Lillian Norma

Well it has been one month since Lily arrived! Time does fly by so fast with a baby!

Lily was born at 2:12 pm on February 11, 2011. She was 8lbs and 80z and 22 inches long. Her full name is Lillian Norma Reinhard. We chose her name because we thought she looks like a Lillian and she is named after her late Grandfather Norman Reinhard.

Labor and delivery did not go the way I thought it would go. First off, I had to be induced. On Feb. 10, I had an ultrasound done, and the technician thought that Lily was going to weigh 9lbs and 10oz. Plus, they thought that I was leaking amniotic fluid and I was barely dilated a fingertip. I went to the doctor's at 2:30pm and at around 4:30pm I was admitted into the hospital.

It was weird. When I got there, they monitored my contractions. After being induced, almost immediately, I started having contractions, but I did not feel them. After an hour or so, I really started feeling the contractions and was finally getting dilated. My last meal was all liquids, which unfortunately did not stay done.

By 11pm, I was about 3cm and needed my epidural. Unfortunately, that didn't help. I needed the anesthesiologist to inject 3 additional doses and it still didn't work. By 7am, I hadn't slept at all. I was only 6cm and my pain level was a 10! All night the anesthesiologist kept telling me that my options were to get the epidural re-administered or to increase the dosage. They kept telling me that I could have something blocking the catheter, causing the medicine from working correctly, and that re-administering the epidural could still be blocked again. So when my nurse came in to check me at 7am, she started to mention having the epidural re-administered. She barely got the words out when I interrupted and told her to get the anesthesiologist. My thoughts were...what could be the worst that happened...I just stay in pain...but there is a chance that it works.

Oh did it work!! I got a new anesthesiologist...a woman who just came back to work from having her own baby. I remember her telling me that she was going to remove the catheter and the tape that held it to my body. I remember thinking, just do whatever you need and do it fast! I felt nothing that she did...not because the meds were finally working, but because I was having a contraction and I was concentrating on breathing! But after she was done, I really didn't feel anything because it worked!! I ended up getting a couple hours of rest and I think I even told the new anesthesiologist that I loved her!!

By 12:45pm, I was able to start pushing!!! Luckily, I only had to push for about an hour and half, which the nurse kept telling me that was pretty short time.

At 2:12pm, I got my second wind!! I went from complete exhaustion to elation! They put Lily on my belly and I remember thinking what a beautiful baby!! She didn't look all gross like some of the pictures I had seen during the parenting classes. She looked amazing! And her little cry was music to my ears!! Looking at Lily at that moment made me forget everyone in the room!

Now throughout all this, Brian was incredible! He got me through the labor like a trouper! His mind started racing when we got the news at the doctors office, but once at the hospital he was calm and supportive. Even when I threw up on him he was Mr. Calm! He held my hand and even counted out loud when I was pushing. I couldn't ask for a better partner!

I am so grateful for a safe delivery and a wonderful little family!

38 weeks

Almost there!

Okay, so I am 38 weeks and now I really am just waiting for Baby Girl to get here. Right this very minute I am conflicted. I want to hurry up and go into labor because I am just too darn uncomfortable. Plus, I am really excited about meeting my little lady. On the other hand, if I went into labor right now, we would be battling a nasty ice storm, and oh yeah we have not moved into our new house yet.

We are oh so close though. We have the house. We have keys. We have not moved or packed everything. And as previously mentioned, there is an ice and snow storm heading our way, so that limits me from doing much back and forth driving to the house to slowly move things. Good thing that I am now done with work and if I can't drive anywhere then I can definitely get the last of our packing done.

Can we say cutting it real close?!?! But it does feel good knowing that everything is falling into place. Life is good!

Doctor appointment

Okay, so today was the first internal check. Not the most comfortable exam. However, it is good to know that the baby is not ready to come out!! We are definitely not ready for her debut, yet.

It was actually a really funny appointment. The baby was doing her usual afternoon stretching and switching. We were entertained by the movement of my belly.

The doctor checked the baby's heartbeat, "She sounds good. Really good." The doctor asked if I was counting kicks throughout the day...not really difficult to count when she moves all the time!!

Then, the doctor checked for her position from the outside. She is head down, and well I don't think that the baby liked the doctor pushing down on my belly to show us where her head was positioned. I could feel here little arms punching when the doctor pushed down. Even Brian and the doctor saw my belly moving.

Lastly, the doctor checked if my cervix is dilated and how far the baby was in my pelvis. This was the uncomfortable part...not dilated yet and the baby is obviously too high up. So she is not going anywhere, yet. Plus, like I said, I don't think the baby liked the doctor pushing on her head because I swear she moved up towards my ribs...I ended up with heartburn before even leaving the doctor's office.

Well, it was reassuring that the baby is not ready to come out since we don't close on the house until next week and start moving the following week. I just hope that next week's doctor appointment has similar results! After next week, I will feel a little more relaxed with her coming before her Feb. 12 due date.

36 weeks and 3 days

Okay, so this pregnancy is not going the way that I expected. Please don't get me wrong, physically the baby and I are healthy. It is just the emotional part that was not expected. I knew that there would be ups and downs, crazy moments, but nothing prepared me for our situation.

First, Grandma Reinhard is diagnosed with cancer and we were worried about her chemo and radiation treatments. Then, she gets a kidney infection and is put into intensive care. If that wasn't bad enough, Grandpa Reinhard has a mild stroke and both are in the hospital at the same time.

As things start to clear and Grandpa Reinhard is sent home and Grandma Reinhard starts rehab, we start to relax and feel better that they are getting healthy and will be well enough to get a chance to make it to see the baby.

Well, tough times come again about a month later. Grandma Reinhard is sent back to the hospital to take care of a kidney stone that was causing the kidney infection and is sent to intensive care again. Meanwhile, Grandpa Reinhard is rushed again to the hospital and put on a respirator in intensive care. This time, Grandpa Reinhard does not make it and passed away on January 10.

Last week was the absolute longest and hardest week that I have ever experienced. Coming to the realization that my daughter will not get to meet one of her grandparents was tough. Once I found out that I was pregnant I was so happy for my baby because I thought she would get to grow up with both sets of grandparents.

Growing up it was difficult for me because I didn't get to have all of my grandparents around. I never met my paternal grandfather and I was about 6 or 7 when my maternal grandparents died. It had be so much fun having my paternal grandmother alive, because she is just an amazing women. Well, you just have to be amazing when you live to your 90s and counting!!

I was just so hopeful for my daughter to have all her grandparents. Now, I worry that with Grandpa gone, Grandma Reinhard will have a difficult time getting well enough to leave the hospital and leave the rehab center. I want my baby to know just how amazing her family is and help her know where she comes from.

With being so pregnant now, I did not have the opportunity to hear first hand the great stories about Grandpa. My mom came to stay with me while Brian went home to make funeral arrangements. So I only got to hear bits of what people told him. It's not the same, plus it is difficult to hear your husband on the phone emotionally struggling when you vowed to be there through the hard times.

I only have to wonderful memories that I was blessed to experience with Grandpa Reinhard. He will not get to hold his first granddaughter, but he will live on through her. She will know how much he loved her and how happy he was when he got to feel her kick in my belly. That is my favorite, most cherished memory of him. Sitting in his rehab room, I grabbed his hand, put it to my belly and he says "Whoa, that's some kick." And his eyes were bright and his smile was from ear to ear.

34 weeks and 5 days

So we had another doctor's appointment. We were a little worried that we would end up with someone different for the check up. The nurse told us that there were 3 women in labor and so the doctor could have been called away. But we got to see her.
As the big day gets closer and closer, I am feeling more and more happy with our doctor decision. The other day I had a lady tell me that Dr. Boyer is good and well known. The lady mentioned just retiring from being an obstetrician and was familiar with our doctor and the office. I just feel really comfortable with our doctor.
She was funny today cause she was watching me walk out of the office and said, "Yup you're pregnant!" It is official that I have the pregnancy walk...or waddle, however you want to call it.
I just feel like the baby and I will be in good hands when the big day comes. It's good feeling relaxed about that!

34 weeks

So it has been a crazy couple weeks. With the holidays and the house stuff and this little being trying to move in my belly, no wonder why I am so exhausted!!

But Santa has been really nice to us. My mom, dad, and younger brother spent Christmas with us. They are just so happy and excited about the baby arriving. Mami and Papi just could not keep their hands off my belly and Juan got us some adorable clothes for the baby and a stuffed toy...a Wocket from Dr. Seuss' "There's a Wocket in my Pocket." It was great having them here.

The new year is well starting off okay. We really want to get a jump on packing to move into the new house. We don't close until Jan. 28, which will be oh too close to the baby getting here. We hope that we actually can close earlier, but who knows. I guess I really want us to be like mami and papi...the first time they brought Marlene home it was the first time mami came home to their new house!
I just want to make sure that I can help pack some, so that is another reason why we are starting to pack now. The more stuff I can get packed, the better I will feel if I go into labor earlier. This way, I can have the boxes labeled and they get moved to the correct room...at least in theory that is my plan and hope to stay organized!! It will suck to have a screaming newborn and not know which room all our stuffs at!!!
Well as Brian was cleaning up some of his stuff to pack them, he gave me his basketball to hold. He had said earlier in the week that I looked like I was smuggling a basketball. And well let me just say that I am only holding one basketball in the picture!! It is just so weird to think that our little Baby Girl is in my belly and my belly is the size of a basketball!!! Crazy...soon very soon we will get to hold our little bundle of joy. :oD

Week 32 and 1 day

Everything is about the same. Hungry, gassy, heartburn, overwhelmed.

We did learn some stuff that has helped with the overwhelmed feeling. We had two classes this week. We had our regular Expectant Parent class, as well as a Breastfeeding class. Both, Brian and I, enjoyed the breastfeeding class. We learned a lot, plus it made me feel better about my decision to breastfeed. I had been worried about breastfeeding because of the stories that my mom told me. She had problems breastfeeding her first child and so I thought that I would have problems with my first. But the instructor reassured me that mothers today have more support and education about breastfeeding than our mothers and grandmothers. So, I am thinking nothing but positive thoughts and Brian is being very supportive about breastfeeding.

Well, to go along with my shirt in my photo, Baby Girl is definitely a kicker. The shirt says mom's tiny kicker. We also got a onesie that says the same thing and a bib with the Indianapolis Colt's logo. It was the baby shower gift that Brian got for me. I can't say it enough, but Brian is just so adorable and supportive. Right now as I type, he is putting together a list of stuff that we need to pack to take to the hospital when I go in labor. He is funny, because the first thing on the list is "Tina and baby." I think he is worried that he will be so nervous and excited that he will forget me at home!! Oh I just love me baby's daddy!

Oh, as if all the baby stuff was not overwelming, we also have to worry about Christmas and getting ready for that, as well as house stuff. We still don't have a house. Things are getting close!!

Baby Shower

Okay, so pregnancy is getting to me now. I am just getting tired too soon and can't do everything that I want to in a days time. But at least, I have wonderful friends and family who help make my life a little easier by throwing me a baby shower.

I'm actually a week behind with this particular blog, but as I said, there is just too much to do and not enough energy to do it!!

But anyways, I am so greatful for all the wonderful people in my life. Even though I live miles away, my family is still there to show my baby love. I wasn't sure how many people would show up for the shower since it was on Thanksgiving weekend, but we got a wonderful turn out. And it just wasn't family!! There were old friends of the family, who watched me grow from birth, were there to celebrate me having a baby!!! It's as crazy to me as it is to them that I am having a baby.

I still don't believe that I am pregnant...as strange as that may seem. The other morning, I woke up and forgot that I was pregnant. I looked down at my belly and was shocked that it was big!!! Part of it could have been that I was numb on one side of my body (from sleeping on it too long) and I was engulfed in a sea of pillows!! But still, I looked down and there was this round belly...which was changing shapes since the baby woke up too.

It is just so crazy to me that I have to get a nursery together, go to expecting parent classes, find a pediatrician and get gifts from a baby shower!! To me, all these things were for other people! Now, it's for me. Go figure why I am so up and down from feeling happy to feeling nervous! I was always an emotional person, but this is a whole new ball game!!!

28 weeks and 5 days

Well, the last two weeks have been crazy. We have had a lot happening in our life and some of it was not happy but some was happy.

First, the not so happy. We had to go home for a few days. Brian's mom was put into Intensive Care and we just could not let her stay in the hospital all by herself during a really tough time (since Brian's dad also was in the hospital after suffering from a small stroke). It was tough to make the long drive back to Ohio, but in the end we are really glad we went. It was great seeing Brian's mom's face light up when she saw us walk into her room. It was even better when she got to feel the baby kick. I really think that seeing my round belly helped Brian's mom get through several procedures to move out of the Intensive Care Unit.

Now, a happy thing that happened was that I had a doctor's appointment. Well, that wasn't fun since I had to get some blood work as part of the 28 week exam. The blood work was to test several things such as gestational diabetes. The good thing was that the baby and I are doing well. The blood work came back pretty good. I am just a bit low in iron, but I can take a simple iron supplement. I also have an infection but the doctor feels that is typical and can be treated with antibiotics. Other than that, the doctor is very pleased with how my pregnancy is going.

Lastly, we celebrated Thanksgiving in Indy. It was just the three of us. We made a 12 pound turkey. It was very yummy. We want leftovers so that we can make some soups to freeze and stock up on leftovers for when the baby comes and we don't have time to make meals. Below are the pictures of us with our spread and us with our turkey. I am very proud of my turkey prep skills because it was yummy!! Also, Brian always looks cute carving the turkey!!

26 weeks and 3 days

I am feeling happy. I am looking forward to welcoming Baby Girl. We are no where near being ready for her...don't have a house yet, so no nursery. But, we are close to picking a house. We have a meeting this week with a mortgage advisor, so that will help us pick a house. I am just happy and trying to relax and take it easy.

Well, take it easy is the official medical advise that I have been getting. I had a little scare over the weekend. I was feeling some discomfort along my pelvic area, so I called the on-call doctor and she told me to go to the hospital. I didn't have to go to the ER, I went directly to the maternity wing...Labor and Delivery. Everything is normal, they just said that I need to take it easy and get a maternity support belt...or as my friend calls it a Belly Bra! :)

I am actually glad that I went to the hospital. It was nice to see the layout of the wing and get my registration form submitted. So one thing I don't have to worry about when the big day comes. Also, it was nice to get to listen to the baby's heartbeat. She was really active and moving a lot so it was fun to feel the kicks and also hear them on the monitor too. But, of course I don't want to have to be in the hospital before February!! So the plan for the rest of the time is take it easy! I have never been a good sick person...and get the needed rest...so it has been hard being a healthy pregnant hardworking woman.

25 weeks and 2 days

Woohoo 25 weeks celebration was a spooookie one! Ha ha! I had a lot of fun getting ready for Halloween. As you can see I made a jack-o-lantern tee shirt. I also got a really nice cardigan sweater from Juan. Brian said it makes me look like I am a bat...hence the reason for the bat woman pose...I guess you can actually say that I was the "Great Pumpkin"

This week was a really nice week. Mami and Papi came to Indy and they got to feel the baby kick. It was nice seeing their big bright smiles when they felt the little thumps. They are just the happiest Abuelos!!

I also had my doctors appointment. She said that everything seems great and normal. We got to hear the baby's heart beat again. It was healthy, in the 150s. She did say that my belly measurement is about a week behind but that is nothing to worry about. Again, I'm eating well and often. I have been going back to waking up in the middle of the night hungry. This time not only do I wake up to a grumbling stomach, I wake up to the baby kicking like crazy. But, it makes me laugh when all is said and done. And it makes me relax too, because I look at the kicks as her way of telling me that she is doing well.

24 weeks and 4 days

Nothing much was going on for the last week and a half. Well, the only thing was that I had to work every single day...I thought that when you work parttime you're supposed to work a couple days then get a couple days off then work a couple days. Nope, not at my store. Interesting how a coworker told me today that I look like I have more color in my face. He asked what I did different and I told him I got some sleep and well needed rest!!

It is amazing how much difference I feel between just two weeks. I don't know if it is just that I had to work a lot or if it is just that I am getting closer to the end of my pregnancy. No matter what, my energy level is starting to deplete quickly.

23 weeks and 2 days

So it is Autumn!! I love fall time, because of all the wonderful food ideas you can come up with. We finally took the advice of my doctor and did something fun and relaxing. We decided to take a little drive this weekend to an orchard. We had fun eating our caramel apples and walking around the orchard finding a nice spot to take a picture. Brian said that the pictures make me look like a very big fruit!

I am looking forward to making some yummy apple pies with all the apples we bought. Now my apple pie is not my mom's recipe, but it is pretty darn close to her yummy goodness. Oh yummy! I am really glad about this pregnancy thing, because I don't feel guilty thinking of all the tasty desserts and trying to pick one to make. At some point, I think I will just make all my great ideas. At least, I will be good and spread them apart from each other.

This week, Brian finally got to feel the baby kick again. He has been trying to feel the baby move almost every day now. And finally, while watching football, he got to feel her kick. We had just finished eating dinner and I was relaxing while Brian cleaned up the kitchen. I could feel her once or twice and then Brian sat down and I told him to put his hand on my belly. He was a little skeptical, but I told him to have patience and then boom...she kicked pretty hard too. He got all happy and smiled and she kicked again. He laughed a little and then she kicked again.

It was really nice seeing his face light up with joy. He is going to be such a great dad. He already is great!

22 weeks and 4 days

Oh things are so getting real. My belly just keeps getting bigger and bigger. At times, I have a little woddle (limp). My back will go out for a brief second and then I am fine...I think that the baby might be having fun with my nerve.

No matter what I am enjoying myself...well my baby girl actually. She is still small enough to have enough room in my belly to move, so I feel her moving pretty good. Actually, this was two weeks in a row where she has gotten really active at church.

Of course, Brian gets a little down because when he puts his hand on my belly she tends to stop moving. I keep reminding him that she is still small and that soon enough he will be able to start seeing my belly move because she moves her arm or foot across my belly.

No matter what, we are just so excited and looking forward to seeing our baby girl and picking a name for her. Yeah, she still doesn't have a name and won't have one until we see her.

One of the real exciting things we did was start planning for Christmas. We are so excited about the baby that we had a photo shoot so we could make photo Christmas cards. The photos of this week are actually some of the photos we took.

21 weeks and 2 days

So again, I am still on my baby high!! It is so great knowing what we are going to have. It is fun talking about the baby now that we know we can say "she" or "her." One thing that sort of was a shock to me though was how much I have grown already!! My picture is from the wedding we went to this weekend. Friday night, it hit me that I didn't have anything to wear, literally!! On Saturday morning, I tried on my usual wedding outfits and they didn't fit. Brian reminded me that his sister gave me some clothes and that is how I ended up wearing the black jumper. Now, my problem was what shirt to wear. I really wanted to wear purple, so I put the blouse on. Good thing that I was wearing a jumper over it, because I could not button the shirt over my belly. Then I struggled with what shoes to where and if we would have gotten a full head to toe picture you would see a pregnant women wearing "hooker boots" or as the older generation would call them "Go Go boots!" Needless to say, it's time for me to do some shopping.

I didn't find much for me to wear, but I did find Peanut something to wear. This is a 4 in 1 outfit that we found yesterday at the store. We know that we will get a lot of clothes as gifts, but we really wanted to pick out the "homecoming outfit." If you are wondering, the little hat is a bear and on the feet are little bears. I just love this outfit and we had to get it...yeah I cried when I saw it!!

This isn't the only thing that Peanut got this weekend. My friend Diedra was staying over and like the crazy friend that I have, Diedra went to Old Navy and bought several outfits. As, my wonderful husband put it, "This is all getting so real!"

By the way, Brian is really excited about having a little girl. He may not show it, but deep down he is bubbling with happiness. Well, I am feeling Peanut kick which could be a sign that she is getting hungry...again...I have been eating every 2 hours...and today seems like a really hungry day!!

It's a girl!!!!!!

It's a girl! It's a GIRL!!! Don't you just love her first profile picture?!!?

Okay, so I am that excited. Not because, I have a little Baby Girl in my belly, but because I know what I am having!! I would be this excited if it was a boy.

So the appointment went well. Of course, I cried. Crying seems a given with me. I was so nervous all day. I had to periodically take deep breaths because I was getting so worked up about the appointment. It didn't help that a couple people at work kept talking about twins.

Anyway, all went well. The technician was really nice. She joked around because she saw that my bladder was really full!! But I had been peeing like crazy all day long.

We were able to pick out the head very clearly. She measured the circumference of the head. She showed us all different parts of the baby. We got to see the hands, bladder, kidney, feet amd legs. She showed us the spine and that is when I started to cry. She then showed us the beating heart and I really lost it and cried really hard, I needed a tissue. Then she told us what we were having.

She had a bit of a hard time because the umbilical cord was in between the legs, but she was able to get the baby to move. She even said that she wanted to make sure that we got a good look. She then got a good image and pointed out the baby's "girl parts." Throughout the exam, she was typing what the images were and that is what she typed, "girl parts."

This is an image of Baby Girl's face and belly. The round part on the left is her head. You can see the eyes, nose and chin. The circle on the right is her body, and the little black circle is her stomach.

This is an image of Baby Girl's little foot. You can see her little toes and you can even see a little bit of her leg. This would be her right foot.

I am just so excited!! Oh and as if this day could not get any better. Brian got to feel her kick!!! When we got home he was talking to her and hoping that she would move, but no luck. Then after we ate dinner, we were sitting on the couch watching some TV and I felt some little kicks. I placed Brian's hand right below my belly button, and he felt a little kick. He said it felt weird, but I know that he was really happy that he got to feel it! She already has him wrapped around her little finger!!

20 weeks and 3 days

Okay, so there has been a lot on my mind the last several days. Mainly all baby stuff. Still nervous about all the baby clothes and supplies that we will need. I am worried about how we will get the baby stuff home from the baby shower that we will have in November...it's in Ohio, since all my family is there. Worried about getting registered for the baby classes...they are not called Lamaze classes any more. They are called Expectant Parents class. Good thing that I had inquired early, because I originally signed up for Monday classes, but of course they begin in November right around Thanksgiving when we will be at home for the Baby Shower!! I called yesterday to change to the Tuesday night classes and got an email today that it is better that I join the Tuesday class since it will be closer to my due date. So one stressor down!!

Now I am just worried about my next doctor appointment. It is in two days and we get to hopefully find out the sex of the baby. I woke up today thinking about how I will react when the ultrasound tech tells us...both scenarios I started to cry...luckily it was only in my day-dream that I cried. Either way, boy or girl, I will be so happy. I know Brian will be happy too.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that Brian is so in love with the baby. He doesn't want to admit it, but he got a box in the mail and told me that I have to wait until November to find out. He went to the other room and opened the box and came out to me and said...It is cutier than he thought it would be!" Since he won't tell me, I have to assume that it is for the baby!!

Well, the picture for this week is at my friend's baby shower. She, Shirley, works with me at Staples. She is 8 months and she has been sharing her experience with me. It has been really nice to have someone near me who is going through the same thing as me. It will also be nice to already have a friend for the baby.

19 weeks

Okay, so this week was not so bad. I didn't do much but work. We did go see some houses. Nothing to really get my hopes up about, but it was nice to look at some houses and get an idea of what different square footage look like in person.

These pictures are from the Heart Walk. I was part of Brian's team. It was the first time that I went with Brian to the Heart Walk. It was fun. We walked 3 miles in Indy's Downtown. We walked along the White River downtown. It was a really nice walk. I started thinking about when the weather gets nicer after Peanut is born that I would take Peanut for a walk along the same path. We even planned on taking Peanut on the Heart Walk next year. The Heart Walk is usually in September, so Peanut will be about 7 months by then.

It was and is fun thinking of things to do with Peanut after Peanut is born.

18 weeks

So I guess technically I am at the half way point, and well the baby anxiety is starting to kick in. I have been worrying about everything. The latest has been well getting registered. There is just so much stuff that a baby needs in the first year!!!

Its a good thing I have family who like to help. I found out that Tia Ilia gave Tia Ana a crib to give to me. That helps, but now we want to get the other nursery furniture to match the crib. Oh and don't get me started on the nursery!! Of course you need a house with a spare room to make a nursery!!

But on a happy note, I think I felt the baby move! When we were at Juan's place, I felt pressure all along my pelvic bone. I was worried because the day before I had spotted for the first time. Not much, but it was scary to see pink when I went to the bathroom. Anyway, all day the following day I was worried that something would go wrong, and feeling a little discomfort, not really pain but pressure in my lower belly, was not really any help. I tried to relax and told myself that if I start feeling worst or any pain that I would call the doctor. Well, after a long car ride, I came home and went straight to bed. The next morning, I felt great. No pressure! Then when I was at work, I felt it gain. This time only on my right side. I had told my friend, Shirley, who happens to be pregnant as well, about the spotting and the discomfort and that I only felt that for one day. She started telling me that when she first spotted the same thing happen, except that her baby did not move from her pelvis for close to two weeks!

Well as I said, I work up and got ready for work with no discomfort and right before Shirley was going to relieve me from the register to go to lunch the pressure came back on my right side. I must have had some look on my face because Shirley asked if the pressure came back. I told her yeah and showed her were. She and I then was pushing on my belly and we both agreed that the baby must be laying on that side. She laughs and said good luck getting the baby to move. Well, I didn't need much luck, because within a few seconds the pressure was gone.

It was just so funny how weird it felt. All the books and websites say that when you feel the baby it would feel like butterflies in your stomach. It actually felt more like a ping pong ball bouncing in slow motion against my belly!

17 weeks and 3 days

So this weeks photo is from the annual Rib America Fest that goes on Labor Day Weekend in Indianapolis. Basically, I had been craving spare ribs since July. Just nothing would tame my craving. I had to have spare ribs!!!
You may not notice from the picture, but I was a happy camper. I eat a total of 8 ribs, from two stands. The stand in the background, Coyote Roadhouse, was the second place I ate at. It was delicious!!! I got a combo, 5 ribs...was supposed to be only 4 ribs, but I guess the person couldn't count. The ribs were very meaty and YUMMY!!!
It was a good day. We even got to listen to a pretty good band who played Led Zepplin songs. Brian is a big Zepplin fan, he was hoping that the baby would move when the band went on. That didn't happen. Hopefully soon I will start to feel the baby moving.
We read that by now the baby would be able to hear so any chance I get I play music and put a speaker on my belly. I am trying to think of other things I can do to help the baby recognize us.