Baby Update {20 Weeks}

We're halfway there! Baby is 20 weeks today, and the size of a banana...actually, bigger than the bananas that I bought today, which are rather small. The crown to rump measurement would be about 6.5 inches, but with baby stretching out more now, apparently we can go by the whole length of about 10 inches. It weighs about 10.5 ounces now. errrrr3eeeeee (that's from Sherlock. He says, "hi, guys.")

As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, we bought a crib and rug for the nursery. We spent Valentine's Day assembling the crib...

I also bought some supplies to make wall decorations but  haven't quite decided what I'm going to do with them yet. I think we'll wait until after the anatomy scan... Speaking of, we'll have that this coming Thursday! Although I think it would be fun to have a surprise, we're hoping to find out the sex of the baby. We're definitely not patient enough to wait. Let's just hope they get it right and we don't actually end up with a surprise at the end :/

Anyway, over the past few days, baby's movements have gotten a lot more noticeable. Almost any time I sit down, I feel constant wiggling, flipping, and kicking. Dan hasn't been able to feel anything yet, though, since the movements aren't quite strong enough yet (that, or there's just too way too much padding in between!).

I'm getting a lot more achy, especially at night. After a morning spent cleaning and shopping for groceries today, my back was killing me, so I decided to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine for a bit. It's absolutely beautiful out there today at 69 degrees! In fact, I was out there without a jacket and, sitting in the sun, I was a little too warm. It was perfect in the shade.

It's a little sad knowing that it could get cold again and snow before spring officially arrives.

Well, I'll probably be back later in the week for the great sex reveal!! At any rate, hopefully we'll at least have some adorable ultrasound photos to share....

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What do you guys think: boy or girl?? Share your guesses if you like! Sorry, there aren't any prizes for being right. ;)

Baby Update {18 Weeks}

At 18 weeks, baby is about the size of a sweet potato, or 5.6 inches and 6.7 ounces. I have still been feeling what I think are movements, but it's a little early yet to be able to feel much. Although just a couple hours ago, it felt like a fish was really flopping around in there for a few seconds (or it could have just been my lunch!).

I am starting to get a little more achy, but otherwise have been feeling pretty good. The nausea has mostly subsided, although I don't think it's going to completely go away.

Last weekend, we went to Menahga and Fargo to visit family and friends (plus shopping, during which I got a ton of--mostly maternity--clothes!), and now this weekend we made a quick trip to Mitchell for some more shopping. I had wanted to find some nursery furniture at second-hand stores but didn't find a single thing, so we stopped at KMart's going-out-of-business sale and got a pretty sweet deal on a crib/changing table combo, plus a rug for the nursery. It's starting to come together!

For Valentine's weekend, we don't really have anything too exciting planned...which is fine, because I'm completely wiped out already.

Dan ordered a bouquet of flowers, which was delivered yesterday to work. Sadly, I only got to enjoy it for about an hour, since it didn't arrive until 3:00. I would have brought it home, but we have some naughty kitties who would've eaten it...at least I'll be able to enjoy it all week at work now. :)

We kind of had our 'dinner out' at lunchtime today in Mitchell; we ate at a Chinese place we like there. Then tonight, we'll probably go see a movie, and I don't think we'll do much tomorrow. Being Sunday, it will probably be a really lazy day.

I haven't had any appointments since my last update, but my next one is coming up this Tuesday. I'm getting a little anxious to make sure we still have a strong heartbeat (and Dan is going to try to come for it!). I'll feel much better once we hear it. Otherwise, there's not much to update right now...

Baby Maryelle