Belly Shot Comparison-3 Mo& Beg.6 Mo....

I was seeing how I would compare belly shot wise 3 months to now going on six months{this coming week will be six- my 24th week} and made some pretty decent progress! STILL think I'm kinda on the small side and should be packin it in more when I look down, but when I compare the two pics, the lil guy's done some decent growin! can't believe only 17 more weeks to go! I better get crackin on the nursery! its still an office right now and the only thing we've done to prepare is buy some diapers and wipes! No crib, no furniture or anything, maybe after the holiday we'll focus on that. we'll see maybe sooner. So, this is me at 3 mos.. and here's me now at 23 weeks -

Pregnant & Kidney Stones- OY!

I don't believe I'm already at the 23 week mark-I'm halfway there already!I got to celebrate it by suffering through a bout of painful kidney stones this weekend! Oh momma! because of the medication I take,I'm told its bound to happen from time to time, I drink {or am drinking} water like a fish, I guess I'm not drinking my daily quota? I'm drinking my daily gallon of water like I'm reading that i'm supposed to be drinking, maybe I should up it . But anyway, this weekend I've been walking around like a 90 year old lady just shuffling aroundand doing breathing excercises -in through the nose , out through the mouth enduring the pain in my left side,groin and back and drinking water alll night and becoming quite aquainted with the "potay" till this morning the stones finally passed and I was like "that's it? " these tiny things gave me all that pain? they were half the size of a peppercorn! anyway thank goodness that's over, I had endured it once before and didnt want to go through that again, and the stones were half the size of THAT and I needed pain meds! { I know, wimp!} LOL felt like I was in labor! oh well Just thought I'd tell ya how my weekend went -painful , but finally over thank goodness!!
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Thomas & Pic With Santa

Thomas got his picture taken with Santa today- he never really was good with Santa, the Easter Bunny,Bigger dressed up Seasonal characters than he. They just freak him out for some reason- But lately he's been much better- When he was Three, we took him to see Mickey Mouse at Disney World when we first moved down,and he just stared at him and didn't cry, and the other day, well, yesterday actually we went to the Intenational mall in Tampa an Santa was there, and we asked if he wantd to siton his lap and he viciously shook his head no, but todauy we were at th Sarasota mall and he actually decided he wanted to sit on his lap so we said ok after making sure 5 times! LOL He still looked a lil shaky , buy looks like his fear of big seasonal creatures just might be ebbing! here's his picture w/ Santa from today.. not too bad ...

A Day At The Fair

Today,Tom went to a Bucs game while a friend from work was in town and they went together. Needless to say, Thomas was crushed -he wanted to go to the football game togehter with daddy so badly! it was so sad- He even put on HIS Bucs Jersey to look just like him- it was soo cute- but we had to convince him that another day we promise there will be other games where just daddy and him will go {never mind the fact that mommy would like to go too! } So I took his mind off and took Thomas to the Carnival that was in townwhile daddy went off to the Bucs game with his friend from work.here's a couple pics of his day at the fair- looks like he got a bit worn out after a while!Then we went to Dairy Queen for dinner since we had 2 free kids meals we got from his school fair he got one as a prize, and I got one for helping out with the games and prizes so we cashed them in and had dinner for free since daddy wouldn't be home and we spent enough on the games at the fair! anyway, heres some pics of our day..-here's my two "Buc boys.." and here's Thomas all wiped out after a day's rides and games.. * Note i know in a pic you'll actually SEE Tom on a ride with Thomas .. That's because the next day Tom went AGAIN to the fair with Thomas because Mommy couldn't go on ANY 9of the rides except the Merry Go Round due to the fact that she's pregnant {whoopee } which sucked for Thomas! and he REALLY wanted to go on the Bumper cars SOO bad! It broke my heart to just see him watch throughthe gate and not be able to let him on!... So when Daddy came home . he took him again the next night after dinner. :) So He had MORE Fun! Happy ending once Again!
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18 Week Test Results

I had my 18week visit with the neonatologist today and got my test results back from when I had the transnuchal sono test done to see if the baby woul have Down's or not,and it turns out as far as the sonographer said, the numbers were too low for the baby to have Down's so the Test came back Negative!! Oh what a relief! he still wanted to know whether I wanted to go for the amnio to make sure, I said if I didn't absolutely need it, and my odds were increased with age of having a miscarriage-and the sonogram already proved that the baby didnt have downs then why look a gift horse in the mouth and play with fire? I didn't deem it necesssary would you do it? So we did another extensive sonogram today to see how the baby was growing, and and he could see the sex of the baby... and boy was He not shy! yes , that's what I said , HE! Legs were spread like an eagle for everyone to see his manhood! LOL stickinup floatin in the breeze! DS got his wish for a baby brother afterall- he told his teacher last week he was having a baby brother, and his teacher congradulated me on my new son. I was like????? I said I have no idea what the sex is so my son must be Pshychic I told her! LOL apparently so because today we found out for the first time we were having another boy! Add some more testosterone to the household! there goes my princess nursery ... -just kidding-i dont mind either way- as far as the sonographer could tell, this baby is as healthy as a horse! The doctor wants an echocardiogram done just to see how his heart is reacting to my seizure meds. Other than that he's doing just fine. I see my regular OB this friday.I think to find out about my alpha feta protein test - the sonographer couldnt understand why that was oredered when the nuchal fold test was ordered .He ,-said it was a waste of money but whatever-, guess to make sure. Thats my update on my tests as of lately. Thought Id share- heres some pics of my not so shy lil guy. as for names- still kickin some around-like Brendan Michael, Aidan Matthew,etc..- I write them down for DH and he just smiles and nods and walks away or comes up with disney character movie names- he's totally not helping and joking around when I'm trying to be serious- this might take a while ... anyway, heres the not so shy lil guy..enjoy!