I'm at the end of my 27th week now and things are great. Todd and I just took our last beach vacation as a two-some. It was fantastic!! The weather couldn't have been better! I've included a few of those photos on here. We did get to visit with Dad a few times while we were there, so that was nice. I just dug a hole in the sand for my belly and enjoyed laying in the sunshine. It was quite relaxing and I look forward to taking our little tadpole there next Spring sometime.






We have a doctor appointment today. They'll do the glucose test for gestational diabetes (and we'll see if Dr. Mullaly is pleased or disappointed with my weight gain....yikes!) I think I'm doing ok with it honestly....the best I can anyway. I'm still having a few symptoms that are definitely making sleep a tough thing. I can't really remember the last night I got a good sleep, but as I said, I should get used to that :). I'm still dealing with the numbness in my hands, and also some minor pain in my hip, but I'm learning that all of these things are pretty standard for pregos. It will all be worth it.

After our appointment, we're heading back to the studio...Todd started a new batch of demos yesterday, and we'll get the recording done by tomorrow. This new group of tunes is fantastic! Gotta make the music to make the money to feed the baby bird!!!!

More later...

She's a wiggle worm!!

Well it's been about a month since I have written on here...shame on me. So much has happened, the most exciting of which is that I am feeling her move. I've been feeling little scoots for a few weeks now, and today Todd got to feel her move, too. It was amazing and you could see in his eyes how excited he was...we both were. So much fun!!

I'm 24 weeks now. We went to the doctor's office last week and heard the heartbeat again...it was 160 and the doctor seemed pleased with how everything was going. She told me that she tries to encourage her patients to only gain 15-20 pounds with the pregnancies. I looked at her with this confused face and said..."total?!". She's pretty extreme (and also pretty skinny). She said that 30 was a little more realistic, so we'll go with that for now. Ha! I like ice cream too much to gain only 15-20 pounds!!

We're still playing the name game. We have a short list of names we like, but haven't agreed on anything yet. We'll get there. We've had so many people sending us names that there is certainly no shortage of choices (thank you Mom, Jenny, Karen and Aunt Sherry!).

Another fun fact is that I've been thinking for a few weeks that something is wrong with me (no comments, peanut gallery)...actually my hands and circulation. I wake up multiple times each night with numb fingers, and my hands just ache. Todd and I couldn't figure it out...thought I had bad circulation and might need to visit a doctor.... until today...I read online that 25% of pregnant women get Carpel Tunnel syndrome. Who knew? The water retention and swelling in your arms and body presses on some nerve that affects your fingers and hands and causes discomfort and tingling/numbness. Well ain't that something!? At least now we can all rest easy and know once again that I am completely normal. ;)

In other news, Jenny got engaged! She and John Michael plan to be married in March of next year...Mom has a lot going on in her life right now! Congrats to them!! We're so excited (all 3 of us!)!!!!!

Here's a belly photo from 2 weeks ago...at 22 weeks.