Up All Night

I was going to entitled this "Up All Night, Part One", however, who wants to read "Up All Night, Part 306"? in 3 months?!? I have currently been awake since 2:30am. Several factors contributed to this including (Anira DON'T read this part)! Bat in roof space above my head. Printer printing in the next room mysteriously and the ultimate urge to peeeeeeeeeee. Woke up Leigh too. Informed him he was in training for late nights ahead. The rule is, If Mama is awake, Daddy is awake.

That rule will change over time to If Mama is asleep, Mama stays asleep, Daddy is awake.

PS Birds are starting to sing outside..

Cerclage

No blogging for about 2 weeks. :(
Was home on bed rest after undergoing a procedure called a cerclage. The procedure was performed as a precaution to prevent a premature birth. The surgery lasted about 1 hour. I opted to not be fully anesthetized, so I was given a sedative through an IV and numbed from the waist down. I was fully awake for the surgery. Didn't feel a thing. Lower half of my body was completely dead weight for about 3 hours. Was not allowed to go home until I could squeeze and hold my butt cheeks!!
The surgery is comprised of putting a stitch in to close up my cervix like a drawstring handbag or a drawsdting trashbag. The stitch will be taken out around 35 weeks...

Angel or Devil?

We went to church this past Sunday to a memorial service for my father's passing. During the 45 min Catholic mass, the "peanut" (who technically I should rename "our potato" since it now weighs a full pound!) was the most active it has been so far. I concluded that the reverberation of the organ and the singing made the little potato happy and will be a music lover henceforth. :)

Leigh believes the answer is a little more biblical. I am giving birth to a redheaded she-devil, who was trying to escape the womb just to avoid being in church. He backs up his theory with the old wives tale that if you are really sick in the start of your pregnancy that you will have a girl. I was sick for two months straight.

Lord help Leigh.

I say Bring It On!!

Belly Pics @ 21 weeks

As of today I am 22 weeks. I have gained 8 pounds. Apparently from this point on I can expect to gain 1 pound a week.

Here are a few belly pics. Someday I'll look at these and laugh right??

Sonic Merriam

Our good friend Brett, called this picture "Sonic Merriam". One of Leigh's nicknames was "Speedy Boots".

I have to admit this is one of my favorite pictures so far. The feet are quite cute. 10 fingers and 10 toes.

More Pics

From 8 weeks to 20 weeks. Both mothers came to this visit. Grammy Pat did not close her eyes when the legs were scanned! What!?! However, not all was lost. Ends up the tech says our Peanut's legs were too scrunched up to tell the sex.

Whew..it will still be a surprise!

Grammy Pat also thinks in this picture the Peanut has Leigh's nose.

Ultrasound Pictures

First let me say I do not know the sex of the baby. I DO NOT plan on finding out. When the ultrasound tech scans and measures the baby's legs all eyes are closed! Here is the first picture of our "peanut".

Here We Go!

So here we go.
40years old and pregnant. Now what?!?
On this site I will post the most asked for "belly" pictures, ultrasound pictures and in a few months baby pictures!
Enjoy!