20 weeks…almost

Lots have changed in these last 5 weeks.  I'm past the "is she getting fat…?" stage and into the "oh yeah, she's pregnant."  and I'm sure I will soon be in the "are you sure you're not pregnant with twins!?"

I have been feeling pretty good, I am a slave to my diet and I do have the occasional treat.  Luckily one of my cravings as of late has been skittles or sour skittles.  About 2 weeks ago, I started to have the weirdest craving for Buffalo Wings…we had a jar of buffalo sauce in the fridge and I found myself sniffing it like it was a yankee candle.  For me, buffalo anything is a weird craving!

I started to feel flutters around 15/16 weeks and full kicks at 17/18.  Now at almost 20 weeks I can feel swirls, twirls and all that in between.  Ryan felt the baby kick for the first time on 2/26 {19wks} and he was so excited.

I still go to the gym as often as I can, it actually is really helping with my water retention for the sodium.  I really need to keep up my strength and endurance for photo appointments and Tate.

My doctors appointment and ultra sound went good yesterday.  Everything was physically normal with the baby.  The nurse asked if we wanted to know the sex and ryan and I simultaneously said "YES!"  She continued…"well, do you see these three little things…?"  right then I thought…ANOTHER BOY!  She continued again…"…those three little lines means it's a baby girl...crack, crack and crack!"  Ryan was stunned and I started to cry.  Needless to say (and believe it or not) WE are BOTH over-the-moon about having a girl!

We polished off the great news by getting buffalo wings and cold stone ice cream…it was an almost perfect night (beside the waiting in the lobby at the doctors office for 2 hours!)

Negative Nancy: underestimating my size and have hit my tummy on the counter and knocked Riley over with my butt.  Out of breath a lot and still swell WAY.TO.MUCH after eating sodium

Positive Polly:  I am feeling pretty good physically, I am going to take advantage of my mobility while I can.  and of Coarse we are having a BABY GIRL!!!!

Waistline: regular jeans with a belly band and I have a pair of maternity jeans I wear also.  Maternity shirts are still too big.  Gained a total of 9 pounds since 10 weeks, my goal is to only gain 20-25 so I really need to crack down!

Cravings: SKITTLES!  Buffalo Wings and bleu cheese 

What I miss: doing all those things that are bad for you….drinking, tanning and eating bad foods

What I am looking foreword to: decorating the baby room ( I will post pictures of some of my ideas)

Ryan:  Ryan was and is a little unsure of the unknown of a girl and said " I will now be stressed out from worry, for the rest of my life…"  

Here are some other Ryan quotes from the evening:

"I need to buy a shot gun"

"I gonna have to teach her to box"

"I hope she looks like you"

"I won't be able to yell at her…so you will have to do that"

Riley and Tate- I told Riley we were having a girl and he said "Oh! lets name her Reshandia"  Later that night I asked him what he thought about having a baby girl and he said "No, I don't want a baby girl, I want an AVA"  I explained that Ava was a girl, so this baby girl would be like Ava…and he responded "No! Ava's not a BABY!"  I guess I can't argue that logic.