We're having a boy!

He showed us right away!

His cute folded up legs 

This position looks so uncomfortable! He was folded up like a pretzel most of the time, which made it difficult for the U/S tech to get all the views she needed. I did some jumping up and down, stretching and squatting to try to get him to move.

21 weeks

I just wanted to post a quick update on our last day in Switzerland. We've really enjoyed the trip and will post many photos when we get back! We've had some cold weather, but luckily we brought enough layers to stay mostly warm. Over the weekend we met up with some friends and stayed in the Berner-Oberland area of Switzerland. This pic is taken on the Schiltorn, viewing the mountain Jungfrau among many others. I think we are at around 10000ft. 

The baby is now the length of a carrot approximately and is kicking away! Brandon has been able to feel about 3 kicks so far I think. I feel the baby kick mainly in the afternoon, at night when I lie down, and when my bladder is really full. Also, my belly button is definitely getting more shallow! I have never been able to see the bottom of it in such detail before! :) 

20 weeks

We celebrated being halfway through the pregnancy in the French Alps! We had perfect weather today in Chamonix and were able to go up the gondola to get a great view of Mont Blanc and the alps from around 12600ft. Travelling while pregnant has been mostly fine. As long as I can find bathrooms easily and get food when I need it I do well. The sitting while traveling is less comfortable (belly is really interfering), but overall I think this point in my pregnancy is a great time to travel. I don't have to worry about being sick and it's fun to think about telling the little one all the places it got to visit :)

This week I'm feeling mainly chubby! I feel like I'm expanding everywhere except my belly! :) I'm still feeling the same amount of movements, but I can't wait until I can feel them more strongly.

19 weeks (last week)

Feeling pregnant! This week I've really been feeling like a pregnant person :) My belly is interfering more with my daily life, and I feel weird "feelings" and "movements" down there daily. Sitting during the day gets uncomfortable and I have to shift a lot otherwise it feels like I can't breathe well. My bending over strategy is changing. My belly isn't that big, but it doesn't exactly fold in half like it used to! We worked some projects this week getting ready for our big trip. We had to have our screen porch repaired, so I worked on cleaning it up and painting it after the workers got done. Also we got a new range and microwave! We had been planning to get it in Oct or Nov, but Lowes was selling the floor model of the one we wanted...so we grabbed it! Always nice to save money, but we had to quickly clean up and move out our old set (well Brandon did the work) and install the new ones (ok Brandon did that too). I'm loving the new set though! I will attach my 19 week belly pic and the new appliance pics when I get back.

18 weeks

This weekend we attended the 1st annual Charlottesville SDA Couples Retreat in the Outer Banks. It turned out to be a really fun, relaxing and enriching weekend! We had perfect weather; thankfully Hurricane Earl passed by on Thursday before we headed out for the weekend. I have been feeling very tired, but I think it must be due to the cold that is still lingering. It was horrible being sick because I tried to take as little medication as possible. I had to take off two half days of work to sleep. Little one has been kicking me a lot more, so that is really fun! The frequent urination has also gone up a notch even though I thought it was supposed to decrease in the 2nd trimester. Overall things are going really well! Brandon is doing well also, no change in his symptoms :) He has a strong immune system, so he hasn't caught my cold yet, thankfully. 

17 1/2 week update

another 17 week shot

Our appointment this week went well. We heard the heartbeat again and could hear the little one kicking around in there even though I couldn't feel it! I forgot to ask the doctor what the heart rate was. I have been feeling more movements and had one big kick the other night. We scheduled our anatomy ultrasound---we have to wait until September 29! It seems like a long time to wait, but they said that at 22weeks they can get a better view of the heart development. Also, time will go by quickly in September because we will be travelling for half of it. I've been down with a horrible cold this week, but I'm pretty sure the morning sickness is gone even though I felt even worse! I'm hoping the rest of this trimester is great and that I will avoid catching any more colds!