22 week belly picture

22 weeks

Well, we survived our trip to see family and friends, with only a little bit of nausea/vertigo to deal with. Not bad! The whole time we were there, Bebe kept telling everyone about how she was going to be a big sister, how she thinks you're "a boy or a girl" (although more often than not she declared you are a boy), how she "wants one of each" (when asked if she wants a brother or a sister), etc. It was insanely cute!

It was great to go away for a few days, but it was hard to come home to colder temperatures.

I know I'm still lagging in posting my belly pictures--our hard drive completely crashed and needs to be reformatted. I spent the last 2 days backing up every single photo file we have... it took forever! Hopefully tomorrow it will finally be fixed and I can update.

You're wiggling inside of me every day now, I absolutely love feeling you move! And I haven't been too uncomfortable (yet) but last night I had my first charley horses--one in each calf at the same time! I remember them from being pregnant with Bebe.... good thing I remembered how to stop them as soon as they started! I can't believe we're getting closer and closer to your arrival... I am so excited!

21 week belly picture

I definitely rounded out a bit here!!

21 weeks

Well, here we are a week later and I still haven't posted my belly picture from last week! We have been having some computer problems at home, and so I am not able to edit and post that picture just yet. But it's taken, I promise!

As I type this, you are jumping around inside of me. Can I tell you how much I love feeling you move?? It is just so incredibly amazing! And now, when I lay down on my back, I can sometimes SEE my stomach move as you kick. Too cool!

Tomorrow we head to NY for a long weekend to visit family--everyone is excited to see me (with you inside of me!), and we are very excited to see everyone as well. I'm not looking forward to the flights to and from there, but I did them at 19 weeks with your big sister and survived, so I'm not too worried, I guess.

It's hard to believe we've reached a point where there's LESS time until your birth than you have been inside of me... 21 down, 19 to go!

20 week belly picture

20 weeks

Today we've hit many milestones--we are halfway there!

From now on, the pictures will not correlate to your overall size, but your LENGTH as you grow over the next 20 weeks.

WOW. It's hard to believe that here we are! On Tuesday I saw the doctor and heard your heartbeat again... all is well, although it seems Mommy needs to lay off the junk food a bit. ;-)

Yesterday we had a very important ultrasound to see you and check all your bones and organs to make sure everything looks okay and you're growing well. You're measuring 2 days behind now, but that's no big deal... and you weigh about 11 ounces! WOW... that's not even 1 pound. I just can't imagine!

You were sleepy, so you weren't wiggling as much as I feel you wiggling right now, but we did see you move a little bit and open and close your mouth. The funniest thing was that you were sleeping with your hands near your head/face just like your big sister did (and still does!). We had the tech print us some pictures of that so we could show her. We also got a picture of your hand and the tech wrote, "Hi sister!!" on it. Bebe was SO excited to see that!

And now it's a bit sad for me to know that we won't "see" you again until you're born, unless there are any complications or concerns. We did get a peek at your big sister at 30 weeks because I was measuring small, but I don't see that happening this time around.

Love you!

19 week belly picture

I look like I shrunk in this one! Maybe I just didn't have as big of a dinner?

19 weeks

19 down and 21 to go--almost halfway there!

The highlight of this week was definitely on Tuesday night when Daddy got to feel you kick for the first time! He was so excited to feel you move, and we just snuggled for a while after.

We also spent some time on Monday registering. As I mentioned, Grandma had been pestering me and I caved... I've decided it's nice to have a list (besides the tattered piece of paper that I carry in my purse) to look at and see what I need/want. Plus, I hear they send you coupons for purchasing off your registry. I'll take discounts!

Next week sometime (or possibly early the following week) will be the "big ultrasound"--it's when they measure all of your body parts and make sure everything is working OK. It's also when people find out if they're having a boy or a girl. I admit, I want to know, but when I told Daddy I was wavering, he declared that HE doesn't want to know (it's funny, early on he was the one who wanted to know and I didn't)... so I guess that is that--he made the choice easy for me! Still, I am looking forward to seeing you and how big you've gotten!

18 week belly picture

Growing, growing, growing!

Yesterday Bebe felt you kick for the first time. She thought it was SO COOL. She was giggling when she felt you move. And then she was bragging to Daddy about how SHE got to feel you first. I think he was a little jealous!

5 months from yesterday is your due date. How time is flying!

18 weeks

Hehe... you're the size of one of the foods that I'm craving most right now. Darn, now I want peppers!

Well, here we are at 18 weeks... half-way to a full-term baby!

I have to admit, I've started shopping for you... I bought a swing at a garage sale on Saturday. I have bought almost all the cloth diapers we'll need for your first month or two of life. Today we bought your crib (we would have waited, but we caught an awesome deal on Amazon and couldn't resist!). Your grandmothers have both bought things for you (clothes, I think). And I caved and started an Amazon wishlist because Grandma asked me to. Actually, she asked me to start a registry at Babies R Us but I haven't gotten to it yet. That involves going into that store, and I'm not a HUGE fan... I want to put the little things on it from there, though--like bottles, burp cloths, etc. Grandma thinks when we visit them this month that people will want to buy stuff for us. I'm not so sure, but for Grandma's sake, I am following directions like a good girl. :)

Between the reality of baby things filling our house and the reality of feeling you kicking me (I don't feel it all day, but at least once a day usually), I just can't believe it all still. I am so, so, so incredibly blessed and lucky that you're coming to join our family.