26 Weeks 1 Day

I am now 26 weeks and 4 days, but these pictures were taken at 26 weeks and 1 day. Not a lot going on this week baby related. We went down to UT-San Antonio for our first scrimmage today. We are hoping to start putting together baby furniture tomorrow. I will post some pictures of that once we get it up and going. Rush is getting bigger and more active everyday. His movements are REALLY able to be seen and felt from the outside of my stomach now, which is pretty cool.

Here are some pictures from homecoming of Chris and I and my mom and I. Happy Halloween!

25 Weeks and 3 Days

I'm 25 weeks and 3 days today. Rush should be the size of an eggplant...a LARGE eggplant. I can't believe how fast it is flying. We are almost into a double digit count down. CRAZY! We had a great doctors appointment today. I found out I do not have Gestational Diabetes..yea! I am very close though. My glucose level was 133 and they make you take the 3 hour test at 140 and you have it if that test reads 147...I think. I have been trying really hard this last month to watch what I was eating and drinking instead of just putting any and everything sweet in my mouth like I usually do. And, it has definitely paid off...I only gained 1 lb. this month. Chris, Dr. Heflin and I were so proud. Rush is still growing like a weed at rapid pace. My abdomen measured 29 cm, which is about 3 1/2 cm over what it should be. Looks like we may just be growing a BIG BOY! I am going to continue to try and stay close to the same eating habits as I have this last month, so we will see how much I put on next month. We don't have another appointment for 4 more weeks. This will be out last 4 week appointment, then I will start going every 2 weeks. I will post some pictures this weekend of Homecoming and hopefully some belly pics too.

24 Weeks

I am 24 weeks today. We had a busy day today. Not only did Chris come home from 4 day, 3 state recruiting trip today, we had 2 doctors appointments. This morning we went to Cook's Children's Hospital for a fetal echocardiogram on Rush's heart. The Doctor said everything looks perfect so far. The two heart conditions I was born with aren't 100% detectable until after birth, but there are some detectors that they can look for. None of those detectors are present. That was very exciting news. Our 2nd appointment was at the high risk doctor. Our last visit there was at 18 weeks. Although he wasn't very cooperative for good sonogram pictures, they were able to get all of the measurements they needed. Now, the high risk doctor is lingering those wonderful little gestational diabetes words over my head. Although there hasn't been anything determined for sure, signs are starting to point in that direction. I will have my official gestational diabetes blood test on Friday. Can't wait to drink the good stuff..haha.

At 18 weeks, Rush was measuring 7 days ahead of schedule. Now at 24 weeks, he is measuring 12 days ahead of schedule. He is weighing approximately 1 lb 13 oz. The high risk doctor said she isn't 100 % convinced that I have gestational diabetes and that he may just be a big baby. We will know for sure in a few weeks. He was still laying across my stomach with his head on my left side and his feet on the right. He was facing towards my spine, so we weren't even able to see his face or a profile. He was just mooning us the entire time. :)

I was thinking this would be our last appointment at the high risk doctor, but because he is measuring so big, she wants to see me again in 6 weeks. If my gestational diabetes test comes back positive, then I will probably have to go back a little sooner then that. She also dropped the bomb on me that I need to be drinking before 3 liters and 1 gallon of water a day. Do you know how much that is? Holy Cow, I might drown. I was also instructed to completely cut out the cokes, desserts, sweets, and sugary fruits. Are you kidding me? Those are my absolute favorite foods ever!

I had a holy cow moment last week...my due date is only 3 1/2 months away. We have soooo much to do between now and then. Midnight Madness is tomorrow night and then the ball begins to roll at a rapid pace!

I finally got to see our sweet little niece Mayci, Rush's newest cousin. Isn't she beautiful?!?!

Just thought I would post Rush's puppy Lucy too. Apparently she thought she was supposed to take her bath in the mud puddle in the back yard tonight. We are now waiting for Daddy to get home so we can take a bath...oh these kiddos.