19/20 weeks

Wow I've been so busy lately I didn't even realize how behind I was on this thing!

Let's see...last Friday we went to our official gender scan and got to see your little self again. I think the u/s tech was a little disappointed that we already knew what you were, but there was no way we could have waited that long! I had a frapacchino before the appointment and you were pretty hyper. I think I need to take it easy on the caffeine :)

They said everything looked perfect and that you are around 12 oz. We can tell from your profile view that you have your daddy's button nose. Which makes me pretty excited! I'm sure you will be a little Cody junior and I know he would be really happy too. You were also very happy to reconfirm with us that you are in fact a boy.

I'm still down two lbs, which is great and weird because I am hungry all the time. Now that we are over the morning sickness, we are insomniacs. I've been experiencing round ligament pains and restless legs so I'm basically a zombie when I go to work.

I think your favorite food so far is pizza, you seem to move quite a bit when I eat it, which makes me happy. You still haven't kicked hard enough for you dad to feel, but I'm sure you will soon. We got your crib mattress and changing pad the other day, but it was no simple task. I found a website with the top rated baby mattresses and I wanted to buy one off that list. Your poor dad, I dragged him to six different stores before we ended up back at the store we started at.

We are still waiting on your nursery furniture to arrive, but I have been busy making your crib mobile, which you better cherish for the rest of your life. Those animals are hand stitched sir!

It still seems like everyone I know is pregnant. A friend of mine, who would have bet money that you were a girl, just found out she is having a girl. And here I thought everyone was having boys! As of right now, you still don't have a middle name. So as you read this when you are all grown up, know that your middle name was a tough decision!

I am definitely nesting and am so ready to get your nursery together and register for things! I almost can't take it anymore and even though time seems to be flying by, nobody can really tell I'm pregnant yet, which has given me a complex. I went to the doctor the other day to have a wart removed and the lady was like you're not pregnant are you? I'm like yeah I'm 21 weeks. She was shocked.

Thanks for that lady.

That's all I have for now.

Love you!

18 weeks

Hello little mango! I don't have much to update this week, we haven't done anything too exciting. We did go to a wedding and dance pretty hard. I've decided you will learn the electric slide at a very young age so I can have a dance partner!

I've been feeling you more and more, but not kicks, just like a fish is swimming around in there. We get to see you again next week and we are going to act surprised when the DR tells us you are  boy :)

Things are getting under way for the nursery. Your father and I still have a lot of cleaning out to do in the bedroom, but we've started looking a cribs and getting more ideas for your nursery. I really hope its something I can pull off, otherwise I'll owe the Strong grandparents for their wasteful investment. I hope we get a crib this weekend so we can start making things. That's all I want to do. I don't want to work or cook, I just want to make things and get ready for your arrival.

Should be a quiet weekend, hopefully we can catch some rays :)

We know what you are! (17 weeks)

You're a BOY!

We went to Meet the Baby in Brandon on Saturday and took the entire family! We got to see you yawn, touch your knees to your elbows (you have weirdly long arms in my opinion), suck your thumb and move all around. It was the most exciting day EVER!

So when it came down to it the u/s tech said, OK time for the gender, who wants to guess? Your Aunt Lauren said it's a boy and then we all cheered and clapped and hugged. You were very happy to show us you were a boy too, I have like 10 pictures of your thing.

After the appointment we went to the Cheesecake Factory and celebrated. Then we decided to go SHOPPING! Everyone picked out the cutest stuff.

Then off to Lakeland we went to get ready for the gender reveal party. Everyone was begging for us to spill the beans already, but I had a plan! As people walked in we had them cast a vote for whether they thought you were a girl or a boy and they had to wear corresponding name tags.

At about 5:30 we went outside and had a blue silly string fight! It was messier than I expected, but so much fun. Almost half the people at the party thought you were a girl so they were shocked when we said it was a boy. Then we went inside and watched the video of the u/s, which makes me very happy.

You got a lot of presents kid! You're already spoiled. I can't imagine it when you're here how rotten you will be :)

So now that we know what you are I decided to look for nursery bedding. I found nothing from the chain retailers so I went to a crafty website and found the perfect bedding, but it was very expensive. So I'm pulling out the ol' sewing machine and I'm hand making everything. Either it will be totally adorable or I'll end up at walmart :)

I'm so thrilled you are on your way little Barrett (haven't decided on a middle name yet) Strong. I know your dad was happy, but your grandpa Jay has been calling you his grandson since we found out I was pregnant. Everyone is so happy, your Gams even stood up and threw her arms up in excitement. It was an awesome weekend.

The silly string reveal

Our first official family photo after finding out what you are

Parts of your feet

Sucking your thumb

yawning!

your boy parts :)