Baby #3 | 20 Weeks

20 Weeks!

 

 

I can't believe we're halfway already! It feels like we just made our announcement, but it's been about 5 weeks since then.  Between to toddler boys and summer activities, we've been so busy that we quickly lose track of time.  Take the month of June for example, I literally feel like we just started this month, but we're days away from welcoming July!

 

Everything's been going smoothly with pregnancy and now that morning sickness is a fading memory, there are days where I don't even feel pregnant.  I'll take that though!  I'm still in that pregnancy stage where most people would just think that I'm little thicker around my midsection and may not realized that I'm packing a kid in there.  Clothing-wise, I still hate maternity pants of any kind, so instead I decided to jump up one size in my jeans and stick to using the hair tie trick if need be.  As far as shirts go, if my normal shirts are long enough, I'll stick to wearing them, but I've definitely been sporting some maternity shirts for that extra comfort.

 

Over the past 4 weeks I've noticed more and more movement from this little squish.  With the boys, I felt movement around 16 weeks, but with this one, it's been more like 18 weeks before I started noticing anything.

 

 

And speaking of baby movement, we just had our halfway ultrasound last week, and we got to watch our sweet little babe squirming around in there!  It was so sweet, when the ultrasound tech was getting a face shot, this kid shot his/her little arm up and started waving their hand around.  I swear it looked as if we were being waved too, and I immediately felt my heart just melt into a puddle.  I'm hooked.

 

We also got to see just how flexible this little baby is already.  See exhibit A below for a picture of a leg stretched straight out while bent completely at the waist. :)

 

 

We actually don't know yet if we're having another boy or switching it up with a girl.  I requested our tech just write it down and seal it up in an envelope with an ultrasound picture.  Joe and I are planning to have some close friends over next month for a gender reveal party, so we will be finding out then along with everyone else!

 

Stay tuned! I'll be sure to share what we're having with everyone after we find out! 

weekend wrap up

We had another fun and busy weekend in our neck of the woods. And the weather was just perfect to go along with it!

 

Friday evening was one of those nights that you just had to go find somewhere to eat on a patio and enjoy a couple drinks and good eats (minus the drinks for me of course). I picked up the boys from daycare, picked up Joe from work, and we all headed to one of our favorite local places.. Maddy's.

 

 

Saturday morning came a little too quickly, and we got an early start to the day to hit up our town's all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast complete with sausage, eggs, oj/coffee and applesauce. Trust me, we all left with full bellies and decided to walk over to the park for the boys to burn off some after breakfast energy. We watched the volunteers setup for one of our town's festivals.

 

 

We went back to the festival later in the evening and did a quick walk through the silent auction before heading into Traverse to grab some food and take it to park to surprise the boys with another playground.  By then we were blowing off bedtimes so we headed out for some ice cream with the boys and home for baths.

 

 

Sunday came just as quickly as Saturday.  I took the rare occasion to spend time Sunday morning and photograph my friend's newborn baby. It was amazing! This little baby boy is amazing and he's just about the cutest thing ever. After a couple of hours with that little squish, I headed home to prep for the rest of the day.

 

We had a list of errands to run with a door pickup at Lowes being one of them, and we accomplished that one task before tossing in the towel on the rest of our to-do list. 

 

 

Instead, we ran home, ate dinner, grabbed our swimsuits and headed over to the beach for an evening swim followed up with ice cream!