28 week appointmentDate: 03/28/2006

Well, the good news is that Peanut is doing well, growing like a weed (which also means muh belly is too)

The dr's appointment went well. All of my vitals are great: blood pressure and all...the weight gain, that is another story. My appointment was 5 weeks from the last, which makes a big difference, because I have had two noticeable belly growth spurts. (This means weight increases) Plus, I must admit that I did over-indulge at the birthday celebrations this past weekend....:) Gotta love that German Chocholate Cake and Ice Cream!

My new mantra is as follows "scale = enemy". Don't get me wrong, I know that I am supposed to gain weight, but any woman knows it's still not really fun. I say that because my back and neck are officially killing me. The large protusion from my midsection is throwing me all out of alignment. I am achy all day long.

But Peanut is thriving like I said. Baby has a real strong heartbeat, but is a little shy or tempermental. When the dr was taking the heartbeat it kept moving away from the doppler, like "dont mess with me"I haven't been sleeping real well, which I expected to happen, but at least most of the time I am awake Peanut is too, so I have company.

I am going to schedule an appointment with a massage therapist to see if they can work the kinks out of my neck and back....love that I have an excuse to get a massage!My next appointment is in 2 weeks, so I have been moved to the more frequent appointments now, which can only mean, it's getting CLOSE! Down to the final stretch.....11 weeks and counting.

Thanks for reading!

Whoo hoo, we are registering this weekend! Date: 03/14/2006

Brian doesn't know it yet, but we are definitely registering this weekend. I am about to nest us out of house and home! So we are taking the plunge and going to BabiesRUs and getting registered. I hate to ask people to buy us gifts, but I know that it really is fun from first hand experience. I loved buying for my friends and family when they had little ones.

This is all spurred by receiving the bedding that we ordered in the mail--it is soooo cute! But now we have no bed to put it on. So we might buy that this weekend. The nursery (whoa, I said that, I have a nursery in my house) is almost done. All that I need to do is get the ceiling finished. Which is actually a Brian task, so hopefully I can get that done before we close on the land (after that he will be so focused on that, that I won't have a chance in hell getting him to finish my ceiling)

Back from Spring BreakDate: 03/13/2006

Hi Ya'll!Yep, we (meaning Peanut and I) are back from sunny GA, visiting family down there. Poor Brian wasn't able to go, he is working his fanny off.

The weather was wonderful and the little dog and I did get some walking in! Brian's mom felt the baby move...he is kicking like a soccer player now. If you watch, you can see my belly move when it kicks!

I posted some current belly pics so that you can all see how big I or the baby is getting!I will update more soon!