Dr. Appointment

I went to the doctor this morning for my monthly visit and here are the stats:

Weight: +3.0 pounds
Blood Pressure: 133/65
Baby's Heart rate: 148

The doctor said everything looked good. Before she listened to the heartbeat she said my uterus was growing and felt normal. My blood pressure was good today, and I have been checking it every day lately and it has been normal. She said the 24-hour test from last month came back normal, so that is good. (Hopefully I'll never have to do that again!) And the bacteria I had at my first visit (bladder infection) is gone. So, overall, everything is going well. The only thing I am having an issue with currently is what she thinks might be reflux. So we are going to try some Zantac and see if that helps. Overall, Baby Lew is growing and doing exactly what he/she should be doing.

On another note - we are going to Callisburg tomorrow to look at a few houses. I am hopeful that this will be a successful trip, and we might come back here knowing where we will be living (in about a month!).

Useless Info

I have a ton to do at work in the next month. Unfortunately there is so much that I feel a bit overwhelmed and don't know exactly where to start. So instead, I did this:

A is for age: 31
B is for burger of choice: Mary’s Cheeseburger (in Strawn)
C is for what kind of car you drive: Chevy Trailblazer
D is for your dog’s name: Murph
E is for essential item you use everyday: uh, deodorant!
F is for favorite TV show at the moment: House Hunters
G is for favorite game: Trivial Pursuit or The Train Game (family knows what this is)
H is for Home State: Texas
I is for instruments you play: Piano (violin – long ago)
J is for favorite juice: Not a big juice drinker but lately I like Cranberry Grape okay
K is for whose rear you’d like to kick: What? I’m too nice to think about that.
L is for last restaurant you ate at? Mr. Burger
M is for your favorite Muppet: Kermit the Frog
N is for Number of Piercings: 2 (one in each ear)
O is for overnight hospital stays: None (yet)
P is for people you were with today: Eric, and the normal everyday people at work
Q is for what you do with your quiet time: Cross-stitch (or lately…pack boxes)
R is for biggest regret: Not telling people how important they are to me more often
S is for status: Married and pregnant!
T is for time you woke up today: 5:59 a.m.
U is for what you consider unique: Everyone’s personality
V is for vegetable you love: Cucumbers, bell peppers
W is for worst habit: Bad temper (and attitude)
X is for x-rays you’ve had: 1 – I think
Y is for yummy food you ate today: Homemade chocolate chip cookies
Z is for zodiac sign: Capricorn (but I could care less)

Moving

It's official...we are moving! Eric got a job teaching ag in Callisburg ISD (that's near Gainesville in case you are wondering) and we will be moving this summer. We are excited and nervous at the same time. (I think that's pretty normal, right?) We are in the process of looking for a house as well as a job for me, but I know those things will work out just like the job for him did. I will also get to find a new doctor (kind of a big deal right now!) and hospital to use when I have the baby. There are lots of changes coming our way, but we will take each one in stride and be thankful for the new opportunities and challenges and adventures.

15 weeks

We finally took a "pregnant picture" so I thought I would share it here. This was taken yesterday (June 9) and I am about 15 1/2 weeks.

Answers

I guess it's true...there really aren't that many people that read this. But that's okay, I will still write here (more for me than anything else).

It's time to answer the few questions that I did actually get, so here goes:

C.C. asked: If I could live anywhere, where would it be? Hmmm...there are lots of places I would like to visit, but I don't really know that there is one specific place I would like to live. My choice of living destinations changes periodically, based on the circumstances and what is going on in my life. Sometimes I would like to live in certain places so that I could be closer to certain family or friends. Sometimes I would like to move someplace where no one knows us so we can "start over." For some weird reason I have always wanted to live in Montana (but not in the winter time!). And sometimes, I like living here in Abilene...because it is familiar. So I guess I don't really have one specific place I have always wanted to live. (Nice answer, huh!)

Kelly asked: What names have we chosen for the baby? Nice try, Kelly! Did you really think I would answer that? You'll just have to wait like everyone else!

Ronnie asked: What makes me most nervous about being a parent? Where do I begin? The list of things that I am nervous or scared about is pretty endless right now. I'm nervous about actually delivering this baby (yikes!). I'm afraid I won't know how to take care of a child. I'm afraid of doing the wrong thing (which I know will happen many times!). I'm not real excited about diaper blow-outs and projectile spit-up. I'm afraid of disciplining, or not disciplining a child. I'm nervous about all the things I will be responsible for teaching a child. The list goes on and on. But honestly, I think the thing that is most pressing on my mind lately is the anxiety about loving a child the way a mom should. It's weird, but right now I don't feel like I love the baby enough, and I think maybe there's something wrong with me that I don't feel that love yet. Sometimes I think I should be more exciting about having a baby, but it just doesn't seem to have really hit me yet. I thought when I saw the first sonogram I would feel something different. Then I thought when I heard the heartbeat for the first time that would do it. But so far...nothing has really given me "the feelings" that I think I'm supposed to have. Don't get me wrong, I am happy about having a baby, I guess I just had all these expectations in my head about the way I thought it was supposed to feel, and so far those expectations haven't been met. Does that make any sense?

So, any more questions?