23 Weeks

Merry Christmas!!

Anthony and I are now 23 weeks into our pregnancy and are doing well! Anthony's face is now fully formed and he'll soon be getting his two rather useless nipples. Since Anthony is now the size of a grapefruit, my belly is getting much bigger and I've grown out of most of my non-maternity shirts. He moves around all the time and is especially active around lunchtime.

Anthony got a couple new onesies from Grandma and Grandpa Denver for Christmas. It was a three pack of adorable Patriots ones! I'll post pictures later as well as update this weekend with anything he gets from Gramma and Grampa Mikaniewicz!

22 Weeks

Anthony and I had another appointment yesterday, just a regular check up. I got to hear his heartbeat again and schedule my appointment for my glucose test in January. Afterwards Anthony accompanied me as we went Christmas shopping.

Anthony is now the size of a papaya and I'm definitely noticing that. I can feel movement further up in my abdomen and it almost tickles when it's just the little flutters. He moves around a lot, especially when Matt talks to him or I put my phone near my abdomen with music playing. He's also apparently sleeping in cycles with him definitely being awake when Matt gets up for work. I can feel him kicking around whenever Matt wakes up and gets ready.

21 Weeks

Today Anthony and I are at 21 weeks, about halfway through the second trimester! He is now the size of a pomegranate, about 10½  inches long! Apparently he is manufacturing some lovely tar-like substance in his belly right now that will be coming out in his first diaper. Awesome.

I bought a pair of maternity pants last weekend at Old Navy. They're pretty comfortable, especially since some of my regular jeans are digging into my waist even with the hair thing fastening the button. So I bought another pair online yesterday (this time in a short length so they aren't two feet long on me.) Now I'm looking to see if I can find a simple dress for Matt's grandpa's wedding on December 27!

20 Weeks

Anthony and I have hit 20 weeks which means we are halfway through the pregnancy! (We now also have a lot less chance of miscarriage!) It's so exciting to be this far especailly since I can now feel him moving around! I get little kicks here and there, but there's a lot of movement. I can feel him moving against my uterus and pressing against my abdomen. He's definitely getting bigger and stretching everything!

Matt and I will be updating this weekend with pictures, since it's too dark to do when we get home from work.

We're sending out our Christmas cards soon which include a sort-of announcement including a picture from the ultrasound and his name:

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Update: We took the 20 week pictures!