Halfway There

Today I am 20 weeks pregnant!

And I really can't complain. I am still down 19 pounds and feeling much better these days. Very little sickness remaining and my sleep is getting better again too. It's nice to know that I'm on the downhill side of things now, working towards June when we can meet our little girl.

We're all excited to have another girl in the family after a 6-year stretch without one on my side and a 4-year stretch on Bryan's side. Something tells me she's going to have way more clothes than she can ever wear :)

We found out...

We went back this morning for another ultrasound, and again the baby's legs were crossed. But finally she decided to let us know who she is :) We're excited to finally know and be able to start planning. We'll probably go in a few weeks again to be sure since ultrasounds aren't always 100% accurate.

Please continue to pray that this little girl continues to grow and be healthy.

Mystery

Yes, it's a mystery still as to what this little one inside of me is. After 45 minutes of a very patient ultrasound tech trying to coerce our child to open it's legs, the baby refused. I walked, I used the restroom, I turned on my sides, we shook the tummy, did everything we thought of... and yet no response. We walked away wondering if this baby is stubborn, lazy, or just modest.

Nice thing is, our ultrasound tech was super friendly and said that she'd be working again tomorrow at the hospital and we are welcome to come by and she'd try again between her appointments. So pray that we get to know tomorrow. I am so anxious to know :)

We'll keep you updated!

18 Weeks

It's hard to believe that I am 18 weeks pregnant today. I'm almost halfway there!

I went to my check-up yesterday and all looked well. I only gained 1 pound in the last 4 weeks. So since I'd lost 20 already, I'm still down 19 :) Not too shabby in my opinion.

I got to see the little one on a quick ultrasound to check the heartbeat and movement, but we go to the hospital next Friday, the 23rd for the in-depth ultrasound where we should hopefully find out the sex of the baby. We're getting anxious to know. I love being able to call a baby by it's name and shop, decorate, and plan in advance. So far, almost everybody seems to think this baby is a girl... but I'm not sold on it. I think a boy. (Or maybe it's my way of not getting my hopes up for a girl).

I keep going back and forth on the idea of a boy and the idea of a girl. I have so much stuff from Evan and my other nephews that we wouldn't have much to buy. Whereas, we haven't had a girl on my side of the family in almost 6 years and the last girl on Bryan's side will be 4 at the end of March... so I kind of think this family is due for another girl. Especially my side that's had 5 boys in the last 4 years.

So we'll see :) Anybody have any guesses???