19 Weeks

We have officially decided on name.  We will be welcoming Lily Anjuli Taylor in just 21 more weeks (give or take).  I'm excited to have decided on a name so I can stop calling her "she" or "the baby."  Since I'm really starting to feel her move now, it's been harder and harder for me to not have a name to call her.  Her movements have become really distinct over the last 4 or 5 days.  You can actually feel her from the outside if your hand happens to be on my stomach when she gives a good hard kick.  It's such an amazing and bizarre feeling all at the same time!  We have our morphology scan next week, so we'll get another good long look at her.  This is the ultrasound where they measure everything and make sure that Lily is growing and progressing normally.  I'm feeling really good about the appointment and excited to see her again!  Below is my 19 week belly picture.

18 Weeks

Well, we've made it to18 weeks and things are trucking along.  There hasn't been a lot new happening this past week, but I'm starting to feel her move a little bit more frequently.  It's mostly at night or when I'm laying down relaxing.  I don't feel her much, or at least I don't notice, during the day.  According to what I've read, I should start feeling more movement over the next 2 to 4 weeks.  Below is my 18 week belly picture.

17 Weeks

I can't believe I'm already almost half way already!  I'm starting to feel more stretching and an almost full feeling in my uterus and stomach.  I think this week you can definitely see a little bit of a bump forming as well.  I think that I may also be starting to feel some movement.  It's still hard to tell exactly what I'm feeling at this point, though!  We're also starting to narrow down our name selections.  I'm excited to settle on one so we can actually start calling her by name, instead of just saying "the baby."  Things are feeling more and more real at this point, and it's so exciting.  I'm ready to start putting the nursery together, but I'm trying to pace myself on that one.  Step one is getting it repainted.  Hopefully that will get done this week or weekend (right, honey?). :)  Bellow is my 17 week belly picture.

It's a...

Girl!!!  I'm so excited.  It's just really nice to finally know and be able to actually picture our little baby.  Now we can start picking out a name and decorating the nursery.  I can't wait!  The ultrasound itself was pretty incredible.  She actually looks like a real baby now.  She got the hiccups, chewed on her hand, and swallowed while we were watching.  The ultrasound tech also pointed out that she was kicking my bladder.  That much I could have told you with an ultrasound. ;)  She measured at 11 cm, or just under 4 1/2 inches.  We got to see her fingers and toes, and everything looks great!  Below are a few pictures, along with my 16 week belly picture.

 She looks so developed already!

 Hi, Mom & Dad!

16 weeks