20 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along:20 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby Nelson is the size of a cantaloupe

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I have no idea-I don't weigh myself and I don't look when I go to the doctor-ha!!

Maternity Clothes: While I can still wear most of my regular clothes, I've finally started wearing some maternity pants, just because they're more comfortable

Gender: We won't know until the baby gets here!

Movement: Maybe I've felt some flutters-not sure yet

Sleep: Ever since I got my Snoogle body pillow, sleeping has been great!!

What I miss: Ummm, nothing yet...

Cravings: Fruit and food in general-I've been eating like it's going out of style!!

Symptoms: Heartburn and I've been so emotional-I cry over all the commercials!

Best Moment this week: Feeling the baby move (I think)!

February Snow

We have had a record amount of winter weather this year. I love snow, not ice. We have gotten snow more times than I can ever remember getting before. While I didn't get to play in it a lot, the last time it snowed Nellie and I went sledding with some friends of ours. It was so much fun!! I don't have any pictures because it was so dark, but we took some pictures of how our house looked in the winter wonderland!

Beautiful!

Tucker is here!!

My sweet friend Brittanie, who I've known since we were 2, and her husband Jonathan recently welcomed their first baby on February 11. He was a stubborn baby, and insisted on cooking until almost a week past his due date!! He weighed 8 lbs and was 21 inches long, with some blond peach fuzz for hair. I was so happy to be able to visit this little guy only a few hours after he was born! I am so excited that our baby will grow up knowing Tucker Wiley, and I hope they will be forever friends like his momma and me!

Hello world!! He was so awake!

The proud honorary aunt!! :)

19 weeks

After a long day at work!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along:19 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby Nelson is the size of a mango

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I have no idea-I don't weigh myself and I don't look when I go to the doctor-ha!!

Maternity Clothes: Nothing yet-still able to wear all of my regular clothes. Well, minus one pair of pants (if you want to count those :))

Gender: We won't know until the baby gets here!

Movement: Nothing felt yet

Sleep: Ever since I got my Snoogle body pillow, sleeping has been great!!

What I miss: Ummm, nothing yet...

Cravings: Fruit this week

Symptoms: Heartburn and sinus junk

Best Moment this week: No Zofran for me!

Boy or Girl??

One of the questions we get asked a lot is "Do you know what you're having?" or "When do you find out what you're having?". Our answer is always, "We don't know and we're not finding out until the baby gets here.". People are either: A. excited about not finding out and think it's really cool, or B. thinks that's the dumbest/weirdest thing that anyone has ever done. Thus, I feel the need to explain why we're not finding out, not that it matters...

Ok, so the baby itself wasn't a surprise, but you get the point! :)

Quite simply, I've never wanted to find out what we're having. Long before I was married, engaged, dating, etc., I had already decided that I would never find out the sex of my children before they were born. And I hoped my future husband would go along with it! :)

My mom never found out with any of us, probably because they just didn't do ultrasounds then. I always thought it was the neatest thing, and I am so excited that we finally get to experience that!

Unless you've been there, in the hospital room when they announce that it's a boy or a girl after months of not knowing, you really can't get it. The overwhelming excitement and joy that you feel are unable to be put into words.

Would I be any less excited about having a baby if we did find out the sex beforehand? Of course not. But, no matter what it ends up being, we're keeping it, so why does it matter?? I realize people will never agree on finding out/not finding out, but those are our reasons. In case you cared :)

Super Bowl Sunday

I hope everyone had a great weekend!! I worked on Saturday, and we relaxed on Sunday. Sunday night we watched the Super Bowl at home. We thought about going to a party, but we were both tired and not in the best of moods to be around other people (ha!). So, Nellie watched the game while I worked on a paper for school. I did take the occasional break to see what the score was, and more importantly, watch the commercials!! Some of my favorites...

The Doritos commercial with the pug-too cute!!

LOVED this one!!!

This one was very cute, too!!

And I liked the Bridgestone commercial with the beaver!

I did not care for the Doritoes ad where the guy licked the cheese off the other one's hand-beyond gross!! And Kim Kardashian's Shape-Ups commercial was just a little too much for me.
BUT, the worst parts of the entire game/presentation was the singing...where do they find these people??!! Don't get me wrong, I like listening to the Black Eyed Peas and Christina Aguilera as much as the next person (ok, probably not as much), but they both did beyond horrible on their songs!! I mean, how do mess up the Star Spangled Banner?? And I haven't thought the Black Eyed Peas could sing ever since they were on Saturday Night Live a while ago.

Yes, she apologized for messing up. But, isn't that what rehearsal is for?? And it's not like she's new to performing.

 I watched both of those performances with a lot of disgust, and I was really glad they were over!! Ugh.

Oh, and the Packers won. Yay for them. I don't particularly like Pittsburgh, mostly because of their quarterback, but you would not have found me crying if they would have won.

This concludes my Super Bowl post/rant about the "singing" and what not. Thanks for reading!! :)

18 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along:18 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby Nelson is the size of a sweet potato

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I have no idea-I don't weigh myself and I don't look when I go to the doctor-ha!!

Maternity Clothes: Nothing yet-still able to wear all of my regular clothes. Well, minus one pair of pants (if you want to count those :))

Gender: We won't know until the baby gets here!

Movement: Nothing felt yet

Sleep: Ever since I got my Snoogle body pillow, sleeping has been great!!

What I miss: Ummm, nothing yet...

Cravings: Fruit this week

Symptoms: Heartburn :(

Best Moment this week: Only one dose of Zofran needed!