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?!

ITS A GIRL

It's official! Addison is gonna have a little SISTER!!! The little stinker had her legs crossed for the longest time and the ultrasound tech had to aggravate her to get her to spread her legs but when she did it was obvious there was no "hot dog" there and she is definitely a girl!
Above is a picture of her "hamburger" aka girly parts.

Above is a picture of her foot. She liked to show us her feet.

Above is a picture of her face as if she is looking at us.

I think when the tech said its a girl you probably could have heard a pin drop in the room (which was full-there was Jason and Addison, Sherry aka Grammy(jasons mom), Aunt Steph (jasons sister) and my Mom aka Mamaw Joan). We were all in shock! My mom didnt really have a feeling either way boy or girl but the rest of us were "Sure" it was a boy!
We are all EXTREMELY excited to have another little girl!! Addison will love having a baby sister and this baby has already got the best big sister in the world! We are very thankful that God has chosen this child to be ours and amazed and what He does!

As far as a name goes we didn't have a name picked out before the ultrasound but as we were in the room waiting for the doctor to come in afterwards we discussed names and think we may have chosen one. We aren't 100% settled on it but right now we are considering
Ava Marie.

BTW, the baby is perfectly healthy and measuring right on schedule. The tech said she weighs about 12 ounces right now. She has ten fingers and ten toes and two arms and legs, and a perfect heartbeat. God is so GOOD!!

Myrtle Beach 2009

Well we have been home from the beach for a week now so I figured it was about time to post a little blog about our WONDERFUL vacation. We really could not have asked for a better time at the beach. It was nice and relaxing, just what we needed.
We got there Tuesday night and as soon as we unloaded the van and put our stuff down in the condo we went straight to the beach. We couldn't wait to see what Addison thought of the sand and ocean. She really didn't know what to think at first because it was after 9 pm and pitch dark outside so she couldnt really see anything and that kinda freaked her out.
So after just a few minutes on the beach we decided to head inside and call it a night.

The next day we got up and ate breakfast and then headed out to the beach and pool. The weather was overcast and cloudy all day but that didnt stop us from enjoying the water.
Both the ocean and pool water was pretty cold but we still enjoyed playing outside and in the water. And in the daylight when Addison could actually see what was going on around her she loved playing in the pool and in the sand. The ocean was definitely not her favorite thing but she did play in it some.




Everyday we'd play outside til about lunch time and go in and eat and then it was time for Addy G to take a nap (and mommy- and daddy sometimes too!). Then after nap we would all get showered and dressed and go out to eat and be touristy.

Thursday it rained off and on all day so we all decided to take a lazy day and just hang out inside and watch movies/tv and eat pizza. It was really nice to just hang out and be lazy.

Friday was a great last day of our get away. It was sunny and warm with a nice breeze. It was a nice way to end the week. We really didn't want to come home just yet but sigh, reality was calling us back home.

Anyways to check out all our Myrtle Beach pictures click *HERE*.

We had a fantastic time and can't wait to do it again sometime!!

16 weeks

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So how in the world has it been 16 weeks already??? Time really has flown by with this pregnancy! We went July 2nd for our monthly check up and everything checked out perfect. The baby's heartrate was in the 140's and I am measuring right on schedule.
A little funny story about the doctors visit--Addison HATES and I mean HATES doctors! She cries and throws a fit every time she sees one! It doesn't have to be her doctor..ANY doctor she despises! So as the nurse practitioner was listening to the baby's heartbeat Addison was crying and as soon as she picked up the heartbeat the baby moved away and she had to go searching for it again. The NP said "Wow this baby already knows to run away from the big sister when she is crying" LOL. So anyways it was just funny to hear the NP say that. Addison did eventually calm down but she clung to her daddy the entire visit. Also some GREAT GREAT news, the NP moved our ultrasound appointment up a week so now we get to find out if we are having a boy or girl on
JULY 23rd!!!!
SUPER SUPER EXCITED about that!


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Anyways here is a preggo pick of me. And yeah I know Im big for 16 , almost 17 weeks. LOL