23 Weeks

      This pregnancy is really going by fast!  I am still feeling pretty good.  I am having the occasional heartburn but not too bad.  Nothing that Tum's isn't taking care of, I just hope that it doesn't get any worse.  I guess my biggest complaint right now is my tail bone hurts.  I can't get comfortable sitting for any small length of time.  Our trip to Florida in 3 weeks is going to be very interesting to say the least!  I am looking into buying some kind of cushion to help make me more comfortable.  Although I am looking very pregnant at this point, I still get random people asking me if I am pregnant.  I have learned that a lot of people do not have filters!!!  I have been told that I am huge.  I have been asked numerous times if there is just one in there and, "Are you sure?"  Um, yes, thanks for asking, Dillhole!  I was asked last week how many weeks I had left.  Um, months?  Again, thanks!  LOL  The girls at the cardiac clinic did another ultrasound and they are 100% sure it is a girl.  They also told me that she looked long.  They got very good pictures of her arms, legs, and hands.  Jonathan keeps saying she is a giant.  Probably my luck!
      Piper is a VERY active baby!  I feel her moving a lot.  Yesterday, she was jigged up BIG TIME!  I can only imagine how it will be when I am bigger.  Jonathan can feel her kick now.  I noticed my belly move from the outside for the first time this past weekend.  She would kick and I could see my belly just move a little.  Really neat!  My app says that she is as big as a grapefruit this week.  She weighs about a pound now! 
      Jonathan is very excited and pretty funny about it all right now.  He is buying a pack of diapers each week when he goes grocery shopping.  He has also decided that he wants to stay home with Piper.  I love that!  Saves us on daycare money and I feel safer knowing she is being taken care of by her Daddy.  Jonathan has started working on her room.  He is dry walling first, then painting.   I have her bedding picked out and we have ordered the rocker/glider.  I have to order the rug and find a dresser.  We still a lot to do in what seems like a short amount of time. 

Here is my 23 week pictures:

It's A Girl!!!! (20 Weeks)

This week marks half way! I can't believe how fast time has flown! We went to the Dr. last Thursday for the gender ultrasound. The Dr. had a hard time keeping up with the baby. She was moving around so much that the Dr. was literally chasing her around with the wand and laughing. Her legs were crossed and she was flipping around so much that the Dr. would only say that she was 80% sure it was a girl. I couldn't imagine that OUR child would be being stubborn! LOL My friends from the cardiac clinic did an ultrasound at 15 weeks and said the exact same thing. Two 80%'s is good enough for me to say girl. We go back to the Dr. on May 4th and they will do another ultrasound then just to confirm for us. But I am hoping my friends at the cardiac clinic will do another in a few weeks to confirm before then. We have had a girl name picked out since around month 2. If indeed baby Hardy is girl, her name will be Piper Cathryn Hardy. :) (I just love it!!) As of now, she weighs 11 ounces. Everything looked good and we are very thankful for that. I have gained 19 pounds and the Dr. was very pleased with that too. She knew that I was VERY worried about my weight and gaining too much. I am pleased too. So here is my 20 week picture....

20 Weeks