's what they're called, they're kind of so ugly they're cute) and gotten the room set up! Cory chose the crib / dresser, I narrowed a list of bedding and let him have the final say, and the Ugly Dolls were all him too! I wanted to get her one doll but he liked the one I had plus another one...so 2 it was! He said, "I like those! I hope Ellie does too, when she's older I want to tell her, 'go get your Ugly and come sit with Daddy!' and then she'll do it!" He kinda stole my heart :o)! Seeing him get so excited is really an emotional event for me. For a while there I was wondering if it was even going to sink in for him before she got here. No worries though! He thinks it's great and can't wait for her to be here! LIFE IS GOOD!
24 week check up: February 8, 2008.