17 weeks and the New Year

Happy New Year!

We are currently at 17 weeks as of yesterday. I will post a picture from 15 weeks and now. I am definitely beginning to show. My clothes are getting awfully tight. Luckily I have some great friends who have been pregnant before me that are sharing some of their favorite maternity clothes so I have something to wear until I break down and maybe go shopping. The belly band has worked well for me. For those of you that don't know, the belly band is just a stretchy piece of fabric you can wear around your waist that holds your pants up if you can't zip or button them anymore. I honestly don't know why everyone doesn't have a belly band. I could see them being handy for just after a large meal or during the holidays when we all pack on a few pounds.
Our next ultra-sound is scheduled for 1/30/14, and we will hopefully find out then if we are having a boy or girl. The closer it gets the more impatient I become. 3 weeks still feels very far away.
We haven't felt little kicks or movement yet.
It was so much fun telling our news to all of our friends and family over the holidays. We had to tell Zane's parents over Skype, but it was still a great way to connect with them. We told our parents and my brother and grandmother by getting them ornaments. My Dad's had a picture from the first US, my Mom's said "Great moms are promoted to Grandma", Bill and Mary Ann's said "Your going to be grandparents again", Patrick and Briana's just said "Uncle Patrick and Aunt Briana", and Shirley's said "Your going to be a Great Grandmother".

15 weeks

Second trimester really has been much nicer than the first. The nausea went away, and I have more energy. Some days I don't even feel pregnant. I have cut back a bit on my running, but I am still attending my xtend barre classes, and I am going to the gym. My friends who have gone through this before me warned me not to stop exercising, so I am trying to stick with it.

This is the first baby gift we have received. Our good friends Alyssa and Brendan White are expecting a baby any day. They gave us this adorable onsie when they heard our news. I have always found tiny baby clothes cute, but this was one more thing that really made this pregnancy feel real to us.  

 

Below is my 17 week photo. I will start taking bump pictures more regularly now that I am starting to show.

 

17 weeks