21 Weeks

•How far along are you? 21 Weeks!

•How big is baby?: Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long — the length of a carrot.

•Maternity clothes: I'd say it's a good mix now.  I can still get away with my regular work pants though. (just with belly bands).

•Gender: BOY!!  Evan Michael Baxter.  Although if you ask Em, she will tell you she's having a baby sister.  I think she's in denial.  :)  Here's a text message from Em's teacher after she heard we were having a boy.

•Sleep?: I've been sleeping pretty well this week.

•Best moment this week?: Definitely finding out the gender!  It's nice to put a name to all these kicks now.  :)

•Movement?: Still not consistent movement, but the kicks continue to get harder.

•Food cravings?: Bananas or anything with bananas

•Food aversions?: Nothing really.

•What I miss: Nothing really.

•Symptoms: Still the bad allergies. Also, it's definitely getting harder to get up off the floor after playing with Em.

•Milestone: I'm on the down slope now!  I know I say this every week, but seriously, I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going!!

Just as a side note. . .After my sono last week, I got a call from my dr. that the baby's kidneys looked dilated.  She said it should hopefully fix itself before he arrives, but they want to monitor it.  I'll have another sono at 24 weeks to look at them again. I'm hoping it's fixed by then, so I don't have to continue to worry about it.  My dr. didn't seem too concerned at this point, so I'm trying not to worry too much.


In Em news, she went poo-poo in the potty tonight!  Yay!  When she first started using the potty she would poo in the potty, but the last couple of months she has been back to going in her diaper and only peeing in the potty.  I'm hoping this continues!!  I think showing her, her big girl panties that I got her is some good motivation.  She really wants to start wearing them.

And tonight Daddy built Em a princess castle and the 2 of them played in it.  It started out as a pirate ship (Em came up with that), but quickly turned into a princess castle.