Baby's Progress per Doctor

Our baby girl is growing right along schedule according to the doctor. Supposedly my uterus is now three fingers above my belly button, which is where it should be at this point.

The placenta is attached to the front of the uterus. This doesn't mean anything bad for the baby but means that for now it is normal to only feel her kicking and moving around in my lower abdomen instead of higher. I won't feel her higher until she gets bigger, and has less room to move around in there.

Other than that, everything else is great! Next appointment (4 weeks) I have to do the one-hour glucose test. This will test if I have gestational diabetes, so I better lay off the cake!

Gaining Weight

This morning I had my week 24 doctor's appointment at 8:45, which is nice because it actually gives me almost an extra hour to get ready and relax in the morning.

These last couple of weeks I have definitely been feeling "fatter". This probably has nothing to do with the cake/candy cravings that I constantly have and have been giving in to! : )

I decided to start working out again, I know I should have been doing this all along but got lazy and took a break, so I went to the gym and worked out this morning. I was really nervous to step on the scale before my appointment and almost didn't look.

So far in this pregnancy I have gained 8 pounds. Which to a non-pregnant person sounds like a ton, but to my doctor is amazing, I guess... She told me that at this point women are usually around a 15 pound weight gain and that it is good to be conscious of how much weight I am gaining. Of course she told me to be careful not to let my heart rate get up too far when working out, but other than that she says I am right on track!

This news definitely lets a HUGE load off of my shoulders!

Concerts

I am lucky enough to be going to two concerts in one week! Crazy!

I am going to Keith Urban with my mom and sister next week on Thursday.

And

John and I just got awesome tickets for Bruce Springsteen on Monday on www.stubhub.com!

I would recommend checking out the website if you are looking for tickets to anything. It is basically the ebay of tickets!

Mother's Day Menu

We decided yesterday that we are going to have Mother's Day at our house this year on Saturday night for dinner. Of course I started planning what we would make almost immediately, here is what I have come up with so far:

• Kebabs (Chicken, Beef, & Shrimp)
• Grilled Veggies (Zucchini, Mushrooms, Peppers, Tomatoes)
• Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad
• Berry Trifle

Strange Woman

On Friday afternoon I left work a tad early (for mental health reasons), and decided when I got home that I needed to work off my frustrations, so what did I do? I cleaned and rearranged the garage! Yay! (Ever since we got the truck it has been a tight squeeze to get both cars in the garage, so this definitely needed to be done.)

While I was working away, this woman started walking up the driveway to talk to me. I have no clue who she is, which is weird in our neighborhood since everyone is pretty friendly and I figure I could pick the majority of my neighbors out of a lineup if necessary : ) Anyways, the dogs were out so she didn't make it too far up the driveway before they attacked her/begged her for attention.

This stranger had the gall to tell me that I shouldn't be working in the garage and lifting things, and then ask me how far along I am. (Let me remind you again she was a STRANGER)

I told her that I was 23 weeks, I still have no clue how she could even tell I was pregnant. I also told her that I am not lifting anything over 30 pounds, and then she kinda just walked away.

Later I pointed her out to John and he had never seen her either, she was still kinda just wandering around the neighborhood, we'll have to keep our eyes out for her...maybe she is a baby snatcher! : )

Baby Showers

I have now been to two baby showers in less than a month and they were a blast! It definately makes a difference to be pregnant with a little girl while both of the showers that I went to were for friends that are also having little girls (as far as we know)!

Anyways I just wanted to let both of them know how much fun I had!

Emily

Baby's Name

As you all can see the poll is now closed. Based on the results, and our opinions as future parents of course, the baby's name will be...

Katherine Adele Taylor

a.k.a.

Baby Kate

But, as the parents we do reserve the right to change our minds on the name. For example, if the baby came out looking like a Brunehilda, then of course we wouldn't be able to call her Kate. Or if she came out as a he, then Kate would also probably not be too appropriate! : )

Thanks everyone for voting!