19 Weeks

This week was wonderful. Hands down, the best thing that happened this week - or any week! - is the repeated nudges from the baby. It's not every day, but it's often enough to remind me that there really is a little one in there. Sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, sometimes in the middle.....and always a welcome little surprise. It seems like the more active I am, the more active the baby is. He or she is particularly fond of sweets and cold drinks. I don't think Scott has felt it yet, though. He's tried a couple of times, but I think it's still too subtle for him to be able to feel it yet. It's so amazing, though, and I can only imagine how my face must light up when I get one of the little nudges. Scott's lights up just seeing me get excited; I can't wait for him to be able to feel it, too.

My email updates tell me that this week, the baby is growing to the size of a banana, which is amazing to me. Until now the measurements have been "crown to rump," meaning essentially "head to butt," and this week the measurements changed to "head to toe." Thinking of it that way - in addition to feeling the little movements in there - has made this a lot more real.

I'm feeling good. I'm hungry constantly, which is still hard to get used to. I actually had to get up twice in the middle of the night last night to eat! I'm making a lot of smoothies to help get my fruits and veggies, so I at least feel like I'm getting the nutrients I need. I am, um, eating other.....perhaps not so good for me things. Not a whole lot, but enough to satisfy us both. Ice cream and banana peppers have been big for me this week.....but not together. I haven't gone there yet. Yet.

I'm seriously rethinking my resolution to not buy one of those fancy pregnant-lady pillows. It's so hard to get comfortable, and even when I think I've figured out something reasonably comfortable I wake up with a miserable backache. I don't know what kind would be best to get, though, so that will take some research.

We're gradually accumulating things for the nursery, and I'm getting more and more excited. I won these on eBay this week, and am so glad I got them:

They're the same ones from the book, and they have little velcro pads on their paws so you can pose them together. So cute! I'm really not going to go mad with stuff that matches our theme or anything, but these were a must.

My doctor's appointment - THE doctor's appointment with THE sonogram - is this Thursday, and we're so, so excited. Scott says I'm more excited than he is.....but he's the one who tells me every day how many more days until we can find out if we have a son or a daughter. I think he might be a little bit excited, too.