Week 21

We are so excited that we know that we are having a boy! We love saying "our son" and "him" and "he" and all that! So glad we don't have to call him an "it" anymore!

We are trying to decide on names. Have it down to four possibilities. This is a really hard decision though!! I guess I never thought about how difficult it would be. He is going to be stuck with this name forever whether he likes it or not! (Or until he's old enough to change it!)

I know of all kinds of people who hate their names and I would hate for my son to feel that way! Geez...pressure!!

Anyway, he is the size of a banana this week! Which seems weird since last week he was the size of a canteloupe, which I think is bigger, but I think they measure the length of the fruit.

Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for hydration and nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies are most interested in tastes they've already experienced through amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you want your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch.

Hmm...so I guess the baby will like Mexican because that is what I have been wanting so much lately!

Mmm...makes me hungry now!

20 Weeks!

HALF WAY!!!

It's hard to believe that I am half way through! Then it's also hard to believe that I am ONLY half way! Yikes! I feel like I have SOOOO far to go!

This past Monday was the big appointment at the doctor's office! We had the big ultrasound and found out that we are having...

A BOY!!!

Yay! We are very excited! I was concerned about if we had a girl how I was going to tell people that I really don't want a ton of pink stuff becuase if you know me at all, you know I am not a pink kind of girl! So now I don't have to worry about that! Blue it is!!

And it just so happens that blue is my favorite color!

I have already had some people talking about having showers for me. That makes me very excited! I can't wait to start getting stuff for the baby! That's the best part about having a baby isn't it? All the cute stuff! Well, until you actually HAVE the baby, then that's the best part! But I am hoping that getting some cute stuff will help me make it through the last part of the pregnancy!

Here is a picture of our little boy!

He's so cute already!! I can't wait to meet him!

He is the size of a Cantaloupe this week! Wow!! I can't believe I'm finally at the cantaloupe stage!

Baby's digestive system is busy creating meconium (a tarry black substance made of swallowed amniotic fluid, digestive secretion and dead cells), which will fill the first diaper after birth. And, speaking of the diaper situation... baby's genitals are now fully formed!

Well, that wasn't a very fun description!

...I think I need to go have some cantaloupe! I LOVE cantaloupe!! My mom used to buy some at the store and cut it up and have it in the fridge and I would eat it in NO time! We couldn't not keep that in the house!! YUM!!

Anyway, here is my 20 week bump!

Weeks 18 & 19

Well, I let another week slide without updating my blog! Sorry about that! There has been a lot going on in the Weatherington household lately.

Tom went out of town for two weeks for training for work and I set a goal to have the house all cleaned up when he got back. I wanted to get all the boxed unpacked and out of the house and have it look like a home! The best laid plans...and all that stuff!

It seemed like eveything I wanted to do, I got stopped for one reason or another. UGH! It was very frustrating! But when Tom got home, we got busy working on the house, and finally got it mostly finished!

It actually looks like we live there now and not like we just moved in!

So last week, (week 18) the baby was the size of a sweet potato! The picture that's on the website where I get these is really not the cutest sweet potato in the world, so I am not going to put it on here! But here is what was new last week:

Your fetus has become amazingly mobile (at least compared to you), passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing. And, baby's finally big enough that you'll be able to feel those movements soon.

Aw!! So cute! I felt a few little flutters from our sweet potato last week, but haven't felt anything since then. I can't wait until Tom can feel it!

Here are my belly pictures from last week!

Wow! I'm getting pretty big!

Week 19!

I am still having a very good pregnancy! My only complaints are that my feet and my back are killing me! Tommy has been a good hubby and has gotten me Epsom salt to soak my feet in, puts it in a big pot with warm water and he even gives me foot massages! (Yes Mom, I said foot massages!) He just kind of pushes on my feet...if he starts rubbing, I just about come out of my seat laughing! He thinks that's pretty funny too! He won't think it's funny when I kick him in the head the next time he does it!

I tell him the massages are his fatherly duty right now! He's a good sport! I'm just crazy about him!

This week Courtney is going to be so excited about our little fruit! It's a MANGO!! (Courtney loves mangos!) So go have a mango for my little mango!

Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil and dead skin cells (yum) now coats baby's skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.) You might actually get to see the vernix at birth, especially if baby is premature.

Well, that's not a very fun description of what's going on this week! Kind of gross! Now go enjoy that mango! haha

My belly has definitely gotten bigger in the last week! Here it is:

Wow!

Lastly, Tom and I bought our first item for the baby! It's something I had been looking for since I found out I was preggers...

AHHH!! So cute!! Go TIGERS!!! I just love it!