Last night, Nacho got stung repeatedly by a mob of yellowjackets out in the back yard. We knew they were there, because just last weekend Andy got attacked by the same mob while mowing the lawn. I noticed Nacho was a little too close for my comfort to the nest location, and before I could do anything he was running around like a crazy dog trying to swat the things off of himself. We quicky brushed him off and threw him in the bath to try and soothe the stings. After that, he went and hid under the bed, then came out and threw up twice on the bedroom floor, then started rolling around on every available surface trying to scratch his face. Then I noticed that his mouth was completely swollen to probably 3 times its normal size. Poor dog. We gave him some Benadryl and a children's aspirin, and the swelling started to go down eventually. It didn't totally go away until this morning. I thought about taking pictures, because he looked pretty darn funny with a humongous upper lip, but that would have just been mean.

I went in for my 16 week prenatal visit yesterday, and everything is going fine. It was hard for us to hear the heartbeat for very long, because baby kept moving around. It's an active little one! I may have felt some movements in the past few days, but it's hard to tell since I'm not quite sure what to expect. Once I start feeling real big movements, of course, there will be no denying it. I am definitely looking forward to that!

Our next appointment is on August 15, and that is when we will get another ultrasound. They could tell us whether we're having a boy or girl that day, but we're not going to find out. It will be hard, but we can do it! The surprise at the end will be well worth it.

I have started to wear some maternity clothes, which I am really enjoying. I went ahead and put away all the clothes I can't wear anymore, because it was getting really frustrating to look through my closet and find nothing that fit. As I get a little bigger each week, I'm having to put away more and more.

I am working again, in a temporary position at Vanderbilt Student Life, where I used to work. I am here indefinitely as they are doing some restructuring that has left some vacancies for who knows how long. It's a good deal, because I know the people here and I probably have more to do than I would in most temp jobs.

I'll try to do more regular updates in the future!