We had our second ultrasound at 19 weeks, and it's a boy for sure! We are so excited. I have to say big brothers are the best (that's right, Kyle, I said it!) and I'm so happy that we are having a boy. Hunter is over the moon excited. He has gone a bit overboard with the shopping, which is really cute but we're going to have to work on his style. He's mostly frequented the baby section at Spencer's and the Harley Davidson store (who even knew these places had a baby section?!). I'm not sure how I feel about dressing my baby in only ironic onesies. Its been a flashback to his obsession with buying himself shirts with dumb sayings that only 15 year old boys wear and think they're cool, not 30-something grown men. (i.e. 'I got to second base with a TSA agent') But regardless of Hunter's fashion sense it is still adorable how excited he is.
Made it halfway! Although calling 20 weeks halfway feels a little like cheating, considering I didn't know I was pregnant until 8 weeks into it. But hey any excuse to celebrate a milestone, right?
My parents came to visit for Christmas. It was such a great week hanging out with them. Relaxing, shopping, enjoying chocolate & coffee every morning with my mom (It's our favorite treat and one of her secrets to a long and happy life. Don't worry, I had more chocolate than coffee), and eating cheesecake every night after dinner. The desserts had to be one of my favorite parts of this week. Finished breakfast? Have a piece of chocolate! Lunch is over? You deserve a cookie! Done with dinner? You guessed it, bring on the cheesecake!
Wally wanted in the picture too
In my Christmas jammies...
A famous saying amongst my family
The beautiful wedding quilt my mom made for us, she recently finished so it was a wonderful present we got to open this Christmas. It really brings a lot of cheer to our guest room.
All this sugar may have also contributed to the fact that I started feeling the baby kick, a lot! It seems so surreal that going in for my 19 week ultrasound I remember talking to my mom and saying I thought I was starting to feel the baby kick but not really sure. Now 4 weeks later and these are undeniable, serious kicks happening in there. Hunter has even been able to feel a few.
Feeling those kicks are the highlight of my day. And when I don't think I've felt them recently enough I start to get paranoid. I can't help it, I tend to be a pretty paranoid person. But I prefer to call it cautious. And I can just picture my Dad telling me that it's smart to be cautious, so I'm sticking with it. I downloaded the Ovia Pregnancy app for the kick counter because it's so easy to quickly track how many kicks I've felt and brings me such comfort to be able to look back at how active that little guy has been. Added bonus, it has fun little tidbits about the baby's development and advice for me on how to be healthier. And down the line it also has a contraction counter that I foresee coming in handy. It also has trackers for daily calories, activity, and sleep but currently the sleep tracker only lets you put in the time you fell asleep and woke up. It is missing a spot to track the twelve times you woke up to pee or because your back hurt. So until it adds that feature I'll stick with the other benefits of the app.
Hi Shannon! I'm Sarah, and I'm director of marketing & content at Ovuline. I just found your post and loved it. Thanks so much for the compliments about Ovia Pregnancy, as well as the description of the feature you want for sleep interruptions. Hopefully we can include it in an upcoming version of the app. Best of luck with the second half of your pregnancy, and congratulations!
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