26 Weeks!!!

Here I am 26 weeks pregnant. Brayden will be here in no time. It is hard to believe that he will be here in about 13 weeks!! So Crazy! This pregnancy has flown by. I read that at 26 weeks his senses are becoming increasingly keen and his eyes are completely formed. He is also aware of light and darkness. I also heard that if you hold a flashlight against your belly he will turn his eyes in response to the light. I also read that he has more defined sleep and wake cycles. Well...I do not think that Brayden sleeps very often. He is a wild little man!! :) He loves to use mommy's belly as a punching bag. I love it! Sunday night, Nick and I was watching TV and Nick put his hand on my belly. Nick could not believe how active he was. Nick has felt him move a lot but this time he said that he was more active than usual. He was kicking his daddy like crazy! His kicks are definitely harder and you can see my belly move with each kick. Well, last night I was sitting on the couch and I pulled up my shirt and could see him rolling in my belly. He rolled and kicked around for a good 45 minutes and I guess he finally wore himself out. It was the neatest thing to watch my whole entire belly move.

This past Saturday Nick and I, along with my mom and my step dad Mike went to Nashville. We found Brayden several cute outfits. We both picked these out. I think he will look like a little man in these outfits! :) Here are the cute little outfits!

Of course, Nick picked these out. He loves shopping for his little man. Here are the things that Nick picked out....

We had a lot of fun and Brayden was really active that day as well. He positioned himself in my right side and was pushing his butt into my side. You could actually feel his little butt! :) He seems to like my right side because that is where he is most of the time. My mom got to see Brayden kicking in my belly that day!

Well, here are my 26 week photos:

Everyone keeps telling me how little I am. I have people tell me all the time that I do not look like I am 6 1/2 months pregnant and that I am all belly. I told them to keep telling me that for the next two months! LOL :)

On Monday, I took my 3 hour glucose test. I had to fast after midnight and be at the lab at 8am to have my blood drawn. After they drew my blood I had to drink the yummy drink again. Again, the drink did not really bother me. Then I had to wait an hour and have my blood drawn again, and again, and again every hour for 3 hours. Needless to say, I was drained by the time they were done and I was also STARVING and so thirsty because you cannot have a thing to eat or drink the entire time. After the last draw I left to go get lunch. On my way, I had a really weird feeling come over me and then I started sweating like crazy. I called my mom and she seem to think that my blood sugar dropped. I had a couple of pieces of chocolate and I started to feel a little better. I had never had that feeling before.

Well, today I had to call back at 9 am to find out my results.....and the results were that I FAILED!! :( When they told me my results my 1 hour was high 213 and it should have been 180, my 2 hour I failed by one point. My result was 156 and it should have been 155 and then my 3 hour was suppose to be 74 and was only 58. So it dropped low at the end so that explains why I was so sweaty and shaky. I told the nurse what happened to me after the test and she told me that I was right and that my blood sugar bottomed out after the test. I see the dietitian this Thursday to find out things I can eat to control my blood sugar and then I go back to see Dr. Cave in 4 weeks. When I went to the doctor last week she told me that I would come back to see her in 4 weeks and then start seeing her every two weeks!! I cannot believe that it is already almost time to start seeing her every two weeks. As fast as time is going by....we will meeting Brayden in no time!

Well I guess that is all for now. Nick and I have been working on Brayden's nursery and I should have pictures soon. He is in Kansas this week but will be on days next week. So hopefully we can get everything finished so I can post some pictures! I cannot wait!! Keep checking back for updates!!

Love you all!
Nick, Amy and Brayden