20 weeks!

Another month has gone byyyy! I can't believe I am 20 weeks today. If I end up being induced a week early again then that means I am more than half way through! It seems like it is flying by and I feel like it is only going to go faster from here on out. I am feeling pretty good except for the normal pregnancy things. My hips are starting to hurt so I have to sleep with my big fluffy pillow between my legs. It helps some. I am starting to have trouble sleeping/laying on my stomach and that just happened this weekend. My headaches are outrageous. Blah. I was hoping they would improve. No such luck. I had a headache at work on Friday, but drank a diet coke and had some Tylenol and it eased up. It didn't go away, but it wasn't as painful. I ended up going to bed Friday night with a pounding headache. I took our last Tylenol PM hoping that would make it go away and allow me to get some sleep. No such luck again. I woke up multiple times throughout the night feeling like someone had beat me over the head and tried to rip my right eye out of my head. I had the headache all day Saturday, all night Saturday night, and again all day Sunday. I finally used Joey's peppermint oil and rubbed it on my temples and forehead. It finally eased the pain, but again did not make it go away. I had about 2 hours of "relief" before it hit me full force again. I woke up yesterday feeling a bit congested and had some sinus pain. The only medicine we had in the house that is safe to take while pregnant is Benadryl. I didn't want to take that because I didn't want to sleep all day. I took one Benadryl before bed and it seems like that did the trick as I slept pretty well and woke up headache free. *knocks on wood*

I am such a slacker at updating my blog since the only people who read this thing are my Facebook friends/Mommy friends anyway. After we couldn't find out the baby's gender at my anatomy scan on 8/5, I decided to schedule an elective scan. Both Joey and I just really wanted to know. There's a place north of us that wasn't very expensive and could get us in on Thursday, 8/7 at 6pm. The good news is that we could also take Brynlee! I wanted her to get to see the baby, too. She knows the baby is in Mommy's belly, but of course she doesn't understand time or that the baby is still cooking in there. I thought it'd be fun to let her see the little thing. The ultrasound guy had to dig deep and low into my pelvis to see the baby. Then, of course, the baby had the legs crossed. Luckily, he just kept digging and had me jiggle (embarrassing) my belly around to see if the baby would open up. Finally! We could see gender!

Little sister due January 5, 2015

That's right! We're having ourselves a little sister. Brynlee is thrilled since she has been wanting a little sister. I was a tad sad at first just because I really would like a boy especially since we are pretty sure we will only have two. But I am excited for Brynlee to have a sister! Sisters are great. It was funny because after the ultrasound, Brynlee said they couldn't get the baby out. We tried explaining that they weren't trying to get the baby out. We were just looking at pictures of the baby. But she didn't get it. The next day when I was getting dressed for work and took my shirt off, she patted my belly and said they tried to get the baby out but didn't.

I am glad that we get to reuse everything from Brynlee except these two ladies will be born in opposite seasons. We are also going to get a different bedroom set for the baby's room. I found this super cute ladybug set at Target that I think is adorable. Joey said he likes it, too. Hopefully it won't be sold out or out of stock by the time we order it though. That always happens to me, haha. I am also excited to paint Brynlee's room. I've been getting different Minnie Mouse room decor to put up in her room. My sister got her a custom Minnie clock, growth chart, and name decor for her room. I bought her this cute little Minnie Mouse thing that says her name, birth date, and weight/length at birth. It's super cute. I also got her two cute little Minnie light switch covers for her room. I have some other ideas as well, but haven't bought it all yet.

Now if we could only choose a name. Joey likes my top name, but said he wants to keep looking, but doesn't look...so that's annoying. When he briefly browsed for names the other night, he only mentioned stupid names and was joking about it. Not cool. The middle name we chose is causing "conflict" with someone else in the family and it really makes me mad so I doubt we will end up using the name even though we have wanted to use it for a long time. It's ridiculous, but I'll just leave it at that. So now it feels like we're back to square one with deciding a first and middle name.

I have an appointment next Monday with my regular OB. It's just a routine check up. I see the MFM (high risk OB) again on September 5th. Moving right along!