21 Weeks Down, 19 More To Go !!!

Yay for being more than half way closer to the day we meet Miss Delaney !! We can't wait!! Everything is coming along just fine, baby is growing & mommy's belly is growing! Jason and I are starting to get things ready for Delaney's room.  She is going to have a more grown up room than we do, ha! I've included some photos of different things we are getting for her room at the bottom :) We will also be creating a baby registry soon & will share the details with everyone.  I know since most of my family is out of state and most of Jason's family is here in NC, its easier for some to know whats going on, but we wanted to go ahead and start the registry so that everyone would know what Delaney is stocked up on :)

Delaney at 21 Weeks Growing!

• About the size of a banana this week! Approximately 10.5 inches & about 12.7 ounces! 
• She is drinking amniotic fluid to stay hydrated and get her nutrition, this is also how she practices swallowing & digesting.
• Her taste buds are fully developed & working!! (And apparently she likes HOT wings... I ate some and she was doing cartwheels in my belly the rest of the day!)
• She already has a lifetime supply of eggs in her own womb - about 6 million of them! (She wont be using these until she is WAY older lol but they are already there!)
• She has eyebrows & eye lids now :)

Mommy at 21 Weeks Growing!!

• Heartburn.... heartburn.... heartburn.....
• Dry itchy skin!! I feel like its the dead of winter & your skin dries out... but no its just from being pregnant.  I should start buying stock in Johnson & Johnson lotions :)
• Knock on wood... no stretch marks as of yet :)
• So far, so good, only 7 pounds gained!
• Lots of left side back pain, I'm told this is normal and caused by ligaments stretching to accommodate baby.  Also because when you are pregnant, your back changes shape, the arch becomes more define so you don't topple frontwards with a big belly :) It's all for a great cause, but ouch :) She's already hurting me lol

21 Weeks :)

These are things we have already purchased for her room :) I will be taking photos of the before, during, and after decorating & turning the spare bedroom into her room.  Lots of photos to come :)

Matching Chest

4 in 1 Crib (changes to a Toddler bed, daybed, and full size headboard & foot board!)

Matching Dresser/Changing Table

Chandelier (we will paint it to match her bedding!)

Delaney's Crib Bedding (Diva!)

                                                                       





20 Weeks Down, 20 Weeks To Go!!

It's half time!!!!! We have made it half way through the pregnancy!! Yeah for us!!!!! That's very exciting and I'm very thankful! I never really realized all the changes that happen when you are pregnant as far as emotions, moods, body changes, thoughts, outlooks... We are ready to have her here with us!!

So with the half way marker here, I thought this would be a good time to start sharing pictures of Mommy throughout the first half of the pregnancy.  Granted, these are all taken with my phone and by me.... never turn out well... and normally in the morning when I'm trying to get ready so forgive the terrible photography :) Jason will be in charge of that from now on! I will try to include a weekly update from now until the end of the pregnancy and I will include a weekly belly picture :) Enjoy!!

Delaney Elizabeth at 20 weeks:

• She weighs about 10.5 ounces and is about 10 inches long from head to heel. About as big as a banana!
• She can swallow now and I might be able to start feeling her have the hiccups soon!
• She has established sleep patterns like a newborn now so once I can start to feel her moving around we will know if we have a night owl or an early bird!
• Most of her organs, etc. are all formed and in the correct places, now she will focus on "filling out" and gaining weight so that when she arrives she will be able to live healthy.

Courtney Elizabeth at 20 weeks:

• Knock on wood... no stretch marks yet :)
• Uterus is the size of a cantaloupe now.... yikes.
• It's NURSERY TIME! We are getting the nursery ready slowly but surely! I can't believe we only have about 4.5 months to get a whole room done!
• Baby shower planning has started also.... I know this is a little early but with everyone we have coming from others places in the USA we needed to get a date set early on!
• I think we have decided that June 30 or July 1 is our day :)

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20 Weeks :)