An Athlete in the making

The baby is moving.... a lot!!! We definitely saw all of the movement at the ultrasound, but I have been able to feel little flutters lately. It's somewhat sporadic, but it is definitely one of the coolest things!! It will be cool when Brad can feel it, too. He is excited because he is sure I am carrying a star athlete! We shall see!

We went to the doctor today and he said about 26 weeks is when the kicks get strong enough to feel on the outside of my stomach (which is about another month). He said everything looks good, and I am on target with everything, so that's comforting. He could tell which way the baby was situated just by feeling my stomach. I really like going to the doctor because we get to hear the heartbeat, which is just so precious.

Weekend in Review

As promised! Sorry it took a little longer than expected. I really need to figure out a better way to do photos.....

What a weekend it was! My weekend started on Thursday evening when I flew down to Louisville. I arrived around 11:30 and visited with my mom and my brother for a little bit and then went to bed because I was exhausted!

Friday morning, we woke up and headed out to Churchill Downs to watch some horse racing! First, we stopped for lunch in the Derby Cafe, which was yummy! There were 12 of us: me, Mom, David, Katie, Rebecca, Bob, Glen, Anne, Christian, Charlie, Reid and Jean. It was a big family reunion. I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 years since I saw Katie (since she lives out in Oregon, it’s difficult for her to get home!). After lunch, we headed up to Millionaire’s Row to have some reprieve from the heat and humidity. (I think it’s where all the famous people sit for the Derby, but we only paid $10. I imagine it’s much more for the big event!) It was a nice big room with a bar and door that went outside where you could watch the races. David had his first Mint Julep, and wasn’t such a fan of the Bourbon. None for me, but maybe next time! Rebecca was drinking Woodford Reserve Bourbon on the rocks! What is that all about!?!

Anyways, we all got the lowdown about betting from Bob and Anne, and made our bets on the first race. I did an exacta box on Horses 8 and 9, mostly because I liked their names

, and I won $107!!!! WOW! It was definitely beginners luck, but I will take it! Christian won $50 on another race. On the last race, we bet a Winners box, which means that you bet $2 on each horse to win. It was a bad race to do that on because the horse that won had 4-5 odds, so we ended up losing $15! Oh well, it was fun and cool to see Churchill Downs!!

After the betting, we headed to Frankfort to celebrate Granny’s 88th birthday! There were some very high winds and lots of rain, so it was a little treacherous getting over there. We saw all sorts of trees that were uprooted and trees that had fallen on houses. Pretty scary! It was great to see Granny, and she just kept telling me she was so excited for me to have her first Great Grandbaby. She’s so cute!!!

Saturday was the day of my baby shower hosted by my aunt. She and my mom could seriously go into party planning! Everything was so beautifully set up and everything! It was a great day, and it was so fun to see everyone! Shannon, Tammy, Colleen, Stacy, and Elizabeth traveled from their respective locations to come to the shower, so that was fun!!! I wish it could have lasted longer, but it was still good to see them and for them to see my pregnant belly! We played the game where they had to estimate how big I was by measuring out a piece of string, and some people that I was a lot bigger than I am!!! But I would have had no idea either! We got lots of great gifts, so thank you everyone!!! There was a funny moment at the shower when Granny got a birthday present, and she said "But I am not having a baby!" Hysterical!!

After the shower, we went over to a friend of my mom’s daughter’s house, and I felt like I was on Cribs! This house was outrageous! There was a theater room, and this great pool with a grill attached, 8 bathrooms, a work out room! It was great! We just kind of hung out and had dinner. Elizabeth stayed, so it was great to spend some time with her!

Brad was a busy little worker bee on Saturday, he painted the nursery, and it looks great!!! He sent some pictures so we could all see the finished product and the last picture was one of him which made me cry because I missed him, and it was just so cute!!! It looks even better in person!!

Sunday, we went to brunch with my dad and Connie and the Ropers (the minister who gave the homily at our wedding and his wife, who I have known for a long time and now live in Louisville) at this wonderful brunch place! Yum!!!! Mom and I did a little shopping after everyone left and then just hung around.

Monday we took Granny to breakfast for her actual birthday and then did a little more shopping and then I headed to the airport!

It was such a fabulous weekend, and it was so great to spend time with so many different people!!!! Christian is getting so big! I can't believe he is 12 years old. 4 days is definitely a good amount of time for a visit. It makes me wish we lived closer!!

And my belly button is now completely protruded. (And no, David, it did not make a sound....when I said it was going to pop out any second, David asked if it was going to make a sound! )

Much excitement today!!!

So, today we had our 20 week ultrasound, and it was absolutely amazing!! It was such a cool feeling to see the baby that is inside of me. While the technician was trying to take her films, the baby was moving SO much! I still couldn’t feel it, but I could see all the movement. Here is the picture that she took for us. You can see the head, and the legs and the feet. That’s our sweet little baby who will make us happy parents in about 20 weeks. It’s hard to believe that I am already halfway. I feel like we still have so much left to do, but I am sure it will all come together. I had a dream the other night that we were having twins: a boy and a girl, but there was definitely only one baby in there. I just can't wait to see what he or she looks like. (Brad said he was sure he saw a "wee wee", but I think he's wrong!) This week, I really think it's a girl, but last week I really thought it was a boy, so we shall see!!!


Our deck was also completed today, so we can finally sit out on our deck and grill out! I can't wait!! Here's a photo of our furniture and the finished product.





So much excitement!!!

Deck Progress

So, the deck is progressing, but not as quickly as we had hoped! They finished all the decking on Friday, and we were hoping they would come and do some work today, but they are not coming until Wednesday, but hopefully they will finish it by Thursday!

We bought some patio furniture that we had our eye on for a long time this weekend, so we are ready as soon as it gets finished.

Here's some photos of the progress:

Holes are dug.......................................Holes are filled


Materials

Framing

Decking

So, that's all for now! More pictures once it's complete (hopefully Thursday!! Which is also the same day as my ultrasound!)

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!