20 Weeks! It's a.....

How Far Along: 20 Weeks!
Maternity Clothes: You betcha...
Stretch Marks: Nope! Yay!
Sleep: I slept terribly during the week. On Wednesday night, I woke up at 3:30am and was wide awake. I actually went downstairs and tried to sleep on the couch, but no luck. When Andrew woke up at 6am, I was watching tv and eating cereal...ha! I ended up going into work a few hours late so I could get some sleep first. However, the last two nights I have slept like a baby, and only woke up to pee once!!!
Best Moment of the Week: Our ultrasound :)
Miss Anything: nope
Movement: yep! Sometimes I wonder if baby should be moving even more though based on other blogs that I've read. This morning Andrew finally felt the baby kick!
Food Cravings: nothing this week...
Anything making you queasy or sick: not really, just brushing my teeth....
Showing: still waiting for my first stranger to ask when I'm due...
Gender Prediction: keep reading....
Labor Signs: Nope
Belly Button In or Out? In
Wedding Rings On or Off: On
Happy or Moody Most of the Time: Happy :)
Looking forward to: Another quick ultrasound on Saturday to confirm baby's sex...

We've had an eventful week around here! Found out on Sunday night that my dad and Carol were going to come for a visit this weekend. That meant that my dad could bring his tools and we could do the floor in the baby's room.

So....Monday night we went out and bought flooring. Tuesday night we went out and bought paint. Wednesday night we (well really Andrew) painted the room. Thursday night Andrew painted the inside of the closet white and ripped up the carpet. And Friday during the day Andrew finished ripping out the carpet strips, padding, etc., so that the room was ready to go.

Our ultrasound was Friday @ 1:30pm, and I had taken the day off of work. I spent the morning cleaning the house like a mad woman! Before we knew it, it was 1:30!!!! As we were just about to arrive at the ultrasound place, Andrew asked me if I'd brought my requisition form, and I panicked when I realized that I hadn't. I called the place to say I'd be 10 mins late, and they told me to come ahead in, and Andrew could run and get it during the first part of my scan....phew!

So, into the ultrasound room I went with a way nicer ultrasound tech than the one I had last time. I laid there for what felt like a lifetime, when she told me that the baby was not cooperating and was facing with it's back and bum forward. So, she had me lay on my side, but the baby only moved for a quick minute or two, and went right back. She then had me stand up, walk around the room, and do some jumping jacks. Baby was still not budging! She finally went to get Andrew, and told me she had a guess about the baby's sex.

She came back with Andrew, and showed us baby's limbs, body, etc, as well as the heart beating. I couldn't make out any of it, except for the heartbeat. She then said that she thought the baby was likely a.......GIRL!!!!!!!! She said she couldn't be sure and we shouldn't paint the room pink, but she'd had a few looks between the legs, and there didn't appear to be a penis.

She sent Andrew back to the waiting room, and said she would just do a few more pics. When Andrew left, baby moved a bit and opened the legs again. She quickly showed me that there didn't appear to be a penis, and declared that she was still guessing girl, but couldn't be sure.

Here's the pics we received:

Legs and Feet

Head

 Hand

Spine

When we left the ultrasound, we were excited, but also a bit confused and disappointed, as we had gone there hoping to leave knowing if we would have a little girl or a little boy.

Andrew suggested I call the 3D ultrasound place to find out when we would go for that. When I called, they told me that they had a package where we could go in asap just to confirm gender, and then go back at 28 weeks for the full 3D/4D ultrasound. So, needless to say, that's what we're doing. We're going on Saturday morning at 10:45am, and should be able to say for sure that we're having a girl.

On Saturday, Andrew did the flooring in the baby's room with the help of my dad and Jeff. I think it looks amazing, couldn't be happier with it. Here's a before and after:

Doesn't it look great?!

So...Wednesday I have an appointment with the midwife, I'm sure nothing too eventful will happen. I guess that's all, well really that's a lot.....

Until next week...