I've already posted most of the stuff going on this week with Baby for the most part, but wanted to get my "official" weekly post in anyway. She has been giving me some pretty good kicks lately which is a lot of fun especially now that they can also be felt from the outside. Surely it will feel like only a couple of weeks have passed when I complain that they're getting too strong and painful!
I have been experiencing more lower back and sciatic nerve pain partly because I am in desperate need of my body pillow (air shipment) and partly because Anna has been clingy the past few days and wanting to be carried up and down the stairs instead of walking up and down like she had been doing so well last week (even doing portions on her own holding only the railing and not my hand).
Right now I am feeling pretty certain that Baby's name choices are down to Elena or Ella with Carolyn as middle name and if Anna would just say one of those names I'd let her decide which it is! Anna will not say any baby names but she will say any other random word we throw at her and she can say "hip-potomus" so I know she could say Elena or Ella if she tried, I think something deep inside her knows Baby is going to take away a lot of mommy & daddy's time when she first arrives; although I know these girls will have a lot of fun playing together when Baby gets old enough to keep up!
I've also been getting a lot of headaches lately and I'm not sure why. At first I thought it was lack of sleep and not staying properly hydrated. I feel like I'm on track with sleep & hydration now though so I'm just not sure what the deal is. I haven't had to venture down the road of actually taking a Tylenol or anything, but have come close. Hopefully they'll stop (I had frequent headaches during the beginning of this pregnancy, too).
I have to say that I am getting super excited for May to come and to meet our little girl though. I am planning to get a 4D ultrasound done here and am going to go online to try to figure out what the best timing is for that. I will try to get Craig to take a new profile picture of me soon.
