21 Weeks Down 19 to Go!

So I'm pretty sure the little girl had a growth spurt. I feel HUGE! And now strangers feel confident to ask me my due date instead of covertly inspecting my middle to try to figure out if it's a baby or too much pizza. It's amazing that she's only half way grown, and I'll just keep getting bigger! Dad bought us our stroller, and it was hilarious watching him and P try to put it together. They did accomplish the goal, and it is now sitting in the nursery closet just waiting to be used. We've decided on colors for the nursery, so now we'll work on getting everything set up. I'll post pics of our progress as soon as we start working on it. My increased appetite is here to stay...I am LOVING food right now. But I don't feel too bad, b/c every day I feel her getting stronger. Her little flutters are serious kicks now (most of the time to my bladder). I actually felt her flip around yesterday from feet down to head down (it was a very weird feeling). Here is the 21 week pic...sorry I look so scrubbed out but I was getting ready to run when I remembered to take it.

Half Way There!

I can't believe we'll have our little girl in 20 weeks (give or take)! Time is flying by. Not much has changed this week, except for the awful stretching sensation in my abs. I guess she needs some more room in there! P and I have been to BabiesRUs several times lately just to play around with everything. I think we spent an hour snapping car seats into their bases and collapsing all of the strollers. At least we'll be a little prepared for what's to come! I've been feeling some stronger kicks and can even see them when I look at my stomach at the right time. She's still being shy when P puts his hand on her, but I think she's just saving up one really good kick for her daddy. Here's the 20 week pic (getting bigger every day!):

19 Weeks and Counting

Not much of an update since I posted so late last week. I'm still loving anything with hot sauce on it, and my appetite is enormous. We have some new additions to the nursery, thanks to mom and dad! We have our crib and changing table all set up, and it is really starting to look like a baby's room. Next step is picking out bedding, which is proving to be harder than I thought. Here are some pics of P and I setting it all up, and my 19 week pic as well.

18 Week Update (a little late)

I'm already bad at updating on time! So here is my 18 week update 5 days late. I've finally started feeling her consistently and it is an amazing feeling! All of the books say it's supposed to feel like butterflies, but it's never felt like that for me. It feels like muscle twitches, but a little stronger. I've felt it on the outside a couple times, but every time P tries to feel she stops! Just in the past couple days my hunger has increased (maybe she's having a growth spurt) and the only thing I want is Chipotle burrito bowls with LOTS of hot sauce. I think I've had three in two days! Here's my 18 week pic...she's growing every day!

It's a girl!

We had our big ultrasound on Thursday. Mom, P, and I headed down to the hospital while I was sucking down a REAL coke (and it was delicious) so the peanut would move around and give us a good shot. The took us right in and sat P down next to me (apparently the husbands are required to sit down...b/c they might faint) and she got started. She took all of the measurements (all normal) and then started to look for the goods. She poked around for a little bit, and then I heard the dreaded words...it has it's legs crossed. Ahhh! I drank sugar and caffeine for this very moment, and there she sat, as mellow as can be. I think the tech realized I was starting to freak out, so she shook my belly a bit and moved the thing around some more. Thankfully she is so good at what she does, b/c she froze the frame, put up the little pointer, and said "You're having a girl, dad!". Woohoo!! Of course I had to ask if she was sure, and she said she was 99.9% sure. I was ecstatic, mom had tears in her eyes, and P instantly took on the role as overprotective daddy to his little girl. We celebrated with a huge dinner at Cheesecake, then a shopping spree at Baby GAP. Shopping for a little girl is so much fun!! Here are the pics of our 17 week little girl:

A shot of her singing:

She decided to stretch toward the camera so we could see her beautiful face:

The money shot! I'm glad the tech can read it better than I can, because I can't really see anything:

And two become three...

The moment of truth...

Some shots of the belly at 5 weeks... 10 weeks... 15 weeks...