Week 21

Well this was a fun weekend.
First it was mother's day which was exciting because Steve was very appreciative for the mothering that I have already done by caring his baby girl. He brought me and his mom a bouquet of flowers from Pikes place market and they were just BEAUTIFUL!


And we went for a great breakfast....mmmm Stuffed crepes which take me back to my childhood where my "Meme" would make them for any meal of the day!
We also went and visited with my mom which was nice just to be up at my parents for a little while hanging out as a family again.

Saturday I was able to spend the day up at the Condo in Seattle with Lorri whom I love just as my own mom. We went down to the water front and looked at the tug boats, had lunch at Ivers. Got to do some very cute baby shopping, swimming and happy hour with so many good appetizers and deserts (Minus fried green beans - would not recommend them). All and All it was a great Sunny Weekend!

Here is my 21 week BUMP picture.


Fruit/Vegetable of the week:


I'm not very excited to work so much this week. I seem to be getting tried much faster these days and the 12 hour shifts take forever. On the positive note after dinner last night I realized all of Steve's mandatory vacation starts on the 21st! Which is great 5 paid vacation days right when the baby gets here without taking any sick leave. I was so grateful for that we couldn't have planned it like that if we had tried.

Last think I want to leave all the pregnant ladies with is something that I found in my pregnancy book. Since I have gained 10lbs so far and am feeling like quite the tub these facts made me feel much better

Breakdown of Pregnancy weight:
Blood Volume: 2lbs 15 oz
Womb: 2lbs 3oz
Fetus: 7lbs 8 oz
PLacenta: 1lb 8oz
Amniotic Fluid 1lb 13oz
Fat:7lbs 11oz
Retained water 3bls 5oz (can be up to as much as 10lbs!)
TOTAL: 27lbs 13 oz
And thats with only 8 lbs to loose when the baby gets here! So keep going girls! Growing is perfectly normal :)

Its A GIRL!!!

Well today we had our BIG ultrasound!! YAY
Steve and I saw all the baby pictures minus the anatomy pictures that would give it away whether it was a boy or girl. We had the ultrasound tech write the sex in a card and then a trip to Nordstroms was in our future. Steve picked out a boy outfit and I picked out a girl and had the clerk package the outfit while we wondered the store. We were then off to Claim jumpers for lunch and a fun way to figure out if our gift from God was a boy or girl. Steve was so excited/nervous he stalled opening the box for at least 5-10 minutes. It was a fun afternoon and a nice way to spend a special moment together.

FIrst We will begin with a belly picture at 20 weeks :)


Next is the fruit:


And then for the fun Pictures:

Steve opening the box....



Steve stalling....


He just can't do it! Stalling some more...


Finally Pink paper!!


I'm so excited :)



Here are some ultrasound pictures! I wont bore you with too many but a few just for fun ;)