20 week ultrasound :)

As you probably already know, we had our 20 week ultrasound on Tuesday.

The biggest question: what is baby's gender?  Well, our little one is most definitely a boy.

I'm sure he will love me for that later.  Sorry if you think it's TMI :) I think it's cute!

He measured 14 ounces (almost a pound already!  Woo-hoo!) and a week further along than what he actually is.  The sonographer said they probably won't up his due date though.  Apparently, generally, if its within about two weeks of your previous ultrasound's estimated due date, they won't change it.  I'm guessing that's because it's easier to get accurate measurements when they're not moving around a ton. We should find out for sure on Monday though.

It was pretty cool during the ultrasound: Neal got to see him kick like crazy!  He hasn't been able to feel him move around yet (I swear baby moves around like crazy until I tell Neal to come over), so it was a cool thing for him to see.

He kept putting his arm and hand in front of his face, so we got to see his little finger and arm a whole lot.  It was pretty crazy to see each of those little fingers move around.  He didn't like being poked by the ultrasound thing either...he would get into a good position for the sonographer to get the picture she needed, and as soon as she'd go to take the picture, he'd move.  It was pretty cute - he's definitely our child!  Stubborn :)

Neal keeps giving me a hard time because I keep looking at the pictures on the cd that she gave us, but I just can't help it.  I can't believe how much he has changed in just 12 short weeks.

I'm also happy to be past the half way point.  I keep telling myself that the last 20 weeks went by really fast, and so the next 20 weeks will go by fast as well.  He's become much more active this week, so that makes me really happy as well!!

December

December was a busy, busy month for us.  I think I was home enough to cook dinner maybe seven times.

On the 12th I had the blessing of going with my cousin to her ultrasound.  It was SO wonderful to see that little girl (and she is definitely still a girl)!  We got to see the hair on her head, among a bunch of other things.  The coolest part was when we saw her face and she was sucking on the wall of the uterus!  We just sat there for a minute and watched her little tongue move.  Then we got to hear her heartbeat.  It makes me so happy just thinking about it!

On the 16th my mother-in-law invited my whole family over for a Christmas get-together.  Everyone brought yummy food, and we listened to stories and songs read and sang by our families.  I'm so grateful that Neal's family and my family get along.  I've heard horror stories about "the in-laws" and I'm so blessed because I don't have to worry about that!!  That night we also picked up our new little parakeet.  Her name is Miyah, and she is about six years old.  She is white and blue and black, and her and Sierra are VERY happy to have each other as new friends!

On the 17th we had Neal's previous boss/friend over for dinner with his new wife Shelley to celebrate their marriage!  We weren't able to make it to their wedding in the mountains because we hit traffic while we were on a super tight schedule.  We made our own chipotle-style burritos, and then looked at the beautiful pictures from their wedding, and from their honeymoon in Fiji.

On the 23rd, aka Christmas Adam (because Adam came before Eve...hahaha), we opened present and had Christmas dinner with Neal's family.  Neal gives me a hard time about this, but I am so excited because his parents gave us two big boxes of....drum roll please....FOOD STORAGE!  I don't know why, but I have been on this kick lately when it comes to our food storage, so I was super excited when we opened these presents.  We also got some awesome gift cards :)

Christmas is to be continued on another post :)