Happy New Year!

We're finally in Beckham's birth year! Woo Hoo! We're really getting close now, and I'm just ready to take him out and smooch him up. I'm actually in the third trimester now, and I completely understand why they call the second trimester "the Honeymoon Period". It's like the moment I entered the third trimester, my body realized it was carrying a baby and started freaking out! There has been a lot of pain in unmentionable places so I'm pretty much walking like I have a stick up my butt. But it's been a while since I last posted due to computer problems, as usual, so I have a lot of catching up to do.

First, I do have Beckham's ultrasound video; however, i can't seem to get uploaded on here or on YouTube.

Second, Christmas was wonderful! All of the parties and family gatherings were a blast, and everyone was more than generous. My mom and Huey gave us a video camera as a Christmas/baby shower gift so I'll be blowing up this blog with videos of Baby Beckham very soon. Although Beckham wasn't here for Christmas, he still made out well with the gifts. Here's a pic of what he got :).

Below is a pic of me and my belly on Christmas Eve and a pic of Joshua preparing for the daddy role with Baby Athens.

Third, here is the Belly Pic from two weeks ago! I have the one was last week, but I have to get it ready to be posted.

Fourth, on Saturday, January 3rd, I did something that I was very reluctant to do. I took out my belly ring! Ah! Except for the occasional ring swap, I haven't seen my belly button without a ring in it in over 9 1/2 years. Although my belly button is poking out yet, it's making it's way there and was causing my belly ring to become very painful. I finally had to give in a take it out. It looks so weird to have nothing there!

Fifth, on Tuesday, January 6th, we got to see Beckham move for the first time! I was resting my book on my belly as I was laying in bed reading when suddenly my book began to bounce as I felt him kick. I was like, "WOAH!", and so I put the book aside and watched as my belly moved around like there were waves inside. Of course, I called Joshua to come see it and we watched together. Ever since then, I've seen him move on a daily basis; and whenever I'm sitting at home, I watch my belly waiting for him to do it again.

Sixth, Joshua started painting Beckham's room on Saturday! He painted one wall blue and one wall green, but once it dried, the green was so light that you couldn't see it at all! We were going to do two walls of each color but have now decided to go with just blue. So Joshua should be finishing that up this weekend and I'll post a pic!

Seventh, aaaaaaaah the heartburn. It has been terrible! I have never had before in my life and now I'm experiencing it on a nightly basis, just about. Also, most people know that I have terrible allergies and was getting hives everyday before I got pregnant. Miraculously, the hives stopped once I got pregnant and it was great, but.... they're back! I was hoping they would stay away for at least the next few months, but no no... they're back already and I've been getting them every night. At least I'm not getting them during the day too!

Eighth, I had my regular appointment with the doctor on Friday and everything is still looking good. I weighed in at 143lbs which means I gained 7lbs since my last appointment four weeks ago, so I now have a total weight gain of 28lbs. Beckham's heartbeat was 150 and he is now upside down in there. The doctor also commented on how extremely l0w he is which is why I've been feeling so much pain and pressure. And now I know I'm really getting close to having him because instead of seeing the doctor in four weeks as usual, it's now three!

Ok, so I think I covered everything. Whatever I missed will be covered when I post my new Belly Pic!