Emergency Room Fun and Turkey

Today I am officially in my sixth month of pregnancy! At least I am according to my "what to expect when you're expecting" app. What did women ever do without the Internet and smartphone apps? I find myself having a hard time keeping track of what week I'm in, and this app has been a complete lifesaver. Nothing is worse than someone asking me how far along I am, only for me to hesitate and then be like "err ,<insert guess here>". What mom-to-be can't remember how far along she is?!?! This one!!! But I prefer to think it's not my fault. I don't understand why the counting of weeks, months, etc. has to be so complicated. Why do we have to start counting how many weeks someone is alive before they are even conceived? Technically, I should be at 5.25 months..but according to the book my doctor gave me I've entered into my 6th month. Too confusing.  I don't know how many times I've had to explain to people that yes, Brandon and I have cleared our wedding date and that I'm as far along as I am because of the wacky gestational v. who knows what it's called ages. I've had several people, including some of my own family members, pause to do the math in their heads... Too funny.

So last week was Thanksgiving, and of course we started it off in dramatic fashion at the McGee house with a trip to the emergency room late Tuesday night. I have experienced a LOT of pain thanks to my dear friend Celiac disease, but nothing has felt as horrible as the pain I was experiencing Tuesday. We are talking can't move-can't breath-someone please kill me pains in my left ribs/side area. I usually have the mentality that ER's are only for dying or because you about to die from bleeding so much, so I'm sure I shocked the heck out of Brandon when I woke him up to drive me.

Long story short, 6 hours and 2 shots of morphine later, we were headed home with absolutely no explanation as to why I was STILL hurting (although the morphine did take some of the edge off). All we knew was that the baby was fine and I had no kidney stones. Did I mention I'm not a fan of emergency rooms??  After following up with my doctor the next day it was determined that I had all the symptoms of a pinched nerve and that because of my small frame I might need to see a specialist if it gets any worse. So. Awesome.

Anyways, the rest of Thanksgiving was nice. We spent Thanksgiving with my mom's family in Austin. My sister-in-law aka "Prego Buddy" (shout out Angie!) is almost exactly a month behind me, so it's always fun to be around her and talk about how are babies will be the bestest of friends.

 Liam attended his first UT football game. He was kicking like a maniac as I screamed and stressed out while the Longhorns ripped out my heart. (I'm allowed to be dramatic when it comes to UT football).  But on the bright side, my aunt got Liam a great care package of Longhorn gear. I am so thankful for her. I can't WAIT for him to wear it :) Now all we need is some Cowboys and Rangers gear and he will be all set!

                             (All that is missing is the bib she got us that says "I spit up on Aggies")

Liam has been kicking a lot harder and more often. I'm also starting to feel him turning over, or doing some kind of weird movement in there. And today the doctor called to get things planned for his circumcision. He is going to absolutely LOVE me for putting this part on the Internet in a few years :) I didn't even realize it was an option? I thought that that was pretty much a go these days.  After I hung up with the nurse I had a minor freak out that I didn't ask Brandon his opinion and quickly called him. Thankfully he agreed. I can blame that on "pregnancy brain" right? ;) Although, I will say that the word "barbaric" came out of his mouth right before he said yes.

All in all, things are looking good and in two weeks we will get to see our little man again <3. But in the mean time, here's a sonogram pic we have from 2.5 weeks ago. I promised I wouldn't put sono pics up on facebook..but I'm going to make an exception since this is the whole point to the blog.

                                                        Liam at 18 weeks 4 days