Almost half way there!

As the title of the post says... I'm almost half way through this pregnancy! Sunday officially marks my 20th week, and it's really kind of hard to believe!

As the halfway point approaches, all I can do is be thankful! I'm thankful that I haven't had any morning/afternoon/evening sickness thus far. I'm thankful that I haven't had any "growing" pains yet. And I think I'm thankful that I have (only) gained about 10 pounds at this point.

I will admit that I am still awaiting movement. I know that I wrote before about possible movement, but since that was weeks ago and I haven't felt anything since then... I have decided that what I felt wasn't what I thought. At my last appointment (a couple weeks ago), Dr. Shelley said that it may be another month before I would feel anything. Even if I only have a couple of weeks left before that "month" she spoke of is over, I'm getting excited about feeling it. Then again, Dr. Shelley also said that I should try to be thankful that I'm not feeling anything too soon either, mainly because she has had several women come in and ask if it were any way to get their babies to stop moving around so much! So, I guess I will just continue to wait... patiently (or as patiently as I can).

The excitement continues to build for other reasons too! Next week, we are scheduled to have our mid-term ultrasound. This ultrasound is a time for the doctors to make sure that everything is developing like it should, and it's a time for all of us to find out what gender baby we're having! I have heard that women have an instinct about that, and from what I have heard, that's true for some women, but not for me. Maybe it's that I don't have a preference, so that makes my "instinct" less noticable. But it's true... I don't care what it is! I am just getting excited to see what it looks like at this point! When a friend had her ultrasound, she brought the DVD back and showed us at work. It was truly amazing to me to see how her soon-to-be son moved and showed personality at just 19 weeks! It was also pretty surprising to me how clear the images were and clearly you could point out features and fingers and toes. So, with her ultrasound images in my mind... that's what I am looking forward to! I just want to see how this little one is moving and developing!

In other news... I'm ready for Dusty to come home! He's been gone for the past week and a half for InterVarsity. It's not like these 2 weeks away are anything new. It's just that this year, I have missed him being here more than normal. As a friend said last night... pregnancy makes the heart grow fonder! :)

I'll be sure to post something next week after we find out what this "critter" (as my mom called it) is. But until then... anyone wanna take their guess as to whether it's a boy or a girl?