22 weeks

So, like you all know by now, it's a girl! She's 1 pound 1 ounce which is right about average for a baby her age. They kept my due date at August 28-29 so everything seems to be right on track. They weren't able to get a picture of her kidneys or lungs so I'm going to have another ultrasound in a few months. But, that's fine with me, another ultrasound paid for by insurance sounds great to me.

This week the baby is a papaya. She's getting really long! And my tummy has suddenly started showing a lot more this week. I saw that Anthropologie has a kid apron that matches my cupcake one that my siblings gave me a few Christmases ago. I'm trying really really hard to keep myself from buying it. We'll see how long my will power lasts...

Inky didn't want to get off my lap to let me take pictures. She's becoming very high maintenance. She's still longer than the papaya though.

I foresee this position quite a bit in my future. Baby on my tummy, Inky on my lap. Oh joy. Somebody remind me why we went to so much trouble to tame her.

21 weeks

Well, we passed the halfway mark. This week the baby is about as long as a banana and not quite a full pound (thus is box of pasta.) Victor said I look extra pregnant this week. So, either I popped this weekend it's the fact that I'm wearing fitted clothes that show off the bump.

My mom came up this weekend and we went shopping. Now I finally have some clothes that fit! I still need comfy capris though. Gap had some cute ankle length pants but I feel like those are going to be just as hot as full length pants this summer. So, this weekend I'm going to check out Old Navy. I'm very thankful to be pregnant at this point in time, when I don't have to wear huge jumpers and blouses just to hide my bump. I figure pregnancy is the one point in my life when my tummy can be as big as I like and I don't have to worry about it! So I'm milking it for all its worth.

I look sort of like a pregnant t-rex in this first picture with my mini-arm.

Smile!
I think the baby work me up kicking this morning. I'm not positive, it could have been a dream... but I'm pretty sure that's what was going on. I think baby was trying to say it's bored and likes being rocked to sleep when I move around during the day. If the baby is that smart in utero to know to kick to wake me up, and to keep kicking until I do, it's got to be pretty darn stubborn as well. Not sure where that stubbornness would come from since both Victor and I are so mellow and never stubborn... (cue foreboding music)

20 weeks

We made it halfway! That's the big news for the week. Not much else new. I ordered the dresser/changing table combo. We'll see how long it takes us to put it together. We've had the crib over a month and it's still in the box. Though, this weekend I did put together one of the rocking chairs I bought Victor for Christmas. But... neither of us has quite been brave enough to test it out. Maybe I'll wait until my engineer brother comes into town and sweet talk him into putting the crib together. Then it will be indestructible.

I learned that the possible reason last week's mango was smaller than the previous week's sweet potato is because apparently tropical mangos are bigger than grocery store mangos. The Bump should have specified which it meant. Though, I guess I could have actually weighed the mango to get one closer to the appropriate size. I'm hoping they meant a tropical mango, however, because look at the difference between last week's baby and this week's baby! I don't think that's normal.

So, obviously this week the baby is a cantaloupe. I bought one of the smaller ones I could find and it still seems huge!

Football hold!

Victor can be very artistic when he sets his mind to it.

So, that's it for this week. Hopefully we will know the sex within the next few weeks. And hopefully the doctor tells us the right sex and we don't get a surprise on the delivery table!

Bookcases are finished!

We finally finished the bookcases!! The carpenter came by on Saturday and put the finishing touches on. Then I painted the fireplace while Victor painted the back of the cases that go down the steps into the basement. We've slowly been putting our books away. It looks so good! We are getting a few more shelves to insert by the basement and around the tv, because, it's going to be tight with just the books we already own so we want plenty of room for more. The area above the tv is reserved for little tchotchkes so it's empty for now. I've never let myself buy nicknacks because I never had a place to put them! Now we can finally start working on the nursery and the yard. I'm amazed at how many weeds we already have. Yuck!

Entertainment Center:

Fireplace:
By the basement:

19 weeks

Almost halfway there! At my next appointment we will (hopefully) find out the sex! I'm trying not to get too excited, however, because sometimes the baby decides to be willful and keep it's legs closed so we would have to come back another day and try again. Hopefully it's a good baby and lets us take a peek!

I am so ready to start nesting people. Unfortunately, as you can see in my first picture of the week, we are still working on the shelves. They are all over the living room drying. Most of the stuff currently in the nursery can't be moved out until the shelves are finished because the stuff will be going in those shelves. Happily, the carpenter is supposed to come by and put the finishing touches on the shelves this weekend so we can get this mess finished. I think it's worth the time because they look so good and make the stairs to the basement much more safe. Then I can start on the nursery! My mom offered to make roman shades and I'm excited to start picking out the fabric. I'm thinking white and yellow stripes.

The baby this week is a mango. It's very odd, because a mango is shorter than a sweet potato so I'm not sure how that works. Maybe it weighs more. Or maybe my baby shrank. Yes, I have a wet spot on my shirt. No, I don't know what it is.

Why are you smaller than last week, baby?

18 week

This week we have more self-portraits. Mostly because I knew I wouldn't feel like staying in my dress clothes until Victor got home. I love my jammies. So, I'm 18 weeks this week and the baby is a sweet potato. Another not very pretty picture-poser! I'll work on it, don't worry all.

I think I felt the baby kick! It's such a nebulous thing this early that it's hard to tell. But I'm pretty sure I did. Not much else is new. No progress on the nursery. Probably no progress for several more weeks.

The baby is as long as my head is tall! Every time I see this picture I think of the Shell Silverstein poem "I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor." Don't ask me why.

I can still see my feet!

17 weeks

I had another monthly checkup on Friday. The heartbeat is good and strong. The doctor even said she could hear lots of movement. So, all sorts of good news. I moved into the fifth month of pregnancy. Almost halfway there! This week the baby is an onion. I tried to find a cute veggie online but all I could find was onion or turnip. Neither of which could be described as cute. So, onions are tastier, therefore the baby is an onion!

Today I hauled out the old (new) maternity black pants. They are soo much more comfortable than my normal pants. I also want to get a pair of capris to get through the spring!

Victor couldn't believe the baby was so big already so I had to prove it!

In preparation of all the stinky diapers.