Trip to the Doctor and Another Ultrasound / Hurricane Ike

Ok, so we had a dr. appt. Wednesday, just another routine checkup. But since I hadn't been feeling the baby move very much, I asked about the possibility of taking a look inside to see if there are any problems. They said sure and we marched right into the room. I'm so glad I did because it really made me feel better and gave me more information about the baby. It took him a little bit to find her because she's sitting really low. Her little feet are right at my bladder and her head is below my bellow button. Once he got in a good position to see her, we could see she wasn't moving. What we could see is that she had the hiccups. Every few seconds her body would jerk and the doctor said that was a hiccup. SO CUTE! He pointed out to us exactly where she was sitting. We could see her legs were tucked underneath her, the knees wide apart and the feet together. He poked around at her to get her to move. She moved her feet once. I think I felt it, but am not for sure. He poked at her some more and she finally turned her head away from us like she was annoyed we were disrupting her sleep. It was so fun! The doctor said everything looks fine.

Later that night, now that I know exactly where she is in my belly, I could feel her moving down low. I think she may have been kicking hard enough for someone else to feel her, but when Kevin put his hand on her, she stopped moving. But I did feel her quite a bit last night. Even now as I'm typing this post I feel her moving around down there again. I'm really glad I asked about it because I can feel her now that I know where she is. I feel so much better and she was acting really cute for us to see. Yay!

Ok, so for hurricane Ike. They were predicting the Dallas-Fort Worth area would get hit with some high winds and a lot of rain. We definitely got the rain, but no high winds. The storm did bring in some cooler weather, though. 75 degrees is not normal Texas weather for September. That should come in November. But hey, this pregnant body was ready for some relief from the heat. No complaints from me. The rain on Saturday did make for some interesting intramural football games. Kevin is playing on a team with some friends. They won by a long shot. Me, yes I went. I took my rain jacket and an umbrella. It was actually really humid that day, just really rainy. This season is going to be a fun one to watch. We'll keep you updated on the status.

Baby "Booties"

Kevin's grandma Moots sent us the cutest little gift today. She wrote us a letter and even included a poem to go along with the gift. Here's the poem:

If you're gonna live in Texas

Ya' gotta have cowboy boots!

For if you don't then folks will say,

"You just don't give a hoot."

So, promenade and do-si-do

As you go down the hall.

I'll bet folks say as you go by,

"That's the cutest one of all!"

We also thought we'd post a picture of me as I'm progressing along: