Update

So I majorly owe you guys a pregnancy update...and an update on life in general!  We had Mills' 2nd birthday party over the weekend, so things have been hectic leading up to Saturday with all of the festivity preparation.  But, after catching up with everyone {and being told how I've totally abandoned my little blog here, ha!}, I'm really going to try to get back in to the swing of things around here...I know, I know, you've heard that before!  :)

So to start I'll give you the pregnancy update, and I double-pinky-promise to be back tomorrow with the bday party pics!

You'll have to ignore the fact that I took this pic with my iphone right after I got out of the shower...and before putting on any makeup or drying my hair - YUCK!  But hey, beggars can't be choosers...it's a baby bump pic, right?!?

31 weeks and 4 days!

So far I've gained 21 pounds...whew!  Of course this is another sweet baby boy, as you already know, and we've decided to name him Hayes Hiram Wallace.  Hayes was my great-grandmother's maiden name, and Hiram was my dad's middle name - he'll go by Hayes!  As far as pregnancy symptoms, things are going VERY similarly to how they went with Mills {and I'm praying labor/delivery will be the same as well!}...no major complaints, just lower back pain and some sciatica every couple of days...usually if I'm up on my feet for too long in one day (not that that's happened recently at all...*haha*).  Time is flying by, especially since I already have one sweet little guy to chase around this time around!  I admit that I haven't checked my BabyCenter updates as avidly this time around...let me look...okay, so this baby boy should be weighing about as much as four naval oranges (3.3lbs) at this point, and over 16 inches long.  According to my OB appointments I'm measuring to schedule, and I've started going every two weeks now, so I'll have more to update on next Monday.  I really like my doctor here, but boy do I miss my doctor in Charleston...and the facilities (...and the health insurance I had when I was working!)!   :(  Here, the 3D/4D ultrasound isn't included in the 20-week scan, AND it's about $200 extra, plus I got to have ultrasounds pretty regularly last time around...I miss that!  Thankfully, though, one of the other doctor's wives in Nicholas' practice works in radiology at the hospital and let us slide in for a quick ultrasound last week.

Unfortunately the little guy had his hand up shielding his face, which made his features look a little distorted because the signal couldn't get completely through (or something like that), but from what we could tell he looks a LOT like his big brother's ultrasound pictures (although those were 10 weeks earlier with Mills so this little one was a little more filled out...I mean look at those LIPS, haha)! 

And we have finally decided on some bedding for the nursery/guest room {this room will stay a combo room since we only have three bedrooms right now} and I can't wait to share it with you once we get things together in there!  I can't believe in less than two months we'll have another baby boy around here!  We're excited!

Oh, and I can't finish my post today without wishing my sweet friend, Katie, a happy 30th birthday!!!

This was from our Katie+Calee birthday lunch last year...ahhh, miss you girls like crazy!!!

And this was from a couple days later - dinner at Taco Boy!  Katie and I moved from Charleston at the same time (she's in Memphis now), and I think we both miss it - and our group of friends - equally as much!  It was sure nice having the Heards just three houses down!!! :(  Okay, I'm stopping now before I start sobbing!!!

Happy Birthday, Katie!!! Hope you have a day of celebration just as wonderful as YOU are!  We love and miss you!  CHEERS to 30, girlfriend!!!