Fun with H1N1

My Doctor wants me to get vaccinated for H1N1...the only problem is that she is only getting 50 of the vaccines and has to reserve those for her high risk patients. She told me to look elsewhere to get the shot because she says I need it. There is a clinic tomorrow for small children, high risk people and pregnant women, so I guess I'm going to stand in line and get the shot. It starts at 10, which means I'm going to have to miss work to stand in line with a bunch of people. I know I sound really pessimistic, but I just have this vision of tons of people in line and people not following directions, thus making the process take a really long time. I really hope that I'm wrong. I have my paperwork filled out and ready to go and I'm going to get there super early in hopes of being one of the first ones to get my shot and get the heck out of there.

On the bright side, my first shower is tomorrow, so that will be nice! It is at lunch time here at work and Nick is invited too. I'm glad he's able to make it with his work schedule. I'm super excited for my very first baby shower!

Drumroll Please...

And now for the question that so many people have been asking...what's baby's name going to be??? After lots of debate and going back and forth, we've finally been able to come up with a name for our sweet baby. His name is going to be Waylon Logan Black. Waylon is a name we both liked and Logan is the name of Nick's grandfather on his dad's side. We have been tossing a short list of names around for a really long time now and we're really glad that we have made a decision and can stop discussing it now! :)

This week I had another regular Dr's appointment. Everything was right on track and things are going well. She was able to tell me which way he was situated in my stomach so now I know that the things poking into me are his little feet and knees! He is head down and his feet are pointed toward my ribcage...where he likes to kick. The appointments are sort of boring right now, but I'm sure that toward the end they will get interesting again!

There are only 15 weeks left until my original due date...unless he's a little early like she thinks he might be. That doesn't seem like very much time before we have our darling little boy here in person!

Braxton Hicks, Party of One...

I have been having Braxton Hicks contractions for a few weeks now, and yesterday was absolutely crazy! Baby was all over the place yesterday and I had alot more Braxton Hicks than has been usual for me so far. I called the Dr.'s office yesterday just to make sure that was Ok adn they said that as long as there were not 4+ in an hour that it was fine. I started keeping track and that didn't happen, but it still made me a bit nervous, being a first time pregnant person! They also told me to put my feet up and rest when I got home and to drink alot of water. Nick took care of dinner and everything when he got home and I just rested all evening. We also read the section about Braxton Hicks in the book just to further calm our first-time parent nerves. Today is much better. Baby is also taking it easy on me today - I think he wore himself out yesterday! Last night before I fell asleep he made the weirdest movements ever - way different than anything he has done so far - and I felt some sort of body part, but I have no idea which one. Maybe a foot, a hand, his little head...I don't know. It was very cool but very weird all at the same time! He was very unruly yesterday and I'm glad he's taking it easy today!

Time Is Flying

Another week has come and gone and next week I will be 6 months already! It's all going by so quickly now. The picture above is me at 22 weeks, taken last week. So many changes are going on with me and I have to realize that I can't go around doing things at the pace I used to! I have to take it easy so I don't get over tired and worn out. Soon it will be time for showers and holidays, and before we know it Baby will be here!

Our Little Pumpkin is on the Move!

Our little pumpkin is making his presence known more and more every day! Not only is my stomach getting bigger [seemingly by the hour] but now his movements are noticeable on the outside of my stomach! I first noticed this last night when I was reclined back watching TV. I have noticed his movements feel stronger and more prevalent lately and I saw something out of the corner of my eye and looked down and he was making my tummy move! It was so neat! I excitedly told Nick to look over at my stomach and he could see it too. It was so strange but so cool all at the same time. He continued to do it off and on until I went to sleep. This morning, I was standing up and a client was sitting down, more or less at eye level with my stomach, and she pointed out that she could see him moving! It is really neat that other people can see the movements now and I'm not the only one who is aware of them. I am always trying to get Nick to feel him moving around, but 99% of the time he stops moving when I put his hand there. Maybe he's going to be a stubborn kid!

This past Saturday, Betty, Melanie and I went shopping for Baby and bought him tons of super cute clothes! He is going to look so cute in all of the things we found for him. Since he is supposedly going to be on the larger side, we had to make sure and buy only 3 months and up sizes. The teeny newborn stuff clearly isn't going to fit based on the size charts. Sunday, Nick and I registered at Babies R Us and I have to admit it wasn't as fun as I imagined it would be. The registry lady was not all that helpful and instead of answering my questions with a straight answer, she was very overwhelming and kind of pushy. She kept insisting on wanting to add comments and things to my registry that I didn't want her to, which was quite aggravating. We registered for the majority of things, but by the time we made it up to the feeding and infant toy section, I had had it and I told Nick I wanted to go home! I had had enough at that point and I can either finish up the registry another weekend or online or both. Nick helped me pick everything else out, so I can just go and finish it up myself. I'm going to have to do some more research before I finish anyway...there are millions of different kinds of bottles, not to mention all of the coordinating stuff that goes with them.

For those of you who are asking - no, still no decision on a name yet. We'll share as soon as we know it...I'm just not sure when that will be. It's definitely not for lack of trying, that's for sure.