26 weeks

26 weeks already! This is going by way too fast! I wish I could stay just like this for a few more months! Since the last post Baby Parsons has done a great deal of growing. She is now able to tell who her parents are, and is quite shy to everyone else. David has been able to watch and feel kicks and rolls. Little Miss will now keep kicking and punching if David or I try to feel her move, but when her Noni (my mom) or anyone else for that matter, tries to feel her move, she stops. Little turkey!

I had my measurements taken at the gym the other day, mostly for fun, and have gained 3 inches in my belly in the last month! I'm up 6 pounds since I became pregnant, taking into consideration that I was so sick in the beginning I lost about 5 pounds.

Mother's day weekend I went to Arizona with my mom and sister for a family wedding. I was a little nervous about getting sick on the plane, but was in luck! Only nausea, mostly when we were landing. While we were there my mom and sister were able to just barely feel some tiny kicks. The baby liked being in the pool, but after about an hour of being out in the sun, I was done for. Overall, it was a great trip, and a fun girls weekend!!

A few weeks ago I went on a hospital tour of Southwest Washington Medical Center. We were able to see the birthing center and rooms, and got a lot of good information. I feel very comfortable and confident delivering there. All of the rooms have a jacuzzi tub in the bathroom, and lots of other cool things to help pass the time of labor. I'm really looking forward to hopping in the tub while trying to kill time before my epidural. =)

The week of the hospital tour my mom came over and started to paint the nursery for us! It was so nice to have her help us out! She painted the ceiling, all the wood trim, and then the walls! She even helped put shelves in the closet! I can't wait to start getting the rest of the room put together. I will post more pictures when we get the furniture and everything else in there.

We've been starting to think of names more. I have a couple that I like, and David has a couple that he likes. There is one name that we both like a lot, and have put it at the top of our list. We will wait until Little Miss is born before we decide for sure what her name will be, but it felt good to have an option that we both like a lot. There will probably be another name or two that we put on the list, and then cross off, so who really knows what her name will be.

I'm getting more and more excited to meet this little girl with every passing day, every kick, and every roll. I can't wait to have her out and a part of our lives. But for now, it is pretty convenient being able to easily take her with me everywhere. =)