22 weeks, 3 days

Last Friday, me and Mom went to my latest check-up. It was a short appt. No more ultrasounds unless needed. That's too bad... I really liked getting to see the little one! Dr Miller did use a microphone like device on my belly (not sure what it is officially called). We could hear the heart beat and hear him moving around. She even felt him kick while she was holding the device. We were glad to hear that, because I wasn't sure I had felt anything yet. Mom kept telling me it would feel like butterflies and I would know it when I felt it. But for about a week or so I had been feeling like "burps" in my belly and I just thought it was gas. So I guess that was it!

According to my weekly e-mail from babycenter.com, he is about the length of a butternut squash, head-t0-toe.

Also, today happens to be my birthday. Maybe I will try to post a photo soon, when I get a chance. I need to get caught up from the long weekend. Mom, Rachel and Craig came to visit. We had a birthday party for me at Dave and Busters. It was really fun!

UPDATE: Here's a picture from my birthday past. I must be about 2 or 3. Sitting with my Grandma Rosalie.

20 weeks

20 weeks, 0 days

Yeah, we made it to 5 months! The bump is growing, slowly and gradually. You don't realize until you're actually pregnant that you just don't get a big bump over night (somewhere in my subconscious that is what I thought). The little one is the size of a banana from head to toe this week. Still haven't felt anything. Maybe I have, but nothing that stands out different from other movements near there. I've given in to wearing maternity clothes; they're so comfortable. I think I want to wear elastic-waist pants all the time.

Symptoms: Still going potty a lot. I guess that will get worse as more weight rests on my bladder. I've started having baby dreams. Actually, the night before we went in to have the us to determine the sex, I dreamed it was a boy! And in all of my baby dreams, the baby talks to me - kinda weird. He has told me he is too warm a couple times. No crazy food cravings, yet. Some days I'm more hungry than others, but that is normal for me depending on how much I have eaten the day before. We are still on a BLT kick - I think Kory is starting to have sympathy cravings for them :-)

Notice how I'm wearing long sleeves in this belly photo, compared to shorts and tank in the others. The weather is changing... it was only in the 50s that day.

Pikes Peak

The guys (just Kory and Mike) climbed another 14er - Pikes Peak, the mountain near Colorado Springs that most people drive up. It was an easier climb, but a very long one. It took them almost all day to get up and back down.

Oh, Boy!

Here are pictures and a video from our latest ultrasound, for anatomy. Everything looked good. And we got to find out the sex as you can see in the picture below. He weighed 10 oz and had a heartbeat of 136. And is about the size of a tomato this week. Kory is thrilled we are having a boy and I am happy either way!