Update

Today I am at home sick. I have Strep throat, but I think I have a cold on top of that as well. I opted for the shot of penicillin instead of doing the ten days of pills, I'm not sure I will do that again. I already have a hard time getting around, and now my hip hurts really bad. I hope that heals soon. I have had a fever off and on, and I'm trying my best not to have to take anymore medicine. So far I have managed fine, but a few more days of this and I know I will give in. I hope I will be able to go into work at least by tomorrow, but if things don't drastically change, then I will stay home another day.

I haven't posted in a while because Nick and I have been so busy. We have had a lot to do at work and a lot of church events we have planned or attended. Plus we started our birthing classes. We meet on Monday nights from 7:00 to 9:00. We have not learn a lot of new things, but I have gotten a lot of techniques that I can't wait to try to alleviate the pain of labor. It is our goal to have an all natural birth. We would love to not have to use any medications, but coming from someone who has never birth a baby, I will keep my options open just in case. We have seen many different birth videos and Nick has handled them very well. I can't wait to see how supportive Nick is going to be on the big day and how great of a dad he is going to be.

We did have a pregnancy scare. I went in for my 29 week appointment and the doctor said the baby was measuring at 31 weeks. The baby should not have been 2 weeks ahead, so he scheduled us an ultrasound to find out what was going on. The two things that could cause the measurements to be off is a "big" baby or too much fluid. We were praying for the baby to be big, because too much fluid could mean a problem with the baby. At the ultrasound they measured the fluid first and that came back perfect, which was a relief. They also measured the baby and he was measuring just 5 days bigger than an average size baby at this stage in my pregnancy. Nathan weighs over 4 pounds already, and if we continue at this rate we will have an 8 pound baby (hopefully no bigger, lol). So, why was I measuring 2 weeks bigger, the baby could have possible stretched my uterus. God has answered all of our prayers so far with this pregnancy and baby.

Nathan put on a show during the ultrasound. He has gotten so big, you can only view one body part at a time. She showed us his "its a boy" parts and he still most definitely a boy!!! She then was going to give a 3d view of his face, so we can get an idea of what he is going to look like. While zooming in, we notice something coming close to his face, the technician said it was his feet. Two seconds later one foot was in his mouth, then he switched and put his other foot in his mouth. The boy was eating his feet. It was the funniest thing we had ever seen. He then stuck his foot in his nose. Speaking of noses it looked like he going to have my nose and chubby cheeks.

We had our first baby shower on Sunday, November 14 at church. We had a lot of people join in on the celebration of Nathan. We got a lot of cute baby blankets, clothes, and toys. We even got his potty already and lots more. Can't wait to use everything and to see Nathan in all his cute little outfits. We are a little worried that Nathan will not fit in any of the newborn outfits. If he is born at 8 pounds or more, he will be too big for those outfits. Luckily we have other sizes as well. We can't wait to finally be parents. Can't wait to have a little one to fill our home with even more love.