20 Weeks

Half way!! Is it really possible to be at this point already?!? As much as I've longed to finally be at the half way mark knowing (or at least hoping) that I will finally start feeling better, I'm feeling a little bittersweet about it. With this being the last pregnancy for me, I want to enjoy every moment of it. Granted, this time around it's been very difficult to enjoy a lot of it so far but I'm looking at the little things. Such as feeling this little one daily now, having a day or two in a row with no headaches and sometimes even no nausea, and seeing our baby on the ultrasound and hearing that all is well. I will treasure these memories. Now, on to Litl B and what's going on this week.

Week 20

Litl B weighs around 10.5 ounces and is 6.5 inches from head to rump or about 10 inches from head to heel. If you do the fruit comparison, he/she is at the banana phase. He/she is swallowing more these days getting good practice in for the digestive system. At this point, the taste buds are also in working order. I've been told that if I eat a lot of a certain food, there's a high likelihood that the baby will love that food later on.

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 20 weeks

Total Weight Gain: At my last appointment, I had finally gained 3 pounds. Pretty sure I'm up again from that but won't know for sure until my next appointment at the beginning of October.

Maternity Clothes: Mostly maternity now. I have a couple of shirts that are loose enough to wear for a while which is nice.

Best Moment This Week: I've had a couple of days now that I haven't had to take any meds. While we were in WA, I took them 3 or 4 times. The rest of the time there I felt really good. So thankful!

Gender and Name: Like with Iyana and Dayson, we won't be finding out the gender until the baby is born and we won't be sharing names until that time as well. ☺

Movement: Feeling lots more movement now though this little one is still on the calm side compared to what Dayson was at this point.

 

Food Craving: No major cravings, though I do have times when something sounds really good. Fruit settles pretty good so I've been eating a lot of that.

Sleep: Most nights I still get up at least once, but I have had a couple now to where I got to stay in bed the whole night. ☺

Symptoms: Not as many headaches and the nausea might be backing off a little. I'm still holding my breath to see if it'll stick.

What I'm Looking Forward To: Still looking forward to the cooler weather. The nights and early mornings have been wonderful!

2 Years

Little late getting this posted, but we were out of town all of last week. Dayson turned 2 years old on September 1st. So hard to believe he's that age already. Seems like just yesterday that after what seemed like a never ending pregnancy, he was finally in our arms.

We had a nice quiet celebration with family up in WA. The weather was perfect and the kids had so much fun playing outside together.

Love all of his expressions!

 

One of my favorite pictures. Love his eyes.

Enjoying the sun while waiting for the guests to arrive.

Not happy about having to sit down.

This is much better.

Loves to "drive" the tractor.

What's a party without a tractor ride?

Make a wish birthday boy!

He did better this time when we sang happy birthday to him.

So happy it was done.

First bite!

Loved the whipped topping.

His all time favorite movie...The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything. He was excited.

Playing with bubbles.

The rock pile is always a fun place to play.

His throwing skills have really improved. Now to just teach him to watch where he is throwing.

Can I ride too? She said "no".

His reaction after she "drove" away. Not too happy.

Dayson and I, Iyana and my cousin Melia and her daughter Olivia.

Such cuties!

 

Happy birthday little man!!

We love you so much!!