{20 Weeks} - Baby #3

Well, we hit the big 20 week milestone – HALFWAY (or less) to meeting our sweet baby girl! (who is still without an offical name)



Oops, I forgot to do the “It’s a Girl!” sign.  I’d say by the 3rd time around, I’m lucky to do these pictures and posts!  Doesn’t mean we love this baby girl any less or are any less excited…..just a lot more going on nowadays with 2 littles! 

Also, I need to get my hair cut like YESTERDAY!!  I need to go back to the shorter “bob” ‘do I had when pregnant with Aubrey.  My hair is just too straight and stringy to wear it long (and the above is getting long for me).  I love long hair on a lot of other women, but I just can’t do it.  My hair is so limp that I’d look like a 70’s hippy – just need to add one of those bandana headband things and I could go to Woodstock 2013, LOL.  IOh, how I hate my hair.  Anyway……




How Far Along: 20 weeks, 5 days

Size of baby:  about 10 1/2 ounces; around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel  - the length of a banana.  (according to www.babycenter.com)

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I've gained 17 lbs total as of my 19 week appointment on 1/11.  I think I’m going to gain the most with this one!

Maternity Clothes: definitely

Gender: another sweet baby girl!

Movement: I feel her mostly at night or in the morning when I’m laying in bed.  When I’m on the go during the day, I don’t feel it nearly as much since she’s still very small with lighter movements.

Sleep: I think I only sleep for like 2 hours at a time before I either wake up to turn to my other side or to go to the bathroom (mostly the latter!) 

Symptoms: Overall, I’m feeling pretty good.  I have felt the “aches and pains” earlier this time….even earlier than with Aubrey.  Since I’m not sleeping on my back or stomach, my hips are hurting from just sleeping on my sides.  This has happened with all my pregnancies so I know it’s just a part of it.

What I miss: sleeping straight through the night!  IN A MAJOR WAY.  I do not feel well rested in the mornings.

Cravings: This week, I have really been wanting Mexican food but it hasn’t happened!  I specifically want to go to Gringo’s.  We ate there for the first time last month and one of their dipping sauces is amazing!  I think it’s a tomatillo sauce b/c it is green……sooo good!!  Their salsa is yummy too!

Best moment this week: funny story – I keep telling Caleb that he’s going to have another sister, but I really don’t think he fully understands.  I try to explain but how can a 3 year old comprehend that there is a baby in my tummy?!  Anyway, the other day I told him he’d have a new sister to play with and he’d have fun playing with her (someday) just like with Aubrey.  (trying to get him excited)  He pointed at Aubrey and said “That one’s old!”  Then he pointed to my stomach and said “I want to play with the new one!”  I laughed so hard!  It was so cute (even though he did kinda dis Aubrey – ha!)  No worries, though – those two love playing together…unless Caleb gets in one of his moods where he wants to shut Aubrey out of his room!

What I am looking forward to:  Um, still need to finalize her name!  I think we’ve got the first name but still undecided on the middle name.  We’ve been so wrapped up in house buying/selling stuff and the sickies (mostly Rhett with sinus crud) that we haven’t talked much about it this week.  I hope by next week’s post, she will finally have a name that I can share!  :-)