# 2: 20 weeks...halfway!

It's crazy that we are already to the halfway point. The first few weeks after we found out seemed to pass really slow, but I've had trouble keeping track since then! The other day I told someone I was 17 weeks pregnant and I was actually 19... oops! 

I've really felt good. I can't complain at all. 

I have to eat every 2 hours or so. Hunger hits FAST and I always have to have a snack with me. 

I always want salty over sweet (and I'm such a sweets girl!). I also have had the same coffee aversion I had with G. I've missed drinking coffee, it just doesn't appeal to me at all. 

Every now and then (maybe once a week or once every other week) I get sick... never nauseous, I just get sick and then I'm over it. I'll take that over nausea any day. This is the same as when I was pregnant with Grayson. 

I've definitely been tired/ had less energy. I still try to nap when G does any day I can. And I'm usually ready for bed by 9. I'm sure it's a mix of being pregnant, moving/trying to get settled and work on house projects, chasing around a busy toddler...

My guess was boy only because this pregnancy has been very similar to Grayson's. But I was convinced G was a girl, so I feel like it was still a surprise to hear her say boy! We are so excited to have two little boys close in age!

Until the way home from finding out it was a boy we had yet to have any name conversations. So much other stuff going on it just wasn't ever a topic of conversation. Now that we know it's a boy, we'll have to start giving it some thought...

I felt the baby move (for sure) right around 19 weeks. There were a few times I thought I might have felt him before that. Chad's been able to feel him too. So neat, it never gets old. 

I feel so big right now. After about week 15 my belly just seemed to pop. I was surprised when I pulled up my 20 week picture with G, that it really doesn't look that different. I seriously thought this baby would look huge compared to 20 weeks with him. I've definitely already broken out the maternity bottoms. Way sooner than I started wearing them with Grayson. 

 Really this pregnancy has been so much like Grayson's! Except for the fact that I can't be as mellow/relaxed as I was with him. Toddlers don't really understand "Mommy just wants to sit down and rest for a few minutes". 

Watching/feeling the baby move all around and seeing intricate details (like his spine) on the ultrasound machine always reminds me what an amazing miracle this is. How great is our God! Thankful that He knows and created this baby and chose/blessed us to shepherd and parent him. We can't wait to meet him in a few months. Children are a great blessing!