Baby Moving...

David's been bugging me to post something again so here it goes. I can't really write about our next visit since David's already covered that (we are so having a little boy!!!), so I'll fill you in on how I've been feeling and about the first time I felt the baby move!

The nausea, soreness, and complete exhaustion have passed, now I just have heartburn all the time. Apparently that means that this baby of ours is going to have a lot of hair :) I am still pretty tired by the end of the day, but it isn't nearly as bad as it was during the first trimester. We did discover last month that I am having PVC's (premature ventricular contractions). Basically, the ventricle in my heart beats too early causing my heart to fill up with more blood than what is needed. The next beat is a harder beat so that the excess blood can be pushed out. It feels like my heart is doing flip-flops in my chest. It doesn't hurt, but it is annoying. The cardiologist put me on a beta-blocker to correct the problem. Neither the cardiologist or my OBGYN seemed really worried about the PVCs. This condition is actually pretty common in pregnant women and should go away once I have the baby.

The most exciting thing that has happened lately was that I finally felt the baby move!!! As David and I were putting away groceries Sunday night, I thought I felt something. It happened so fast that I couldn't really tell what it was, but I sort of thought it was the baby I felt. Last night David went to a Red's game with Bobby. So, Mary (Bobby's wife) and I went to this new Vietnamese restaurant to try out their pho (the place we normally go to was closed). The pho was alright, but it was missing something. In the process of trying to make the pho taste right, I ended up making it a little more spicier than I normally would (this really helped with the heartburn!). After Mary and I got back in the car, I felt something again! It was almost like there was a bubble or a flutter in my stomach. Instead of happening the one time, I felt it a few more times. I quickly called Mom to find out if I was in fact feeling the baby moving around. She said it was and then I sent David a text message. It was so cool! This evening as I was sitting on the couch watching t.v., the baby started moving again to where I could feel it. I got David to come sit beside and put his had on my belly where I was feeling the most movement. It didn't take long before David felt something too. The look on his face was priceless!

I leave for Washington D.C. on Saturday. We are taking the 5th graders that I teach to visit our nation's capital. It was my job to plan the trip and for those of you that know me pretty well, you know how worked up I get about planning events! I was going to try to get out of going, but I figured I would be just as stressed worrying about how everything was going. I'll be back on the following Tuesday. So please just say a little prayer that none of the kids get lost or do anything stupid :)