Week 21!

So week 20 totally got away from me and I didn't take a bump pic...sorry!

The Scoop:

Weeks Pregnant ~ 21 weeks, Day 2

Size of Baby ~ 10.5 in or the size of a banana

Baby's Weight ~ 12.7 oz. again probably not accurate but we will find out for sure next week at the OB appt.

My Weight ~ So I decided to add this section, not really sure why.  1st Trimester: gained 5 lbs.  2nd Trimester: so far I have gained 10 lbs.

What's New ~ I have figured out that Jackson loves to move and kick me when I am relaxing and trying to get ready for bed.  Love feeling him move and kick more, not always as excited about the timing of when he likes to kick me in the bladder.  Also for the first time I have looked in the mirror and wondered where the heck did those hips and badonkadonk come from yep thats right  I am pretty sure I went to bed with a nice sized butt and woke up with J-Lo's!  

Purchased Items ~ I am super excited to add this area since it is now after 20 weeks and I can buy cute baby items!!  I was lucky that 20 weeks came around Black Friday because I scored some great deals at the Carter's website and I got our high chair from Babies R Us for half price!  Now to try and stop buying EVERY cute baby item I see.  To help with this I decided to create a couple baby registries, even though I won't be having a baby shower, it allows me to baby window shop and secretly hope those things end up in my house :)

Bump Pic ~

  I really wanted to wear jeans in my bump pic, since every one is in leggings but it didn't happen because my new sweater came in the mail and the want to wear it trumped the want to have a picture with jeans!

Here it is

Now that we are officially at 20 weeks I thought I would unveil our baby boy's name.

In case you forgot you can read about all the name options in the Explanation of Names post

While Josiah and I were Skyping we decided to talk about the 2 boy names we were thinking about.  We both were hoping we would decide on 1 name but we were both ok with not being able to decide until the baby was born.  Well it took us a whopping 2 minutes to agree on a name. We both love the name, the reason behind the name and the potential nicknames.

Our baby boy's name is Jackson Henry

20 Weeks!!!

OMG!!  140 days down, 140 days to go...

The Scoop:

Weeks Pregnant ~ 20 weeks, Day 1

Size of Baby ~ 6.5 in, size of a small cantaloupe

Baby's Weight ~ 10.6 oz. again this is probably not accurate since we were at 10 oz in week 18

Whats New ~ People are now commenting on the baby bump...instead of thinking I was just getting fat from eating to much while the Man is gone. I started wearing a belly band so I can still wear non-maternity jeans and dress pants awesome invention! Also ordered some tummy honey to help prevent stretch marks, so lets hope that works.  It is also getting more and more difficult to bend over so glad I wear ballet flats almost everyday! not sure what I am going to do when I go to WI in a month. I also feel like for the first time I have NO control over my emotions lets hope this phase will pass very soon!

Again I have to apologize for not having a bump photo for this week but I really wanted to do this post today and I just posted a bump pic on Saturday.  So look for a new one in the next couple of days!

19 Week Bump Pic

So as promised here is the 19 week bump pic!

I was on my way to the Half-Way through deployment party...I LOVED my outfit but found that the belt kept creeping up because of the belly :)

19 Weeks

The Scoop:

Weeks Pregnant ~ 19 weeks, Day 3

Size of Baby ~ 6 in, the size of a heirloom tomato

Baby's Weight ~ 8.5 oz obviously my baby does not weigh this since last week he was at 10 oz

Baby's Sex ~ In case you didn't get the memo IT'S A BOY!!

Baby's Name ~ The name has been decided and will be blogged about soon :)

What's New ~ This week has been interesting to say the least.  I now get the hiccups or burps after I eat anything that is not candy...super annoying and frustrating but I am not sure how to prevent it, so if any of you have any ideas let me know!  Also this baby boy has decided that I do not need to sleep at all...now for anyone that knows me I am NOT a happy person when I don't get my much needed sleep I might have blown up at Nicki for very little things this week oops! The Man also got to see my belly for the first time, well sort of, it was via Skype but none the less it wasn't a picture that was received 12 hrs later.

Sorry I don't have a baby bump pic for this week yet, its been a crazy week so far.  Hopefully I can get one in the next day or two.

Best Week Of The Month

This week has seemed to be eventful and crazy but yet some what relaxed Yes I know that doesn't make much sense But the best part of this week was getting to Skype with the Man!!  Some of you may be thinking its not that great of a thing or gag but it really was the best part of the ENTIRE month!  Before Monday & Tuesday's Skype dates I hadn't seen the Man's face or heard the sound of his voice since September...in case you forgot November is now half over with!  We were lucky enough to be able to Skype for 3 hours between the two days the last time we Skyped it was only for an hour and the internet was HORRIBLE. 


Best Parts Of The Date:
- Seeing the Man's face
- Hearing his voice
- Seeing his face when he saw my baby bump for the first time he has only seen the weekly pictures I have taken before this
- Deciding on a baby name for OUR baby boy
- Talking about the future and how lucky we are even though we have/will spend 90% of 2011 apart

Sorry if this made you all gag from the sappiness, I am blaming it on the hormones!  I really can't wait for him to get home.

4D Ultrasound

At the appointment yesterday the ultrasound tech was awesome enough to also show us 4D ultrasound.  I guess normally they don't do the 4D until the baby is weighing at least 1 lb. because it helps the baby look more human like and not so scary those were her words not mine!  But we wanted to see if the baby's nose still looked as big as it did in the ultrasound at 13 weeks. Don't judge!  I actually think the 4D pictures make the nose seem smaller than it did at 13 weeks.