4 Months Down

I had my 17 week 1 day check up today.  Today also marked my 4th month of pregnancy!  The heart beat was 147 beats per minute.  I was so nervous sitting in the waiting room to be called, I heard women talking about miscarriages and all of these horror stories that got me a little worked up.  After waiting for an hour after my scheduled appointment, they finally called me back.  The nurse came in and put the doppler on my stomach and I got to hear that sweet sound again.  There was a quick "swish" sound and she started laughing and said, well, "you've got a mover!"  Apparently the baby doesn't like the doppler because he or she was running from it.  I guess these little flutters I've been feeling this past week or two have in fact been the baby.  :)  What a relief!

We are scheduled for our big ultrasound on April 5th at 2:00.  I have to drink 32 oz. of water an hour before the appointment.  That's going to be a loooooooong hour to hold in all that water.  I swear I feel like I pee every 5 minutes some days.  I hope they don't make me wait an additional hour to call me back next time or they might have a mess on their hands.  I really can't wait to find out what we are having.  So much I'll finally get to do!  Pick out furniture, start the nursery, register for items and start buying cute boy or girl things!  Whoo~hoo!!

Danny is in NY again this week (what's new?).  Tomorrow I'm going to this Wee-Cycled Consignment sale in hopes to find some maternity clothes and a few gender neutral baby items.

This weekend I'm having a girls night!  I'm inviting a few friends over to watch "New Moon" and eat popcorn, candy, have a few drinks (okay, I will stick to milk) and of course you can't forget your most comfy pj's!  I haven't had a pajama party in YEARS!!  Cheesy, I know...but I'm really excited for this and my perception of "fun" is a little skewed these days. 

So much is changing in my life and I couldn't be happier!  I'm finding that some things that used to be really important to me, I could care less about now.  I feel like I'm just on a different page than before (well, DUH!) but it's just different, maybe it's because I'm pregnant but I can't explain it.  It's weird.  I guess all of these hormones are changing me and I feel like I'm really starting to grow up and look at things in a different light.  I thought pregnancy would keep me from doing things that I love to do, but I'm finding more and more that the things that I love are rapidly changing and I in fact love being pregnant.  I'm still me, I still like hanging out with friends, cooking, spending time with my husband, going to different outings, but something is just different.  I'm falling more and more in love with this little being growing inside of me each day and there's times where my entire thought process revolves around our baby.  I know so many people look back on their life and say they should have waited to have children.  I don't feel that way though, at least not now and I hope not ever.  It's going to be a lot of sacrifices and I think I'm ready to accept that, I'm ready for this journey, even though caring for a baby is scary and unknown, I'm ready.  I guess time will tell how things work out...

As Kenny Chesney once said..."I've done some livin', yeah, I've had fun."  I think this is what livin' is about.  :-D