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I'm Pregnant....AGAIN!!!

So, I ended up here today...somehow, not really sure...but realized that not only have I not updated since I was pregnant with Dixie, but that I haven't updated since finding out i'm pregnant again!!!!

So, back in December we found out we were pregnant again. It was a HUGE surprise!!!! I can't say we were expecting it, or trying or anything, but God blesses us all in mysterious and unexpected ways. So, here we are...pregnant again. Currently I am 27 weeks and a few days. I'll be turning into 28 weeks this week. So, thus far we know it's a girl and that she is VERY healthy. We're going to name her Jadyn Mahan Humble. The Jadyn I just found one day online and LOVED it. Then, the Mahan is in honor of my grandmother. It was her maiden name before she became a Carter. She isn't doing very well, and I really wanted to honor her influence on my life, and the love she gives. I don't know how much she will be able to give Jadyn, so I wanted her to have a part in her life some how. (tears)

Anyway, this pregnancy has been everything BUT normal. Beginning in February I started having seizure like events or episodes or spells. I would begin to get a little dizzy or just feel slowed down. This eventually got bigger, lasted longer, and were more so like black outs. I never actually fell out or blacked out or anything...it was like mental black outs. I wouldn't have a clue as to what is going on. They started lasting longer, until I was mentally out of it for up to four hours at a time. When they hit a peak, February 19th, I had five a day!!!! That was almost 20 hours out of it a day! So, you can imagine how the doctors flipped. I ended up in the hospital for the weekend...and lots of nurses got to see it. What fun, right!? Wrong!!!

They did release me from the hospital, but pulled me from work. I went through some crazy number of tests...first, they ruled out seizures. A great neurologist checked me out and said it wasn't seizures. From there a cardiologists. She said it wasn't my heart...which is always nice to have a good heart check out. After that we were looking at getting admitted into Duke or MUSC. I had one last hope-->the high risk OB. Dr. Browne saved us from a crazy continuation of tests. He diagnosed it as A-typical migraines. Not only A-typical of a migraine...but A-typical of A-typical! They're REALLY abnormal! They compared my brain to a computer. When all these programs start running at once, it's just too much. So, the computer (my brain) starts closing down programs one at a time. Except instead of Word closing down, it was the "you can see straight" program, "balance", "you can read" programs...stuff like that. It was really bad to think these programs were shutting down. But, it made us feel better that we knew what it was. We started on medication for migraines....imitrex. I take one when I start feeling it come on, and it speeds up the computer shut down program. Instead of nicely closing each "program", it's like pushing the power button instead! haha! Anyway, I can take 1-2 pills each spell and have up to 6 a day. The nightmare has been getting back to work, and trying to keep enough pills on hand...because insurance won't give them up.

So, that's the update. I will be better about it this time and post ultrasound pics once we see more next week!

3-D ultrasounds!!!

HEY! we had our first 3-D ultrasound yesterday! These just amaze me. I will say that I wish we had our regular ultrasound tech yesterday, but the picture of my beatiful baby will just have to do! My normal tech really likes to look at Dixie with us. She works around, tries to get her to move around and gives me TONS of pictures. Because I'm rotating through doctors right now, I had to see a different tech yesterday. She clearly just "does her job" and gets it done quickly. Oh well, these are the greatest pictures yet.

So, we're thinking.....she looks like me more than Joey! Or maybe that's just what I think...I'm going to look for some baby pictures of both of us to post next week and then we'll take a vote! I just think she looks more like me because I have a shorter, chubbier nose. I also have a rounder face than Joey. So, Dixie is definitely showing a little round face with a chubby little nose and pursy lips. Ain't she cute!!!!!!

I'm getting BIG!!!

So, last night Joey and I finally tried to catch up on our pictures. The last picture we took was at 20 weeks, and I'm not 29 weeks! Opps! I think I was a little nervous to take pictures after many interesting comments over the weekend. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE family....but, when you don't see them that often and some of the first comments are "YOU ARE SOOOO BIG!" "YOU'VE DOUBLED IN SIZE SINCE CHRISTMAS!" "YOU MUST BE CARRYING TWINS, YOU'RE JUST TOO BIG FOR ONLY ONE!" your self esteem drops just a little bit. Like Poppy keeps telling me, "you're pregnant! You're gonna get big, duh!". I just wish everyone else would be a little nicer. I've only gained 12 pounds through the whole thing now, and when I got the last four last week you would have thought I'd gained ten and not even been pregnant. I took it hard. Anyway, there's all the reasons why I haven't had pictures done.

So, now that I did see the picture....wow, I am big! Not to say all those people that have said such nice things to me have a right to do so. BUT, I didn't realize I was as big as I am. To see yourself in pictures is a WHOLE new thing! At least we know Dixie is doing well, and is growing, healthy, and all that good stuff. Now, it's just a matter of a few more weeks!

We're really getting excited! Joey even got a little teary eyed last night watching "Baby Story"! He says just thinking about holding his daughter for the first time tears him up with so much emotion. He's going to be a GREAT daddy! I can't wait to give him the greatest gift any woman can give her husband!

Pictures....

The lovely couple in Edisto Beach this summer. The much love felt during "the trying" stage.

So this was at 17 weeks of pregnancy. Currently we're 21 weeks, so clearly wee need to update, huh?

Daddy's Little Girl....

Okay, so we're finally feeling movement. It's a GREAT feeling. I get so giggled to feel her move, little bouts of gas she gets, etc. I love it. However, when she decides to get super active right when I want to sleep because "she" isn't comfortable, that's when I'm not the happiest.

So, last weekend I had a trip with my cheerleaders. We left out on a Friday afternoon to travel to Greenville for the night. We stayed in a VERY nice hotel, the Staybridge Suites, and the beds were AMAZING! I couldn't wait to lie down and get some much needed sleep that night. Well, Dixie couldn't sleep. She was trying to find her daddy all night long! Just hear me out, I'm not crazy....REALLY! Usually when I wake up in the middle of the night (usually because Dixie gets a little rowdy) Joey will rub my belly, or at least ask how his little princess is doing. He gives her some attention. So, she kept waking me up. A good swift kick and wiggling around would wake me up. I would roll over to the other side trying to make her happy. It was as if she was reaching out for him, trying to get in a little touch. This went on all through the night. All she wanted was a sweet word or a soft touch from him. It was truly adorable, but at the same time....kind of a pain. I hope she doesn't have him all wrapped up already!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

Well, that's right....It's a Girl! I'm not going to say I'm upset, because I"m not upset. I was truly just confused. Baby Dixie will be the second Humble girl in five generations. Joey's little sister was the first in four generations. So, we just expected a boy. So much so, there are boy clothes hanging in Dixie's future closet! :) So, it's just a mindset change. My favorite color is blue, and I love sports. So, I guess Dixie will be a good ol country girl that loves sports and wears blue a lot. My other big thing (take note if you're planning to buy gifts) is I don't like the color pink. It's an okay accent color, with black and brown, etc. However, when I look in the little girl's section of a department store I want to throw up from the overwhelming sea of PINK! :( I'm not a girly girl, I never really was. So, will I set up my daughter to be too tomboy, unaccepted by others.

I keep getting nervous about how bad of a child I was to my mother. I pray she isn't anything like me. I want her to have my brains, and Joey wants her to have my hair. Beyond that, she needs his personality and his childhood. She needs to be a good kid, like he was.

So, all in all, I'm just getting those "i'm going to be a parent" jitters. All these things most people question before now, I have them now. I'm scared to death to have a little girl. At the same time, I'm really excited to see her beautiful face and adorable smile.

Wish me luck! I'll update pictures soon!