18 Weeks

Yesterday marked the completion of 18 weeks of this pregnancy!  I had always heard subsequent pregnancies fly by, and that's certainly proving true!  I can't believe we're almost halfway through.  It's just amazing!  I am feeling the baby more and more, and Matt has even felt a few little kicks. :)  Next Thursday is our big ultrasound.  I have a confession:  I am still voting boy, but for about the past week when I talk about the baby, the pronouns that immediately come out of my mouth without even thinking have all switched to feminine and I keep "seeing" a little girl. The same thing happened but in reverse with Asa.  Last time, I had a "gut" feeling the baby was a girl, and a month or so before our ultrasound I flip-flopped and was pretty sure it was a boy.  Gah!  I just hope it is glaringly obvious on the ultrasound either way! :)

Pregnancy Update:

How Far Along: 18 weeks

Size of baby: the size of a bell pepper (about 5.5 inches and almost half a pound)

Maternity Clothes: Not yet.  Some of my dress pants for church aren't feeling so roomy when I sit, but I'm still wearing all regular clothes.  Maybe JUST starting to show if you know me well and look closely. ;)

Food: Still not much of an appetite most days.  Starting to have less nauseous days, but they are not exactly the norm yet.

Asa is great. :)  He is still talking tons and starting to try more and more to put two word phrases together. :)  He recently started understanding "where" more, so we are hearing, "Where Dada?  Where car?   Where go?"  It's very sweet. :)  His left 2 eye teeth have really made it through the surface of his gums, so we had a few days' relief from fussiness.  Now the right side has started. :)  I'm hoping he'll get them all through and can take a break from teething in time for Tyson's wedding March so we'll have our usual happy camper for that weekend adventure!

We have an ice storm going on right now.  I ran my necessary errands yesterday--yea!  The forecast called for up to a foot of snow, but as the system approached our area of Ohio, it turned more and more into an ice storm.  I think we have 1/2 inch of ice right now with another 1/4 to 1/2 inch expected on top of that!

I am working away on Asa's first year scrapbook.  I made photo books for each quarter of his first year through sites like Shutterfly and Picaboo, but I also wanted an overview of his entire first year.  I'm in December, so I'm about halfway done.  I think once I get past documenting his first Christmas in it (3 layouts--1 for each location), I should be able to move pretty quickly through early 2010.  I would love to get caught up to present day so I can just do a layout or 2 a month.  That would be GREAT!!  And I actually have a Shutterfly code I need to use to make a photo book of the last 4 months of Asa's first year.  We have one well-photographed little guy. :)  AND I want to make an appointment at Penney's for 18 month portraits.  He's 19 months old, but we'll let that slide, right? ;)

That's about it for us!  I'm hoping to do some more sewing soon, so stay tuned for HOPEFUL crafty updates. :)