Precious Princess...

This photo was taken on Friday, August 26, when I was 22.5 weeks pregnant... This is our "How Did This Happen????  We can't believe we made a baby!!!" photo.

22.5 Weeks Pregnant with Precious Princess

I got to spend about 45 minutes watching our Precious Princess in action on Monday... she is a tiny one... measuring @ 22 weeks 2 days when I am guessing she is 23 weeks along... the doctor isn't worried and Daddy says that we aren't big people... Daddy is 5'10 and I'm 5'2 with shoes...She looks great and moves a lot!!!  Her heart rate was in the 140's... she was head down, just above my cervix...

Somehow my due date is listed as December 28 now... when it was the 27th... this means the doctor will not deliver her by C Section unless medically necessary until the 21st or later... even though at our last appointment, he said the 20th was fine... Ideally, I want her inside of me for as long as possible, but with Christmas and our $4000 deductible for health insurance starts over on January 1st, I'd like to be home from the hospital before Christmas Eve or January 1st... deciding when she will be born is seeming a bit creepy and unnatural to me...

Honestly, I think she will break her water before Christmas... Sarah did at 35 weeks, 6 days, 22.5 hours... this baby girl is so busy moving that I think she will do the same...

Just yesterday afternoon, I watched my belly move several times as she kicked... I just love feeling her move...

Also, I have had a few bouts with indigestion in the evening, not terrible, but noticeable...

I just love my big belly and am very proud of it...

22 Weeks...

Can it really be????

I'm feeling the baby a lot when I lay down... mostly in the lower part of my baby belly... sometimes I can feel her thump when I put my hand on my lower tummy... sometimes she finds the spot right behind my belly button... it is the oddest tingling sensation that radiates out when she hits that spot... I just love feeling her move inside of me!!!

Overall, I'm feeling much better- no nausea, just tired at the end of the day...

I think my tummy sticks out further than my breasts at this point...

My belly button is most definitely sticks out at this point and has for a few weeks...

Food doesn't really sound good... although I was craving red beans and rice the past two weeks...

I'm looking forward to seeing our girl at my ultrasound appointment in 6 days!!!

The Kid's Predictions...

William: "I think it is a boy and want it to be a boy because I would like to have a switch up because I am used to being around little girls.  I would like to teach him soccer and we haven't had a real baby, baby boy before..."

Patrick: "I think it is a boy because we have too much girls... I want the boys and girls to be equal... boys are better- you can teach them sports and stuff like that... girls just cry and poop."

Lizzy: "I think it's a girl because we I have 5 girls (including me) and want 6... we are excited because I want to have a baby sister... I will hold her in my arms..."

Jack: "I hope it's going to be a baby girl because I want three babies in a row that are girls.  We also have leftover shoes from Sarah and Anna.  I can't I wait to see the baby and for it to get out of Mom's tummy  When it comes out of Mom's tummy, I'm going to hold the baby."

Mary Christine: "I think it's a girl because you like girls better than boys because our boys are trouble makers..."  I asked her if she was a trouble maker and she said no... I asked if she goes to bed at bedtime... she replied no, then said she is a trouble maker, too... but not Lizzy or the babies... to funny and cute!!!