Halfway There

I hit the 20 week mark. Halfway there (does anyone else want to start singing "Livin on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi when they hear that phrase? Or is it just me?). The cruel thing about this week i realized (and i'm sure everyone already knows this) is that when you hit 20 weeks you're pregnant for 5 months, meaning that when you hit 40 weeks you're pregnant for 10 months. What cruel evil person has been parading around telling people that pregnancy is only nine months? What a crock.

I want there to be only 9 months so that doesn't give me an extra month to eat, which is apparently the only thing the little fetus ever wants. I think i can pretty much kiss the "healthy weight gain" range goodbye. I know that its simple during pregnancy, you continue to eat healthy only adding a few extra calories here and there. But in reality this never happens, at least for me. The baby pretty much hates everything that doesn't have the word CARBOHYDRATES written all over it. For example, i decided to bring a baggie of carrots to work as a snack which i figured would be a healthier alternative to crackers. I got hungry and started eating them, halfway through the bag i still felt hungry and figured that it would hit my stomach in a few minutes. I finished the bag and was STARVING. i waited 20 minutes and was so desperate that i began to wonder if pregnant women were allowed to eat plastic bags. Its like the carrots didn't even register in my body as food. This isn't the only time that has happened. Eating salads for meals is definitely a thing of the past. The exact same thing happened. Starving before eating, a little satisfied during, and 20 minutes later, starving.

I've decided that trying to eat the foods that keep me hungry isn't going to work and that i have to cave the the carbohydrate queen that has taken residence in my uterus. So i basically eat three things during the day:

Eggo waffles. I'm pretty sure i could eat these all day and i would be 100% satisfied Wheat thins. These are my favorite snack because they keep me full for awhileCEREAL! It doesn't even matter what kind it is as long as i get to eat it. Lately its been Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Captain Crunch. I look forward to the day when i get to eat other things and actually have them fill me up. That will be a lovely day.

Here's to 20 weeks down and 20 weeks to go!

It Has Begun

Aaron and i decided that we weren't going to buy anything for the baby until we knew what we were having. Amazingly we stuck to the plan, and the weekend after we found out we were having a girl we decided to buy a little something while we were at Target. I was thinking that the first thing we would buy would be a cute dress, but everything was really summery and this little girl is showing up after the summer so that wouldn't have worked. We decided to get her some cute jammies instead.
My favorite part are the little ducks on the feet. I can't wait to put her in this.Yesterday i got a package in the mail from my mom. When i opened it, i saw these little shoes inside. I'm pretty sure they are the cutest things i have ever seen. Patent leather, silk bows, does it get any better than that?To give you an idea of just how small and adorable the shoes are, i put them next to her dad's shoes.I'm so excited that we're having a girl. Let the shopping mayhem (and uncontrollable cuteness) begin!

Easter Festivities

We started the festivities on Saturday night by dying eggs with the Sagers.

Aaron and Kyle apparently have mixed emotions regarding the event.Kyle and MelanieTeam AwesomeHowie supervised the egg dying
On Sunday Morning we saw that the Easter bunny had come (a.k.a me when i woke up in the morning). Holidays are difficult when you don't eat dessert/candy. So we went the snack route with our baskets. Nothing says Happy Easter like cinnamon teddy grams and fruit snacks.Can you find the hidden eggs?We finished our easter festivities by cracking open our dyed eggs and making deviled eggs. They were delicious!The Easter dress i wore was a maternity dress from Old Navy that actually made me look like i was pregnant. Today was the first day that people asked if i was pregnant. It was fun to have people finally notice. Here is the belly at 19 weeks 3 days (so 4 days from five months pregnant).

WHY?!

After two straight weeks of waking up at 7:30am for work and, unfortunately, various activities on the weekend, i officially cannot sleep in. Why on this good green earth did my body (and that really annoying bird) wake me up at 7:30am this morning?!?! Doesn't it know that come September i'll never get to sleep in again? I need to bask in the glory of sleeping in until 10am plus some every saturday while i can. I don't need my internal clock set a 7:30am. Please, body, lets not make this a habit.

The Results are In

The ultrasound was an interesting experience today. It was so exciting to see the baby moving all over the place and to see its little legs and hands. I still can't believe this baby is in me, but i guess i have to come to terms with it or labor might be a really surprising experience. I will say though that i wasn't expecting the ultrasound to be painful but the technician kept jabbing me where my round ligament was on my left side and that never leads to good things. I kept squeezing Aaron's hand and gritting my teeth. Why does the technician need to look at the heart for 4 hours? I mean seriously. Here are some of the ultrasound pictures:

The profile. This picture blows my mind. if you look close enough you can see the line on the eyelids, the line across the lips and the nostrils.
This is the baby's little arm and hand on the middle of the face. The SpineYou can't have a Barnard ultrasound without coming away with a scary front faced picture, right? I feel like the baby should be doing an evil laugh in this picture (mwahahaha)
Now the moment you have all been waiting for. This picture shows what we saw for an hour. If you can't tell, this is the baby's little leg and foot. To the left of the foot you'll see the other foot. CROSSED LEGS. Crazy child. The ultrasound tech couldn't get a good look and kept going back to see if the baby had uncrossed its legs. No dice. About halfway through the tech seemed semi-confident about the gender, but came back to the issue at the end of the ultrasound. Finally he stated what the gender was and without telling us what he saw to make him think that, he just told us to "trust him" because he had "ten years of experience." We still didn't feel terribly confident. Thankfully the doctor came in and asked if we got the gender and we told him "not really." He slabbed on more goo and confirmed almost immediately that the baby was the gender the technician pointed out. We asked him how he knew (seeing as we still had no idea was he was looking at and the baby's legs were still crossed) and he goes "Because i'm looking at the labia." (sorry for the awkward term) We knew right then, FINALLY, that the baby was a GIRL! We are soooooo excited! And so much for mother's intuition, I thought it was a boy the whole time. Bring on the bows, dresses, and all things pink!

Mr. Heckles

Remember that crazy guy from FRIENDS who died while banging a broom on his ceiling because Monica and Rachel were "too loud"? Well his death was a myth. He is alive and well and occupies the apartment below us.About 2 weeks ago we had some friends over and around 10:30pm we heard a banging sound a few times. We didn't think anything of it really and moved on with our lives. Three days ago Aaron was walking to the front door to make sure it was locked before we went to bed. The banging sound happened again and this time i felt it in the floor of our bedroom. Aaron wasn't convinced that it was our downstairs neighbor banging the ceiling with a broom, but i was pretty convinced that the guy was pissed. Last night, Aaron went to check the locks again, and when he got back into our room we heard the banging noise SIX TIMES. Aaron decided to go downstairs and check to make sure everything was alright. Obviously if the guy is banging on our ceiling, something must be up. He never answered the door. We called our landlord to let him know what has been going on and we've been walking a little softer at night. But seriously, Mr. Heckles, cut it out.

What is going on?

Aaron and i turned our heat off about a week ago and yet it is still blazing hot in our apartment. Right now it is 53 degrees outside. The thermostat in our apartment says its 80 degrees. What is going on? And does anyone know how to fix this extremely strange problem?