bulldogs and babies.

first and foremost... we are currently 18 weeks and 3 days, and i know ive been slacking with the updates lately, but i guess thats a testament to how ive been feeling, much better! ive had some back pain that i know i just have to deal with, but other than that, we've been doing well. :)

i went to richmond for the weekend a few weeks ago to hang with my very excited soon-to-be aunt little sister where we spent almost the entire time shopping for baby. also where i made my very first baby purchase of the super awesome bulldog onesie to the left. my sister in law has decided that once the baby comes we need to get stelly a shirt with the baby's picture on it and they can wear them together. i will admit that i LOVE this idea...

we had a dr's appt last week which was pretty much just a standard check-up. the heartbeat was at 147, so down a little from the last time, but still good. i also had some blood drawn for the test for down syndrome, and i guess no news is good news because i havent heard anything back. but the most exciting part of that whole thing was that i was finally able to make my appt for the BIG ultrasound! woohoo! may 12th we find out what we're having and make sure everything with baby persons is lookin good! i cant wait!!! it will make this whole name process so much easier!

i also started a prenatal yoga class that i was a initially a little apprehensive about but am super happy about now! completely superficially i was worried that i would either be the most terrible looking preggo there or that i would look like an idiot having never taken a yoga class before in my life... but the class was awesome, there were maybe 7 of us ranging from 9 weeks to 6 months and pretty much everyone was new to yoga so it made it much more comfortable. i felt really good after the class and im really hoping that this will eventually help to relieve some of the back pain. the first 30 minutes was a lot of breathing and kegels! ha ha ha! always with the kegels...