19 weeks!

nineteen weeks!

today i am 19 weeks along! that means that i am definitely halfway or more by this week! and as the weeks inch on by, i am feeling more and more pregnant every day. (mostly due to my size, ha.) when i tell people i'm halfway done, almost every person says something about how i don't look very big for being that far along. which is crazy because there are definitely days where i feel like a beached whale. 

our baby boy is the size of a grapefruit, heirloom tomato or a mango. (according to my various apps on my phone.) he is about half a foot long (from head to rump) and half a pound now! so exciting! in these next few weeks, his weight is going to increase "six-fold". yippee for a growing babe!

by now, he can sense light, taste, move around like crazy, and hear! so all of his necessary senses are starting to come together. he is developing a nice layer of baby fat that will make him extra cuddly when he makes his grand appearance. 

i am feeling great! i feel confident in saying that now, without the fear of it jinxing me. :) i am back to my normal appetite! (and it's ever-growing, as well) I can now eat all of my favorite fruits and vegetables! oh how i've missed that. don't worry, i still have a healthy craving for all my beloved favorite carbs as well ;) and this little boy of mine definitely has a taste for the sweet things. ice cream, brownies, pudding...you name it. maybe we won't be giving him very much sugar, as i'm afraid it might make him a little crazy.   

we are having so much fun thinking about our little boy every day. we don't have an official name picked out, but we like talking about different names that we like. we are making a list and going to look at it often so that we can find something that feels right. but we are most likely keeping it a secret! :) so come July, you will finally know. heck, we might not even know until then!

i love looking at little boy outfits. at first, i got a little discouraged because i felt like finding cute boy clothes that didn't have a truck or football on them was going to be next to impossible. but it is possible! it is dangerous to have me go to the store alone nowadays. luckily i've been able to be strong and not buy everything i set my eyes on. we've bought a couple cute things and also already received a couple things from family/friends! so nice and exciting! 

i've been looking at cribs, dressers, bedding, strollers...so much stuff. we are trying to find cute bedding online that isn't ridiculously expensive and isn't cheesy or silly. and by we i mostly mean me :) it'll take some thorough  research, that's for sure. but it's exciting! one daunting thing on my to do list: register for baby things....yikes. ha. 

we found out a few weeks ago that we are having a sweet little boy! we were surprised for sure (mostly me) but SO excited! i can't wait to have another sweet boy to call mine and for my darling taylor to have a little buddy to hang out with. here is the video from the gender ultrasound! 

it was so fun and exciting to finally see our sweet baby! (we had only had one ultrasound at 8 weeks and he mostly looked like a little peanut then) now he looks like a little baby! he was upside down in there and kicking and moving like crazy! it was surreal to watch him knowing he is growing in my tummy! 

the best has yet to come.