Steve's still pretty sure it's a girl, although my parents and sister think it's a boy. I've got no clue whatsoever! I keep going back and forth, although my odds aren't that bad, I do have a 50/50 chance of being right! : )
Steve has to go into work this morning at 2:00 AM though to run some tests between the night and 3rd shifts, so I'll probably have to be prodding him awake during the ultrasound at 3:30. We have our OB appt. right after that, and then the plan is to go out for a celebratory dinner. More like I just love any excuse to eat at a yummy restaurant. The problem will be deciding where to go. I've been "for sure" about where to go about 3-4 times already, and I'm still changing my mind! ( PS...If it sounds like I'm thinking a lot about this, I am! We don't get to go out to eat very often so I want to make it count! : )
Aubrey kept wanting a turn having her picture taken too. You can see her in the bottom of some of the pics. She was getting a little jealous and wanted to say "cheese" too! This isn't her real "cheese" smile though, this is us asking her to show us her teeth. It produces a much nicer smile : )
She looks like such a big girl in these pics! I think it's the way I'm holding her.
Oh yeah, here it is. 20 weeks!
I swear though that in the few days since this picture was taken I have really popped out, at least it feels that way. Steve even noticed when he came home yesterday. Guess that little baby is having a growth spurt, which is good because I have yet to have any weight gain from my first visit and we're halfway done, but I don't think that will be the case tomorrow! : ) And if not, I'm pretty sure Thanksgiving will take care of that...
Well, it has been a good week so far. Aubrey has been great and I've actually been able to get a lot done around the house. I have another 17p shot tomorrow morning ( ugh ), but other than that it looks like a promising day! By the way, thanks for the advice on the injections.
The progesterone shots weren't nearly as bad as I was worried about. I have an awesome home care nurse who is VERY good. She's been doing this a long time and was very gentle. It does take a long time for the oil to be pushed in and that's uncomfortable but not unbearable. Most of the pain comes about 10-20 min. AFTER the shot, which is wierd. It mainly felt like someone had punched me a lot in my hip and then down my leg, just for good measure :) A heat pad for a couple of days helped nicely though and by day 3 I didn't notice the soreness much at all.
I do get a little bonus though: they listen to to the baby's heartbeat with a doppler every time I get my shot so that's a nice little treat! Something to look forward to at least.
I'm also excited for Thanksgiving on Thursday and this year I'm making my specialties: deviled eggs, sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce (in the can of course! How else?) We'll be going over to my Mom and Dad's and my brother Jason and his wife will be coming too. We're using the 12 lb. turkey Steve got from work last year. ( Yes, it's been in my freezer all year...no, I do not often attempt cooking 12lb. turkey's for routine dinners!) I'm hungry already!
Steve will be off the day after and I'll be doing some visiting teaching, and then we plan on setting up our Christmas tree and other decorations. I always look forward to doing that. We bought a new pre-lit tree last year at the end of the season so I'm excited to put it up. The only problem is, it's going to take quite a bit more ornaments than our former "charlie brown style" apartment tree...but I know somebody who cuts out a pretty mean snowflake if we get desperate (Steve).
Steve working hard putting up our lights last weekend. It was a beautiful fall day and was forecast to be much nicer than Black Friday so I had him go ahead and get to it. : ) Aubrey loved seeing him up there and it was all I could do to keep her off the ladder too! She actually let me put on her coat and we played outside while daddy strung the lights.
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