Baby’s Size: According to Pregnant Chicken she is the size of the world’s largest gummy bear and weighs about 3/4 of a lb.

Baby’s Progress: Baby girl is kicking and moving around quite a bit, and I can tell they are getting stronger, and in development news… she now has eyebrows (which if my life is any indication she will spend most of her adult years trying to tame.

Weight Gain: I’m still about the same… maybe gained a half pound, depending on what time of day you weigh. I keep thinking that here in a few weeks I’ll read this and laugh at how little I’ve gained so far, but… not yet.

Sleep: I can definitely tell it is getting harder to change positions in the middle of the night, so I can’t imagine in a month or two when I am so much bigger being able to adjust very easily!

Milestones: Honestly it was a quiet week, so no major milestones for Baby Girl or us, we are just starting to decide on a name and making actual concrete plans… so every day this whole thing gets a lot more real!

Favorite clothing item of the week: definitely a non-pregnancy sweatshirt thing I bought at Gap over Christmas.  It has plenty of room in it, is warm and cozy and I’ve been living in it after work!

Symptoms: I’ve had a few bouts of returning nausea, but other than that I feel great. And I am taking full advantage! We had beautiful weather so the husband and I went for a long walk at the nature preserve on Valentine’s day, and I can tell how much more winded I get faster, but other than that I feel pretty much like normal old me. I mean… that is until I look down and see a bump.

Workout: I did a morning at Camp Gladiator, but wussed out the next workout when it was 36 degrees outside.  I woke up at 5 am, brushed my teeth, put on workout clothes, and started to go when Reese said: do you know it is 36 degrees outside? I said Nope… and turned around and went back to bed.  Best. Decision. Ever.

I know a lot of women that don’t feel great for most of their pregnancy, but I feel amazingly fortunate to feel as good as I do right now. I am going to try to enjoy it as long as I can!! I have two weeks of travel coming up and so I am grateful that this is a time where I feel pretty good!!

So since this is the recap of 19 weeks, it actually means that I am starting my 20th week today… WHICH MEANS I AM ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH.  Which is crazy! In some ways I feel like I’ve been pregnant forever, and in some ways I feel like I just started this crazy roller coaster ride!  But regardless things are going well, so I am very grateful for that!

This picture also marks the 3rd paint color you have seen in these updates (old house, new house, new house new paint color) which is not so significant except that it makes me remember just how much has happened since we started documenting this thing! (But I also promise not to change the paint color again before the end!)

I should also probably quit taking naps right before I take these pictures… I look a little half dazed, but since Sunday afternoon naps are one of my staples, I won’t really apologize for that, just explain!

Baby’s Size: The length of a banana.  Plus at last weeks appointment SHE (!!) weighed right at 10 ounces, so she is right on track with the pregnancy apps that say she is now about 10.5 ounces.

Baby’s Progress: We got to have a sonogram this week, and that was exciting because we got to find out gender, but also because we got to see her little heart beating and the sonogram lady checked brain and body measurements and everything looked right on track.  And since I am a bit of a worry wart, that was very reassuring news! We’ve hit most of the milestones of development (she has all her little parts) so from here on out it is mostly about getting bigger and developing all the organs even further!

Weight Gain: I’m up 2 lbs total, so if you are keeping track- that is a 1.5 gain this week.  And according to my Doc, I should be gaining about a pound a week for the rest of the pregnancy, so that is starting to go right on track.

Sleep: Sleep is about the same as last week, most nights I sleep fine, but wake up just a few times in the night.

Milestones: We found out that she is a girl this week! We had a sonogram, which if all goes well is likely to be one of our last until closer to birth. Which is good since everything is healthy, but sad because it is so fun to see her in there! We also got her crib.  I’ll post more about this later, but a friend was selling theirs, so we snagged a great crib for not too much money!

Favorite clothing item of the week: Hmmm… not sure I have a true favorite this week, but I’ve been enjoying some of my pre-maternity peasant blouses that are still big enough to cover my increasingly large belly!

Symptoms: Nada- I am going to enjoy this phase while it lasts! I definitely feel blessed to have missed out on some of the second trimester things most pregnant ladies get to enjoy.  My only side effect is that I get tired much more easily.  My brain seems to think I’m still the same old me who can go 100 miles an hour, but about halfway through something I get tired and have to rest.  Case in point- we worked on a Habitat for Humanity build with our church this weekend and I had the (sarcasm font) super strenuous job of spackling (end sarcasm font) and about an hour in I was really tired! So I’ve been learning to take breaks and give myself a rest.

Workout: I had a cold most of last week, so I didn’t get much working out in, but I did make it back yesterday to my normal Camp Gladiator workout.  I definitely notice a difference in my balance and speed, so I’m doing all the exercises a lot more slowly than I have before. I used to be in the first half of people finished, and now I am definitely one of the last (or I don’t finish at all).  Which is one of the reasons that I love Camp Gladiator, there is no pressure to be the fastest or overdo it.  I’m not sure how many of my fellow campers even know I am pregnant (versus just having a belly) although it is definitely getting more obvious. But everyone is still cheerful and supportive of everyone else, which is my favorite type of workout environment.  I’m the kind of person that if you yell at and tell to work harder I’ll drop my weights and quit the workout, but tell me I’m doing a good job and I’ll work twice as hard, so this is the perfect place for me. My husband is the complete opposite, so its always kind of amusing when we workout together.

So that wraps up this week!!

Oh and since we are halfway, I made a gif for you guys so you can see the progress.  (I promise the second half of pregnancy to be more routine about when and where I take the pics so they aren’t so jumpy!)

Poor Reese is surrounded by girls… Me, Lexie and Baby Popst! We are super excited to announce that this little baby is of the female variety!

Which also means that the secret things (like these cute little coral pots) I bought a few weeks ago in Waco that were the perfect shade of coral don’t have to be returned or regifted!

See this post for sources!