20 Weeks

Photo Thoughts:  Cute picture, not 100% actually 20 weeks... I had issues this past month but I couldn't just not take one but it looks cute, love the board

How Far Along: 20 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 9 lbs now I know that it is a weight jump from last week but considering how much bigger my belly and not much else of me has gotten so much bigger I figure it is ok.

Size Of Baby: 6.5 inches, about the size of a banana

Cravings: I have been eating lots of grapes and pineapple this week, I feel very healthy

Maternity Clothes: Sort of... so I realized that my pants were leaving indents in my stomach after sitting for 8 hours a day but I couldn't bring myself to buy some so my mom took me to Target to get a belly band so that I could continue wearing my normal pants and oh my gosh do I love it and it is so much better.

When we were they we also stopped to look at swimsuits because I am popping out of my current one and my parents are getting a pool so I will need something.  So we grabbed a couple (mind you I didn't want to get a maternity swimsuit I saw no reason why I couldn't just get a 2 piece and flaunt the belly) and went to try them on and quickly found out that I would have to have the largest top size possible to get my chest to fit into it.  Even then we had to have me try around 6 or 7 different ones to not only find one that fit nicely but that was cute still and not frumpy.  But I eventually found one and with my luck, it was on clearance so I got a new swimsuit for only $20

Stretch Marks: No but I have been keeping an eye out

What I Love: How much I am starting to show, I love when people that know I'm pregnant mention it and I flaunt it to the fullest, it is so much fun

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Starting on the room (still) hopefully within the next week or two I will start buying things and starting to do stuff for the room

Worries: That I will gain too much weight and that something will go wrong, my sister in law that is pregnant too had to be hospitalized for a few days and we were all worried that they might have to deliver her baby early and she is even farther along then me so it worries me too.

Sleep: Alright, some nights are better then others

Belly Button In Or Out: Now according to my hubby he is saying out but although my belly button hole is much more shallow, but not enough that my belly button is sticking out or anything

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  Pretty good this week I am going with happy

Symptoms: Just more of the same, acid reflux, back pain, headaches are less though, and I had another charlie horse this week although not nearly as bad as the last one

Movement: I feel something, not sure if it is movement or not but I am guessing one of things that I am feeling must him so I am going with yes

The Belly: It is there, I have had lots of comments and considering it is now getting in my pants way I would say it is getting bigger.  Hubby swears that it has grown tons in the past 2 weeks and before that it didn't really look like I was pregnant but now it definitely does

Milestones: He can now recognize my voice, and the nerve cells serving  each of the senses are now developing into their particular areas of the brain. Complex connections required for development of memory and thinking functions are being formed.

So we went to the doctor and got some ultrasound pictures so I am going to post them here for everyone to see too.

He has a face now that you can see, it is pretty awesome!!

22 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: My hubby told me that my shirt was too loose so he told me to fold it up, but I am starting to look big now....

How Far Along: 22 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 12 lbs

Size Of Baby: 10.5 to 11.8 inches, about the size of a papaya

Cravings: I eat pineapple daily, lots of sweet tarts, and whatever else comes to mind at the time

Maternity Clothes: Yes, I have finally given in and am now wearing maternity clothes every day.  I went shopping with my mom and got three pairs of pants, 2 tank tops, and 3 shirts so I am now much more comfy.

Stretch Marks: No but I am on the lookout still (So that is what I thought when I wrote this but that evening my husband was looking at me at pointed out that I do have some on the bottom half of my boobs, the part that I can't see, so apparently I do have some but they are tiny but it is now a yes)

What I Love: My belly, I look pregnant now, its awesome

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Continuing working on the bedding stuff that I am making, I love that I am doing stuff by hand for him, it makes it so much more personal

Worries: If I'm ready, I am a little younger then when I wanted to have kids (you know how you plan your life when you are little) and there is lots I still want to do but I know that once I see him, none of it will matter

Sleep: It is still on and off, sometimes I will just crash and it's awesome, sometimes I do the stupid half asleep but not all the way asleep thing.  Also my boobs and stomach are starting to get uncomfortable to sleep on (I sleep on my stomach/side) and that might be part of the problem but I am hoping that I will still be good for awhile

Belly Button In Or Out:  This is under debate, It has popped out but it isn't the button thing (where you can see it while wearing a shirt) and it is odd, the top part seems to be more out then the bottom, it is different

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  Happy this week!!  I am tired but it has still been a good week 

Symptoms: Fun story, so my alarm was going off Wednesday morning and I start to turn it off and I get a Charlie horse, so I get up and try to walk while trying to turn my stupid alarm off.  I finally get it off and then I get a Charlie horse in the other leg, I proceed to fall back onto the bad and have to force myself to stand up while like whimpering and my husband asking what is wrong with my legs.  They are now both sore and it hurts to walk again.  Some headaches, I had one really bad one but the rest weren't horrible.  That is mostly it, not a bad week.

Movement: Lots :) I am starting to tell when he is awake and moving and I talk to him so that he knows that I know he is moving around.

The Belly: Showing and proud!!

Milestones: With eyes and lips he is starting to look even more like a newborn, he sleeps 12 to 14 hours a day, he has sweat glands and his skin in becoming less transparent.

Gender Reveal Party

So I know this is a very overdue post considering the party happened on July 1rst but it took a bit for my photographer (aka one of my good friends with a nice camera that I conned into taking all of the pictures of my party while being a guest too) to edit everything and then even longer for both of our schedules to connect so that I could get the pictures and you can't do a post like this without pictures so hence the wait time (oh yeah and then I was busy and even though I posted the pictures on FB already I haven't had time to write this if you couldn't tell from the fact that I am really behind with my weekly posts)

So I had seen this gorgeous photo shoot on a blog I then after had to start reading called My Life in Transition of a gender reveal where they had a giant box and when they opened it balloons of the right color came out (obviously it was set up by someone else) and that is how they found out.

So I decided that I wanted to have a party and that is how hubby, all of our family, our friends and I would find out what we are having (with the exception of one friend that planned the entire thing and had to know to set it all up).  So once we had the date of the utrasound we made a date for the party and crossed our fingers that the tech would be able to see what it was.

She was able to and I dropped the envelope over at my friend's house and then it was wait time.  We had the appointment on a Friday and the party was on a Sunday (it is the best day for the majority of the people to come) so we didn't even have to wait that long.

Sunday comes around and after frantic cleaning on my part (I had to, my grandma was going to be there) it was time for the party.  The friend planning it came over with everything and brought this fun huge box.

So how it worked is there was ribbons holding it closed and hubby and I were on either side of the box, pull the ribbon and blue or pink balloons came out.

Yup we are having a boy and I was only a little bit shocked.....  OK maybe a lot, but we have a lot of girls in my family and so I had only really thought about having a girl.  So it was a surprise but it is a good one, and when I saw the ultrasound picture it was very obvious that he is a boy

My hubby had gotten me a new charm for my bracelet to celebrate the occasion (he had actually gotten one for a girl and one for a boy and we just returned the girl one) and it was tied to the main balloon.  After everyone knew what it was my amazing friend got to setting up all the food which of course was all blue and was awesome.

And my roommate made a great sign that we put over the table, and it will be able to be reused during the baby shower.  I don't have any pictures of them but we did a cute paper where everyone guesses when they think he is going to be born, and how big he is going to be.  It is a fun game that will continue into my baby shower and whoever wins will get a big prize that we don't know what it is yet (we have time, it's ok).

So that was my party, it was so much fun to have both families over with our closest friends and to have everyone find out together as a big family.

19 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: Odd week, no picture

How Far Along: 19 Weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 5 lbs

Size Of Baby: 6 inches, about the size of a mango

Cravings: Pineapple, that's pretty much it

Maternity Clothes: Nope, not yet

Stretch Marks: Nope but I am keeping an eye out

What I Love: Planning everything, making lists and starting to figure everything out

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Buy fabric to start making everything for his room

Worries: That not everything will be done in time but I'm hoping by being organized I will make sure that doesn't happen

Sleep: Like a rock, but I can never get enough

Belly Button In Or Out: In

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time: I can't decide this week.  I have been all over the place, one day will be horrible and hard and the next will be great and it isn't really anything anyone else is doing it is just me being crazy and having mood swings but luckily I have a wonderful husband that puts up with me and just makes me feel better all around

Symptoms: Back pain has been annoying this week, and I got a fun new symptom, acid reflux which I am still learning how to deal with. I also got the mother of all Charlie Horse's on Thursday night and my calf is still sore, 2 days later, it sucks.  And my nausea has returned slightly so it hasn't been a good week for symptoms.  Oh yeah and the headaches still won't go away.

Movement: Might be feeling something might not, I will figure it out at some point

The Belly: Small but existent now, according to my mom it is cute

Milestones: Nerve cells for his sense of taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing are developing in his brain. His permanent teeth buds are forming  behind the already formed milk teeth buds.

18 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: You can see the dog food bowl and the color is a bit dark to see but I at least look cute

How Far Along: 18 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I'm still at 4 lbs which is perfectly fine :)

Size Of Baby: 5.6 inches about the size of a sweet potato

Cravings: Not much

Maternity Clothes: Nope but maybe in a month or 2....

Stretch Marks: No but one of my good friends had mentioned a body butter or something that can help so I am thinking preemptively and going to find some good stuff and start using it so that hopefully I won't get any at all, so if you know of any let me know, I would love any help at all.....

What I Love: Everything, although I see my stomach getting larger and although I wanted it, it is a little weird but then I remember that I am not just getting fat and then it's better

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Getting stuff, planing the room, starting to actually do stuff besides just being pregnant

Worries: Not having everything ready in time, I work a lot and don't have tons of time to work on stuff but I want to do a lot of things myself (like sew the bedding etc, etc) so if I don't start early then I might not get it all done in time and I don't even know where to start. 

Sleep: Great except for the one nightmare that freaked me out so bad I had to go and find my hubby and make him come to bed with me because I didn't want to go back to sleep by myself.

Belly Button In Or Out: In

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  Happy, it has been a much better week

Symptoms: Headaches, all the time, but at least in different spots on my head. Tylenol seems to have no effect on me, I miss my Iboprofun, but that is probably why they let me take Tylenol, because it isn't strong enough to do any harm but it doesn't help either :( My back is still hurting too but that is more annoying then anything else.  Other then those I am good.

Movement: I am pretty sure that I am feeling movement but I have nothing to compare it to so I am not sure yet really.

The Belly: It is starting to get there, my mom and grandma had me show it off when they were getting their toes done and even the nail people were saying that when I did that (aka lift up my shirt so everyone can see my bare stomach, yeah I'm kind of shameless) they said I am actually looking pregnant.  Which is a yay but it makes it harder to hide it at work because I tend to not wear loose shirts.

Milestones: He can now hiccup, yawn, suck, swallow, twist, roll, punch, and kick. He is starting to get fingerprints and toe prints (The book phrased it differently but I am trying to put it into my own words) and his prostate is now forming because everyone wants to know about that :)

17 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: Odd week, no picture

How Far Along: 17 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: This confuses me, I'm back up to 4 lbs now....

Size Of Baby: 5.1 inches about the size of an onion

Cravings: Not much still, I am just eating normal food, not too much of the same thing

Maternity Clothes: I finally got new bras because my old ones had been hurting me and apparently it was because I had grown 2 cup sizes and never got new ones until now, oops...

Stretch Marks: None but now I am scared that I am going to get them on my chest because apparently I am getting a bit larger there

What I Love: Knowing the sex, it is so nice to know what I am having because now I can start buying stuff.  Having new bras, you have no idea how much I love having a bra that fits again.  And knowing that the Down syndrome/ spina bifida test came back completely normal, yay!!!

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Making a quilt for my little boy and starting to get him clothes and picking out his name.

Worries: That I am going to get stretch marks........

Sleep: When I get it, it is wonderful

Belly Button In Or Out: In but I swear when I poke at it, it isn't as deep as it once was...

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  This has been a hard week, I didn't get lots of sleep and I worked a lot so I was pretty moody, lots of random crying and snapping at people

Symptoms: Headaches and back hurting is pretty much it, not that bad right now

Movement: I might be feeling something but I am not sure yet, only time will tell I guess

The Belly: Small but getting there

Milestones: He can hear sounds outside the body now and some might even make him jump. Fat is starting to form under it's skin.

16 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: Much better picture this week, mostly because I finally got my camera back, much happier with it.

How Far Along: 16 Weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I am  officially back to my normal weight but my doctor

Size Of Baby: 4.6 inches, the size of an avocado

Cravings: Nothing, I haven't been having cereal as much, I had hubby get me some bear claws but that was pretty much it

Maternity Clothes: Nope although my mom saw me sitting and tried to convince me that I needed to start wearing maternity pants, then I stood up and showed her that my pants are still falling off of me and I was just sitting at a really odd angle

Stretch Marks: Nope

What I Love: Going to the doctor, which was amazing and scary at the same time. hubby got to finally see the baby in real life (as much as you can when it is still in me) and it is actually looking like a person now, we saw a head with a face and an arm with joints and hands and everything.  But when we went in to talk to the doctor he told us about a test that we are far enough along to take which will give us an idea on how big of a chance there will be if our baby has Downs syndrome or spina bifida.  After discussing it we decided to take the test to try and ease my husbands mind, because he has a cousin with Downs syndrome so he is worried that it might show up again in our child.  We find out the results this week so keep your fingers crossed for good news.

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Picking out a name and finally starting to get baby stuff.  Although my sister in law gave me a bunch of baby clothes so I am already off to a good start

Worries: Pretty much see above in what I love, it ended up in there

Sleep: Great, I do it all the time and can't get enough

Belly Button In Or Out: In

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time: Happy, I cry at the drop of a hat though, even when I shouldn't, I have had times where I was just frustrated and it came out in tears that wouldn't stop. 

Symptoms: Headaches and my new fun one is probably from the fact that my new full time job is a desk job whereas I am used to moving all the time so I have started getting cyatic (syatic?  I do not know how to spell that) pain so I am dealing with that now too

Movement: None but any time now

The Belly: Small but showing a little, I purposely wear tight t-shirts so that my friends and family will look and that people that don't know will just think I am getting chunky :)

Milestones: It's nervous system is working now and it's muscles are responding to stimulation so it can coordinate movements. It can hear my voice now and the taste buds are developing.