The Bybee Chronicles: 19 Weeks

The weeks seem to be going by faster now, which I can't decide is a good thing or a bad thing. Good in the sense that I am already over being pregnant (sorry Beckett), bad in the sense that we have yet to start on Gray's big boy room and know his eviction notice from the nursery is coming in the next couple of months. We figure we will move him upstairs after we get back from Belize so he has some time to adjust to the new room before Beckett makes his arrival.

As for how I'm feeling....better. The nausea seems to be gone but I still have no energy and the backaches have started. By the time I get home at the end of the day, I'm pretty exhausted and ready for bed as soon as Gray goes down around 8pm.

Beckett seems to be doing well so far. We go to the doctor next week for our official anatomical sonogram and his 20 week measurements. Over the last 2 weeks, I have started to feel him move more and more. Shane felt him move for the first time this past weekend. He seems fairly active and long. At times he is punching on my left side and kicking on my right. I pray he's just long and there isn't another one in there that they keep missing on the monitor. :)

Gray had a nice 5 day weekend at home. On Wednesday, I went to the Ranger's day game with all of my coworkers and got a call around 3pm that Gray had a fever. I was not able to go pick him up so Shane grabbed him after he got out of school and took him home. His fever continued throughout the night and then he developed a rash on Thursday so we made a doctor's appointment for Friday morning. I took him to the doctor and he tested positive for strep. Aside from being slightly lethargic on Wednesday, he was still a ball of energy. We also started to see a glimpse of the "terrible twos" over the weekend. He seemed more fussy than usual, didn't want to fully nap and cried more than he has in over a month. Bobby was staying with us so we hope he isn't regretting his decision to travel to a secluded island with us for a week in July. On Monday, Gray seemed back to his old self and jumped right back into his daily routine.

Despite his diagnosis, we opted to take him to his first soccer tots lesson. We figured he wouldn't be interacting with the kids too much and he really wasn't too contagious. Only 3 kids showed up due to the holiday weekend but it didn't bother the instructor. His name is Coach Mike and Gray really seemed to take a liking to him. He has alot of energy and works great with the kids. Shane and Gray started the class together and then after about 15-20 minutes, Gray decided he had enough and sat in the bleachers with Shane for awhile. Once the next activity started (chasing hula hoops), we encouraged Gray to get back on the field. He had a blast chasing hula hoops all over the field and dragging them back to Coach Mike. When the class was over, Coach Mike gave each of the kids a stamp on their hands. Gray wore his proudly and showed us regularly throughout the day until they washed off. This class meets every Saturday for the next 12 weeks so we are hoping it is something he enjoys since it's really the only organized activity he's doing outside of school (until we do another round of swim lessons in July).