She's a night owl.....

I am excited to share that baby Sherman has been very active as of the 20th week of pregnancy. I can feel her every day now which has been amazing! The once 'flutters' are stronger and more of a kick now. There is no denying what I am feeling at this point.... Daddy has been able to feel his little girl when he puts his hand on my belly at just the right time.

I read that at this point the baby has distinctive sleep patterns sometimes sleeping up to 18 hours a day, but that these patterns will remain quite the same when she is born. So my thoughts are that we are going to have a night owl on our hands which is ironic because neither mommy or daddy can make it up past 10:00pm most nights.

Baby Sherman is the most active at night and I have even been waking up in the middle of the night to feel her moving around like crazy. Last night, I woke up for my nightly bathroom break and I ended up staying up from 3:30-4:30am feeling her move. I think it is the most incredible feeling ever and I just couldn't get myself back to sleep because I was enjoying all the dancing she was doing.

I unfortunately have been battling a cold/flu for the past week and I have spent the 2nd half of my spring break on the couch. I think the end is in sight though, but it is hard when you cannot take any medicine to speed along the process. I am determined to get out of the house today, take a shower and maybe even see the inside of the gym for the 1st time in a week.....

We packed up more of the house this weekend and are slowly getting ourselves ready for the big move in a couple of weeks. We will start moving boxes over next weekend. I cannot wait to get to the new house only a short time left living in our town home!

The Baby Bonanza in Chicago!

The mommy and daddy to be at 20 weeks!

John, Kalli, Me and Geoff......

The party planners and me!

My sister, dad, nephew Justin, mom, and nephew Jack

Meme and Papa

Great friends!!

Norah and I!

The 3 pregnant girls... Norah(31 weeks), me(20 weeks) and Kalli(36 weeks)

Cupcake tree... yum yum!

The speciality drinks for the day!

Decorations

Food


This past weekend Geoff and I went to Chicago to help celebrate all of the babies being born this year! 2 of my very best friends are pregnant and 4 of our very close friends threw us a fabulous party that was named the baby bonanza. It was a ton of fun!! It started at 3pm and and I think the last person left at almost 1am... Now that is a good party! We got to see a ton of friends and family and had lots of good food and drink (well some of us just had water:))! We had a blast! Thanks to everyone involved in the party and all the wonderful and generous gifts!! We are very lucky to have such great friends and family!

Ohhhh ohhhh we're half way there......

Seems hard to believe that I am to the 20 week mark which means my pregnancy is halfway over. Wow! Time is flying by.... I am officially wearing maternity pants now on a regular basis more for the comfort factor and I am loving it! It is nice to have room to breath. I am feeling great and my appetite has increased considerably in the last several weeks. The phrase "I can't get enough" is holding pretty true for me these days. We are actually on our way to the airport as we are very excited to be going to Chicago this weekend. Tomorrow we are having a "baby bonanza" (aka party) for myself and my two great friends Kalli and Norah who are pregnant as well. I am very much looking forward to some time in my favorite city with my favorite people!

Shop till you drop!

It is no secret that one of my favorite pastimes is shopping, well since we have found out we are having a little girl all I want to do is shop but for someone else this time, someone very little:) Baby Sherman is going to be one spoiled little girl for sure... Now daddy thinks that she already has enough cute pink and frilly outfits but mommy is just having too much fun to stop now!!! In addition to being a regular at all these baby stores I have also spent many hours registering for Baby Sherman online... The internet has become a close shopping friend of mine. We are registered at Babies R US and Target!!

I just cannot express how excited I am about this pregnancy and the idea of having a little girl soon in our house. Geoff will definitely be outnumbered 3 to 1(for those of you trying to figure it out, Trixie, the dog makes it in the equation) but I know he is going to be a wonderful dad. I told him the other day I am so happy and on cloud nine that I barely notice anything happening around me! What a great feeling for sure! I struggled with the idea of whether to find out the sex of the baby or wait for that wonderful surprise one hot day in August, but I am SO glad we decided we were too impatient to wait. In the last 5 days since the ultrasound I feel like I have already started to bond with the baby and it really has made it more personal for us. I am very happy with our decision to find out and I am pretty sure the retail stores and our credit card company are happy about it too!

2nd Video of Baby Sherman

She is really moving around and active!

Baby Sherman's 1st outfit from daddy!

After the ultrasound today we went to Baby Gap so that daddy could buy Baby Sherman her first outfit. This is what he picked out..... How cute! I love the sassy jeans.... Daddy did a great job!

Video of Baby Sherman

Here is the video of the last part of our ultrasound today when we found out it was a girl. As you will see, my reaction to the news involves some tears of excitment!!