20 weeks & half way

We reached the halfway point!

We had the big appointment this week - the anatomy scan ultrasound.  In the words of my doctor - everything looks perfect.  The kiddo is in roughly in the 50-75 percentile so while it is very early for this type of estimate - this is roughly tracking towards in the 7 pound range. 

We almost cracked on our resolve to be team green (not finding out the gender)... curiosity was killing both of us but we held out. 

During the ultrasound the kid was kicking up a storm.  And while they were trying to do facial measurements the baby kept its hand up resting on the cheek... after sticking their tongue out at us. 

Dan was his usual inquisitive self by asking things like why is the image shaped with a curve and calling things out like the spine and arm bones.  He also discovered that my doctor gets his sense of humor so couldn't help himself but to ham it up during the prenatal appointment following the ultrasound. 

While I can't say that this pregnancy has been rough on me at all, it has been extra fun lately with being able to feel the baby move.  This kid moves constantly.  I'll be sitting in a meeting at work or watching tv or reading or whatever and the kid will be doing somersaults and roundhouse kicks.

This week I had the first person who I am not married to touch my belly.  Someone at work whom I barely talk with rushed up to me and put their hand on my belly and then told me congratulations.  It was very odd. 

Fun non-pregnancy related stuff: date night - walking to a new restaurant in the new neighborhood.

Dan's 2 cents:

20 weeks down...916 weeks to go before the kid is 18!  The list of things to do and purchase is long, but being handled by the project manager (aka...Tara).  Painting the new apartment is quite the task as the paint fumes aren't good for the baby so she gets to supervise. 

A few weeks ago I was blown away by the little handheld device the doctor uses to listen to the heartbeat, this week I was blown away again by the larger more advanced Ultrasound thingy.  The doctor did the long study of all the baby's anatomy to make sure everything is in proper working order and we got to watch not on a small screen but a large plasma tv.  Nothing could prepare you for when they clicked on the 3D image though, the kid looks like a kid...not some blob.  It was pretty exciting and scary. 

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[jen]

way to keep it green!!!!