21 Weeks Pregnant

I'm writing this post from potato country....Boise, Idaho. I'm here for less than 24 hours for work. I flew in this evening and fly out tomorrow after a morning meeting. An evening alone in a hotel room means that I have time for a blog post!

I'll start with a pregnancy update. I'm about 21 weeks pregnant right now so a little over half way there. My original due date was February 14, but the doctor is pushing it back to February 21 because the baby is measuring small in the ultrasounds. I don't mind that it is pushed back because I'd prefer that the baby come on its own time. The hospital doesn't like expecting mothers to go beyond 41 weeks so if the due date is earlier than it really should be, they might try to induce unnecessarily. With Madeline, my water broke on its own and everything happened as it should without having to be induced. Plus, now that I've had a newborn once before, I will value the extra week of a full night of sleep!! ;) 

  

Like my pregnancy with Madeline, things have been very smooth. I was more tired than normal in the beginning, but now I have lots of energy and feel great. In the last few weeks, I think I've really "popped" because I am starting to notice the belly more and more. 

We have decided that we aren't going to find out the gender of this baby. It'll be an exciting reveal at the birth! :) I thought it was going to be harder not finding out, but I'm actually pretty excited about it. Lots of people are asking me if I think it's a boy or girl. If my pregnancy is an indication, I would say girl because this pregnancy is exactly the same as my previous one. I do feel like I'm carrying a little bit differently though so who knows! We really don't have a preference...and I'm not just saying that! 

Here's a couple of recent ultrasound pictures...we were joking that the baby is doing the ASU pitchfork sign with its hands in the picture on the left :) He/She has long limbs and long fingers! 

 

Here I am at 20 weeks pregnant. So far, I've been gaining less weight than last time. I'm also keeping up with regular exercise (I've been doing Cardio Barre!) and trying not to eat too much junk food this time around. Trying to get baby weight off is no fun so I'm hoping to make it a little bit easier on myself this time around! 

Last weekend, Madeline and Parker had a sleepover while Brian and Terrisa were at an ASU game and Paisley was at a friend's house. They had so much fun playing together...although there were a few little fights over toys. It's quite entertaining to watch them play together and hear them talk to one another. They are both communicating a lot these days. Both are talking in sentences and aren't shy about expressing their opinions. 

And finally, a few more pictures of Madeline from this past weekend. We went to a birthday party and she loved the frosting on the cupcake. She liked it all off and it was drooping down her chin :)

I got a kick out of these two pictures. Over the weekend, I took Madeline with me to Target, She asked to get out of the cart to walk. Next thing I know, she found a Minnie Mouse backpack and stuffed animal. I let her walk around with them for awhile. Needless to say, she wasn't a happy camper when it was time to put them back!