Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I can't believe that tomorrow is Christmas Eve! These holidays are just flying by and Beckham will be here before we know it. I wasn't planning on buying anything for Beckham for Christmas this year, but I was at the bookstore and I couldn't help myself. I ended up buying him a few books and I even wrapped them. It really hit me hard that I'm going to be a mommy as I was filling out the card. It was the very first time that I wrote "To: Beckham" on anything so that alone was like "wow!". Then when I wrote "From: Mommy and Daddy", I was really like "WOW!". I don't think I'll totally grasp the idea until I'm holding him in my arms.

I actually had a little scare today. Well, it was probably mostly in my head because I'm still so scared that he will be taken from me and all of this will end up being some kind of twisted dream. But this afternoon I started having a sharp, stabbing pain on the right side of my stomach that ended up lasting for about an hour. It felt like a really bad cramp and when I pushed down on it, it hurt even more. That combined with me not feeling him all day had me calling my doctor. They wanted to see me as soon as possible so I went in right away. Of course, he started kicking like crazy once the doctor began listening to his heartbeat. Everything was just fine. My doctor explained that because he's now trying to turn out of the breech position, I'm going to be feeling a lot of pain here and there, and that I probably wasn't feeling him move because he may have been stuck. I'm just glad it was nothing serious.

Beckham has definitely been busy this week. Not only his he trying to turn his body around, but he has also started growing hair on his head. He now has toe nails too, and he is even opening his eyes for the first time this week. He has also acquired the ability to say “yes” and “no” in rudimentary sign language as he can now move his head back and forth. And can you believe this is my final week in the Second Trimester?! Woo Hoo!

Today, for the first time, I felt Beckham from the outside of my stomach! I was rubbing my stomach where the pain was and I felt a big bump. That's probably why he was causing all that pain!