20 weeks, 5 months, half way there!!!!

I can't believe we're already at the midpoint. It's insane. I feel like we just told everyone!

Yesterday was so exciting. I didn't stop smiling all day. Not because I preferred boy over girl, but now i'm so much more connected. I know that sounds weird but it's true. I'm having a little boy! Now I can plan and day dream and really get excited about specific things :)

As the day went on yesterday, gabe found more and more reasons to be super excited about having a boy. "I'll have an ally...we can watch dune and star trek together" and by the end of the night it was "oh thank God we're having a boy"

I'm relieved. I was kind of worried that he was a little disappointed that we are having a boy, and I think initially he was a tiny bit, but I can see the excitement now :) it makes me feel awesome.

Ok weekly question time:

How far along? 5 months, baby!!

Size of baby? Yesterday in the sonogram, they said he weighed 11 ounces. Using the wand thingie we could see that his feet were just above my right hip area and his head was just to the left of my belly button. I thought that was pretty long! Fruit-wise, it says he's the length of a banana. :)

Weight? I think we're up 4 pounds this week. I need to get batteries for the wii board so I used the boring old scale.

Craving? Aside from my crazy bloomin onion brownie combo the other night I've been doing pretty good. I'm definitely eating more now. My portions aren't getting much bigger but I'm eating more frequently. Like every 2 hours! I guess that's ok. I just have to make sure I have snacks. Gayle always gets me goldfish crackers :) those are great. Thanks nani!


Movement? Righ now, he's practicing for soccer. Sometimes it's non stop, and other times I feel nothing. Yesterday at the sonogram we learned that once he's comfy he won't move. We were trying to get a profile picture and he was facing my back and kept giving us the butt. A very cute butt! Lol we kept jiggling the belly and trying to move him around. Nope. Necio (stubborn) already.

Milestones? Yeah :-) I think we hit the big one.

Looking forward to next? I think we're going to try to plan a road trip to Gainesville to see the beckala. That will be awesome. I'd also like to plan to have one of those 3d ultrasounds whenever we can get Becky and Julie together. I really want them to be able to see the baby moving around and kicking his little frog legs. Plus, we don't have any more scheduled with the doctor and I'll probably be jonesing to see my little toast before birth!! Lol

I feel SO blessed. Thank you, whoever you are, for giving such a precious gift. I know now that we appreciate this even more after experiencing the loss in July. This July, we'll be preparing for the shower and getting ready for our little miracle. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Oh! Funny thing... I think my mom is still in shock. Not that it really mattered to her what the gender was... She was simply prepared for a girl. Lol she's too funny. Totally threw her off!! I think she's really going to enjoy a little boy!

-20weeks0daysandcounting