18 weeks

Well--we are almost half way through! I am officially 18 weeks now and feeling really good. Actually, I have had a terrible head cold since Friday and since I can't take anything, I have been suffering through it, but other then that..it's really smooth sailing!

I am feeling good throughout workouts and my appetite has decreased. I'm not sure how much I have gained so far, but I'm guessing it's about 12 or so pounds.

AJ is super cute with this baby. He is going to be a fantastic big brother. Well, at least we think--who knows when there is actually a real, live crying thing in his house playing with his toys! Here are all of the recent cute things he does/say:

1. Hugs and kisses my belly daily and says he wants to snuggle with 'his baby'
2. Talks at school about how mommy has a baby in her belly and takes HIS baby to work with her
3. Says he wants to sing some songs to the baby
4. Tickles the baby (or my belly) and says the baby is laughing
5. Tells the baby he can't wait to see her/him (he uses something different everytime)

There is one thing we are slightly concerned about. Lately AJ has been asked to be 'fed'--in other words, he takes his cup and asks John or I to feed it to him like a bottle, as if he is a baby. This is usually when we are snuggling and not at any other time. AJ really is independent and this is new behavior that I think he is picking up from his Big Brother books. Makes me kind of feel like he may be jealous of the baby attention that this newborn is getting. Otherwise though, he is excited when we talk about the baby.

In other baby news, I have really been feeling the baby kick! And a lot of people have been asking when we find out the sex and the answer is....

FRIDAY! Hopefully. We are finding out almost two weeks sooner then we did with AJ, so I'm kind of nervous they won't be able to tell us.

I'll be sure to post on here as soon as I am able to. How we are finding out is quite interesting, so be on the look out for the story if all goes as planned.

Here is a picture of me from last week--excuse the we hair, it was shortly after a shower. I was 17 weeks 2 days in the photo. It's odd, I feel bigger, but I just compared it to the 14 week photo and I'm exactly the same. I actually look smaller probably due to the bloating going down. Yes, I'm not really showing yet. I do think that since this photo was taken I'm a little bigger, but not much. I also am still wearing mostly all of my clothes with no problem. I started wearing the belly band for a few of my clothes, but it's mostly to be more comfortable then anything else.



Thanks for looking!