Week 20-Baby is the size of a CANTALOUPE!!!

HALFWAY DONE!! Woo hoo!!!! Can't believe we're already at week 20! Feeling her move A LOT now.  When I get in bed to go to sleep, she is dancing like crazy! The other morning I thought I felt her from the outside, but when Josh put his hand on my tummy, she quit (stubborn like her daddy!).

Doctor's appointment last week went great.  I finally gained ONE POUND! Now I'm only down 13 from January.  Haha. Still feeling great.  The morning sickness, knock on wood, is over.  I can now wake up and not worry about getting sick.  That is a wonderful feeling.  I'm finally big enough now that people know I'm pregnant, not chubby and I get a lot of compliments on how cute my "bump" is.  At dinner the other night, our waitress asked if I was pregnant.  I instantly whipped out my iPhone to show her the ultrasound picture of Ellie! Josh and I both looked at eachother and said, "Oh no...we're already those parents and she's not even here yet!" The waitress was so sweet and said, "She's so cute!!" Haha.  We think so too!! :)

This week Ellie weighs about 10.2 ounces and measures about 6.5 inches. She's still got a lot of growing to do though. She has working taste buds and is gulping down several ounces of amniotic fluid per day.  

Week 18-Baby is the size of a SWEET POTATO!!!!

This, by far has been the most exciting week of my pregnancy! We had our ultrasound to find out the sex of our baby.  It was so amazing just to be able to see it again.  Our ultrasound technician said with MUCH confidence that our baby is a......GIRL!!!!!! We are so excited to meet Eleanor "Ellie" Ruth Donaldson. It was so emotional to hear that I was having a daughter! My mind instantly went to all the amazing things I'll get to do with her.

She's about 5.6 inches long and about 6.7 ounces now and she keeps on growing rapidly. (That's why I'm probably feeling so hungry lately!)  I'm feeling a lot of movement now! It's such an amazing feeling. This week I really started to feel aches in my lower back, I assume because things are moving outward and putting pressure on my back. I invested in a body pillow (which Josh loves, hehe!) which is helping me sleep better at night.  


Everyone is SO excited that we are having a girl.  Grandma O and I went on our first shopping trip for Ellie to the Carter's outlet.  Let's just say she'll already be the best dressed baby! We could not be happier and cannot wait for September to arrive! 

Monumental Day.....

The day...well, one of the days....I've been waiting for came today. (I think).  I am pretty sure I felt the baby MOVE! Peole have said it feels like a "flutter"....well, mine felt more like a gas bubble low in my tummy that didn't make any noise. I'm still waiting for it to happen again...so I know that's for sure what it was.  I'm 18 weeks on Monday, so I should have felt it any day! YAY! There is actually a little person in there! So crazy! 6 days til we know if it's a boy or a girl!!!! I cannot wait! Once I know who is in there, and they have a name...this will all start to TRULY sink in.  :)