19 Week Update

I can't believe I'm almost halfway there! In baby news this week, I've bought her bedding (yay!) and hope to get the office (soon to be nursery) cleaned out and painted this weekend. If that does get accomplished, pictures to come. I also need to post a recap of our Florida vacation....hopefully that will happen this week.

Now, for the update. Here's a photo I took this morning with my phone:


Getting pretty big! It's all happened in the past few weeks, so it's still odd to see.

How far along: 19 weeks

Size of baby: About the size of mango, or 8.5 oz

Total weight gain/loss: Still down 9 pounds. Eventually it will catch up to me.

Sleep: Waking up a few times to go to the restroom, but getting used to it!

Best moment of the week: Shopping for her. Girl stuff is so cute!

Movement: Almost daily now. Mostly at night before I go to bed. Michael hasn't been able to feel it yet, but hopefully soon!

Food cravings: None, really.

Gender: GIRL

Labor signs: N/A

Belly button in or out: In

What I miss: Sleeping on my back.

What I'm looking forward to: Cleaning and organizing the nursery and starting to paint.

Milestones: None this week.

17 Weeks and It's a . . .

Well, our little one did not cooperate at our ultrasound last week. The legs were crossed the whole time so we were not able to find out. Sad! Luckily, we have a close family friend who is involved with wonderful clinic here in town and she was able to get us an additional ultrasound yesterday.

I went in prepared this time and had a Starbucks Chai Tea Latte right beforehand to get the baby moving. As soon as we started the ultrasound, we were able to see that the legs were thankfully not crossed and we got quite a few great shots that confirmed what we are having. . .

It's a GIRL!!!

Michael was right! I was convinced it would be a boy, so I guess my intuition was off. We are very excited, though. Everyone keeps telling us that little girls are for spoiling, so we will be happy to do that! Now the shopping can begin!

And now onto the update:

How far along: 17 weeks

Size of baby: About the size of an onion, or 5.9 oz

Total weight gain/loss: Still down 9 pounds

Sleep: Waking up a few times to go to the restroom, but getting used to it!

Best moment of the week: Finding out that it's a girl!

Movement: I think I've felt some little flutters. Nothing major yet, though.

Food cravings: None, really.

Gender: GIRL

Labor signs: N/A

Belly button in or out: In

What I miss: Wine and seafood. We are heading to Florida this weekend for a vacation and while I can eat some seafood, I normally eat it every day that we are on vacation, which is a no go this time.

What I'm looking forward to: Relaxing at the beach and then getting to start decorating her room.

Milestones: 4 months along!

Four Years

Yep, today is our fourth wedding anniversary! I can't believe it's been four years. While we've seen and done a lot in the past four years, it still feels like it was just yesterday.

Today is also "baby day"! We have an ultrasound scheduled for this afternoon, so hopefully the baby cooperates and we can find out what we are having. I'm still thinking it's a boy, but Michael thinks it's a girl. We'll see who is right!

We are looking forward to celebrating both milestones this evening!

16 Weeks

Wow! I can't believe I'm 16 weeks along today. Some days it feels like it's flying by, while others, it feels like January will never be here. I've seen this on a few other blogs and thought it was cute, so here we go:

How far along: 16 weeks

Size of baby: About the size of an avocado, or 3.5 oz

Total weight gain/loss: Down 9 pounds

Sleep: I'm still sleeping pretty well. I'm trying my best to not sleep on my back, but it still happens occassionally, since that's how I'm most comfortable.

Best moment of the week: Looking at baby clothes at Gap this weekend. Too cute!

Movement: I think I've felt some little flutters. Nothing major yet, though.

Food cravings: None, really.

Gender: Hopefully finding out Thursday!

Labor signs: N/A

Belly button in or out: In

What I miss: Wine. Obviously.

What I'm looking forward to: Finding out if we are having a boy or girl!

Milestones: 4 months along!