18 Weeks

I had my 18 week dr. appt today and all is well! I'm hoping I'm finally over the nausea. Yesterday and today have been good days so I'm keeping my fingers crossed and my hopes high. I got to hear the heartbeat. Dr. Nance's guess is that I'm having another boy. But he said he's never been good at guessing and he's been mostly wrong the last few weeks. The other day I was sitting in Tyce's room with him as he was trying to go down for a nap and I looked up the Chinese gender chart and took a couple gender quizzes. They all said it's a boy! I'll admit that when Dr. Nance agreed I felt a bit of disappointment. I've been saying I wouldn't mind another boy because my boys are just so much fun. And ever since Tyce was born I've been saying another boy would be great. Kevin has said several times I'm just saying that to protect myself in case it is another boy. Maybe he's kind of right?! But, my ultrasound is scheduled for May 16th so we'll keep guessing until then!

When I was pregnant with Tyce I got a really bad varicose vein on the back of my right leg. It was towards the end of my pregnancy and it hurt but luckily it went away after he was born. Well, it didn't take long for it to pop back up again with this pregnancy and boy oh boy does it hurt! It's gotten worse...the length of the vein and the pain. Kevin says I can get my veins fixed after I have the baby. Nice! I was at the gym last week and looked in the mirror and thought "I have my mom's legs". She does not wear anything but long pants and skirt/dresses because she's never liked her varicose veins. So her legs don't see the sun. And she gets bruised easily as well. At the gym I noticed a big bruise around my ankle. Over the last week it's spread and hasn't gotten better but it started hurting. Dr Nance told me some terrible news today--it's not a bruise but a collection of spider veins and they're not going away :( Oh my! He said varicose veins are easy to fix but these spider veins are a lot harder. Well, guess I'm gonna have to suck it up and not be vain (ha ha!) so I don't spend all summer in pants!!

Ok, so long lasting nausea and ugly veins aside, I'm happy to be pregnant. A bit nervous to have 4 sweet children to be the mother of, but thrilled to have a little baby. I'm pretty certain I've felt this babe move and that's exciting. Asher has been incredibly sweet and he'll occasionally come rub my belly :) I was lying on the couch a week or so ago, feeling very sick, and Asher and Tyce were crawling all over me. I asked them to stop because I was feeling so sick and they were kicking me...Tyce sat by my head and gently caressed my face. For so long that I nearly fell asleep. So incredibly sweet. Love my boys!