Monday, February 14, 2011
Which brings us to 18 weeks!
My belly is definitely starting to poke out a bit more now, which makes getting dressed more difficult. I HAVE to go shopping soon for a new pair of pants to wear...my poor sweats are being worn constantly!
Britton is moving around like crazy now, which I adore. There is nothing like sitting there feeling your baby kicking and swimming around. Josh was finally able to feel her kick, which took awhile. It seemed like as soon as he would put his hand on my tummy, she would quit! He said that she knew it was daddy and that calmed her down:) I can't wait until Anistyn gets to feel her move too!
Last week I went to the doctor and got to take Anistyn with me. I know I've said it before...but I LOVE my doctor! She was so sweet to Anistyn. As soon as she walked into the room she said "Oh..you brought me an assistant for the day!" Anistyn, of course, felt super special. She even let Anistyn put the gel on my tummy and use the heart moniter to find Britton's heartbeat. Once Anistyn found it, she got so excited. I'll definitely have to take her again. Everything looks great with Britton too. I have to go for an ultrasound in around 2 weeks to make sure everything is on track...and it would have been when we found out she was a girl, but I'm glad we already know!
Monday, February 7, 2011
I can't believe we're already almost halfway there!
This past week has been so much fun for us. Since finding out that we're having a girl, and picking out a name...its so nice to be able to call her by her name! It makes it so much more real. It makes her seem like a real person...which she obviously is!
On Saturday we took Anistyn up to the mall and straight to Build A Bear. We thought it might be fun if we could all build Britton a stuffed animal as a first present from Anistyn. Anistyn was so excited to be able to do something for her little sister. She took a lot of time before picking out a pink dog for Britton. After a few moments Josh pulled me to the side though and said "I don't think she wants that for Britton...I think she wants it for her...". So he asked Anistyn if she wanted to make one for herself as well. Of course Anistyn agreed...and then decided that she thought Britton should have a different animal...and she would keep the pink dog of course! It cracked us up. So, Britton got a brown and pink bunny instead.
I've been feeling a lot better, except for the tiredness that is always there. Although naps are great, sometimes I just have to fight them off when there are things to do. I DO have things to get done afterall! I have been feeling Britton a lot more. Not straight kicks or punches, but I feel her moving around. Anistyn and Josh still haven't been able to catch her in action...so I'll be so excited when they can join in on that!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Britton Mckenzie Freeman
Last night after we came home we instanty started looking up names. We really wanted to get used to calling her by a name...not just "she" or "baby".
It took a TON of debating between Josh and I. A lot of no's were said...and I was starting to think we would never agree on a name! Then he said "What about Britton?"
I instantly loved it. Such a unique, pretty name! Josh thought Mckenzie flowed with it...AND he put his foot down and said he really wanted that to be her name. I can cave every now and then, right?
I think its a beautiful name...now I can't wait to put a face to the name!
In other baby news...I think I've been having some braxton hicks contractions. These sharp pains will shoot through my stomach and I read that its common in second or more pregnancies to have braxton hicks in your second trimester. I don't think they're round ligament pains...which I had in the first trimester. These feel stronger. I'm not worried about it, but its definitely something I'm going to ask my doctor at my visit next week!
