Nesting - pregnancy or house-related?!

On Tuesday, I will already be 21-weeks along with Micah's little bro or sis. This pregnancy has certainly been different in many ways than it was with Micah. My overall pregnancy with Micah was so easy until the delivery. I've been more nauseated with this pregnancy, and I've had more intense cravings. One of the biggest differences is my nesting instinct. As much as I tried with Micah, I could not get it to kick in, while it's currently in full swing with this pregnancy. I think that our house situation   is playing a role this time around.

22 weeks with Micah

21 weeks with Babe 2

I'm getting anxious to get into our new house to begin decorating Micah and the baby's new rooms. I have several bins of boys clothing that I want to go through to sort out any neutral clothes. Today, I bought the baby his/her first new outfits.

I've been eyeing this line up at Gap for a few months, but wanted to wait for it to go on sale. Today was my lucky day. On a spontaneous shopping trip, I was pleasantly surprised to find it on the clearance rack and in the sizes I needed : )

As far as a house update - Kyle and I dropped the price by approximately $8,000 last week. Over the past few days, we have had an increase in interest. Today, we had an open house which brought in 6 couples. One of the couples brought friends back, and then did a showing with their parents this afternoon. I don't want to get my hopes up too high, but I'm optimistic that they feel in love with it as much as Kyle and I did when we first saw the house 4 years ago. Similar to our situation, they are coming from an apartment situation, and would be first-time home buyers. Fingers crossed! We are excited to close on our new house next Friday.

Happy Birthday "Uncle Augie"

Last Monday was my brother and Micah's "Uncle Augie's" birthday. The "Augie" name actually came from me. When I was around Micah's age, I couldn't pronounce Scott, so instead I called him "Augie". The name is recently resurfaced since having Micah, and it fits Scott perfectly.

Micah is so fortunate to have such a great Uncle Scott. He's involved in Micah's life and does a great job at entertaining him when they're together. Below are some of my favorites of these two...

A Glimpse of Babe # 2...

This morning, Kyle and I had our anatomy ultrasound. It also would've been the gender reveal ultrasound, BUT we've decided to wait until the end to be surprised : ) Over the past week, I started noticing "butterflies" in my stomach which soon turned into little kicks. I love the feeling of this little life moving inside of me, even if it is generally right about that time that I'm ready to fall asleep.

Today we certainly had an active baby during the ultrasound. Despite the babe's multiple twists, turns, kicks, we did not get a glimpse of what was going on between the legs. With Micah, Kyle was certain that he knew we were having a boy from reading the ultrasound before the gender was actually revealed during our cake cutting ... Whether he was right or not, who knows. I don't anticipate Kyle switching careers to become an ultrasound technician anytime soon.

Below are some pictures of our babe.

Our babe loved to keep his/her hands up by his/her mouth during the ultrasound. The jaw was also moving a lot!

Since having Micah, our hospital upgraded to a 4 D ultrasound. It's still early, but I feel like I see a Raadt nose...

Our guess date remains around the beginning of the year. Right now the baby weighs a mere 9 ounces and a little over 4 inches long, which is amazing to think that a life that small could be so developed and moving so much. The major organs look great. He/she is head down, and my placenta position is good.

The pregnancy really seems to be going well. I had some nausea early on, but I'm well over that. I'm officially in maternity clothing, yet I don't feel as big as I was with Micah. I'm still working out - doing the elliptical, running (although not as fast and as far) and weight lifting, and I'm hoping to keep that up throughout the remained of the pregnancy. I've been craving a lot of sugar, jolly ranchers, gummy bears, the best Salt Water taffy which can unfortunately only be purchased in Niswau, and Ginger Ale. More updates to come as the pregnancy progresses.