20 Week Update - Happy New Year!!

Reality is starting to sink in. I am now about 20 weeks (over halfway) and I am starting to feel the little munchkin. It catches me off guard sometimes. Alex has yet to feel anything. Everytime I put his hand on my belly after I could feel it the baby stops. It's such a neat feeling though. I did receive good news a couple weeks ago that my heart tests came back and things are looking well with the pregnancy, the extra blood and my heart handling it all. I just have to be careful.I go back to the cardiologist again when I am about 7 1/2 months.

We are starting to plan for the nursery. Alex and his brother-in-law put the crib together that was given to me. It goes really good with our wood trim in our house. I was pretty pleased. Now I just have to find other pieces of furniture to go with it. My sister Tammy, my mom and I went to Evansville this past weekend and spent about 3 hours in Babies R Us registering for baby stuff. I was quite overwhelmed, but enjoyed it. I think Alex is gung-ho about painting and getting the nursery ready. We will have to wait until after my baby shower but would like to get it ready as soon as possible before I get to where I can't help much. I am already experiencing a lot of lower back pain.

Next Monday, Alex and I go for my 20 week ultrasound followed by another extensive ultrasound with a high risk obstetrician in Evansville on Tuesday, so we should have lots more pictures to post.

Until next time, we hope everyone has a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We know we have a lot to look forward to.


Belly shot at 19 weeks


The crib that was given to me.