Now we know :)

I have been behind on my blogging news. I have kind of been an emotional mess the past couple days. I think its just pregnancy hormones mixed with stress. I seriously cry all the time. Its hard with Sean not able to help with as much as he used to with him being sore from his surgery. But he is getting stronger so there has been more help. ANYWAY...

Thursday. Ultrasound. Baby! Its officially for sure a GIRL! We have decided to name our little baby sweet girl Rebekah Mae Howell. She was such a cutie in the ultrasound. We got a perfect picture of her parts so we know for sure she is gal. Also she got the hiccups for a little while during it. the ultrasound lasted about an hour so we got plenty of good pictures of her. She has Seans nose just like Noah does. A little whoville baby nose. Noah was there during it and had fun looking at the screen and saying baby!

Little Rebekah is growing perfectly and I feel her move all the time now which is just lovely. I can't wait until Sean can feel her move. I'm also thinking it will be pretty fun to watch Noahs reaction when he can feel and see her move in mommy's belly.

Speaking of Noah he is being cute and sweet as ever. He talks more and more and has such a silly imagination. He loves making boxes cars and being pushed in them. He plays and giggles all day. He had a hard time the past couple days with Daddy not being able to pick him up. He was a little bitter toward Sean some nights. Its a lot better today and yesterday though with Sean feeling strong enough to at least have Noah in his lap now.

Surgery Day

Sean went in for surgery this morning. Noah spent the day with Grandma Rogers and Sean spent the day with Grandma Howell. The surgery was an in and out procedure but I was still nervous for it. He went in at 9am and was done around 10am. He was then discharged at 11:30am and went to his mom's house. He called when he got to the house. He was really out of it but said he was feeling fine. He basically slept the day away. Anesthesia makes a body super tired all day. Also his body healing up took a lot of energy out of him. I am sad I wasn't there during the day to take care of him but I'm grateful that his mom was there and that my mom watch Noah. We don't want to use up too much of my PTO so we decided it was best if I went in to work. After I got off I picked up Noah and we went to see Sean before bed. Noah just wanted to be held and picked up but Sean isn't allowed to pick up anything for 2 weeks. Sean gave him kisses and hugs. That seemed to help some but he still wanted to sit in his daddy's lap but Sean was too sore. We said goodnight to daddy and Noah and I went home. Sean didn't want to come home the first night because of the stairs. Its going to be weird to sleep in the bed alone. I miss my hubby.

Pregnancy 17 & 18

Here are the pictures from week 17 and 18. I am 18 weeks today! Good news! I hope I'm not jinxing myself but I'm almost sure morning sickness has finally passed :) I have gone 3 days without puking. WAHOO! I forgot what life was to actually keep my dinner down.

I feel the baby move more often now which is awesome. Still not as much as I would like but I think thats due to my uterus being farther back. I haven't gained any weight as of yet but my doctor said that will be coming soon he is sure. I think not puking will be a huge help with that. Now is the time to watch what I eat and not gain too much.

On Wednesday Sean will get his hernia surgery. We are looking forward to it since it will finally be fixed and he can start to heal. But surgery freaks me out so I'm a bit nervous. Everyone says its not a big deal type of surgery so I'm sure everything will go well. Sean just won't be able to lift anything for 2 weeks. Yay for having a husband with no holes though! :) THEN, on Thursday I get to go in for another gender Ultrasound!!! I hope Sean is feeling up for it and can come with. My doctor is amazing and recommended me to an ultrasound clinic so I can get one with a Level 2 machine instead of the level 1 they have at his office. So the pictures will be more clear and we will be able to tell for sure if we are having a little girl or a boy. I can't wait to be able to call her or him by name and not just baby.

Friday was Lame

So this past Friday was just not our day here in the Howell world. At work I was moving boxes of envelopes (I didn't think they were that heavy) and while squatting to pick up one of the boxes I got dizzy and blacked out for a second causing me to fall to the ground. Then I felt an incredible wave of nausea and ran to the bathroom to puke. I barely made it to the stall. It was not a fun morning. My boss said that he will move any boxes from now on so thats nice. The rest of the day I was just tired and felt kind of stupid for having that happen. I stayed at work and just took it easy drinking lots of water and not moving much.

Sean and Noah came to pick me up from work and we picked up the car! Finally we were able to get new tires. That was the only good thing that really came out of the day. We played with Noah lots and had a fine evening. I was still feeling nauseous but it wasn't too bad. Ondalynn and her boyfriend Austin came over for a movie and Sean went to the gym. He came back about 8pm with some disturbing news. While doing a pull up he said he felt a pop in his stomach near his belly button and some slight pain. By the time he got home (5 min drive from gym to the apartment) his belly button was sticking out like a cabbage patch doll. He looked it up online and diagnosed himself with a hernia. Onda offered to watch Noah while we went to the ER to have it checked out.

We ended up being there for almost 5 hours. We got there about 9pm and didn't leave til 2am! He had to get a CT scan to see how bad the hernia was. Our friends Alex and Cortney came and kept us company while we were in the exam room waiting for the results. Sean called and scheduled an appointment with a surgeon for Monday the 14th to see when he will get the surgery to correct the hernia. He isn't in pain just discomfort. He said occassionaly it will hurt if he moves wrong but mostly it just feels weird. Also its an annoyance because he can't strain himself so he has to be careful with moving things, pooping and other stuff that could cause him to strain his abdomen area. I feel so bad for him. He is a really trooper though and just makes light of it. He said he is like the pillsbary dough boy when you poke his tummy it pokes back out haha. Silly man.