22 Weeks

How far along? 22 Weeks

Maternity clothes? Almost full time now. I have one pair of pants that still fit.

Stretch marks? Nope.

Sleep: Still on my back most of the time, but sleeping is starting to get uncomfortable.

Best moment this week: Going to Ikea for baby room stuff! We got a crib.

Miss Anything? My normal clothes. I miss wearing some things.

Movement: More and more each week. I'm pretty sure she did a back flip in me the other day. Weirdest/coolest feeling ever.

Food cravings: Chocolate. Nothing new there.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope.

Have you started to show yet: Yes.

Gender: GIRL!

Labor Signs: No, thank you.

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On 

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy.

Looking forward to: Shopping for baby girl things!

Good News!

Keith got a new job! It's something he's been wanting for a long time. He applied back in November, and never got an interview. He applied again a couple weeks ago, and had an interview. He was really nervous, but they liked him and asked to see him again in a second interview. In that one, he said that they sat him down and asked him the first question and then just talked the whole time about everything under the sun - for an hour! At the end the interviewer was running late for a meeting and had to rush out, but told him to go to HR to fill out the new-hire paper work! I'm so proud of him. Here's where he'll be working:

 The San Antonio JW Marriott. He'll be a full-time concierge. :)

 He's so perfect for the job and he's so excited for it. I don't think he's been this excited about a job since he worked at Disney. See that golf course? It's a PGA golf course. That's one of the reasons he's so excited. lol
We don't know when he'll start. Right now we're waiting on his background check and drug test to pass.

He quit at Hobby Lobby to go to school full time. Also, he did not like it there. Our plan for that was that he would finish school really fast so that we can move to Florida faster. If he was still doing school when the baby was born, he would stay at home and take care of her while I went back to work. Well, after a while I started to think about it, and I remembered our puppy Nero that we had in Florida. Read our blog posts on how that went here. Basically, I couldn't STAND going to work leaving Nero at home, and he was just a puppy! I can't imagine how I'll act with my own child. Just to be safe, we decided that Keith should get a full time job after all. I'll be on maternity leave for 12 weeks, and it's unpaid. That's too long to go without making money, and just in case I decide I don't want to go back to work full time, we have backup, which takes a LOT of pressure off of me. I'm a happy lady now.

Baby Girl

It's a girl! The old wives tales were right! Chinese calendar: wrong!

The ultrasound was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. I'm glad I got to share that moment with Keith, and our mothers. It was really special.

The name we've decided on is Evangeline Rose. Rose is my middle name, and Evangeline is inspiration from this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgt52HvlLRE from the Disney movie Princess and the Frog. I think it's such a pretty name, and it can be shortened into so many nicknames. Keith already plans on calling her Jelly. lol :D

Halfway done!!

It's crazy to think that I'm already 20 weeks along. I went to the doctor (finally) on Thursday. He gave me a due date of "late june." haha... So we'll say June 30th. I didn't get an ultrasound, but we scheduled one for tomorrow afternoon! So we will probably find out the sex of the baby then. We did hear a healthy heartbeat, so that was awesome! I can't wait til tomorrow.

Like I've said before, I feel like the baby is a boy. The only reason I'm so sure is because the chinese gender chart said it would be, and the fact that there are so many boys in our family helps that hypothesis. I've been looking at the silly old wives tales you hear about that figure out the sex of the baby. I've observed them all and most of them point to GIRL. Here they are.


Old wives tale #1:
Heart Rate under 140: boy
Over 140: Girl
Mine was 152 = Girl

Old Wives Tale #2:
Tie your wedding ring to a string and hold it over your pregnant belly.
If the ring swings back and forth: Girl
If the ring spins in a circle: Boy
My ring swung back and forth: Girl

Old Wives Tale #3
Chinese Gender Chart
According to the chart: Boy

Old Wives Tale #4
Dad gaining weight too: Boy
Dad not gaining weight: Girl
Keith is the same. GIRL

Old Wives Tale #6
Growing more hair like your leg hair: Boy
Growing same amount of hair: Girl
Mine has actually slowed down... so Girl.

Old Wives Tale #7
Craving Sweet: Girl
Craving Sour: Boy
I have enjoyed the sweets. Girl

Old Wives Tale #8
Morning sickness in the morning or not at all: Boy
Morning sickness all day or at night: Girl
Nauseated all day, but mostly the morning. I only threw up once, so I don't know if that counts. We'll say BOY for this one.

Old Wives Tale #9:
Acne
If you don't have very much acne or none at all: Boy
If your acne has gotten much worse: Girl
It got worse than EVER. Girl

Old Wives Tale #10
Sleep more on your left side: Boy
Sleep more on your right side: Girl
I usually sleep on my right side. Girl

Old Wives Tale #11
Carrrying high: Girl
Carrying low: Boy
I think I'm in the middle. Undecided.


We shall find out soon!

Now for the bi-weekly update.

How far along? 20 Weeks

Maternity clothes? I got a bunch from a lady in my ward who is about the same size as me, and I've also spent some money at Ross and Old Navy. It's very exciting. I've started to wear the pants. I don't think I'll go back to regular pants. They're sooo comfortable!!

Stretch marks? Nope.

Sleep: It's still most comfortable to sleep on my back, but I know I shouldn't so I try to catch myself.

Best moment this week: Hearing baby's heartbeat for the first time.

Miss Anything? My breath. I get winded so much easier these days.

Movement: Yes, baby loves to kick when I sit or lay down after a day's work.

Food cravings: None recently, really.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope.

Have you started to show yet: So much so that customers at HL ask me about it.

Gender: Still thinking it's a boy. We'll find out tomorrow, hopefully!

Labor Signs: No, thank you.

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On 

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy. A stranger has said that I'm "glowing" this week. haha

Looking forward to: First ultrasound tomorrow!!!!

Another funny thing from last week: I was ringing up a customer at work, and she asked me "How far bred are you?"

I said "...I don't know what that means..." she pointed to my belly. I asked "You can tell?" and she said "Yes, and it's going to be a boy!"

She was the first stranger to ask me how far along I was, and she used a term for livestock. Thanks, lady! lol

Bigger.

How far along? 18 Weeks? (Unofficially)

Maternity clothes? My mom bought me some shirts last week. They're still a little big for now. I need to wear my normal clothes while I still can, anyway!

Stretch marks? Nope.

Sleep: I've read that I shouldn't sleep on my back, but I still do. It's still more comfortable than on my sides... 

Best moment this week: I got a haircut today to help me feel less frumpy. And I got a discount! YES.

Miss Anything? My clear skin. These hormones have me breaking out like crazy. But I got a new face wash that seems to be helping a lot.

Movement: Yes! A lot now. Still not sure if it's the baby or my imagination, though. :)

Food cravings: None recently, really. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: My vitamins, still.

Have you started to show yet: It's becoming more and more obvious.

Gender: Still thinking it's a boy. We call it "He" when talking about it..

Labor Signs: No, thank you.

Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On 

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! But kinda sad in the past few days (work stuff).

Looking forward to: My first appointment next Thursday!

So today I came up with a name for a boy: Douglas. Here's why: First of all, it's a family name on Keith's side. It's his grandpas name. Second, we can call him Doug for short and then say things like "Thanks for the invite. Can we bring our Doug?" and "Our Doug has learned a new trick! He can roll over now." IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE "DOG."

Keith and I were in the car talking about this and I was cracking up. He doesn't like the name for our child, though. :(