6 month Doctor Appointment

Thursday, August 20th, we had our monthly check up at the OB/GYN. Everything is PERFECT with Ava and myself. This was the first month that they measured my belly and it was actually measuring a week ahead at almost 25 weeks but this is totally normal. With Addison at one visit I may measure a week ahead and go back the next visit and measure right on schedule. Ava's heartbeat is perfect at around 150 bpm. The NP that listened to the heartbeat said miss Ava is a very active little girl and we are gonna have our hands full(she has been since we found out we were pregnant! LOL! *see previous posts!) because every time she would track her down and listen to the heartbeat Ava would move around. It was hilarious!! Ava is a pretty active baby and I love it! Everyone asks if she is more active than Addison was and at this point I think its about the same. Addison was active too.
Speaking of big sister Addison, she got to feel her little sister move the other night and thought it was the neatest thing. Addison just giggled and would say "Again?!" LOL It was so precious!!
We go back in about a month and I will have to do the 1 hour sugar test-YUCK YUCK YUCK!! I am not looking forward to it because with Addison I failed the first sugar test-barely- and then had to go back for the 3 hour test, which turned out just fine. But this appointment is first thing in the morning so HOPEFULLY it will be fine. AND after that appointment in September for my sugar test and regular check up I start going to the doctor EVERY 2 WEEKS!! OH MY GOSH how in the world are we already at that stage in the pregnancy?!! Time has flown by SOOOOO FAST!! We are very excited about meeting Ava face to face and can't wait to see how exciting, crazy, fun, scary, thrilling, and awesome its going to be to have 2 kids in the house!!

23 weeks down 17 to go!

This is me at 23 weeks. Everything is going just great and Ava is very active. She is big enough and kicking hard enough for you to feel on the outside which is very exciting. Jason has got to feel her a few times but usually she quits when he puts his hand on my belly. Typical right? But anyways not a whole lot to tell right now. We go to the doctor on the 20th for our regular monthly check up. Can't wait to hear her heartbeat! Thats my favorite part!

I also wanted to post a picture of me at 25 weeks pregnant with Addison in 2007 to compare.

Its Food Networks Fault

It has become about a nightly ritual for me to turn on The Food Network and watch it as I am getting Addison to sleep. A few nights ago I was watching one of my favorite shows
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and Guy went to a hot dog place in Connecticut and OH....MY....GOSH!!!! They had THE BEST looking hot dogs I have EVER seen! (Ok so the pregnancy probably had a little bit to do with how good they looked but still...) I was almost drooling over those silly hot dogs I wanted one SOOO BAD! After the show went off and Addison was in bed I told Jason I was driving to Connecticut to get me a hot dog! LOL

Anyways after practically dreaming about the wonderful hot dogs I decided to try to make my own version of the Food Network ones and here is how it turned out:
The wonderful creations have bacon, cheese, mustard, pickles, chili and onions on them. SO YUMMY AND SO VERY MUCH a pregnant girls hot dog! LOL

And either that same night or the next night I got a craving for some No Bake Oatmeal Cookies and they were delish! They were so good that I had to make them again today!
So finally I've had a couple of cravings! This pregnancy has been pretty easy on the cravings and not wanted a whole lot but boy oh boy the hot dogs and cookies sure were GREAT cravings!!

Where'd they go?

So I am in the kitchen fixing Addison some oatmeal this morning and I look down and realize:
I can't see my feet!! LOL

I have to actually lean over my belly to see my feet! How funny is that?!