20 Weeks!

Half way there!

Along:  20 weeks!  I can't believe I am half way through this pregnancy already... it feels like just yesterday we found out about this little surprise!

Size of Baby:  Baby 2 is the size of a large banana weighing in at about 11 ounces and 7 inches in length.  Baby 2 has been practicing swallowing and has developed taste buds!  He/she can taste the things that I eat through amniotic fluid.

Gender:  We do not know yet... but we will know tonight!  We are doing the cake reveal this evening with my family.  We have our ultrasound this afternoon (can you believe they have Sunday appointments?  Yay for not having to take time off work!)  The ultrasound technician will write boy or girl on a card and put it in an envelope for us.  Then we are giving the envelope to the baker and they will attach the receipt to the correct cake (yes, we had two made, we didn't want to wait a few days for the bakers!)  All of my family is coming over this evening and having pizza, then we will cut the cake!  The inside of the cake will either be blue or pink!  Jimmy and I will be finding out along with everyone else this evening when we cut the cake.  I am so excited to do this!  We really haven't been doing anything special for this baby yet... no belly pictures every week, we haven't bought a single thing for him/her... So we thought this would be a nice thing to do and include in the baby book!

Sleep:  Still sleeping good!  Starting to get slightly uncomfortable because of the belly, but I sleep like a rock.

What I Miss:   Having more energy.  I am getting tired pretty quickly and I'm not able to do as much as I did before because of it.  

Cravings:  Ice cream, fruit smoothies... That's about it for the last couple weeks!

Symptoms:  Other than being more tired, I don't have any bothersome symptoms.  This pregnancy has been super easy... I feel lucky!  I thought it was easy when I was pregnant with Owen, but this one is even easier.  

Best Moment this Month:  I felt Baby 2 move for the first time about two weeks ago.  They say that when you have your second baby you can feel it moving a lot sooner than you did for the first, and I certainly did.  I have been feeling flutters and little kicks for a couple weeks now.  This baby has not been moving to the extent that Owen did.  As soon as I started to feel Owen move he did NOT stop.  This baby seems a little more laid back in there!  We'll see though, that could change.

I'll post something tomorrow letting everyone know if it is a boy or girl!  I hope everyone has been enjoying this wonderful warm weather!

Love,

Judi