Halfway There

This has been a pretty great week. There were so many exciting developments in our lives. Finding out that we're having a little boy was completely amazing. I'm still trying to get used to calling the baby him instead of it. But thinking of our little boy and what he'll look like and what his personality will be like has been wonderful.

We've also decided on a name for our little man. He will be Evan Andrew. We've been pretty much decided on Evan for a couple of weeks now but picking the middle name was a little more difficult. We went back and forth with a couple of different names, made lists, and even consulted a bunch of baby name websites and the book "Cool Names for Baby" but ultimately decided on Andrew and we're both really happy with it.

This weekend we made our first trip to Babies R Us with a plan to purchase and not just to look around. We picked out a crib and dresser set but as the time to purchase got closer, I started to get cold feet about the price. It was a pricier set and I kept thinking of all the things we could spend the extra money on. I found a second set that I liked just as much and was cheaper but we wanted to see it in person before we bought it. Once we saw the second set there was no comparison. It just seemed rickety and not as sturdy as the first set. Luckily for us a friend had given us a bunch of Babies R Us coupons and we were able to save $250 on the set we wanted!! It was very exciting to actually make the first purchase for our baby boy. Of course while we were there we had to look at all the cute baby clothes and we bought some onesies for him too. So we are officially on our way to preparing for our baby boy's arrival.

We did find out the bedding set we planned on getting is sold out everywhere! After waiting to find out what we were having I was so prepared to order the bedding as soon as we got home. I spent over an hour searching high and low on the Internet only to find out that I can not order it anywhere. I'm still not willing to give up on what I want so I signed up with about 10 different websites to be notified when the set becomes available again. Hopefully it will be available soon because I haven't found anything else that I like as much. Fingers crossed!

Of course the biggest thing to happen this week is making it to the halfway point in my pregnancy! It's hard to believe that I am already half way there. My first trimester seemed to drag on forever since I spent the majority of it holding my breath waiting for something bad to happen but now the weeks seem to be speeding by. Now I feel like we've got so much stuff to get done and only a couple months to do it all. I know we'll get there but it is a little overwhelming right now.

I attached the most recent belly picture from today. Even though I still feel more fat looking than pregnant, I can definitely see the difference from two weeks ago. I don't think I've "popped" yet and I'm looking forward to that. I still feel like I'm in the "in between" phase where my regular clothes don't quite fit and I'm still swimming in maternity clothes.

I have another doctor appointment on Wednesday and I'm not really sure what the appointment will include but I'm looking forward to at least hearing little Evan's heartbeat again. I'll keep you posted...