Updates on the Boy :)

So the day started with packing, lots and lots. Andrew bought me 9 plastic totes. They are all filled to the brim. In an effort to be as organized as possible, I tried to keep like items together. If I had extra room in the tote after all the stuff was in there, I filled the rest with food. So, if I need to quickly get some noodles or tea or bake a cake, it's on the top in one of my totes. Of course I numbered each tote and listed exactly what was inside each one in a notebook. I already had some other totes filled with clothes that were not fitting me until at least summer, so I added them to my filled-tote collection. I now have a wall that looks like it was made out of totes. :) Isn't packing fun? I still have at least 2/3 of my cupboards to empty, and my closets don't even look touched yet. Half of my books are still on the shelf, and my room still looks pretty full. We're hoping to be completely moved out of our apartment by Saturday. Ha. Tell me it's not possible, and I will be determined to prove you wrong. ;) (So please don't tell me it's not, because I don't want to have to do all that work)


After packing I went to Joann's. I haven't been there since I was buying bridesmaid dress fabic! I found lots of goodies. I needed to waste some time before my ultrasound appointment, so I made sure not to miss anything. When I left the store, I sill had about 45 min - an hour until I needed to get going towards my appointment, and I needed to use the bathroom one last and final time before the torture started. Target was right next door, so I got distracted in there for a while, looking at all the cute baby stuff. I saw these adorable little jeans in newborn size!! I was so tempted to buy them! I have to remember though, that I am moving, and all I need is more stuff to move..
I gave andrew the address in the morning before he left for work. He was going to meet me up there. He called me and said that his GPS wouldn't let him punch in Plymouth Ave. It wanted him to specify north or south. I told him that my GPS let me enter it just fine, and to just pick one and see if it works. (I was looking at the cute baby stuff, I wasn't really concerned, I guess. Anyways, he's a big boy and should be able to figure this stuff out on his own, right?) So, a few minutes later he said he was joust going to meet me in Penfield, where I was and we'd drive up together. YAY! I thought. So I kept looking, and after 10 minutes I started heading for the door when all of a sudden some guy was walking with annoying squeaky boots behind me. Ready to give an annoyed look, I turned around, and there was my handsome husband, annoying me on purpose! :)

So we got in the truck and followed my GPS. On the way, just out of curiosity, I pulled out the paper with the address on it, and it said PORTLAND Ave. I am such a blonde sometimes! So, embarassed, I asked if that would be the reason his GPS wouldn't take him to where we were supposed to go. :D hee hee

The water situation was worse this time around. Maybe it was because the boy figured out my bladder makes for a great trampoline? Seemed like it though.

Here's the cute little wiggle-worm. He wouldn't sit still while we were looking at him. You can see his hands up by his face. when we were tring to look right at his face he had his hands clasped together right over his eyes and nose. We're in trouble, though, because he certainly does have ants in his pants.

Andrew felt him kick for the first time over a week ago. It was February 13th. Last night he flet him again, he kept kicking, and Andrew laid his head on my belly, and the boy kicked him rigt on the cheek! It was funny. So yes, we're in trouble. A boy with ants in his pants and a mind of his own. :)

20 weeks, 1 day

This was me today. We're more than half-way through now. Notice the short-sleeved shirt on a cold, snowy, winter day. I think it's a cross of baby making me hot and a slight fever. I've had an annoying cold since Wednesday night. Yesterday in school I even pulled my hair into a ponytail and took off my sweater, and still was hot!

Jr. (no, his name is not Andrew Jr.) is now the size of a cantalope!It seems like he's been growing a lot lately, but I'm sure this is just the beginning of many years of growth spurts. We get to see him in two weeks. The doctor showed me where I'd feel him moving, and as soon as I walked out of the office he was letting me know how to tell. :) It's like he was saying, "Here, I am, Mom!" He kept reminding me the whole ride home, too.

My email this week said that he can taste what I eat now, too. They respond better after births to tastes they've already had via amniotic fluid. Interesting.

That's about it. Nothing else interesting lately. Abbey asked me to put up a new picture. I had one taken about a week or more ago, but I couldn't remember exactly, so I didn't even know what week to date it. :) It was about time for a new one.

Cute Feet :)

You can't see much here, but it is a foot. My son's cute foot. :) Yes, you read right. It's a BOY! I wanted to post just that it was a boy, but I still wanted to have a picture, so you got a foot. :)

Baby Pictures!

Now isn't that worth holding in a gallon of water?

I know, not really a gallon, and it actually wan't that bad. I didn't even have to go until I got up to hand in the paperwork. I guess I didn't have much to worry about.

She said our baby is very active, and I got to watch him/her move all around. I have to go back in a few weeks for another ultrasound because he/she was laying on his/her back and we could see his/her spinal cord. (No, we're not spilling the beans yet what we're having. Yes, we know, but we're not telling anyone until Andrew's birthday party on Friday.)

The ultrasound changed my due date to June 24th, 10 days later. That gives me a little longer, hopefully, after school ends.

I did ask her to check for another baby, just to satisfy Andrew. :) He wasn't going to give up until the end, he said.

I got to see the baby yawn when we looked at his/her cute little face. -This is hard, keeping from saying what it is. Good thing his party is tomorrow! We checked him/her all over from head to toe.

Then, the baby and I had to make a necessary pit-stop to Lollipop Farm. We decided to look at the cute kitties. Andrew and I went on Saturday, and I was just checking to make sure they still had some. :) After that, we visited the goats, at my parents. Finally, we made it home and enjoed some Chips Ahoy Chunky cookies with some Chocolate Almond milk. :P Yum!

It's Andrew's birthday, and we're going to enjoy some corned beef and cabbage. (I do NOT like corned beef, but it's not my birthday.) That's what he wants, so that's what he'll get. I had Olive Garden for my birthday. Now that I have that alfredo sauce recipe, who needs Olive Garden? Yum, I'm making some more next week. Oh, and since this suddenly became all about food, yes, I did get my Burger King. No, I didn't use a coupon, though. The coupon says that you have to order fries and a drink, but I already had that drink part covered. :) So I had no excuse this time, except that it was on the way, it was lunch time, and I was running early.

P.S. We're back to the size of an onion...

Long Toe Nails :)

Ew, not me, well.. it is getting kind of hard to reach, these days.

At my appointment a few weeks ago the midwife told me that the baby's kicks would feel like a light flick. Many other people say "flutters." Books and websites say many differnt things, and everyone is different. (Great- that's a big help.) Lately, as I try to sit still in the evening and focus on trying to feel some movement, I've been getting frusterated with a twitchy/pinchy feeling. It happens often and then will happen in other areas. I finally mentioned it to someone else and they said THAT was the baby! I've felt it every day for maybe a week. I wanted to make sure before I got excited, or even mentioned it on here, but it still happens everyday, and quite often. It doesn't feel anything like flutters OR flicks. I was saying the Andrew that maybe it's kicking me with its long toe nails. Well I've waited to be excited, but the people I've mentioned it to all say it's probably the baby. Now watch, I'll suddenly feel "flutters" or "flicks." :)

My "sweet potato" becomes another produce item tomorrow, and my ultrasound appointment is on Thursday. Why do I always seem to leave school early on gym days?? Maybe I schedule them like that. :) hehe.. just kidding. They offered it, and I took it.

I started to wonder if I should take any child birthing classes, so I thought I'd read up on them. One site had a bunch of comments and I started reading them, just because I'm curious. Some say they were great and very useful, others say they weren't worth it, and then people also said they wish the had thaken them. That didn't help, and Andrew and I talked about it. He had no idea, so we decided to ask a few people. I asked my cousin first, whois my age, and has a daughter. She said she took a class, it didn't help, but it was just a one-time class. -I wanted at least a few weeks. Still no help. lol. I asked my mother-in-law. She said she took classes but they didn't help, but that was probably because she was a nurse and pretty much was familiar with it. So, I went upstairs to visit Lisa, Andrew's cousin. She said she didn't take classes, and did great. Your body knows what to do, and you have plenty of experienced doctors and nurses in the room to talk to you and to explain things to you. Good enough for me. Also, I know LOTS of people who have gone through the same experience (some many times). We don't have that much free time to spend going to classes anyways. Andrew gets home pretty late, and most classes in the area start by the time he even gets home. Lisa also gave me a little assurance because I want to ATTEMPT to have the baby as naturally as possible- knowing I may change my mind in the process. She told me for her first baby she did it naturally, but for her second, she used drugs. The end result? Same. Drugs or no drugs, when you're holding that baby, the pain's gone. So, I guess it's a little less scary after hearing that.

Well I've typed for way too long and I need to go make some dinner for the baby because it's starting to growl at me! :) Oh! Btw, that alfredo sauce was absolutely wonderful! I could probably eat it every night if I didn't have other cravings! lol. Oh, and if I didn't run out of ingredients. Tonight I'm making hamburger pie. Tomorrow is Tuna noodle casserole. They both sounded good for tonight but the hamburger pie is easier to heat up after music practice tonight. Lasagna sounded really good, too after Brittany mentioned it in school, bt I don't have the parts that belong to that. And, I was so hungry today after work that I stopped at the gas station to get a slice of pizza. Looks like I'll have to start packing more for lunch.

Sweet Potato

Now doesn't that sound yummy?! That's how big the baby is this week. Well, to be a little more precise it's about 5 1/2 inches... because the sweet potatoes I bought seem to be almost twice that size. So when I first read that, my eyes probably popped out of my head. :) Mmmm... speaking of food, I'm going to try to re-make last night's dinner. I made homemade alfredo sauce, but messed it up. (I added a wrong ingredient.) All day today though, I've been craving the real thing. I can't wait to go cook! lol (How often do you hear of someone saying that?) I'm hungry at the moment, okay?

Anyways, more about the baby:
Baby's become amazingly mobile (compared to you, at least), passing the hours yawning, hiccupping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking, and swallowing. And baby is finally big enough that you'll soon be able to feel her movements.
-Copied from my weekly email.

My ultrasound is next Thursday! Actually I think I'm more scared than excited. All I can think about is that 32 ounces I'm supposed to hold for an hour. Sounnds painful and uncomfortable to me. So hopefully after that - if I make it through - we'll know if we have a boy or a girl!

Picture: End of week 17

Sweet Vidalia is growing!

I was going to put a comparison shot with my belly and Andrew's but he didn't like the idea as much :)