holy baby batman!

*this post is all pregnancy, beginning to end.  if that's not your thing, move along.  i'm gonna try to not make a habit of it, but it's my thing right now so i might as well let it all out in one splurge.*

**we call the baby gummy, because the first time we saw it on the ultrasound the technician told us that it was the size of a gummy bear. (awwwww!)**

not sure if its the human growin in my innards or what, but i'm so effing lazy these past few weeks.  and gone are the excuses of first trimester sickness and exhaustion - i'm supposed to be feeling the best i'm gonna feel while pregnant.  i struggle to get anything done.  today i went grocery shopping, and granted, whole foods at lunch time on a monday is nightmarish, but i got home and CRASHED.  a quick i'll just lay on my bed and read for 30 minutes turned into a 3 hour nap.  a pants off, under-the-sheets, drool on the pillow nap.  i don't play around.

in a week i go for my 20 week ultrasound which means (ta-da!) we get the find out if gummy is a boy or a girl!  luis is convinced it's a boy, which makes me a little nervous because there's no way to know that and i don't want him to be disappointed if it's a girl.  i really am happy either way - in my ideal world i get one boy and one girl.  i kinda want boy first, to be the big brother, but, it's not crucial.  and it's pretty much out of my control, so what's the point of obsessing over it?  well, because i'm pregnant and that's all i do, obsess over things.

finding out gender means being able to start the shopping, which is really the best part of all.  so many cute cute things.  today i bought my first two nursery items - a couple decorating pieces from an antique store.

                                                     

giant diaper pin for wall

golden giraffe box to put tiny treasures in, like, the crusty umbilical cord piece that falls off

luis thinks maybe i should save our money for things that gummy needs - like a stroller or a carseat - but i'm a firm believer that my child will want a properly decorated, pinterest worthy nursery. 

what else, what else...
i can feel gummy moving around, which is weird and wonderful.  a friend told me that once the baby starts to move it gets a lot more fun, and i agree.  all the months of knowing i was pregnant but not really having any proof other than getting pudgy and not having to buy tampons were sucky.  i'm really excited for when movements get stronger and luis can feel gummy from the outside.  

i need a good place to buy maternity clothes.  recommendations?  i've been disappointed by target, and old navy is eh, and other stores are too expensive for my cheap ass.  i heard burlington has a maternity section, and i just need to muster up the courage to enter.  i always have flashbacks to hours spent at burlington easter dress shopping as a little girl.  my heart is racing just thinking about it.  jesus take the wheel.