Weird Dreams

Last night I had a series of rather unusual dreams. In one, I went to McDonald's and ordered a whole bunch of food and the cashier lady made fun of me and sarcastically said "You must be hungry" and I glared at her and said, "Yeah, I am." That one was strange, but not that bad. The next one is the good one... I had a dream that I gave birth to a milk carton. What on earth is that supposed to mean? I've heard of women dreaming about giving birth to puppies or something like that, but a milk carton?? It wasn't even a gallon, it was like one of those little half pint sizes. Oh well, I'm sure pregnant women have had much stranger dreams, but that's about the weirdest one I've had yet. Thought you might find it amusing.

I go to the doctor next week, so hopefully there will be a good update after that.

Yay

Hey, so I think I'm in the third trimester now. There's not much new to say except that for a couple of weeks now we have actually been able to see my stomach move sometimes. I don't have another doctor's appointment until the 26th, but I think things seem to be progressing just fine.

I'm going on another work trip (my last one for quite awhile probably) to Florida near the end of September for about a week. Jonathan will be going to Chicago for work the first week of October. Then hopefully we can all stay home until the baby comes. :)

Guess that's all for now.

Latest Doctor Appointment

I had an appointment yesterday. We went over the ultrasound results, and she said they got a good look at everything and it all looks good and right on track.

The movements are getting stronger. Last night, Jonathan felt it moving a lot. Apparently it really liked the chicken nuggets we had for dinner or something. :)

Jonathan asked me the other day if I had thought of any names. I hadn't really been thinking about it. He hadn't either. Oh well, I'm sure we'll come up with something. We still have awhile. We didn't decide on Caleb's middle name for sure until the night before he was born. But at least we had options at that point. Right now we're pretty clueless for any names. Feel free to leave your own suggestions...

Guess that's all for now. Hopefully all the posts will be this boring. That means everything is going well.

Back from Hawaii

Well, I got back from Hawaii, and it was a good trip. The baby seemed to wiggle a lot on the flights, which was typical with Caleb as well. I haven't been getting much sleep since I got back and I'm starting to feel really run-down like I might be getting sick. Hopefully I can get over that soon. Caleb has been very clingy to me since I got back and is having a lot of trouble going to sleep for naptime and at night. I have to stay in the room with him until he falls asleep or he will scream bloody murder if I try to leave him. Poor little guy. Now my boss mentioned today that he might want me to go to England for 2 weeks at the end of the month. We'll see about that!

Otherwise, I'm feeling fine and everything seems to be normal. Jonathan has been able to feel the baby kick a couple of times. I know that's exciting for him.

We're hoping to get Caleb moved into his new bed and bedroom and paint his current room for the baby sometime within the next couple of weeks. Mom and Dad just dropped off my old twin bed for Caleb and they're coming back next week to help paint. We're also planning to put up a tile backsplash in the kitchen and repaint in there as well. It will be busy and hopefully we can get it all done with the generous help they'll give us. Since I can't really be inhaling paint fumes, I can't be much help.

Hopefully we can post some cute pictures of the baby's new room when we finish it.

Yes, I love technology...

Today was the first ultrasound, so we got to see Number 2 for the first time! Here are a couple of pictures.



Elisha has felt that this one is much less active than Caleb, and we were able to see that today. It seemed pretty content to just lay there, occasionally moving its arm or adjusting it position. Almost on cue, it rolled over so we could get these good profile shots. Caleb, on the other hand, was practically bouncing off the walls in there during his ultrasound!

The doctor said everything looked good and on target for the due date of November 22, so that was a big relief. I was again in awe at how amazing it is to be able to peek inside and see the baby, especially how you can see the four chambers of the heart pumping away.

Elisha leaves for Hawaii tomorrow morning, so maybe we can get another ultrasound after she gets back and see if Number 2 learned how to hula dance!

Most Recent Doctor Visit

I went to the doctor on Monday. Everything looks fine. I heard a nice strong heartbeat. Nothing else really.

I think I've started to feel a little bit more movement, but I'm sure this one is not nearly as active as Caleb was at this point.

I'm excited about the ultrasound coming up next week. It will be fun to see it and then hopefully have some cute images to post here.

Movement and Other Things

Well, I have begun to really feel some movement within the past week or so. This one is not as active as I remember Caleb being, but maybe I just have a bad memory. That wouldn't surprise me. We went swimming in our pool over the weekend, and that seemed to make it move a lot.

Jonathan thinks this one is a boy, since we found out that his cousins Stephen and Stephanie just found out they're having a girl in October. Now he says the pressure's off for a Lowe girl and ours can be a boy. We'll see...

My ultrasound is scheduled for July 1st. Hopefully we will get some good pictures to post. I go back to the doctor on the 24th of this month, I think. My memory is starting to get really bad. Oh, and the weird dreams! I had forgotten how disturbing pregnancy dreams were.

I guess that's all the news I have for now. I will try to get a ticker posted if I can figure out how to do it. Just posting things is hard enough to figure out for me!