Sunkissed and Happy

What an amazing week!! Ty and I had this entire week off of work and spent it with my family in Florida. We couldn't have asked for better weather either! High in the 80's and low in the 60's. It was amazing.

At my grandpa's beach house for Christmas, we embarked on many adventures! Ty found some cool dead crabs that he used to scare all the girls (naturally right?); I walked the beach many times each day with grandma, mom, and my sisters searching for the rarest or the most beautiful shells; We ate like kings each night with some yummy dinner, followed by a bonfire on the beach; We fished off the dock, watched sunsets, watched Judge Judy (our family favorite), and relaxed in the hammocks. What more could we ask for for Christmas?! - Family and the beach. I would say we were pretty blessed this year!

20 Weeks!

I'm halfway there and feeling great!! Woo hoo!!

I am just beginning to feel it bonk around in there. No visible movement from the outside, but it's definitely in there.
Oh yeah - by the way, it is a GirL!
I still don't realize how my life is going to change. Some days I even forget she's in there! I think once I get bigger it will become more real. We are so eXciTeD!!!
Be on the look out for more ultrasound pics! The doc says everything is looking normal - except for her gigantic head! It's gotta be in the 150th percentile or something... Her dang parents. Haha. Just kidding!

17 weeks

Time is flying and I feel the stretching and the growing! I'm not exactly showing with clothes on, but I can sure tell by the way I feel that everything's getting all squished on the inside.
I'm excited for a baby bump! - proof that I'm not just making this all up!!

Above is how I feel ...

... And this is the way things are lookin' so far.

Not as weird...

One word has described pregnancy so far - weird.
But tonight I decided it's taking on a new bunch of words - not as weird as I thought.

My belly is just starting to poke out - like I can't suck it in
and make it look how it did before kind of thing... And it's actually not as horrible as I imagined. It definitely has it's discomforts, but for once I looked in the mirror and thought how excited I was.

Typically my mind is consumed with selfish thoughts like, "oh gosh, now my pants aren't gonna fit my fat butt", or "before I know it I'll be waddling like the rest of 'em", etc... Feeling a little pessimistic about it all to say the least.

But for the first time I admired my little growing belly tonight and thought,
"aww, there's a little baby in there".
Then it all seemed worth it.

14 WEEKS

Holy toledo batman... so I thought I was only around 10 weeks or so - man I was way off.
I'm 13 weeks and 5 days. INSANE!

So I obviously went to the doctor today for the first time, and it was amazing. I totally freaked out. Hearing the heart beat, seeing the big ol' noggin it inherited from me, and the hobbit feet it got from Ty... Unreal. Apparently you can know the gender this early.
Who REALLY knows until it's actually here though right??

So... the doctor says it was pretty clearly a GIRL which I hardly believed
with all the brothers Ty has. But I was still freakin' out at the thought.
So I guess we'll see when I have my next visit in a month!!

It's FINALLY REAL!!!!