Bedrest - it really is such a dreadful word! Yes, I am officially on bedrest starting today. This baby is just too excited about playing with its big brother Max it doesn't want to wait for a good time to come. And I know it is Max too, because whenever I hold Max against me the baby goes nuts. Picking up Max from daycare yesterday? I get a contraction. I'm telling you, Max better be ready because this kid wants to play.

I'm not going to share all the gory details here - I believe in TMI for a public forum. Today's Dr visit was really interesting though. I got in at 8am and didn't leave until almost 10am. While there weren't many physical changes with my body or the baby, they did hook me up to check for contractions and I am having them. So I got to have a steroid shot to help the baby's lungs develop just in case and I'm also on some blood pressure medication that may or may not help stop the contractions. Either way, I'm not contracting to the point that they are leading to labor but there are enough other signs that they want to be proactive and prevent me from getting to that stage for at least 2 more weeks.

What does all that mumble jumble mean? It means bedrest, plain and simple. It also means Dusty is officially in charge of the house and Max. I feel bad for him but I know he'll handle it just fine. It helps that we have such amazing friends and family already offering to help with all sorts of things. I love you all!

Last night I was just into that hazy stage of not quite asleep but not fully awake and I slowly start to realize I'm feeling my heartbeat in my stomach. Naturally I start to wake up because this is odd and realize I'm not feeling my heartbeat, the baby has the hiccups! This was really weird for me because while Max got hiccups when I was carrying him, I wasn't able to feel them as well as this. The baby felt like it had the worst case of the hiccups ever. I wish I could say it was cute and amazing and all of that, but really I was just irritated because it was keeping me from that oh so cherished sleep I was almost in. But baby and I did get some sleep later and now I'm pretty excited about feeling this baby's hiccups for the first time. Especially since it was so much different than what I experienced before!