Garbage Pail Kids

I remember when I was younger my brothers and I had quite the collection of Garbage Pail Kids cards.  My mother hated them, which I can understand seeing as they were pretty gross, hence the pull they had to us kids.  I was looking at my ankles this morning, as my feet were popping out of my shoes, and my lovely ankles reminded me of the garbage pail kids.  They have the same ankles as me.

Another Week Down

I am now in my 25th week and honestly, the weeks are kind of running all together and I don't see much more in the physical changes, other than this baby seems to like to kick A LOT, but mostly when I am sitting at work and he is feeling squished as I try to sit up in my chair.  Sitting down for 10 hours at work does a great number on my body.  I was going to get a picture of my cankles yesterday but I don't think they would have fit in the camera lens, they were massive.

No Questions about the Baby Daddy

This is def Ross kid.  Not that I have ever had any doubts but the further the pregnancy goes the more proof I get that this is Ross' child.  We had the 24 week appointment yesterday and I had yet another ultra sound.  Last time with the ultrasound to find out the gender he wasn't cooperating for the tech to see the heart and she said she is really particular with the heart, which considering my family history I was more than ok with.  So we went in for another ultra sound yesterday before seeing the doctor.  The heart is ok and it was really cool to be able to see the 4 chambers and watch it pump.  She then decided to do a measurement just to see how big he is and make sure he is still growing like he should be.  On the bright side he is developing correctly.  The not so bright side is he is much bigger than he should be.  The tech was amazed at how big he is.  She said he is very close, if not more than 2 pounds at this point, when he should be no more than about 1.5 pounds.  With his measurements she said it changes the due date to July 24th, they will keep the due date as Aug 4th but its possible that by size it could be a couple weeks earlier.  This makes me feel a little better only because I have gained a little more weight than I probably should have at this point, which they explained was most likely due to the size of the baby.  I don't know if that explains all the pain I constantly have but I'm going to pretend it does.  I just hope he slows down on his growing, I am praying for a nice healthy 8 pound baby.  It is pretty exciting and honestly pretty cool to see this little thing in my stomach.  Each ultra sound just amazes me and to see him really taking shape and his movements inside of me.  I can really feel them now but to be able to see them.  When they were trying to get a listen to his heart beat yesterday he was kicking at the ultra sound wand.  Last time we could see him practice his mouth movements, he looked like he was chewing with his mouth open, and yesterday he was bent in half with his legs above his head, he looked like a professional high diver.  I can't wait until we can see more of his facial features, I wonder who he will look like.

Oh Gosh!!

I must admit, I am pretty terrified and have no qualms admitting it.  This up coming trip to the Big Apple has me really concerned and not really too excited.  I guess I can put my disclaimer here:  when we planned the trip, 7 days of walking through the city, going up and down stairs for the subways and no naps, I was supposed to be due at the end of Aug and now am due at the beginning of Aug.  That means I will be farther along than originally planned and being farther along equals being more uncomfortable in my own body.  Then add to it all the walking we will be doing and all the steps to get in and out of the subways.  I don't know how common it is to feel the way I do or if I am a big sissy but something is always in pain, everything between my knees and my ever expanding waist.  Most of the time I can deal with it but it gets excruciating after being on my feet for over an hour and I don't think it would be worth the money we spent to just spend one hour in the city and the rest of the day in our hotel room.  I have been doing water aerobics 3 times a week and I think I need to step it up and through more walking in my daily mix.  I have been trying to get out with my dog but those are short, wimpy walks.  I have decided to put more effort into it and bust through the pain, I think I am going to make walking a part of my day and put more length into it, I know my dog will be happy about that one.   I figure I have a track a block away from my house and a pass to the rec center, I have no excuse not to get out and move. 

Along with my walking I drag Ross with, he is usually willing and supportive, and I have been trying to condition him to the pregnant lady pace for NYC.  With his super long legs I have a hard enough time keeping up with him when I'm not pregnant so this will be a test to his patience, unless we can find a place to rent me a segway for the trip.  I can imagine zipping through the city on a segway, running over those that won't get out of my way.