There is something to report!

While looking over my blog, I saw that there is something to report. Grace is due 100 days from today!

Hiccups!

Nothing to terribly exciting to report, except that we had our first case of true hiccups a few nights ago. At first I thought she was kicking, but it was extremely regular. Then I thought it was one of our heartbeats, but I knew it was too slow for hers, and when I checked my pulse, it was way too slow to be mine! So I was like, what the heck is going on, and then the light bulb went off. Must be hiccups!

I think she was trying to make them stop, because she kept flailing her arms and legs and flipping over, but nothing was going to make these hiccups stop except time. About 15 minutes later, they finally stopped, she settled down, and we both went to sleep.

Of all nights, Blake was out of town on business so he missed our fun little episode. Hopefully it'll happen again before he leaves us in a week and a half for almost the rest of my pregnancy.

Yep, you read that right. Blake's company is doing a levee inspection of the Mississippi River levee from Vidalia, LA, to somewhere in Arkansas. It's a 200 mile trek that he gets to make on foot. He'll be coming home to the ladies in his life (and of course Mr. Bociphus) every other Thursday through Sunday. We've decided to make a recording of his voice so that I can play it for her every night. Luckily for me, Blake's sister Erin and her husband Ryan are building a new home and have agreed to move in during their construction to keep me company until Blake's "tour" ends on August 15th, 18 days before Gracie should be gracing us with her presence! Please keep us in your prayers that the weather cooperates, Blake gets home on time, and Gracie stays put for as long as she's supposed to!

Mother's Day Belly Pic!

We decided to take a picture on Mothers' Day because it was a special day and, well, we have been really bad about taking belly pics! This was taken at 23 weeks, 2 days. Hope all of the mothers and mothers-to-be had a wonderful day!

23 Week Ultrasound Pictures

Here's our little angel this morning at her photo shoot. The pictures are so hard to see, but it's actually a really good shot. She's measuring in the 58th percentile, weighs about 1 lb 5 oz, and is growing right on track. The doctor took a look at all of the chambers of her heart, which are forming exactly as they should, and her brain is making lots of connections which showed up like little flashes of red and blue on the screen. She started getting fiesty (as she always does), and the Dr. said we must have a little athlete on our hands. OK with me, as long as she's happy and healthy! Can anyone say soccer mom (but I'll hold off on the mini van for a while)? Baby Grace!