23 Weeks

Last Friday, I had a visit with the high risk OB. Everything went well at the appointment and they were able to confirm that all is well with Gavin's heart! What a relief. All four chambers of the heart were visible and working properly. Gavin now weighs 1 lb. 3 oz and is measuring a week ahead of schedule. His heart rate was 149 bpm and he was extremely active! None of the pictures I got were good because he wasn't exactly cooperating well.
We recently received a very special gift from friends. Thank you so much to Jen and Jacqueline for the sweet monogrammed blanket for Gavin Michael.

23 week ultrasound- profile view

A chubby little foot :-)

23 weeks and feeling well

Trip to Virginia

Braiden, Wrigley, and Gigi eating lunch outside

Wrigley waiting for Braiden to share a bite of his donut

Best Buddies

Pop took Braiden for the ride of his life... on a golf cart, in the rain, through big puddles! My baby was in heaven :-)

My favorite :-)

Shannon and Bob get Married

On October 1st I had the pleasure of sharing in Shannon's wedding! She looked absolutely beautiful and while the day was filled with rain, Shannon and Bob were happy as ever :-)
Dave and I before the rehearsal

The happy couple rehearsing

Practicing outside

All of the girls

The beautiful bride and me

This picture is similar to one that we have when I was pregnant with Braiden! My boys love their Aunti J :-)

Dave and me

Me and my Dad

Mom, me and Mrs. Bishop

Tossing the bouquet!

Congratulations Shannon and Bob! We couldn't be more excited for the journey ahead of you!

The Circus

A few weeks ago I took Braiden to the local circus! We went with his buddies, Hayden and Wilson. Braiden absolutely LOVED every minute of it. At the end of the show, he looks at me and says, "Momma, no elephants!?" My poor baby was expecting a real circus with lions and tigers and elephants!!!!!!! We'll have to find a real circus to take him to :-)
Hayden and Braiden

The boys with the Ring Master

Braiden and Mommy

Braiden's favorite clown. He loved the bumble bee on his nose!

Clapping

These boys could be part of the circus!

21 Weeks

I had an appointment with my regular OB at 21 weeks. All seems to be going well. This appointment was very basic. They just listened to Gavin's heart beat, which sounds nice and strong and checked my blood pressure, which is also good.

Braiden has something to Share

That's right, Braiden's baby brother finally has a name!

We're all getting excited for the arrival of Gavin Michael.

An Eventful Weekend at 19 Weeks

I started my week like this...

And it ended like this...

My 19th week of pregnancy was going great. On Friday night we cooked out at a friends house. It was a nice relaxing night. We were home early and I decided to watch TV and then head to bed. Around 11:00pm I jumped out of bed and headed to the bathroom where I began throwing up and didn't stop until 3:30am! I was then able to get myself to the couch. I tried taking small sips of water and with each sip, I began to get sick again. By 4:00am, I knew I had to wake Dave and head to the ER. I was extremely dizzy and knew dehydration was becoming an issue. Our wonderful neighbor came over to stay with Braiden and Dave and I headed to the hospital. They did blood work and a urine sample. Both checked out fine, just showing what I knew was a problem... I was dehydrated. I received fluids via IV as well as anti nausea medicine. Once they got me feeling better and made sure Baby #2 was okay, we were able to head home. Let me tell you, food poisoning on a regular day is no fun, but food poisoning at 19 weeks pregnant sure STINKS!