The blog police are after me

So my older sister says I am not blogging enough to her satisfaction. Sorry to her and whoever else that has been waiting for my next blog.
Anyways I have more sonogram pictures but for some reason the files are corrupt and I am going to have to rescan them and try again another blog.
This is a picture of me at Ella's (my niece) baptism last weekend. I am 24 weeks now and my cankles have taken on a life of their own. Used to they would get swollen then I would put them up and they would be fine the next day but not anymore. They get swollen now I put them up and they are still swollen the next day. The heartburn was so bad Friday that I wanted to cry and I have been craving Chicken Express unsweet iced tea. I have to have one after work every night.
So I went with my little sister Meagan and Ella out to my parents this weekend and we all had a good time. We ate cajun food, played seasame street, and watched Walk the Line. It is funny because my parents each have their own remote to the TV and it is like a battle of the remotes when people are talking in the living room with the TV on. Ella is such a good baby but by the time we got back you could tell she was ready to get out of her carseat.
We have decided to name the baby Ethan Glenn. Chris' grandma bought the baby some clothes and I opened the bag to look at what he got and there was this romper in there that said in child like handwriting "If my mom was a kid she would be my best friend". Chris looked at me because I was making sniffling noises and he said are you crying and I replied "Yes". I don't know why it made me cry but I thought in my head it is so true.
Everyone is being so giving to Ethan and I. We have gotten clothes, teethers, a carseat, a swing, a crib, baby furniture, my mom is making Ethan a quilt, and some other odds and ends. So to everyone who has bought, given, or made Ethan and I stuff thank you very much we appreciate it.

First Time for Everything

So my older sister suggested that I start a blog to put into words my journey through this pregnancy. This is my first time blogging. I found out I was pregnant in January. I was at work one day talking about this and that to my co-worker Raeanna and she said "Are you pregnant?". I turned to her and said "No I am on birth control". Well a blood test later my B-hcg came back over 97,000 when it is supposed to be <1. I was completely suprised and confused. I returned home that night and tearfully told Chris that I was pregnant. Chris looked at me and said "It will be alright". My fear melted and was soothed by his words. After having a sonogram it revealed that I was close to 9 weeks. In November I took antibiotics and from that a new life began. Having suffered 2 miscarriages at 3 months of pregnancy the next month was nerve racking. I felt like I was waiting for the inevitable but hoping for a miracle. Luckily I didn't suffer any morning sickness just a lot of congestion that made me... you know.

Here is a 3D sonogram of baby at 10 weeks.

Here is baby at 13 weeks. I felt baby move for the first time at 15 weeks which felt like a butterfly flapping its wings on my tummy. Awesome!

As you can see we are going to have the first boy in this family. I feel anxious about this because we mostly have girls and I don't know much about boys.

Say hello baby.
So I am 21 weeks now and looking to deliver in August. Lately my ankles, which I now call cankles, have been 5 times the size they normally are and I have heartburn so bad it wakes me up at night. I could swear sometimes that I could open my mouth and fire would shoot out.
I have 2 doctors appointments on Friday, one for a wellness check and the other a sonogram to see if there are any abnormalities in the babies anatomy. Keep your fingers crossed and say a pray for us.