20 weeks, 1 day

I've made it to the halfway mark! We had an ultrasound yesterday, and we are definitely, one-hundred percent having a boy :) Dr. C. said everything looked perfect, and recommended for me to eat four regular meals with snacks in between each day. I guess this means that although I haven't gained much weight thus far, I should start trying to add pounds now. Which also makes sense, since from all the things I've been reading about recommend trying to gain about a pound a week starting in the second trimester. Baby continues to be breech, but again, because it is so early, he has tons of room to twirl and flip and twist. So there is nothing to be concerned about until week 37. Dr. C. also said this ultrasound would be the last where we'd be able to see baby's entire body at once. Next time, he'll be too big for one whole shot, so we'll see him in parts. Another pretty cool thing from this ultrasound was that we saw all his little fingers and toes, which was an unexpected surprise.

Everything has been pretty much the same as far as my physical well-being. He's been moving around quite a bit, but still will only move and then stop before I can put my hand on where he moved. The hip joint pain is still there, and I've been able to fall asleep at night faster than I've ever been able to in my life (aside from when I was a baby, I suppose). I've been getting more tired faster when I stand for too long in class, and after about three straight classes of standing, I start getting backaches. I've also started getting hungry more quickly, but again that's probably because I can't finish my meals in one sitting. Everything seems to be fine, and it seems like now, time is really starting to speed up.

Last week, one of the moms gave us this sweet little shirt. It was the first baby item we got, so I HAD to document it! I might do that with all our outfits, but we'll see about that.

Baby's first gift!

It's nice because it's a Korean-style shirt, so it can be a reminder of our time here.

I do know that I have to get a shot of the little Nike socks I bought. They look like real shoes! Anyway, until then, here's a shot of our son from our appointment yesterday <3

He had his legs up like that most of the time! Love :)

Unfortunately, we have to wait five weeks for our next appointment. It'll be the glucose test, and it'll feel like FOREVER until then. Good part about that, though, is that it'll be right after our wedding anniversary AND my birthday. So I suppose I'll have a lot to look forward to in a short amount of time. Also, I'll be six months by then, and in the homestretch.