Halfway There!

We are so excited to finally be at the halfway point of this pregnancy!  The little one decided to celebrate by growing a ton.  I feel like my stomach grew every day this week.  We can't wait to see how much our little man has grown at our anatomy ultrasound on Thursday!  He also decided to start kicking hard enough for it to be felt from the outside so I have been trying to get J to feel it but it seemed like every time he put his hand on my stomach, Baby M stopped moving.  This morning we were finally able to catch him and J got to feel him for the first time!

This past week we celebrated Valentine's Day.  J got me flowers and Ghirardelli chocolates and then to truly make it a great day for me, we got Wingstop for dinner!  I know most girls want a fancy dinner at a fancy restaurant or a movie or something like that but all I wanted were wings and fries while watching Downton Abbey :) I love Cajun wings and the fries at Wing Stop are some of the best I have ever tasted.  Wing Stop has been one my biggest pregnancy cravings. I'm very grateful to be married to a man who who really gets me!

J and I both had Friday off as well as Monday for President's Day so we spent Friday taking care of some baby related errands.  We went over to Babies-R-Us and registered which was actually worse than registering with Amazon because I didn't have reviews on everything right in front of me.  Ultimately I ended up editing the whole thing online when we got home.  If you happen to glance at our registry and you have any recommendations based on personal experience with products we would appreciate them!  I got some very helpful tips from people after I linked to our Amazon registry.  We also went to Lowe's and picked out paint for the nursery and I ordered the nursery fabric.  Since I'm planning on sewing most of the decor myself, I can't wait for the fabric to get here so I can get started!

Baby M is continuing to get spoiled by our friends.  I can't wait to see him in this sweet little hat!

 

Now onto the regular update:

How far along: 20 weeks- halfway there!
Baby is the size of a: Banana- about 11 inches from head to foot
Total Weight Gain:+2 lbs

Maternity Clothes: On Tuesday I still fit in to my regular jeans with them buttoned comfortably.  Wednesday I could no longer button them without squeezing so it's looking like maternity jeans from here on out.

Sleep: Sleep was pretty good this week!

Best Moment of the Week: Hitting the 20 week mark!

Miss Anything: Diet Coke

Movement:  J got to feel a kick from the outside for the first time this morning!  SO cool!

Food Cravings: Wing Stop

Symptoms:I have started having some ligament pains but nothing too bad

Have you started to show yet: I still look more like I ate too much but it's starting to get more round.

Looking Forward To: Having our anatomy ultrasound and getting to see  Baby M!  We appreciate all prayers and thoughts as this is the ultrasound that could detect a variety of problems if they exist.