So guess what?! I
have reached the halfway point!! 20
weeks!!! Woot woot!! I just can’t
believe it. In just 20 more weeks we are
going to meet little Aria and put her in a bubble so she never gets hurt. That’s how it works right? J
Last Friday, I had my ultrasound and Aria was measuring right
on track. Except for her legs. Her long legs were measuring over a week
ahead. This must mean she is going to be
tall which totally comes from her Dad and NOT me. I am a shorty. She is currently weighing 11oz. and had a
strong heartbeat at 144bpm. She was SUPER active during the ultrasound and was very
open about being a girl. Lol. Carrie,
the ultrasound tech, tried once again to get a cute profile pic, but of course
Aria as usual was looking right at the camera.
She did turn her head one time and Carrie caught a quick picture but
it’s a little blurry. Here it is. Isn’t she cute? Always has a hand by her face or in her
mouth.
And here are her cute little feet. She was literally doing flips in there. Perhaps we have a little gymnast on our
hands.
As she continues to grow, her kicks are getting harder, more
noticeable and more frequent. Christian
and Axel have tried to feel her, but still nothing. I’m not really sure when they will start
being able to feel her, but we will keep trying until they can. Both of these guys are already in love with
her. They kiss my belly and talk to her
every day. <3 Here is a my growing
bump at the halfway point.
There are only two symptoms that are bothering me a bit right
now and they are: crazy hormones and pregnancy brain. I seem to get grumpy and moody so easily
which is a bit frustrating. Noticing it
and being aware of it only seems to make me even grumpier. Ugh. I
try to push through it and not bite anyone’s head off. I am not always successful in that area so I
have learned to apologize… a lot. Now
let’s talk about pregnancy brain. First,
if you don’t know me super well, allow me to share some insight… I am over the top organized and very on top
of things. I do forget things sometimes,
but for the most part I do things way ahead of time and have charts and lists
for it all. In the past few weeks I
have become beyond frustrated with my newly developed spaciness and
forgetfulness. Let me give you some examples
of these…
I was late to work a couple weeks ago because I couldn’t
find my phone anywhere! I mean
anywhere! And I am not usually
misplacing things. I am frequently
reminding Christian where his things are because he is the forgetful one. After 15mins of looking, I finally gave up
and out of frustration began to text Christian that I just couldn’t find my
phone and he would have to call me at work if he needed me. Now take a second and re-read that last sentence. Yes, I was mid-text when I realized the phone
was in my hand the entire time!
Monday, I was working on the mailing envelopes for the
upcoming baby shower (see! I told you I do things way ahead of time) and
thought, I should go get labels so I can go ahead and get them printed. By the time I made it from the living room to
the extra room where we keep our printer paper and labels, I had completely forgotten what I was doing. Came back to the living room and a few minutes
later remembered. I slowly got up and
walked back… except I walked into my bedroom and sat in there for a few minutes
trying to remember what I had just remembered I was going to do. Seriously!?
It finally came to me and I was able to get to the correct room and grab
the labels before forgetting again. My
goodness! This is like a real
thing. I used to think women just made
up “pregnancy brain” as an excuse… I totally get it now.
The last story I was going to share with you… I completely
forgot so there you have it! The
forgetfulness at its finest. Ha!
Speaking of the baby shower, we were able to get our registrations
complete! Another thing done super early
but hey it was way more fun than I thought.
It was all going smooth and we were doing so good scanning all the
needed items… until… Christian got a hold of the scanner. He got a little scanner happy and we had to
go back and take some things out. LOL. I
did; however, leave his favorite item that he found. I will let you guys guess what that is. If you know Christian well you will know it
when you see it. If you want to check
out the registries, have a look at BuyBuy Baby, Target and www.babyeagleston.mydagsite.com. Hopefully you guys will have as much fun
looking at these things as we had scanning them.
Other than shower planning, I would say there is nothing
else going on, but that is just false. I
have been keeping busy with a few other tasks and some days I just want to cry cause I feel so overwhelmed,
but somehow I survive. The good part
about that is time seems to go a little faster getting me closer to meeting
this little girl. My next appointment
will be in a month. I will definitely
try to post something between now and then so hopefully something exciting and
good happens so I can share.
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