Halfway and Happy!

Well despite all my anxiety, the anatomy scan appointment went fantastic! I got tons of time to see our little baby boy and he even yawned while we were watching him! It was the craziest and most incredible thing ever. I didn’t really think about him doing normal human stuff in there so seeing him yawn and grab his toes was an eye opener!

Speaking of doing normal human/baby things, I am finally feeling him kick! Hooray!!! 😄 I was worried at first but come to find out, the placenta is on top so it was hindering my ability to feel anything early but now that he’s bigger, I can feel him SO much! The best part was one night right after Cliff got home. I was sitting on the couch next to him and baby must have sensed how happy I was that Cliff was home because he started kicking like crazy. So I put Cliffs hand where I was feeling it the most and he actually got to feel him kick! The look on his face when he felt him for the first time made my heart so happy. It was like our baby used that moment to say “Hi daddy!” and I don’t think either of us will ever forget it. 🥰

One thing I get a daily remind of is the fact that I am getting bigger. In the beginning, I used to wake up and instantly put my hand on my stomach because I was still afraid that I just dreamt that I was pregnant. Now, pretty much any movement I make reminds me that I have this tummy with a little growing human inside. 🤰🏼 My birthday was a little over a week ago and after eating my weight, the baby’s weight, and the entire restaurants weight in food/dessert, I came home and took this picture..

I was not only celebrating my 32nd birthday but also that I had made it to the halfway mark at 20 weeks! I’ve seen so many other girls who post a picture of making it halfway and I was always afraid I would never get to take one like that myself but here we are!

After making it to 20 weeks, I realized we aren’t so much counting up in weekly milestones anymore but counting down to baby time. Its no longer.. “Yay! we are 12 weeks.. Yay! we are 16 weeks.. Yay! we are 20 weeks!” It’s more like.. “Oh crap this kid is going to be here in 17-18 weeks!!! He’s probably going to need all the things!!!” 😧 Aaaaaaaaaand cue panic mode! I spent so much time just celebrating and enjoying the fact that I was finally pregnant that I had not really started on the super important things that require a lot of planning. I kept saying “oh we have time” but this 9 months is going by SO fast! Another reason why I need to get some pep in my step is because being an oilfield wife, I only have Cliff home for a handful of times before the baby arrives. This means I have to have things all set up so I can put him to work on his days off to get the baby room ready (which is currently still our guest room) and to basically start planning out how our lives are going to completely change in 4 months! That’s so soon! Our baby shower invites are even about to be sent out and I am just now starting our registry! *sigh* I still have time right? Right?!?!? 🤷🏼‍♀️

On a less stressful note, there was one thing I always wondered about myself whenever I got pregnant. What weird foods would I crave? 🤔So far I haven’t had any weird cravings but more like random cravings. For example, in the beginning all I wanted was french fries. I liked french fries before I got pregnant but now I see them as these little salty potato pieces of happiness that I cant get enough of. I even found this meme the other day that perfectly describes my current obsession with french fries..

hahaha that ridiculous meme makes me happy! Other than french fries, I have been craving french macaroons. No I am not French so I’m not sure where all of that is coming from. And this craving has been a difficult one because the only place I have found that sells them is Whole Foods. Unfortunately the closest Whole Foods is about an hour away from our house and that’s when traffic is good! I end up buying a lot and stocking the fridge but its a really sad day when I eat the last one and I know others are so very far away from me. The latest craving has been fruit roll ups! 😋 I needed one so badly the other night that we had to run down the street to Walgreens and buy a box because life literally could not continue without one. I now keep a few in my purse for emergency purposes. We found a mega box of 30 at the store and you would have thought I found a bar of gold because I held the box above my head and said YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! Cliff puts up with a lot of odd things from me haha He’s the best 😘

Is it weird to say we worked really hard for 3 years to put ourselves in this situation of having entirely too much to do? Sometimes I walk around the house eating my fruit roll up and think about what needs to be moved to make room for all the baby stuff. Next thing I know, I’ve completely redecorated our entire house in my head and that’s usually about the time I need another fruit roll up… Hmm.. now that I think about it, I probably should have bought more than one mega box ❤️