Halfway There!

Here's a pic of my "bump" at 20 weeks, we're halfway there!

Today baby Boy decided to kick up a storm when I was listening to an elderly gentleman instruct me in tying flies for fly fishing. Either he likes deep voices or wants to go fishing. :)

Movements!

So I've felt the baby move on and off, but the best so far was when I played the Darth Vader "Imperial March" and the baby responded with a flurry of movement. What can I say? He has good taste.

It's A......

BOY!

That's right, there's a little dude in there! Today we had our 18 week ultrasound, and we were happy to see that he was very healthy, and right on schedule. He's quite the mover. :)

Prenatal Swimming

There's this fabulous Olympic sized pool (plus two others) at the Juniper Fitness and Swim Center here in Bend! I found some great workout classes, including a pregnancy friendly one:

http://www.bendparksandrec.org/Juniper_Swim__Fitness/schedules/

I went to it this week, hoping to get familiarized with it before I start my work schedule and make up excuses to not go. ;) Despite the fact that there was only one other pregnant lady there, I don't really look pregnant yet, and the other participants were seniors doing water aerobics, it was fun! I didn't feel like I was getting a work-out during the vertical deep water fitness class, but afterwards my legs and core felt exercised. Yay! I'm going to try out the water zumba class too, since I love being in the pool and figure it will be helpful when I'm 7 months pregnant and need the weight lifted. ;) I'm also going to try the later evening class (because it will be more feasible once I'm working) and hope to find more pregnant ladies there to meet with.

BumGenius

So we've decided to go with "cloth" diapers, which are NOTHING like the cloth diapers my mom used. After some research and advice, we ended up with BumGenius 4.0 one size fits all! We ordered from Cotton Babies http://www.cottonbabies.com/index.php?cPath=98 because they have a great sale going on, but stuck to "neutral" colors until we know what we're getting. :) Does anyone else think it's unfair that you can buy blue for both boys and girls, but not pink?

Just stick a pink flower or purple bow on top and blue is acceptable for girls, but have a teeny bit of pink in a boy's onesie and the world ends. LOL I also got a white cover so I can turn any diaper into a white one with a couple snaps. Voila!

Speaking of snaps, I ended up getting a mixture of snaps and velcro per my friend's recommendation. As weird as it sounds, I'm actually looking forward to using these. :)

15 weeks baby bump

Okay, I've decided to post "bump" growth pictures periodically. Here we are at 15 weeks!Not much to show for it....yet. But I definitely look and feel like I just ate a big turkey dinner! :)

Baby's First Books

So I wanted to get a "baby's first..." book, and found this one that's by Eric Carle and is super kid friendly and awesome!

And I also started our baby's book collection:

I remember reading "Moo, Baa, La La La!" to some little girls I was babysitting as a good night book, and am happy to have these for our baby! It's good for some humor during bedtime. :)