Candi at 20 weeks

Here is an updated picture of me at 20 weeks. We took one a few weeks ago, but there really wasn't much change from the first picture we posted. I am sure my bump will grow a lot more in the next few weeks.

I have been feeling baby a LOT lately. Joe got to feel the baby last Friday for the first time. He was so excited. Mom and Grandma felt the baby on Tuesday night this week. It is so much fun to feel the baby moving!

It's a girl...we think...

The doctor said the cord was in the way most of the time so he tried his hardest to look around and see if the cord would move. After 20 minutes, he finally looked up at us and said he thought it was a girl. I asked him what made him think it was a girl and he showed us one picture with three small lines that usually means girl. Hopefully you will be able to see the lines in the picture below. It was only on the screen for a short period of time so he scheduled me for another sonogram on September 1st just to make sure. I don’t think the doctor would have said anything if he wasn’t pretty positive about the gender. I will keep everyone posted, but for now we are buying girl stuff and saving the receipts.

The doctor put his curser on the left side to point out the three lines which usually mean it is a girl.

You can see the baby's arm in this picture

You can see a little hand here

You can see the face pretty well here

Feeling Baby Move

I felt the baby move last week!!! I heard that first time mothers won't feel the baby for a little while because they mistake the feeling for something else even though some report feeling their baby as early as 13 weeks. I was in pilates last week and I felt a feather sort of feeling go across my tummy. I wasn't for sure if it was the baby or not and I told Joe that night about my hunch. Then on Friday I was driving home from work...of course I was singing at the top of my lungs with the radio turned up...and I felt a poke! I immediately called Joe and then my Mom to say that I was now certain it was the baby. They were excited. Joe first said the baby was probably dancing and then said that the baby probably wanted me to stop singing. I agree with both...I bet the baby didn't like my singing so I will curb that activity in the future, but I am positive it enjoys my music. I think the baby will take after its Mom and not like country music!!!

Maternity Clothes

I have received a TON of maternity clothes so far from family and friends. My cousin, Kamille, and friend, Teresa, let me borrow huge baskets full of clothes that they used. I also have received new clothes from my Mom, Carol, and Lindsey. For those who don't know, Carol is my mother-in-law and Lindsey is my sister-in-law.

Well, today I finally decided to try on a pair of jeans from my stash. I grabbed from Kamille's basket and pulled out some jeans that fit perfectly. Thanks everyone who gave me clothes. I am excited to go through and try everything on this weekend. You ladies are the best! I was glad not to mess with the rubber bands and be-band today. The be-band has not been as awesome as I thought it would be. It was great the first day, but got progressively looser each time I wore it . It just flaps down and doesn't even touch my upper torso. Maybe I should have gotten a smaller size or maybe it was just never going to work for me.

Pediatrician Interview...

Mom and I went in to "interview" a pediatrician on Wednesday to see if he is worthy to take care of our little baby. I heard from several of my friends that Dr. Emm was a really nice doctor. All of them had doctors in the same practice and had seen him at one time or another. He is also the pediatrician for my niece, Audrey. He was highly recommended from everyone. The whole interview was actually kind of fun, and we really liked him. I didn't know what to expect and now am glad we did it.

Dr. Appointment

Baby L and I had an appointment on Tuesday with Dr. Nord's office. The heartbeat was really strong today and holding steady at 155. That means it is still high and pointing towards girl. Joe isn't able to make all of our appointments since he works an hour away from Bloomington. He will come in for the important ones and skip the routine visits. Mom had an appointment in the same building with a different doctor shortly after my appointment, so Mom and Dad decided at the last minute to go with me. It was nice not to go by myself and I know they enjoyed hearing the heartbeat too. Dad had to leave the room when they drew my blood...kinda like my husband did last time...are all men the same?!?! I just hope Joe can make it through the delivery. My next appointment is August 6th and that is the BIG one where we find out if it is a boy or a girl. We will post the results as soon as we know. I just hope we don't have a shy baby. Joe and I can't wait!!!!!

Finally...pictures of our house!

I finally took pictures of our new house. Here they are...

Front of the house

Living Room

China Cabinet and side table in the living room

Kitchen

Family room

Fire place and entertainment center in the living room



Extra bathroom upstairs



Master bedroom



Future baby's room and extra bedroom



View from our deck