19 Weeks

If I could sum up week 19 in one word it would be...Wow. What a week! Here is a shortened version of how my week went:
Monday: girls night with some of my friends
Tuesday: Parent night/Math night at school
Wednesday: Daniel Bible study
Thursday: Got to see our baby! Also babysat 12 kids ages 4 mo-10 yr with my homegroup
Friday: Drove to waco to pick my mom up (who wrecked), then to friends wine/cheese party
Saturday: Gender Reveal Party


Can we say CrAzY? Yes, I think we can! Thursday after school, Mario and I headed to the doctor to see our baby for a whole 30 minutes. It was truly amazing! The first part of the sono was the tech taking measurements of the brain, femur, umbilical cord, ect. Then, we got to just hang out and watch our baby do a 360 inside me, clap its hands, try to suck its thumb, and stare at us on the screen. I won't lie, I watch the video pretty much every day:) I love it~! It was then time to find out the gender, which we didn't want to know. We closed our eyes and waited for the sono tech to say, "okay we got it". That didn't happen! She told us that the baby was not cooperating and that I needed to roll over on my left side. I did so...nothing! She proceeded to tell me to cough a couple of times...nothing! We then pressed on my stomach....nothing! I told the lady that if the baby would not cooperate that I was going to get up and do a cartwheel behind her bc we had a gender revealing party and we HAD to know:) Finally, after coughing a few more times, I heard the computer a clicking away. I asked her if she got a view and how sure she was. She replied with "Yes I did and I'm 110% sure". After we left her room we met the doctor to go over all the information. We were informed that I have a low lying placenta which they need to watch. This means that I get another 30 minute full anatomy sono next time:):):) They just want to make sure that as the baby grows, my placenta moves up. Worse case scenario, if it didn't, I would possibly have to have a c-section. No big deal. Everything on the baby was Normal...awesome news!

Saturday our family and closest friends came over for lunch and to find out the sex of our baby with us. You can see the pictures below! We had so much fun. That night, after the party, Mario felt the baby move for the first time. She kicks and hits me everyday typically around 7-8 at night. Sunday, I must have felt her 100 times, I don't think she slept at all that day! Thank you to everyone who came Saturday to celebrate with us, it will be a day that I will never forget.

Go to the following website to see the full Gender Revealing Video...thanks Greg! Thanks to Ashley too for the pics!  YouTube: Mario & Christen Gender Revelation

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                                 Some Fun Myths....according to them we were having a Boy!

                                                       The BOY TEAM...notice mario:)

                                                            The GIRL team....notice me:)

                                                                       THE CAKE!

                                                            WE'RE HAVING A GIRL!

                                                                     SUPER EXCITED

                                                 I made Mario zip up his jacket...to hide the blue:)

                                                                 HAHA...my favorite picture

                                                                   PRECIOUS

                                                            My granny and papa:):):)

I'll post more pics later all our family and friends (computer is running slow right now). I will be 20 weeks tomorrow! Oh and by the way, my friend Becca who I have blogged about since the beginning who is having twins found out this week that one of the babies is a GIRL! Can't wait to find out baby B in a few weeks.

How far along?   19 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 6 lbs (107 to 113...doc seemed happy)
Maternity clothes? Pants
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: not so great this week, I think she is waking me up with all her kicking
Best moment this week:  Seeing our baby and finding out it's a girl

Have you told family and friends: Yes

Miss Anything? nope
Movement: Yes...ALL the time...you can even see my stomach move
Food cravings: Pickles (daily) and Milk

Anything making you queasy or sick: My back pain (not sick but it HURTS)

Have you started to show yet:  yes, people our now commenting

Gender prediction: ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!!No longer calling her IT

Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In (I have noticed that it's kind of flat now)
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Both
Looking forward to: talking about names and working on the nursery