Pregnancy update

I just wanted to document how this pregnancy has been and how I'm feeling at 26 1/2 weeks pregnant. I have looked back at older posts to see if this is how I was feeling in previous pregnancies, but I didn't document them well enough. At 26 1/2 weeks I think this has been my hardest pregnancy. (Glenn does not agree) I am just constantly hot! We are going through a heat wave, but even inside our air conditioned house I am hot. I am obsessed with Sonic's ice and am constantly drinking ice water. WARNING: (This may be too much information for some of you, but pregnancy does some nasty things) At about 22 or 23 weeks I started hurting (in a very private area). I just thought it was my ligaments not holding everything together, after all, it is my 4th pregnancy. A couple weeks later I realized they were not ligaments, but varicose veins! Ahhh! I had never experienced this before. It is a constant pain and gets worse the more I sit, stand or walk. So I spend a lot of time laying down with an ice pack. I have discovered that riding my parents exercise bike at full recline may help a little so I am on it every day for about 20-30 min. If I over-do it I feel like I am being stabbed in a not fun place. Enough with that, the kids all love to feel the baby move. Aubrey will just lay next to me with her hands on my stomach waiting to feel her. She is going to be such a good sister and hopefully a big helper. The other day Liam said to Glenn "Our baby is silly. She is always jumping and kicking mommy." I really think he does understand (to an extent) what is happening. I have been reading a ton about natural childbirth to prepare myself mentally for it. I'm getting really excited for the birth, and it's still 3 months away. While I ride the bike I watch the show "A baby story". Periodically, Aubrey will watch it with me. The other day the kids were talking about when I go to the hospital to "get the baby out". Dallin said "ya, they are gonna cut her out." Aubrey responds with "Nuh uh! Mommy is going to push her out through her private part!" That just made me chuckle a little and Glenn just shook his head. We think the baby's name will be Reese Marion, but aren't positive. We like the name Reese, and Marion is my Dad's mom's name. She passed away when my Dad was 17 and for some reason I have been thinking about her through this pregnancy. Oh, I don't think I ever posted about my follow up ultrasound. I took Baylee and Becka with me because I thought they would enjoy seeing the baby, which they did. Everything looks great and the baby stayed still so we could get nice clear pictures of her. Last, I am sick of gaining weight and can't wait to be able to do nice hard workouts again. I am sick of getting winded from doing little things like walking up the stairs, or rolling over in bed. I feel huge and have gained over 20 lbs already. Oh well, at least the baby is healthy, right? Well, I think that's enough rambling for now. I will update again if anything changes.