Officially over the Halfway Mark

The surprise and utter shock of baby being a little girl has definitely set in now. Craig and I could not be more excited for a girl, although it took a few days to settle into our brains. He knew that if it was a boy, that boys will be boys and he knows boys, so he wasn't too worried. But... since it's a girl, boys will still be boys and we have to worry about them in addition to our girl! He has a full theory worked out in his head. It has been so much fun to refer to her as a she and a girl! It has NOT been fun walking into ANY store and wanting to buy cute baby girl things! Surprisingly enough, we have not bought anything yet. YET!!! I have no doubt that this will be a much bigger struggle for me than Craig. He's not a big time shopper to begin with. I have a hard time believing he will turn into a shopper now. 

Belly Bump 21 weeks

I forgot to post the video of the latest heartbeat from the doctor. Of course, we were in such anticipation about whether we were having a boy or girl that we didn't even ask how fast the heart was going. All we know is that it sounded great! That's really all that matters to us anyways!

A Big Surprise!

This has been a super fun week! Craig and I were not planning to find out the sex of the baby, but we ended up deciding that we couldn't wait!!! We can't believe our little angel will be here in about 4 more months! It does not seem like 5 months have already gone by. I have gotten much bigger and am definitely looking pregnant! Not just fat! 


Our doctor said the baby is already measuring big, so we should most likely not be expecting to go all 40 weeks. If we do, then we should expect at least a 9 pound baby!!! Holy Cow!!! Right now baby is measuring 1 lb. 1 oz. And judging from the size of the femur bone-long, long, long. Everything looks great and the baby is perfectly healthy! 


When Craig and I went to the doctor on Monday, Peachy wrote us a note to reveal the gender if we chose to know. The sonogram tech wrote the sex on the note and sealed the envelope. It was completely up to us if we wanted to open it now. We are impressed that we made it a few hours after having the envelope before opening it! After we got home, we started to make dinner and I put the note on the counter. It was not any secret that I wanted to know the gender all along. We ended up opening it up about 15 minutes after we walked in the door from the doctor! Such patience we have!!!! 


We opened up the envelope and our eyes went straight to the line that read, "I'm a girl!" Oh my goodness!!!! A GIRL!!! What are we going to do with a girl?!?!? Everyone, including ourselves thought the baby would be a boy! We are delighted to have a healthy baby girl growing each and everyday- just a little shocked! Her name will be revealed soon, as we get more comfortable with it. Who knew how difficult it was to name another person? What a responsibility!!


Here are some sonogram pictures from our 20 week appointment and my big 20 week belly! 

You can see her hand faintly above her head.
She was arching her back in this shot. 

You can see her hand much more clearly here and her brain growing!
Her knee is at the far right of the picture too! Pretty amazing! 

20 weeks and growing!
I would like to point out that it is 10 o'clock at night too! 

A Lot of Bowser and Mommy Time

Craig went out of town again for part of the week, so Bowser and I got to spend a lot of time together. He was a pretty good puppy, except for when he wasn't! He still likes to dig in the backyard and eat things that he's not supposed to. I keep hoping that one day he will out grow that. It just hasn't happened yet. Craig was in Virginia putting on the Iron Man of Gaming competition at another gaming convention. We sure did miss him a lot! Especially since he was gone for part of last week too. He should be home for a while now before hitting the road again in January. I stayed busy by going to a few craft shows this weekend. I probably spent too much  money, but I had a lot of fun! I actually went to the same craft show twice. The second time I got a lot of food items! We made the tortilla soup tonight for dinner, and it was delicious! 


The baby is starting to move around more and more everyday. I can feel them moving all the time. As the baby is getting bigger it is causing some pain, but that's okay! I know it's for a good cause! We go to the doctor again next Monday, and we get to see the baby!!! We are VERY excited!!! 

Week 19 Belly 

I had to get on Bowser's level for him to make
another appearance this week! He felt left out last week!