21 weeks :)

Hello out there! Well I am going to try and make this quick because American Idol is on and I love me some Idol! A good laugh is good for the soul...and I feel bad that it is at the expense of others...but if you are going on tv- that is free game for a laugh!

Anywhoozers- We are 21 weeks today! And my weekly emails inform me that she is the size of a large carrot or 5 large tangerines! Last week at 20 weeks she was a banana :) I did not update you with our last doc visit at 20 weeks- it went great! The doc said she was measuring at 20 weeks 5 days- they will not change my due date, unless it is a much bigger difference. So who knows when she might actually come! She weighed 14 ounces, 2 small ittty bitty ounces short of a pound! The ultrasound really made our day- you could see all of her fingers and toes (she has 10 of each!), and she was swallowing a lot...even raising her hand to her mouth to suck on her thumb (something Mike did as a child!).

The flutters are now gone and I am overjoyed when I now feel "love taps". I call Lily's light kicks love taps because they are not a hard kick yet. Sometimes it is in the lower abs which is her hands and arms, and then the stronger taps are on the left side of my belly button which is her feet. Mike has not been able to feel them- partly because the taps are few and quick! Speaking of quick- I have had some jabs of pain every now and then; however, the other morning as I rolled over to press snooze again I got the worst sharp pain on the left side. I curled up in the fetal position it was so bad. The sharp pains are called side ligament pains and it is just my body stretching out! They are quick, but I was really sore the rest of the day! Crossing my fingers that it doesn't get to that level of pain again...but what am I thinking---this is no where near the pain I will encounter when it is Lily's birthday! I will upload her new beauty shots tomorrow...again Idol is on and I have stopped typing a few types to enjoy some Idol crazies!

On a more somber note...I would like to ask all of my family and friends for some prayer help. If praying ain't your thing- then hope, wish, or dream for some peace in Egypt. You see my dad's sister, the fabulous Aunt Jane, married my sweet Uncle Fathy years ago. Fathy is Egyptian- but you would never know it because other than his "middle eastern tan", that I am so envy, he has the biggest & sweetest southern voice! Even though he grew up here in the states he still has family back home. His son and my cousin, Will, was just there visiting his Egypt for the first time. I am so thankful he is back home and safe. It breaks my heart for him to worry about his family in such a scary time of crisis that Egypt is facing. He speaks to his cousin everyday. Will said that his cousin did go out and protest a bit and warns that tomorrow is suppose to be very violent. So I ask you all to please pray for peace in Egypt. If not for my family's family, but for the future of the middle east and the repercussions that could happen if radical muslims gain ground and power.