20 WEEKS!!!

So I am 20 weeks into my first pregnancy! Technically half way done, and maybe even more than half way done! I have enjoyed every minute of it, even the being sick part. To a degree. I didn't mind it only because I knew being sick meant that baby was growing and my body was doing what it needed to promote that. I keep looking in the mirror amazed at my belly growth. It makes me tear up to know that this is finally happening. I AM PREGNANT! There is a beautiful little life growing inside of me. I feel so very blessed and thankful to God. He taught me how to love, and it is only because of Him that I can love my son with this immense consuming love. It has completely overtaken me. I love it.

Something awesome happened the other day when we went shopping at Babies R Us. Dan actually parked here. I had to wait until I was 20 weeks before my husband willingly parked in this spot, which is so clearly marked for me! Crooked, but nonetheless marked for me. That'll be mine.

So in honor of the half way mark, some belly shots!! It makes me a little sad to see the pictures, I feel they don't do my belly justice! It seems way bigger in person. ;) I guess y'all can be the judge of that. At this point I have officially gained 10 pounds!

I thought that the white shirt might not have been picking up the actual size, so I decided to show the purple to pick up some contrast. BABY BELLY!

YAY!!!

Ma'am always stands behind me whenever we take belly shots. Sounds similar to body shots, but totally different in meaning. ;) I'm ridiculous I know.

You see something missing? I had to take the belly ring out. The piercing was getting stretched and it was so tight! It feels A mazing to have nothing in there. AND you can see my actual belly button. It used to look like the end of a balloon. Now the inside is flat.  !!!!!  You can see an actual circle in there, a flat circle! Pregnancy is CRAZY. My belly button is going to continue to get flatter and flatter, and maybe even turn into an outie. :/ Not sure how I feel about that.

So the shoping has begun. We all know that we enjoy the baby clothes shopping the most, so Dan and I couldn't resist some ridiculously cute outfits. This is a perfect place to document firsts, so here are our baby boys first outfits for your viewing pleasure(and my ocd nature).

These are the first outfits that I bought(obviously), and I couldn't resist the shoes! BAH!

These are the first outfits that Dan picked out(obviously).

I picked out that sweater in the back at a later date, but of course its all sports gear for daddy's little boy! Funny story about this man. He talked non-stop about how babies don't really need clothes because they grow out of them too quickly. He believes(I use this word lightly) babies should just wear diapers and nothing else til they stop growing so fast, then they can have some clothes. :) So we found out we were having a boy for sure and decided to peruse the aisles at Target. I was immediately drawn to my outfits, pictured above and HAD to have the shoes as well. I'm sure you all agree it was a necessary purchase. Dan picked out his outfits right away and started looking for shoes. I explained that the baby doesn't need to have shoes for every outfit. Dan explained, "But there are 3 outfits here, so the shoes will go with 3 different outfits. He has to have shoes for his outfits." So much for the miser. ;)

On the left is the first outfit from Momo and Grandpa to our little boy. On the right is the first outfit from Uncle John and Aunt Jess for their little nephew! Super cute! Thanks so much!

There were some great sales going on after the Holidays on Spring boy's clothes. (I didn't want to buy a lot of newborn clothing since we will be receiving a lot of that size at showers and such.) I had to buy clothes for a one year old so they would fit him by next Spring.  A ONE YEAR OLD. That sounds crazy, but I could not resist. Look at how ridiculously cute these are. All with little shorts to match!

The backs of the lion and gator shirt! So stinkin cute!!

As you can already tell, we are VERY EXCITED about this little baby. He is kicking me right now! ;) I love it! We have started to make room for baby. And when I say we, I mean Dan. He has started cleaning out his drum room(aka our, we don't know where this goes, let's put it in the drum room, room).  That way we can move all of the things that are currently in the guest room  into the old "drum room." He has made a ton of progress in just one day. We can actually see the floor now!! Next step move the guest bed in. Then baby boy's room will be ready for paint! We have decided on some things that we like as far as baby necessities go, so starting a registry is on our short list. We are busy busy bee's! It's so much fun!