Boy or Girl????

We find out on Friday if Baby 2 will be a girl or a boy! We are so excited!!! I still have no idea what Baby 2 is! : ) Any guesses???

USA Baby was having a big sale yesterday, so we went and ordered Baby 2's new furniture! It took us forever to find the perfect furniture for Carter and we went right in on Saturday and within minutes found the perfect one for Baby 2! I'll try to scan in a picture. It won't be here for several months, so we still have a while to figure out what we're going to do with all the office furniture and all my scrapbook stuff, leftover mary kay stuff, tons of household paperwork, and JUNK! : )

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Carter!!!

Here he is in his adorable shamrock shirt from Mimi! He loves having his picture taken each week after mommy takes her weekly belly pics! : )

Tom King Half Marathon

Matt ran his first half marathon today- in an hour and 50 minutes!!! He did so awesome and hasn't even had much time to train! We are so proud of you!!!

Favorite Shirt

This is Carter's favorite shirt...and it isn't even his. Everytime he goes into our closet he pulls it down and plays with it. Tonight he wanted to put it on...soooo cute!

Goodnaz 5K

Today our church (Goodlettsville Nazarene) had their first 5K race. There were so many people that came out to help and run/walk...it was awesome! The doctor said it was fine for me to continue walking, so I was thrilled to participate! Although, I would have rather been running, it was great to get some exercise! Shanda & I actually got a huge workout...we expected the course to be flat, but it was incredibly hilly! We took the jogging stroller and had to haul 2 toddlers up and down the course...we ended up jogging a decent amount of it, because it was just easier to make it up the hills that way and the stroller naturally flew down the hills, so we had to keep up! : ) I'm sure Baby 2 wasn't sure what was going on, especially on our last hill...it was a doozie! My ankle felt good until the very end...and I'm still paying for it! My muscles were so incredibly sore the next day and we came down with Carter's virus, so Sunday was a rough day for me! (Bummer, I didn't get any pictures of us with the kiddos in the stroller).

Official times:

Matt Baskin- 24:50 (2nd place in age category)

Shannon Baskin- 44:08

Matt Hayes- 29:20 (3rd place in age category)

Shanda Hayes- 44:08

The guys did great and even came home with medals...whoo hoo! : )

Preds Game

I won 4 tickets from our work to go to the Preds game tonight! Shanda & Matt were able to go with us and we had so much fun! Me & Baby 2 especially enjoyed the game food- pizza, french fries, and ice cream!

17 week check-up

We had a good check-up today: blood pressure was good, gained 4 lbs since last visit (it sounded like a lot to me when she first said it, but that is only a lb. a week since my last visit, so I think I’m right on track), heart beat sounded great (with Carter and Baby 2 our doctor has always been able to find the heart beat so quick, she never has to search for it), we scheduled our 20 week ultrasound for March 26th (yeah…I can’t believe we find out what we’re having in 3 weeks…this pregnancy is going by so quick!!!), and as for my icky ankle- she suggested I call a Medical Supply store and try some stronger support hose. I joked about as I get closer to the end of pregnancy, I would need to sleep by the potty since I wouldn’t be able to hop anymore…she seriously mentioned using a bed pan…aaah, absolutely not! I told my friend Mandy that I was totally going to be a granny! : ) Even before my granny & nana are…they are so young and fun and here I am with my support hose and bed pan…ha, ha!




For the history on my ankle- when I was about 16 weeks pregnant with Carter, Matt and I used all his travel points and went on a “Babymoon” to Maui. It was a fabulous trip, but the flight was miserable for a pregnant lady! It took forever to get there! I stayed awake the entire trip down there and made sure to move my legs around often. However, on the way back, it was early and I was sick and miserable and finally fell asleep with my barf bag in hand. I slept for several hours without moving. Shortly after we got back, I noticed an icky purple vein on my left ankle. It wasn’t big or painful, just not very pretty. It got larger and more purple throughout the rest of my pregnancy and then after I had Carter it slowly got better…although it didn’t go away, it faded and just looked like a bruise. As soon as I got pregnant this time, it swelled up worse than it did during my last few weeks of pregnancy with Carter. It is very painful and I have trouble walking towards the end of the night…some nights I can’t even make it up the stairs to tuck Carter in...and I have to hop or limp to the restroom. I bought an ankle support a couple weeks ago and it helps a little, but not enough. I’m usually fine during the day since I sit so much at work, it’s just after I pick Carter up and I’m cooking dinner and playing and standing more. Thankfully, I’m over the extreme exhaustion and everyday nauseousness, but I’m worried that this ankle thing is going to be so much worse as I continue gaining weight. As soon as I have the baby, I can go to Lave MD and have a laser procedure done that should hopefully totally get rid of it. But until then, I'll just have to deal with it.