21 Weeks!

I had my 5 month check up today. Can't believe it, already 5 months!! I learned about the things they looked at in the ultrasound and everything is great! I was measured and weighed and am exactly where I should be.
My Dr had a hard time getting the heart rate at first because the little girl wouldn't sit still. Eventually she did and it's the same as it has been the last few times, about 145-150.
Besides my minor back pain from all the painting Ryan and I have been doing, I feel great! No more headaches, ever, and my heartburn has really subsided. This is probably the best I've felt the whole pregnancy! Sleeping however is a different story. I've been waking up a lot more throughout the night just because. Rarely is it to go to the bathroom. I'll just lay awake...sometimes for awhile, sometimes just for a bit. I've been feeling her move so much more, that often times I just lay there and enjoy her movement. It is so great! I can't wait for Ryan to be able to feel her!

What's in the Picture

Since there might be a few of you wondering...(Cassi)...I've listed what is being shown in each picture from left to right, top to bottom.

1. This is a picture of her waving at us. She has 5 fingers on her hand!

2. This is a picture from above her looking down at her face (left side of the peanut) and her belly (right side of the peanut). If you look closely you can see her eyes and lips!

3. This is a shot of her labia. I hate that word. It's the 3 lines between her 2 femur bones.

4. Here is a picture of her heartrate.

5. This is a side profile of her on her back. Her head is on the right side and you can see her arm bent above her and her legs bent.

6. This is a side profile. Her head is on the left and it shows a clear picture of her spine.

It's A Girl!!!

Well I was wrong! Mom was right, it's a girl. A very healthy, growing, active girl from what we can tell. We were able to watch her for an hour at the doctors on Friday and she wouldn't stop moving. We were so excited to hear this and are now even more excited to finally meet her. That being said, here she is!! For those of you who don't know, you can click on the picture to see it bigger!

Hi!

Well I'm so glad I made it through the week. It was my first full week of work since middle of December, with the holidays and all. We've been busy around the house again painting our entry way and stairwell, and I'm prepping the baby's room to paint it next weekend. We're having our ultrasound on Friday Jan. 16th, so we're hoping to know the sex!! Hopefully it's legs are wide open so there is no mistaking it's gender. I'm thinking boy but I'll let you know next weekend. I wanted to post a picture of our baby, Willy. This is him posing nicely for the camera on Christmas day, isn't he adorable.

Today is our nephew Christian's birthday. He's already 6. Unfortunately, he has the flu so his parties had to be canceled. There sure is something nasty going around. It's also my friend Carrie's 25th birthday so a bunch of us ladies are going out for dinner tonight at Olive Garden. I can't wait.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Here's my bump!

To make my sister Pam happy, I've posted a picture of my bump! You might find it hard to see next to my huge boobs!! (not bragging either). I'm 18 weeks now, as my ticker indicates. The only thing I've really noticed in this trimester is that I'm able to stay up a little later than usual, which Ryan as enjoyed, because he gets to spend more time with me.

We had a busy weekend building our bar. Ryan's been wanting to do it for awhile and we finally stopped talking and took action, with the help of some others of course. We spent all day Saturday working on it and just have a few final things to take care of. Thanks to Ryan's dad Mike, sister Megan (Vikings "V"), our bro-in-law, Tyler; we were able to get most of it done before the big Viking loss on Sunday. Ryan, Joe P, and Ners daddy dollars shaved their hair into mohawks before the game, hoping it would be good luck; it wasn't.

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