time for maternity clothes

When I was pregnant with Nathan, I was not at all in a hurry to get into maternity clothes. I think I started wearing them to church when I was about 4 months, but I didn't wear them regularly at home for quite a while after that. Of course, I did have to get out of my "normal" clothes...but I had some of Matt's old shorts and plenty of t-shirts to wear.

This time around, however, I've been itching to get into maternity clothes. Well, I began to make the move last Sunday. My clothes (especially my church clothes) have begun to be uncomfortable. They would be ok if I never had to sit...but who stands all the time? So...I decided that I didn't want to be uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, most of my maternity clothes from the first time around don't fit the greatest. I guess that's what happens when you're carrying around 25 extra pounds!! So...I really needed to do some shopping. I finally found the time yesterday...I've been trying for weeks. I actually spent most of the afternoon and evening shopping. For those of you who know my dislike for shopping, be amazed!

I'm glad to have some maternity clothes to wear. Now I can look pregnant instead of just looking fat! :)

Baby Moseley #2's first pictures

We went this morning to have an ultrasound. As I suspected, it was done vaginally. When she first started the ultrasound, the baby appeared to be sleeping. It was very very still. It was oriented so that we got pictures of the front of it. As a result, we have the typically alien-looking pictures. We tried to get the baby to wake up (hoping it would move so we could get a profile shot). I don't know if it had anything to do with what we did, but the baby did eventually wake up. It wiggled around and appeared to wave at us several times. It also did a little jig with its arms and legs moving. It was neat to watch it move. When there is movement, you can see life. We also got to see the heart beat and hear it as well. The baby has a good strong heart rate...171. Nathan went with us. I think he was interested, but he got a little bored.

Following are a couple of the pictures. You can click on them to see them larger. The first is a whole body shot. In the second, she was trying to get the face. The third is the same as the second except I have labeled what things are...since it's hard to tell if you don't know what you're looking at.





To update on how I'm feeling...the week we were at the beach, I was doing very well. I didn't feel sick much at all and I wasn't too terribly tired (although I did get in a couple naps). Since we've been back, I've been quite tired. Some days have been worse than others, but it's just crazy! Today I'm doing pretty well despite not sleeping well last night. I actually haven't been sleeping the best in general. Hopefully things will get better before I get big enough for that to be an issue. As for feeling nauseous (Did you know there are two correct ways to speel that word? I didn't.), I've been much better. I'm still having some "I don't feel like eating anything" times, but my stomach hasn't felt as ick.