20 weeks

So I'm showing now, huh?

I knit these booties!

How far along? 20 weeks! We are halfway there! This is craziness!

Total weight gain/loss: +10 pounds so far

Maternity clothes? All day, every day! Except when I steal Ben's scrubs...

Stretch marks? They are starting to show up in new places!

Sleep: I seem to be awake from about 3-5 these days. Wonder why...

Best moment this week: I'm not going to lie, I am pretty proud of those booties!

Movement: I'm definitely feeling him!  Not a lot, but at least every day now.

Food cravings: Tonight I made fried rice with yum yum sauce (like at a Japanese grill). So good!

Gender: It's a boy!

Labor Signs: Nope!

Belly Button in or out? Getting flatter and flatter all the time...

Wedding rings on or off? Off

What I miss: Wine. Enough said.

What I am looking forward to: Next time I go to the OB, our tech is going to try to get us a good face shot with the ultrasound. I hope Henry cooperates!

Weekly Wisdom: Nap. Often.

Milestones: Halfway there!




Daddy's Thoughts:


Well it's been a quiet week in Peoria.  Unfortunately the wife has been having more pain in her low back and it seems to be of the "I'm going to be sticking around for a while" kind.  We went up to Chicago to see some old friends for the Super Bowl and she borrowed their heating pad and camped on the corner of the couch for the the entire 5 hours we were there.  This gave me some perspective of how uncomfortable she's been with this.
People keep asking me what we're going to call Henry, now that he has a name.  I'm getting a lot of "Hank" which is fine, but I'm kind of leaning toward "Harry" myself.  We'll see, I'm sure it's going to come naturally whatever we call him.  Maybe it'll be "Heisenberg" for all I know.  Kid's gotta have a nickname, right?
Nicki has also got me thinking about cars now too, and not just the matchbox kind.  We took my Accord in to have the upper ball joints repaired last week, and now that irritating shake in the front is finally a thing of the past.  That said, it's only a coop, and she's finally convinced me that I'm going to need something with 4 doors to put a carseat in.  Ho-hum, I just didn't like the idea of losing my car, I've been through hell (Rockford) and back with that guy.  Just kidding about Rockford, Rockford readers.
I have been thinking about how Henry is going to be a boy.  So now I know.  Boy stuff, right?  Trucks and roughhousing and sports and getting dirty.  That's all stuff I was good at once upon a time, right mom?  I can already imagine taking him to the farm on the weekends to see his cousins and his grandpa.  He's got a lot fun working on the farm ahead of him if he's going to be a Rathert!
I kind of wonder what kind of a kid he'll be though.  He's being raised by two nerds so there's a pretty big chance he'll at least lean nerdy.  But he might get into things I have no idea about.  Like tennis.  What if he's good at tennis?  How do you even keep score in tennis?
I am getting excited, though.  Having the little guy around is going to be great, I think, and I'm getting more used to it when Nicki reminds me that I'm going to be a daddy.
See you next week, I'm going to go buy a rule-book for tennis.