Cantaloupe

We've made it halfway! What an accomplishment..everyday I thank God for blessing me with a great pregnancy and healthy baby! I'm pretty sure I deserve a present or night out on the town with the hubby, or some serious pampering, don't you think?? A week from today we will find out boy or girl! This means my week will probably go by very slowly due to the excitement of this appointment...and just a fair warning, Thursday will be a busy day, so I hope to blog on Friday to inform you what it will be :) however I probably wont be able to contain myself and you will find out Thursday night after we surprise the family :) :)

I think we have finally settled on a Boy's name (without killing each other) and we have both always been in love with the Girl name we chose a few years ago....This will be the one surprise revealed on Baby Parker's birthday...until then he/she will be referred to as Baby Parker. (as for the VERY few people who for sure know what names we picked out...NO TELLING!!!!!)The past few nights I have been sleeping like a rock, hallelujah, heartburn has not been unbearable, so as soon as I fall asleep I'm out til one of my potty breaks. They seem to be getting more and more frequent. Pretty much every time I get up from a sitting position I make a stop to the potty. Simple as that :) Walking downtown was very interesting...we learned that in order to use any ones restrooms, you have to buy something. $5 bottle of water= a $5 potty break...well worth it in my opinion.

My first Mother's Day. 19weeks 4 days.

Sunday we celebrated Mother's Day. I am so thankful for my Mommy...she was and still is the best mommy in the world....now it's my turn to try to be the best mommy in the world, then she'll be bumped up to Gommy :) **Side Note: I wanna change my dad's name from PawPaw to Popsi...my husband seems to think this wouldn't be right since he's been a PawPaw, but PawPaw just seems sooo old...and he's not old (never will be), besides I call my dad Popsicle so it just works. Gommy and Popsi Opinions??**

Week 20: Baby is 6.5 inches and weighs 10.6 oz, about the size of a cantaloupe. This week your baby's skin will become covered with a

waxy- like substance called verniz which will protect its skin from becoming scratched or chapped. Your baby is also starting to produce meconium, the result of digestion, which accumulate in its bowels and evntually pass during delivery or in its first diaper. Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for nutrtion and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies respond best to tastes they've already had via amniotic fluid.