21/22 Week Bumpdate

How far along am I?  22 weeks 

Pregnancy Highlights so far: Brandon feeling and seeing little girl move. 

Weight gain? Yes…4 pounds. (Um...See below)

Cravings? Chocolate Oatmeal Peanut Butter cookies and a cold glass of milk…hold on I'll be right back...

Gender: GIRL! Ok, we have been tossing around what we are going to call her when she gets here. Anna Katherine is the "official" name. For a few weeks we called her Anna Kate, now we have decided to just call her "Annie". It seems to fit, "Owen and Annie". If she comes out redheaded like her momma, we will just cue the song…"The sun will come out…tomorrow!" I always liked that movie anyway! So Annie it is…for now. :)

Movement:  Brandon can now feel her and see her move. I love this part because I can share those sweet little kicks and punches. I can definitely tell she is growing. Her movements are spread out far and wide!

Symptoms: Back pain and some heartburn still. Not that anyone really wants to know…but my bladder is starting to interfere with daily activities…sleeping being one of those activities. 

Dr. Update: We will go back in a little over a week, so no update yet. 

 Baby is the size of a Pomegranate 

Baby is the size of a Papaya 

(weighing in at about 1 pound)

19/20 Week Bumpdate

We are halfway there (give or take)!!! I can't even begin to express how fast this pregnancy is flying by! I have quite the "To Do" list to complete in 20 weeks. I am taking fall break to complete one task… POTTY TRAINING! It is going surprisingly well. I mean, he's only 3 and a half! (Insert sarcastic voice) Owen isn't verbalizing his need to go but he gets a panicked look and off to the bathroom we go. We are on day 2 and we have had less than 5 accidents. Im calling this one a success so far. Regardless, there are NO MORE diapers in this house (well until February) so he doesn't really have a choice. Go Owen!

Now on to the Bumpdate…

How far along am I?  20 weeks plus some days. Halfway there!

Pregnancy Highlights so far: Setting up the crib and changing table. (Thank you Melissa and Marty for the awesome gift!

Weight gain? Yep…one pound. Halfway there…let the weight gaining commence. Ugghhh...

Cravings? Basically anything. I have been really craving chocolate milk for the past few weeks. I have no idea why. I typically don't even like chocolate milk, but I am drinking it like its going out of style!

Gender: Still a girl! We had our anatomy scan through Dr. Gernt's office last week. I walked in thinking…what if they tell us that AK is not a girl anymore… eeeek! I told the u/s tech that we already knew the gender but wanted her to confirm it. She told us not to tell her what we thought it was and she would tell us what she saw. Well within 2 minutes, she said…"Oh this baby is definitely a girl!" Thank goodness… not that I wouldn't love a little boy, but you should she her closet already. HELLO PINK!!

Movement:  Movements are getting much bigger and my goodness is she active! She moves ALL THE TIME! I love it. 

Symptoms: Still a lot of back pain and the heartburn is starting to rear its ugly head. Yuck. 

Dr. Update: We saw Dr. Gernt last Monday for the big anatomy scan. AK was very active during the scan, i'll post pictures below. Her heart rate is still high, 167 bpm. Its probably because she is running a marathon in there! Everything looked perfect so far and she is measuring right on track, as a matter of fact…down to the exact due date. We will go back to the doctor at the end of October. 

 Baby is the size of a tomato.

Baby is the size of a banana. 

Here are some videos of the ultrasound. They are a little blurry, but you get the idea :)

17/18 Week Bumpdate

How far along am I?  18 weeks (exactly 5 months from today is the due date!) 

Pregnancy Highlights so far: Feeling Anna Kate move from the outside.

Weight gain? Still nothing yet. I didn't gain much in the first 20 weeks with Owen either and the last half I packed it on. I now know how hard it is to get "it" off so I am trying to be much more cautious this time around. 

Cravings? Still SALT! I love salty french fries and salty chips and salsa. YUUUUUUMMMM!

Gender: Sweet little girl. Anna Katherine :) 

Movement:  I have been feeling movement for a few weeks now, but we have gone from little flutters to kicks. I have felt her move from the outside but Brandon has yet to feel it. He sits around with his hand on my belly quite a bit though. :)

Symptoms: Still a lot of back pain and the heartburn is starting to rear its ugly head. Yuck. 

Dr. Update: We will see Dr. Gernt on Monday for the big anatomy scan. I am looking forward to seeing our sweet baby girl again! 

Baby the size of a pear. 

Baby the size of a bell pepper. 

Owen wanted his "belly picture" taken too! 

His baby is the size of a hot dog with cheese :)

Ultrasound Pics {taken at 16 weeks}

I have been waiting to get these for two weeks! 

They were worth the wait. She looks perfect. I am so in love already. 

Leg? Not Sure here. 

There is absolutely NO denying that she is a girl. 

Blowing Bubbles? 

Arm up… just like her brother did. 

Not sure what I am looking at here…but it looks uncomfortable.

Sweet little thing sucking her thumb. 

Another between the leg shot. 

Baby Maynord Gender Reveal

Hello Blogger Friends! I am here with some incredibly exciting news…Gender is revealed! This past Thursday I had an elective ultrasound at 16 weeks. The ultrasound tech, Jessie, came to our home and hooked up the sonogram machine to our TV. I absolutely loved having this laid back intimate experience without a doctor's office on the other side of the door. After some close examination, she said she was 100% sure that she knew the gender. After some discussion between Brandon and myself, we (well, Brandon---I was having a cow to know RIGHT THEN) decided that we were not going to find out the gender during the ultrasound, and instead have Jessie write it down and seal it in an envelope for us to open on Friday at our Gender Reveal party.

The sealed envelope with the results.

Party City took the sealed envelope and filled our "surprise" box with balloons…Blue or Pink? This was the longest 48 hour wait EVER. I passed the time by decorating our house for the "BIG" reveal party.

FINALLY Friday came and I was incredibly anxious…I wonder why? 

Our amazing friends and family came to support us and wait for the reveal. 

Team Pink

Team Blue

It seemed as though Blue was the popular vote.

HERE WE GO...

PINK!!!!!!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!

Look at that face… I'm not so sure he knows what he is in for come February. 

 The conformation!

 We can't wait to welcome Anna Katherine Maynord in February! Let the PINK explosion begin!