21 weeks... over the hump...

20 weeks 5 Days

Well, we are now at week 21. We are 1 week past the "mid-point." I cannot believe it's gone so fast! But, I think chasing after an 8 month (almost 9 month) helps that!!

I am feeling pretty good so far. I am wearing lots of comfy clothing (most of the stuff I typically wear to work). But, I am finding out my normal t-shirts and tops are beginning to get a little short. That is sort of funny. I remember feeling HUGE at 12weeks, now I feel REALLY huge at 21weeks- by 36 weeks, I am sure I will feel like a whale. Oh the joys of getting bigger to grow a little one :)

As you can see, SeaMonkey is a little GIRL! We are excited she is very healthy as shown by our last ultrasound. Everything looks great and it was sooooo very cool to see her. Since we know this news, I think we have decided to move my office to the "formal" living room. Then I can begin decorating SeaMonkey's room. Connor just sleeps so well, I do NOT want to mess that up with a 4 month old beginning to wake him back up in the middle of the night. We worked so hard on his awesome sleep schedule, I do not want to wreck it now!!! So, poor Connor will have a smaller room. I hope he does not mind. Maybe once he gets bigger HE can have the REALLY big bedroom. But for now, I just can't move him around. His mural was done just for him and I cannot move him away from Mr. Monkey or Mr. Tiger. He talks to them, and we tell them Good Morning everyday :)

Have we decided on a name? Not yet, we are still debating. Do you go with a nice, cute name, or a long flowy very feminine name? This is the big discussion. So, do we do a Cinderella or more of a Miley ? (Neither of those names are on the list, but you get the idea). We are just still not sure...

One really neat thing to report is she's been moving a lot. Last night, Jeff was even able to feel her kicking around. It was very neat to finally be able to let him feel her. It's still early and tough to tell all her movements versus normal "intestinal" things. But, I think i am beginning to tell. It reminds me more of an involuntary muscle twitch, or as the books say "like a butterfly fluttering." It really has never felt like a fluttering, come on, you've seen the genetics of where this little girl is coming from. Can you see Jeff or I ever "flutter?" Exactly. We hope she gets all our "good" genetic material and not the weird left over stuff we have. It will be interesting if Jeff's very dominate genes trump out my recessive ones. It's all a mystery right now. I just pray she has light hair (no girl wants black leg hair to have to worry about shaving. If she gets Jeff's leg hair, she will need to begin shaving in kindergarten), and delicate hands (Jeff has great hands for a guy-- but for a girl? We'd need to name her Bertha...). So, we hope she only gets our good stuff. But, since Jeff and I BOTH have a hidden red haired gene, she might even come out with Red Hair.... Who knows.... Guess we wait another 19 weeks to find out....

Close Poll....

Wow, I hope no one is voting more than once on the poll! It's getting close!!! Hmm... now something I just thought of, if we do find out (not to say we are) do we tell anyone? Oh now there is a dilemma!

We had a doctor appointment this week. Everything looks great. SeaMonkey is growing and it right on target. They are still keeping the due date around Aug 23rd now, it was Aug 20th awhile ago. I guess I never paid attention when they moved it. The 23rd would be cool, as that would be the 10th anniversary of our engagement. Pretty sweet huh?

I am still walking as much as I can and going to yoga. I have asked 2 doctors about going upside down and such, both have given me the thumbs up. No real complaints, my back has been sore - that is totally due to my posture being all weird. I can tell my low back is a lot more arched than normal. But, this is also normal apparently.

Weight gain is so far 15 pounds which is good. I bet if I cut out the ice cream it would be closer to 12, but who's counting. They gave me a range of 15 to 35 pounds, so off we go. I think my 21 pound weight I carry with me everywhere (aka Connor) also helps me keep off a few pounds created by ice cream. Oh well.

OH- we did get SeaMonkey a crib!!! Thanks to the lovely Craigslist, I found a very cute Pottery Barn Crib for sale here in Anderson. We went to look at it and it's in great shape. Crib and mattress (unsure if we will actually use that...) on Craigslist saved us over 60% of the retail cost. It was a DEAL! Next up I'm searching for a double stroller and double jogger. I think I found a stroller I like, one side will allow a car seat in it, while the other child (Connor) can sit comfy on his side. With the stroller, the back of both seats can move independently, and it just looks cool. I need to find a store near here to "test drive it" before giving the thumbs up.

Next up, where will SeaMonkey sleep? Will Kim move her office? Will Kim turn their very nice "formal family room" into her new office (seriously do we need 3 family rooms)? Does Kim already have plans in her head for this new fictitious office, with french doors.... Stay Tuned.....