21 weeks!

hello all! 

it's my "golden week" of pregnancy! 

(not a real thing but i'm pretending it is. i missed my golden birthday so i can have a golden week, right??)

this week marks 21 weeks of being pregnant!

in as few as 16 weeks our sweet boy could be here! when it gets closer to the time of delivery they will be checking on him pretty often so we will have my induction date when i am farther along.

this week, our little one is the size of a cantaloupe! holy cow! he is supposed to be about 12.7 oz. and 11 inches. however, i don't think the apps on my phone are very accurate when it comes to this. i had my 20 week check up and extensive ultrasound at the hospital and baby J was already about 12.5 ounces then! and they said that is very normal. there is no way for them to really measure the baby though because with the legs being squished up, it wouldn't be very accurate. so the 11 ish inches is probably pretty close to how long he is. (we have very tall genes on both sides of the family so i wouldn't be surprised if he's even bigger!) 

my hair is getting so long!

he now looks just about how he will look when he is born, just smaller :) at our appointment they checked all of his little parts to make sure they looked normal (and that they were there!) with being diabetic, they want to check his heart and spine especially to make sure it looks good! the appointment was the longest one we've ever had! (minus the time i thought i was going to throw up on my doctor and had to lay on the table for 30 minutes, ha.) it was so so so beyond cool to be able to see him for about 20 minutes moving around! his heart and spine look perfect from what they can tell! and he has all of his fingers and toes :)

i first felt him move around 15 weeks (i think) but nothing compared to what i've felt since then! about a week and a half ago i felt the movements with my hand on my belly for the first time! SO cool! other than that i just feel him occasionally kicking around in there. sometimes if i haven't felt him for like two hours or so i start to freak out. then he will give me a little kick to reassure me. :) i have attempted to have taylor feel the kicks by quickly putting his hand on my tummy if we are just relaxing, but whenever i do this, he stops moving! (that, or taylor zones out for a minute or two and doesn't feel it. haha.) it is difficult to feel them from the outside though, so i'll give him some credit. 

i have been super duper extra tired. it's like some days i literally cannot function without closing my eyes for a period of time. and sleeping was getting evermore uncomfortable with my always growing belly. i was sleeping with a pillow in between my knees for quite a while and finally it just wasn't cutting it. i had heard about this pregnancy pillow called the "snoogle" and looked around for one. the ones they sell in the maternity stores are pretty dang expensive (for a pillow) and buying it online wasn't terribly expensive but still more than my liking. however, on our first trip to burlington coat factory, we found it for way cheaper than both those places! that place has quite a few hidden gems. since getting it my sleeping has improved quite a bit! i'll usually only get up to use the bathroom in the night (which is a regular thing, especially because i have a bad habit of drinking way too much water before i go to sleep. ha.)  but last night i didn't get up one time until the alarm went off (minus to flip sides every so often during the night) it was glorious!

i have my wonderful appetite back to full normality now! ah it's heaven. i've even been able to cook for my sweetie and i again. i hadn't cooked in a long time because smells were just too much to handle. that, and i was just way tired. i've been able to get balanced meals in now and don't go too long without eating nowadays. tay loves to pack me a million things in my lunch as well. he's a good husband. :) oh, and let's just say this babe LOVES sweet things. he goes crazy when i have something sweet (especially those starburst jelly beans (easter candy, of course) holy cow!)

we have been the recipients of so much love and kindness! friends and family have already shown this little babe so much love and i can't even imagine what it will be like when he is actually here! we received a beautiful crib from my dad, and taylor set it up the very day it came while i was at work! i got some bedding (which is something i hated looking for- next time i am making my own!!) and we got it all set up! i am going to wait to post pictures of everything until the nursery is done. i have lots of things on my summer-crafting "to do" list. gotta stay busy! also on my "to do" list is registering for baby things... good thing i have super knowledgeable and organized sisters-in-law who have been there before (recently) and can help a sister out! oh! and we bought a car seat today! so so exciting! crazy to think that in four months our baby will be in it!


 

every day makes it one day closer to when he will be here! we are so thrilled!

 

the best has yet to come.