16 weeks pregnant

Only 2 more weeks till the sonogram! I'm so thrilled!! This time in 2 weeks I will know exactly what I'm having (well, unless he/she is shy- but we have been having talks about spreading wide for this occasion)
I think I might burst from excitement. This has to be in the top 3 best things about pregnancy (in no particular order)

1. Feeling the baby move
2. Finding out the sex of the baby
3. Seeing your baby for the 1st time

I'm ready to check #2 off the list! :) Soon now, very soon.


Well this week has been pretty uneventful, although I'm definitely feeling more activity rolling around down there.

I remember by this time with Lyric, every time I sat still I could feel her move. This little one is SO much more chilled than her. He/She is like, 'yo, what's up mamma' as opposed to Lyric's "HEY GUYS, WHATCHA DOIN, WANNA PLAY, WANNA FLIP, HEY, HEY, HEY!"
But if personality in utero is any indication of future personality, it will probably be nice to have a more chilled baby this time around.

I've now COMPLETED my 4th month of pregnancy- there was a debate the last time I said I was 4 months pregnant, but guess what people, starting next week, I'll be 5 months pregnant and nothing you say will make me change my tune! I have, according to all medical experts, officially completed my 4th month of pregnancy and will be beginning my 5th month, which to me, tells me that I am 5 months pregnant. Don't try to argue with me. You aren't going to win because the whole conception length process is a pile of poo anyways. I mean with counting weeks 1 and 2, techincally before the baby could have been conceived... it's too confusing, so I just stay in my world, which tells me I'm about to be in my 5th month of pregnancy, aka five months pregnant. there. case closed.

The constipation has eased off, and I am now border line regular, isn't that lovely :)
I have more energy and am never nauseous or sick. It's feels just like normal, except I'm getting fatter and feel distinct jabs in my stomach from time to time.

Something interesting that is happening is that my leg hair is growing at a snail's pace! Isn't that awesome. I can go a full 7 days without shaving and my legs are just barely prickly. But the hair on my head and armpits are growing normal... how strange is that?! I personally am pretty happy about it, because that's more time I can spend being lazy, which is always what I look for.

My belly button is already starting to get super shallow. I normally have a very deep belly button cavity, and with Lyric it took forever for it to start getting shallow. But now, it's like super shallow already! I guess it has a memory and has decided not to fight the inevitable right now.

Here is my fave weekly update at Alpha Mom
and here is the more detailed of what's going on with Baby VDP:

Your baby is already mugging for the camera as she practices all sorts of facial expressions, such as squinting, yawning and grimacing, which will come in handy when you introduce her to pureed spinach. Check out what else is happening in utero:You're just getting comfortable with being a new mom, but you're actually on the road to being a grandma. If your baby is a girl, her uterus is fully developed and the ovaries already hold primitive egg cells. Did that just make you feel a thousand years old, or what? Your baby's skin is still translucent and wrinkly, not unlike an old man's, but more fat will soon accumulate under the dermas to plump her out. If you could peer inside right now, you'd be able to see all of her veins under her skin. And speaking of veins, your baby's heart now pumps about 25 quarts of blood per day, and she hasn't even seen Orlando Bloom yet! Also, her eyes are now locked and loaded at their final destination, facing forward rather than to the sides. (Whew!) This is the week women get an amniocentesis, if their doc recommends it. In addition to supplying doctors with a boatload of info about the baby's health, amnios are also more than 99 percent accurate in determining what version of baby you'll be having. So if you want to know and you're getting an amnio, now's a great time to find out for sure.Your baby weighs about 3 ounces this week and measures between 4 and 5 inches, about the length of your mascara.

I can't think of anything else interesting to say. Oh I am almost completely out of pre-pregnancy pants and totally in maternity pants... good times.
I actually really like maternity clothes, so I never have an issue with wearing them.

Jon still says the baby is a boy... I still say the baby is a girl... I guess one of us has to be right :)