lately.

I truly apologize for my absence lately. I get into the swing of blogging and keeping everyone up-to-date and then something comes along and intervenes causing me to slack off and get behind! LOL 

Everything has been going pretty decent I suppose...other than the sleepless nights from headaches, swelling and bh contractions! ((sounds decent enough, huh?)) Sunday was very eventful though in good ways and bad! 

First, some friends and I had been planning a "surprise" baby shower for our friend Karla & Miss Cora Elizabeth! Which turned out really great! She's usually the one party planning and surprising everyone else so we decided this time to return the favor! I love that we were able to pull it off and she had no idea! We always have a wonderful time when we get together, eating and gossiping of course! ;) 

We even had a delish ice cream cake this time! YUMMY!

& this is the lovely Big Sister, Miss Ava Katherine!

Karla & I @ her shower--both ready to meet our girls!

Soooo, during the shower, I began to feel this tingling sensation in my legs and feet and happened to pull up my jeans to take a peak and of course they are swollen as can be! augh!

  

Not a pretty sight nor a great feeling!

I had actually never felt swelling throb that bad before so I was very concerned and decided I needed to go into L&D. Better to be safe than sorry! 

                                                

Here I am laid up in the bed, being monitored and getting my bp checked! ((132/77)) I don't mind this part except when the bp cup squeezes my arm so tight I feel like it's about to fall off! LOL

After about an hour of being on the monitor, and waiting for the urine sample to come back, they tell me everything is fine and sent me home! The lady did ask me if I was spotting/feeling pain when I pee and I honestly hadn't so I told her no, as she goes on to tell me there was some blood in my urine. But wasn't concerned since I wasn't in any pain. I really didn't feel like everything was fine since Tylenol wasn't helping my headache and I hadn't even done much that day for me to be that swollen. :/ Ohhhh, the joys of being pregnant! 

At home, propped up, tryin to relax and stay off my feet!