Anne Young Nodianos: 25 Weeks and Happy Valentines Day!

What a week! Just can't believe all this snow!!! We got over 2 feet of snow and poor Kris had to keep shoveling the driveway. Here are some pictures of the 2-9-10 snow. Click HERE for pictures of the snow storm!

Happy Valentines to everyone! Kris and I are going to celebrate with homemade meatballs and spaghetti, for dinner and yummy chocolate candy I made! :) And I think we're going to watch a movie. :)

Ok...onto baby updates:
Kris did get lots of time to work on the nursery due to all this crazy snow. :) He got the entire room painted! The two colors are amazing! He painted and should finish putting up the new door and window frames by the end of the weekend! Click HERE for pictures of the nursery development. We are up to Phase 6 on the pictures.

While Kris was working on the nursery, I was busy cleaning...cleaning...and more cleaning! Oh yeah...and baking yummy treats. :)

We got our first gift from our baby registry this week from the Babcock's! It was our cradle swing. After we opened the shipping box, the swing sat in the middle of our living room....and we just stared at it. We both were just amazed that we are getting gear for the baby....that we are having a baby! OMGosh! ...the box is still sitting in the middle of the room, and after dinner every night we go in there and just stare at it! :)

Due to the snow, our 24 week check up with our OB was postponed to Thursday. Thursday morning, our OB called and cancelled our appointment. Then around noon, they called to tell us they were open...so we headed out there for our appointment. The first thing they did was weigh me. 153. I started at 115....this means I've gained 38 pounds in the first two trimesters. Oh my gosh... I'm not eating that badly. I have a moderate treat every day, but I make sure I've got all the good stuff first. At first I thought it was funny because I've always been such a stick...but then I got really upset about it. Kris said lots of sweet things and I talked to Alli and I am starting to feel better about it. I am going to cut down on my Sprite intake (was drinking 2-3 cans a day! :) ) and canned fruit (has lots of sugar). Anyway, then we headed off to the room with the doctor and had a good appointment. Our little girl is doing great. Her heart beat was 132 and our doctor was happy with where I was. They gave me the Glucola drink-I got the fruit punch flavor-so I'll have my GLUCOSE TEST at my next appointment.

I read on a website that Kris might be able to hear her heartbeat if he puts his ear on my belly...so we gave it a try. He couldn't really tell what he was hearing...but he did get to see something neat! She was moving/kicking/punching a bunch and he saw one of those movements right above his head when he was listening! She almost kicked him in the head! :) HA HA HA! It was really exciting! Since then, I've been feeling her very regularly and she's getting really strong! I finally felt her hiccups! How cute!

My back's been killing me, so I decided to add these light weight training exercises to my daily routine to help strengthen those muscles...and Alli lent me a Prenatal Pilates DVD that will hopefully help too.

I had another emotional breakdown on Saturday. Have you ever seen the Modern Family episode where Phil gets a new TV system and Claire can't figure out how to use the remote control? Well...that was me. I've always struggled with Kris' fancy system...though I have mastered turning on and watching TV. I finished on the treadmill and wanted to try a Pilates DVD Alli lent me...so I put it in the DVD player. It wouldn't work. Of course, Kris was not home....so I called him. We got it to play, but then I couldn't select chapters (I didn't want to watch the whole thing). I got so frustrated, I gave up and worked myself into quite the temper. I got a headache from all the blood rushing to my head so I had to take a nap. This picture describes how I was feeling!