20 weeks!

HALFWAY POINT!! In my mind, this was the second big milestone that I was looking forward to. The first was when I hit 14 weeks and graduated into my 2nd trimester. Twenty weeks seemed so far away then, but here I am! I'm happy to report that I'm feeling good and the weight is piling on. Here's to another 18-20 weeks of baby baking!

We have movement!

For the past 3 or 4 days, I've finally been able to figure out when the baby is moving...and I think he's actually on a schedule! Right now he's asleep (at least that's my best guess) but earlier he was just a ball of constant movement. It's hard to describe what it feels like - some women says that it feels like bubbles or waves or even popcorn. I would just describe it as a small muscle spasm that consistently recurs in the same spot. Andrew got to feel one small movement today but I think it will be more "real" to him when my stomach begins to appear as if it has been possessed by an alien.

I think I've convinced Andrew to go to the local baby store today to look at some bedding sets. I really like this one:

While I've pretty much narrowed down what I want, I'd like Andrew to give his stamp of approval. Besides, I have a 20% off coupon that's going to expire on Dec. 25...I can't let that happen! :)

Ummm...about that weight gain...

Since my scale had been telling me that I had only gained another 1.5 pounds, I brought up my concerns to the doctor yesterday. She looks at her notes and informs me that she's not worried at all because I've gained TWELVE pounds since my first appointment! Whoa! I had been frustrated for quite some time with our old scale but I had no idea how far off it was! We promptly bought a brand-new digital scale.

It's a...

BOY!!!

Nicholas Cameron Kreiner is on his way!

Unfortunately we got no good ultrasound pictures this time. And of course, we had planned to use one for our Christmas cards. SOoooo...I guess we're just going to have to use another pic of our dear Fury!

Can you tell I'm excited?!! I can't wait to go shopping! :)

"You're developing nicely!"

Yeah. Suddenly I'm obviously pregnant and it's encouraging people to say the strangest things. Like the comment that I got today. It made me feel like a pre-teen, ya know what I mean? And someone else told me that I look really big for being "only" 4 months pregnant and asked if I was carrying twins! I've only gained 6 pounds and I was underweight to start!!!! Grrr...

So I called the pediatrician that my friend recommended and found out that they're always accepting newborns as new patients. I'm really excited because not only is she recommended by my friend (who happens to be a pediatrician herself) but she was also listed as a Top Doc in Washingtonian magazine! One more thing to take off my list. Next is to register with our new parish, sign up for the baptism preparation classes, and make sure that they will allow Father Jim to perform the baptism. Father Jim was one of my favorite teachers at the Mount and I'm so glad that he's agreed to do this for us!

I just got a reminder message from my doctor's office about my appointment on Monday!! Just a few more days!!!

18 weeks belly shots

17 weeks

So far so good this week! I've been feeling pretty great this week and eating everything in sight! My body seems to be hanging on to a pretty fast metabolism because I haven't gained any weight in 2 weeks, but I swear I'm trying!!

I've started doing some shopping for my registry which is a lot of fun! My friend Brenda gave me a great book called Baby Bargains that has been a huge help in narrowing down my options. We're waiting until we find out the sex of the baby to make any decisions about the baby's bedding and such. Hopefully that question will be answered on the 17th!

I was supposed to go shopping tomorrow morning for some work clothes with Taitia, but I think I'll be stuck at home due to the forecasted bad weather. Oh well, it will force me to do some overdue house cleaning!