WOW 24 weeks Already!?

It has gone by so fast and I can't believe that I am so far behind in my updates. UGH! It seems like just yesterday we were so excited to be hitting our twelve week mark, and now we have essentially hit another twelve week mark. It seems so unreal! Since my last post we have found out that we are having a GIRL, we thought that the baby was possibly going to have clubbed feet, and found out today that her feet are fine. Praise GOD. We had a lot of people praying that the baby would be fine, and by the looks of the ultrasound today her feet look fine. Although the ultrasound tech did comment on how large her feet looked. Surprising? No. Have you met James aka size 16/17 shoe? I am thinking that means we are going to have a tall girl when she gets big.

She has been moving around a lot lately and until this past Sunday James was not able to feel her little kicks. Every time she was moving around, he would place his hand on my belly and she would stop moving. I kept telling him that she was just being shy, but as of Sunday she must have come out of her shell. Now it seems like every time he talks to my belly or is even around me she is moving non stop. She actually kicked James in the head yesterday. It was the funniest thing I have seen so far with this little one. We both started to laugh so hard, I almost wet my pants. That seems to be an easy thing for me to do lately. I know there is less room in my belly and she is growing right on track. At the ultrasound today she was measuring at a pound and a half. That explains a pound and a half of my weight gain, but what about the rest? I am actually doing well, but I do have to be careful not to pig out because of the baby. Fortunately I have not had any midnight cavings, just midnight potty breaks.

As for James and I, we have been busy getting the house in order. We still have so far to go, and we are running out of time. We have the "man cave" almost complete, and once that is all done we can finish the baby's room. Then it is on the the rest of the house. We have to get new doors installed and preferably before the baby comes home. There have been a lot of changes going on at our house and it is all really exciting, but at the same time I am very nervous. I look at all the things on to the "to do" list and I get very overwhelmed. Every time I think we are getting ahead I look at all the work to be done and I feel like a hamster running on a wheel. I am sure I am not the only person who feels this way.

James and I have also decided to do cloth diapers for our little girl. I have done a lot of research and James and I have decided that this is what we want to do. I know there are people who think we are nuts, and we get those funny looks sometimes when we tell people. But we are committed to doing this and we feel very confidant that this will be the best thing for us and baby. The best part of cloth diapers is all of the money you save, and you have a much lower rate of diaper rash. We have also decided to take a spin at making our own baby food when we get to that part. I would like to breastfeed as long as possible, so now investing in a good quality pump is going to be essential. Hopefully we have the whole going back to work thing figured out, but we just keep praying that the plan will actually be the plan when the baby comes. I think that about catches us up from the last post. I am sure I have missed some things but there will be many more to update.

Thank you for the continued prayers.

Amanda