A Bad Picture!!

Ok, I REALLY hate this picture but people were complaining that I wasn't posting enough pictures. Hopefully Nick will take some better ones and then I'll post those later on. Personally I think my belly looks like a torpedo right now...:-)

Anyway, this is me at 22 weeks. Sometimes I think, "wow, I have 18 more weeks to go, where is it all going to go?" I feel like I can't get any bigger....haha!!! Just wait right????

The day I took this picture was kind of funny. Ever since I have been pregnant, I have been drinking so much milk. Before I was pregnant, Nick and I couldn't even go through half a gallon of milk without it going bad. Now, Nick makes fun of me because I go through a gallon of milk in one week...by myself! So the day of this picture, I was kinda wondering why I hadn't felt him move all day long. Usually after I have my breakfast he goes nuts. I was trying to drink sweet stuff, eat some candy, nothing was working. On my way home from work, Nick asked if I had had milk that day. I hadn't, so I went home, had a bowl of cereal and then all of a sudden at that moment, baby became a soccer player!!! Nick even got to feel him kick for the first time and he felt it at the perfect moment because that was the biggest kick I had felt yet. Nick thought it was so cool, but freaky at the same time, like there are aliens in there or something.

I have also started going to the chiropractor and that has been a life-saver! I haven't had as many bach aches, leg cramps and have been sleeping so much better! PLUS, they have a prenatal masseuse there that does some muscle work on me and all I have to pay is my $20 copay!!! How awesome is that? Usually you can spend $100 easily on a massage, but my insurance covers this.

Everything else is great with us, we are starting to get things ready for the baby's room so that we can paint in a couple weekends. Then my parents and brother Ross are coming in 3 weekends and we are going to pick out furniture and stuff like that...and of course play some golf while they're here. Can't wait to see them!

We love Boys!!!

After seeing this picture, we are 100% sure it's a boy. This picture cracks me up b/c he is spread eagle and we are looking at his booty and "private area" ...from the bottom up. We got some great pictures yesterday and it was especially fun for Nick to see it all because last time he saw a sonogram was when he was the size of a blueberry....not much to see there!

The doctor said everything else looks great, he already has a fat belly even.

We truly did not care either way, if it was a boy or girl, but now that we know we are both just so thrilled! We are getting so excited, especially because now we can go shopping!! I even started looking at Pottery Barn and found some cute bedding. It's kind of a sage green and brown. If anyone knows me, I'm definitely not into the pastel colors, especially for boys! So finding bedding that I actually like could be tricky.

We also have not decided on any names....I think we got asked that about a million times yesterday :) We are keeping our options open, so who knows when he'll have a name.

To celebrate our exciting day yesterday, Nick and I went out for sushi!!!! Now, I know what you all are thinking...pregnant women aren't supposed to be eating raw fish. Well, I did splurge and had a couple california rolls which is just crab meat and then the others, I took out that yummy piece of meat and just ate the roll....meatless. Actually, it wasn't all that bad, it was actually a meal that I thouroughly enjoyed and that hasn't happend in a really long time. It was so worth it!!

Here are a couple more pictures from yesterday...

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love you, Tomorrow!!!

Oh my goodness....I feel like I'm about to pee my pants (literally actually), but tomorrow is the day we find out if baby is a boy or girl!!! I cannot wait! Everyone keeps asking if I have any intuition as to what it could be, but NO, I haven't the slightest clue. I also have no preference if it's a boy or girl, as long as it doesn't have 9 legs and is healthy. I definitely can't wait to tell certain people (mudder-in-law), b/c some swear it is one gender over the other!

I also think I'm starting to feel a few more pokes, either that or I just have really crazy gas bubbles..ha! :) Oh wait, girls don't do that right? :)
Anyway, as soon as we find out tomorrow what it is, we will let everyone know. Just pray that the little one doesn't have it's legs crossed like it did last time, I don't think I could wait another week!

Getting there...

Well, the day has come where all of a sudden, my belly has popped out there! Seriously I feel as though it happened over night. It's kind of fun though because now people actually know I'm pregnant and don't just think I gained a bunch of weight during the summer. I have also graduated into maternity pants which was the greatest invention of all time! They are SO much more comfortable! Thank goodness my neighbor Casey and I are the same size because I raided her closet and now I have a whole new wardwrobe.
I haven't felt any movement yet, but I swear last night I felt that slight "flutter" that everyone talks about. It kind of gave me that feeling as though I had butterflies in my tummy.
Some other exciting news.....a week from tomorrow is when we have our big sonogram and they are going to tell us if it is a boy or girl. I can hardly stand the wait! They are going to check all the organs and make sure everything looks good in the uterus. I guess right now the baby is about 6 inches head to rump and a little less than a pound. That's pretty big if you ask me, but we definitely have a long ways to go! Everyone says the last half of the pregnancy feels so much longer...oh joy :) I'm already starting to get a little uncomfortable, backaches, cramps in my legs, can't sleep...and I'm only half way there!!!!!!! Oh well, it's all worth it right? I have definitely realized lately how precious this whole experience is and how I cannot take it for granted. As one of my dear friends just lost her baby this weekend due to miscarriage and so many of our friends are unable to even have kids, I truly am thankful for what God has blessed us with!