26 Week Checkup

So I went for my 26 wk checkup yesterday and everything is still moving right along... I gained 2lbs this month - go me - and measured about 27cms (you should be a cm for every wk you are pregnant). I told my doctor about the pains I've been having, which I thought were just stretching or Braxton Hicks Contractions, and it turns out they are the real deal - regular ol' contractions! Not to worry, it is very common in 2nd pregnancies to experience contractions earlier and more frequently than in the first pregnancy. These contractions will not be seen as early labor unless I have more than 6 in one hour and are harmless to the baby. So that was good to know - now when I am having these silly pains I can tell Dave (and anyone else bothering me) to hush because I am having a contraction! :) I will be going to the doctor every 2wks from now until the last month of my pregnancy when I will go every week (fun fun). We have all of the baby's furniture up and ready in the nursery and it looks beautiful. We will probably be registering for some basics in the next month or so... just bottles, diapers, bath stuff... general necessities since we don't know the sex.

Dave, Cadence and I are going to Atlanta this weekend to see my Uncle Andy, who will be in the states for just one day... so I will have lots of pics to post of this next week... and as always, I'll try to keep this page as current as possible! :)

Good Food, Good Times, & Famous People!

This weekend was one of the best we have had so far all year! Friday night I mowed the yard, which may not seem like a big deal to everyone, but I love to mow and it was perfect weather for it. (It's the simple things in life that please me :)) Then Saturday night we went to a hibachi style Japanese restaurant in Mt. Juliet and it was AWESOME! I want to eat there every night now. Cadence really enjoyed herself and really enjoyed the little pond of fish in the entryway. Then Sunday morning we got up and got everything ready to get the boat out on the lake for the first time this year. If any of you know us you know that we usually have had the boat out 3-4 times by the first of June, so we have been itching to get in the water for a while. This was Cadence's first time out on the boat and she LOVED it! As soon as we got her ready in her bathing suit and life jacket she was ready to hit the water. She played on floats that Sommer and I had from last year splashing everyone until I accidentally flipped both of the floats over and she ended up swimming in the water too! She didn't cry or fuss one single time and she waved "Hi" to all the other boats and seadoos passing by. When we decided to get something to eat we drove across the lake to a marina at Hurricane Ridge called Blue Gill Cafe, Blue Water Cafe - I don't know - something with Blue and Cafe. There we spotted Richie McDonald (used to be the lead singer of Lonestar) sitting at at table with his family. Then a tall, thin guy came in and started talking to him and when he turned around to go to his table I whispered over to Eric that he was the lead singer of Lady Antebellum! Sure enough it was Charles Kelley and his fiance, and the other male vocalist of the group Dave Haywood! They sat right behind us and played and talked to Cadence the whole time. Then when they were leaving Charles patted her back and said "We've had fun talking to you" and told me how sweet she was!!! I was like - how cool is that?!?!? THEN, as if that wasn't enough, who pops out on his houseboat right outside our window...... you wanna know don't you..... Al Gore! I told Dave, Sommer, and Eric that I was bringing an autograph book if we ever ate lunch there again! It was so cool. Then Cadence fell asleep on the way back to the boat ramp and it was just a sweet ending to a perfect day. I hope we have many many many more days on the lake that were as fun as yesterday!

6 Months

I can't believe that I am hitting the 6 month mark today... seems like I was just posting that I was 8wks and feeling like crap. This pregnancy has been SO different from my first : more sickness, awful headaches, weight gain (I've already gained 10 whereas I only gained 14 for the entire pregnancy with Cadence), the way I'm carrying - I thought Cadence stayed in my ribs, but I feel like this baby just lives in my chest cavity - I stay out of breath, and of course this pregnancy time is slipping up on us more quickly as evident by the fact that besides a pack of white onsies, we have bought nothing for this baby. As of now, we have no names picked out, no clothes, no diapers, and no furniture! But luckily we still have a few more months. I do think that this baby will come closer to the due date than Cadence did (a week late) because my uterus is measuring right on target with my due date, and people say your 2nd baby comes quicker... I'll keep my fingers crossed! My next doc's appt is June 17, so I will post again about how the baby is doing then.

In other news - my sweet dog Davah had a tumor cut off of her ear on Tuesday and I am happy to report that the vet called me this morning and told me that it wasn't cancer! It was just a benign mass that some young dogs get - something about blood vessels... Of course I'm happy as a lark because Dave and I have had her for almost 4 years and she truly is like our first child.

Hopefully we will be getting out on the boat this weekend, so I will post pics of Cadence in all of her summerwear as soon as possible. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

22 wks

Had a wonderful doctor's visit yesterday... The baby's heartbeat was 151 and I'll just tell you, it was hard to get. As soon as the nurse put the doppler on my stomach the baby kicked it - I mean - kicked the doppler so hard that the nurse lifted it back off of my stomach and said "Wow, the baby doesn't like that does it?!" Then, she had to chase the little stinker down several times and got kicked again for her effort! We were both laughing about the baby's stubbornness and she finally asked me what I had eaten for breakfast to make this child so wild. I did gain 4lbs this month - which I was not happy about, but the doctor said that was perfect weight gain and I should continue to gain 1/2 - 1lb per week for the remainder of the pregnancy. I'm thinking I'm going to go home and bust a hump (literally) on the treadmill for the next 3months! My uterus measured 23wks, which is right on target for my Sept. 18 due date. I did also mention to the doctor that I pulled a muscle in my stomach last week and she stressed the importance of not lifting heavy objects over my head... which I knew - I just had a stubborn moment and wanted to do something myself. So, all in all, it was just a fun appointment. I go back in 4wks for my 26wk checkup and then I start on week 28 with 2wk checkups... seems like this pregnancy has gone by so much faster than my first.

No Cancer!

Happy to report that Mumsie's tumor was completely benign... now I continue my plan to wear her down with my babies!

Just A Bunch of Good Stuff

The Relay for Life was wonderful! Mumsie walked a whole lap while Cadence laid back in the stroller. She goes today to find out the results of the biopsy of her tumor and to have her staples removed... hopefully I'll have a good report for the next post.

My Mother's Day was wonderful, Dave and Cadence got me lots of flowers to plant on the front porch from my favorite greenhouse and I got a carnation along with all the other mothers at church. I love Mother's Day!

Another fun thing to post - Dave got to feel the baby kick for the first time last night! He'll probably spend the next 4 months rubbing my stomach to try to feel it again (he did with Cadence). I think it just gives him a little connection to the baby, and I certainly don't mind the extra loving. :) Cadence also definitely knows that there is a baby growing in my stomach - her new favorite thing to say is "Baby" while pointing at my stomach... she's even taken to kissing it when she wants to be sweet!

Just some silly, sweet stuff on a fun day

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