Week 20!

I will begin this by saying that Jude is already a spoiled baby. He got presents at Christmas from my family and I know have his glider all set up in his room and he's got a bunch of clothes and toys! I can't wait to finish decorating his room and finish my baby registries. I'm currently trying to figure out a place to have my baby shower. Any suggestions would be great!

How far along? 20 weeks! I'm officially halfway there!
Total weight gain/loss: 3+ lbs
Maternity clothes? Pretty much every day now. I like how comfy they are and how they don't dig into my belly like regular clothes do. I can still wear some pre-pregnancy shirts though.
Stretch marks? I think I found one.. but Ben said I was crazy..
Sleep: MUCH better now that I got my bobby pregnancy pillow for xmas :)
Best moment this week: Christmas with the families :)
Miss Anything? Getting christmas presents that I could "play with", I'm just too grown up now!
Movement: I can def feel Jude squirming in there!
Food cravings: Fruit Roll ups/fruit by the foot/gushers and Lemonade!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Mexican food
Have you started to show yet:  Yes and I'm starting to look more "rounded" according to everyone at work.
Labor Signs: Nope
Middle Name decided? Yes. NOAH.
Belly Button in or out? In.. but slowly starting to 'flatten'. 
Happy or Moody most of the time: Stressed a lot but happy!
Looking forward to: New Years.. still not sure what we will be doing






I CAN'T WAIT FOR 2012 WHEN WE GET TO WELCOME JUDE NOAH HILL INTO THIS WORLD :) MAY 17TH COULDN'T BE HERE FAST ENOUGH!!

Week 19

How far along? 19 weeks!
Total weight gain/loss: 3 lbs!
Maternity clothes? All the time. I hatttteee even wearing pants with a bella band. maternity clothes are just so more comfy!
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Would be better if Ben didn't take up the whole bed and all the covers and wake me up when he gets home.
Best moment this week: Work Christmas party :)
Miss Anything? Being able to drink at the Christmas party... 
Movement: A few floating/tickling feelings here and there
Food cravings: Chocolate/cookies... lots of lemonade and citrus fruits.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Mexican food made me sick on Sunday :(
Have you started to show yet: oh yes!
Labor Signs: Nope
Middle Name decided? Not yet, Ben wants his middle name to be Benjamin but I'm still pretty set on Noah. 
Belly Button in or out? In
Happy or Moody most of the time: Stressed a lot but happy!
Looking forward to: Christmas on Saturday :)

18 Weeks... It's a....BOY!

So, Id' like to start and say that we are SO excited to welcome our baby BOY into our family in May! His name is going to be Jude Hill and we THINK the middle name will either be Noah or Michael. We are leaning more towards Noah as of now. It was so amazing seeing our little boy dancing around in my tummy and hearing his little heatbeat. (and it's so great to call him a he rather than it!)

How far along? 18 weeks!
Total weight gain/loss: 3 lbs! I weighed .5 lighter this time at the doctor!
Maternity clothes? oh yesss
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: not so great since Ben takes up ALL the bed...
Best moment this week: Finding out our baby was a BOY :)
Miss Anything? Drinking with my friends.
Movement: Some tickles still
Food cravings: a lot of sweets!
Anything making you queasy or sick: burritos
Have you started to show yet: Oh yes!
Gender prediction: No more predicitions.. it is a BOYYYYY
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? In
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! Other than a not so happy day on Friday.
Looking forward to: Finishing my baby registries and decorating Jude's bedroom!!

17 Weeks!!

I know this is really late, but here is the 17 weeks update I was unable to post because we had no internet!! 

We finally got moved into the townhouse and that was so exciting!! It's so nice to finally have a place that our child will call home. I can't wait to start until unpacking and organizing everything. I can't wait to find out the sex so I can start decorating the baby room. We are so close!!

How far along? 17 weeks!
Total weight gain/loss: 3.5 lbs!
Maternity clothes? My mom bought me a bunch last weekend so now I have quite a few shirts/pants. These pregnancy jeans are awesome!!
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Good except I think I hurt my lower back moving so it's uncomfortable to be on my back while sleeping.
Best moment this week: Moving into our townhouse :)
Miss Anything? Being able to help more with moving.
Movement: Some tickles
Food cravings: Friday night I craved macaroni salad from HT, Cream Soda and Pizza Rolls... all at once.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Random fast food and eggs/mexican/japanese
Have you started to show yet: yes!
Gender prediction: Had TWO ultrasound dreams that it was a boy so now I'm thinking it's probably a boy!
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? In
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy mostly.
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender!

16 weeks :)

So yesterday I was 16 weeks! I had my first prenatal appointment finally. First I found out about payements (yikes), was asked a bunch of questions by a nurse, had my blood drawn for like ten minutes (YIKES times a mil), met with a doctor then had an ultrasound! She printed me two pictures but they didn't really turn out that great. But it was really awesome because the baby is so big now they had to do one over the stomach and the little thing was moving around like CRAZY so it was hard for her to get a good picture. 




How far along? 16 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 3.5 lbs!
Maternity clothes? still bella band and I just got two maternity shirts in the mail from my black friday purchases at Target and will wear one tomorrow :)
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Pretty good except getting up once or twice every night to pee :/
Best moment this week: The ultrasound where I saw my perfect baby squirming around like crazy!
Miss Anything? Having a glass of wine.. or two.. and being able to eat Japanese food without wanting to puke. 
Movement: I feel random tickles or gas-like feelings. 
Food cravings: Ice cream and water :)
Anything making you queasy or sick: Eggs and mexican and japanese
Have you started to show yet: yepppp
Gender prediction: had ANOTHER dream I had a little girl.. so I'm thinking girl. But I'm kinda starting to want a boy more...
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button in or out? In
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender on the 15th! 




And now, for my belly pic from yesterday!

of AN avocado I mean ;)

Bird's Eye View aka a picture of it's big ol' head.

Not-so-great ultrasound pic