22 weeks

It's been a while since I posted a picture of myself, so I thought I'd go ahead and do that. Little Thumper-ette has been a busy girl growing. I now weigh a hefty 110 pounds, which brings my total weight gain thus far to about 14 pounds or so. I've been trying to think of what I want to do for the nursery decor, but it's kind of hard to think about when the room is currently being used as my office and is full of boxes. I'm still really tired, but I'm not sure if that's just from the traveling or the pregnancy. Anyway, I'm waiting for Andrew to go get some dinner because I'm starving right now and he ate all of the chips in the house.

20 weeks!!

SO I'm finally getting around to updating the blog. Things have been so crazy with moving and trying to get organized and commuting to Des Moines and back that I have been simply exhausted. I had wanted to put up a post about our new place but it's still a "work in progress" so as soon as things are starting to look a little less "disaster zone" I'll post some pictures of that.

Last week we had our 20 week ultrasound and appointment. We were definitely more geared up for the ultrasound. I took some advice and ate a Reece's Peanut Butter cup a few minutes before the ultrasound so the little one was all raring to go. I don't think the ultrasound technician appreciated that so much. After all the measurements were taken and everything was looking normal, she asked us if we were finding out the sex today. Now, Andrew and I had been debating over whether or not to find out. I had come to the conclusion that he would look at the ultrasound and figure it out and then wouldn't tell me. So we told that story to the technician and said we wanted to know. So, she got a nice shot of the rump area (I really wish she would have given us the picture so I could post it, but Andrew said that it wasn't appropriate or something - I don't know). She asked Andrew what he thought and he said that it looked like a girl to him and she immediately said, "Yep, looks like a girl to me too." I wish I could have shared their opinion, but I had no idea what I was looking at so I'm just taking their word on it - they both sounded pretty confident. So, we're having a healthy baby girl. It was very exciting and fun to share the news with everyone. I think we still haven't recovered from the shock of it yet. Once again, I wish I could post the "proof of girl" picture, but she didn't give me one, she did give me these:

Here's her profile, she's sucking her thumb







Here's her little foot and then next one is her face, but it looks a little scary to me.





Andrew got a great early Father's day present the other day when she kicked hard enough that he could feel it. Prior to that I was the only one that could really feel her move, but he's felt it a couple of times now. She usually kicks a lot after some sugar. :)

So that's the highlights for now.

19 weeks!!

Not much is going on with the pregnancy recently. Just keep "going on autopilot." We took possession of our condo in Iowa City yesterday and are prepping for the move on Friday. So my next blog post will be live from Iowa City! :)

I took this excerpt from Pregnology.com:

19 weeks pregnant
Your baby's crown-to-rump length is 5.2 to 6 inches this week. Your baby weighs approximately 7 ounces and will increase its weight more than 15 times between now and birth!

Most women can feel their uterus about a half of an inch below their bellybutton at this point of pregnancy. If you turn to the side, you can really tell that your body is changing! Most women have gained up to 14 pounds now and only 7 ounces of that is your baby! The placenta weighs about 6 ounces and the amniotic fluid that surrounds your baby weighs 11 ounces. Your breasts have increased in weight by 6 ounces each and the uterus has grown to 11 ounces! You may be gaining weight in places other than your abdomen and this may be affecting your posture and sleeping habits.

One of the most amazing aspects of your baby's growth and development is that of the fetal brain. Your baby's brain is one of the first organs to appear. Your baby's oversized head shows the brain's importance in his development. Because the nerves that connect the muscles to the brain have grown into place, your baby's movements are consciously directed. Your baby's ears stand out from the sides of the head and the buds for your baby's permanent teeth appear. Your baby's arms and legs have reached their relative proportions and his feet are approximately one inch long.