hey all...
Tuesday we went to the doctors for our 4 week check up. They did a follow up ultrasound to look at her lips to see if she had a cleft, which she doesn't. Then they looked at her tummy where the umbilical cord connects to see if her insides were well.... inside, and they were. Then they looked at her heart. They told me it was to make sure her heart was working the way it needed to. I am happy to say my little girl is pretty perfect. She is almost 2 pounds... It is insane! They also told me my due date is DEFINITELY the 26th of February. As for symptoms, I have a lot of growing pains happening... this is adding to the pain in my sciatic nerves. I am also feeling her move more and with a purpose I guess you could say... She has been kicking harder and harder every day. I love this because these moments are so brief but make me cry for hours. It means so much when she kicks me after complaining about my back to my husband, just like she is saying that it is all worth it in the end. I am looking forward to wrapping my arms around her and just staring into what I am guessing will be pretty brown eyes.
Also we moved in with my mom. It was for many reasons... for me a way to have help if and when I need it when the baby arrives. For Darin it was a way to get away from his dad. We have for the last 2 days been raking and bagging our new lawn. Thanks to some snow and wind it has been interesting. We are still not even close to being done but we are so frozen that we cant move or breathe much.
I thought that I would at least try to update those who read this... I don't know that I am all that interesting but I know that I want to look back and think about these silly little moments and smile about the fact that me and my growing little family are just that growing. We learn more about each other everyday.
