20 weeks.

my official 20 week photo from 2/6/15 in mexico!

the day before, when we were leaving for the airport.

i'm halfway there! or more than that, if baby comes early like B did.

hard to believe.  the first trimester with this pregnancy was way harder, more nausea and fatigue - but then, i was chasing a two year old non stop also.  anyway, felt like those weeks dragged on forever. but suddenly, i'm 20 weeks pregnant!!  these last couple of months have flown by.  i'm feeling so great at this stage, the golden days of pregnancy.  i'm still wearing my regular jeans with a belly band, and exercising regularly while feeling good, and eating normally again (after the every-90-minutes eating of my first 14 weeks).  i have energy again and love being able to get up in the morning before everyone else without feeling exhausted.  during my first trimester, i slept until brady woke up - usually well into the 8 o'clock hour.  now i'm waking up on my own at 7 and having a cup of coffee, and feeling so much more rested and ready for the day by the time little man is up.  i'm a morning person by nature and "sleeping in" til 8:30 or 9 was actually kind of hard on me emotionally; but i couldn't drag myself out of bed any earlier so i just slept.

i go in for my next OB appointment on thursday 2/19, one day before i turn 22 weeks.  i'll have the big anatomy ultrasound then too, so we get to see baby girl again.  always love that.   we are still tossing around lots of girl names & haven't settled on anything yet. have a few that we like, but nothing has really felt 100% like her.  working on middle names too- at this point with brady's pregnancy, we at least knew his middle name! 

cheers to being halfway done! can't wait to meet little miss.