Ok so obviously I'm still riding the Slacker Express...2 appointments and no updates...I figure you all are probably getting used to it by now HA HA.  A few weeks ago we went back to Asheville for them to do their 2nd ultrasound that I mentioned in my last post.  Everything went well at that appointment.  They confirmed that the due date is August 2nd.  As you know very few babies are actually born on their due date so, she'll be here when she's good and ready.  Our sweet baby girl's heartbeat was 143 which is quiet a bit lower than the upper 150's to mid 160's that it has been at all of my other appointments and ultrasounds!  After talking to my doctor about it she said that she was probably in a sleep cycle when they done the ultrasound and from the pictures she looked as if she was wanting to sleep and not be messed with.  They done a 3D image and she kept putting her hands up in front of her face as if to say "Geez just leave me ALONE!"

A couple of weeks ago I had an appointment with my regular doctor.  That appointment went well also.  They did the sugar test again and once again I passed that...YAY...we discussed the whole protein in my urine issue and everything turned out just fine with that and now she said there were just tiny traces present.  My blood pressure was once again 120/80 so that was a good thing, I still had not gained any weight but the good news is that I have not lost any more!!!  The baby's heartbeat was back in the 160's.  

I feel so blessed that everything has been so good so far.

By now most of you know the name we have picked out for our sweet little princess.  BUT for those of you that don't know, we are naming her Ava Ruth.  We had threw around and played with several names.  From the beginning Jimmy said that he wanted his daughter's name to have Ruth in it because that is his favorite book in the Bible.  As we thought about another name for her I couldn't help but thinking about my Moma and Mamaw.  I wanted somehow to play on their names to come up with something.  Soooo my mamaw's name was Wava and my moma's middle name was Ann.  Most people think that we just dropped the W from my mamaw's name, and which just looking at it it does appear that way, but that wasn't the thinking behind it.  We took the A from Ann and the VA from Wava and that's how we came up with her name.  Confusing to some, yes I know, but it all makes sense in my brain :) (and that's a scary place at times LOL).

Alot of people are asking if I've felt her moving.  The answer is YES!!!!  She is such an active baby moving all the time.  I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOVE feeling her moving and kicking around.  It's such an  AMAZING feeling!!!  I just have to smile everytime.  

I know this sounds crazy but even though I've heard her little heart beating, I've saw the pictures of our precious baby, and felt her rambunctious kicks and turns, it all seems so very surreal to me.  I am so extremely excited and can hardly wait to be able to physically hold her and look at her.  

I can't help but to feel blessed beyond measure.  God has allowed me to carry this child this long and he has certainly been watching over us and taking care of us.  And for that I could never thank him enough!  I am so thankful that he trusts Jimmy and I to raise this baby.  My prayer is that we will be the parents to her that God has trusted us to be.