21 weeks!!

Here is a pic at 21 weeks.  Others can now feel the baby kick... He is not not as active as James was at this stage, so who knows maybe he will be my mellow baby. Lol I can hope right? When he is active he is all over. One minute he is on the right kicking away and the next minute he is all the way over to the left kicking away. This time I can tell that the placenta is anterior. It was like this with James too but James was so active it didn't seem to matter. This little guy I feel kicking much deeper. I can only feel him from the outside if he is all the way in the left corner.  My one scrub top is finally getting a little tight on the belly and this week a pt actually asked how far along I was without me saying I was expecting :) I know that I have bins of cloths from James infant cloths but I still have been having fun hitting the clearance racks to get this little guy some new cloths. I have been working crocheting a blanket for him. I have bedding for his room already and this last week I picked up a lamp that perfectly matches my navy blue star theme. I even got some navy bedding for the my twin bed that I plan to keep in the nursery for me to sleep in.  At the last couple of appointments his heart rate has been 150's much slower than James was but also fast for what they consider boy range lol. I have stayed off my heart meds so far this pregnancy so I am hoping that makes a difference for this little guys growth rates. I don't have my next high risk appointment until April. This week I see my reg OB Wednesday to schedule my stent placement for my kidney stone. The stent surgery will most likely be Thursday or Friday. I am extremely nervous. Its one thing when health problems only affect me but this affects the baby in the fact that it puts me at risk for preterm labor and I am way too early for that. So please keep baby in your prayers. 

  James had a check on the fluid on his ears today. The fluid is still there and it may be inevitable that he gets tubes placed. She is giving us another month to wait it out and see what happens. He doesn't seem to bothered by it right now and is not saying "what" as much. James is making big strides in the big boy/big brother department. This weekend we started wearing undies in between naps, travel and bedtime. He has had a couple accidents but he really likes all the new undies grandma bought him. He also helped Grandpa take the rails off the crib so now he sleeps in the big boy bed. I thought it might be a big transition for him but he took to it immediately. Has not tried to jump out in the middle of night once and he actually is putting up less of a fight to go down. So happy this was an easy move for him. Still not sure if I will be buying a new convertable crib for baby or if I will be trying to get James into a new toddler bed and giving the crib to the baby. We will have to just wait and see. One big boy step at a time :)