16 Weeks

I am 16 weeks pregnant as of this last Wednesday and this has to be the best week so far of this pregnancy! Finding out that we are having a girl has been both shocking and extremely exciting!

The bump is certainly growing and showing these days. I can not wait to feel her moving around and kicking in there. That has to be my favorite part of being pregnant!

This past four weeks I have moved away from the craving of popcorn and been craving fruits and salad. My appetite is completely back so most days I feel like I crave anything I can think of and want to just eat and eat...and then I realize I don't have room for as much food as I think I do. My energy is kind of back- I've made several homemade cookies, which makes me think it is back. But overall its pretty short lived, I can go go go and then I feel like I'm about to pass out and sleep for hours. So I try to pace myself.

This weekend has been filled with hours and hours of this....

sorting through Jaxson's old clothes. Nearly four years of clothes builds up quickly...like 12 bins full of clothes. It was quite overwhelming at first but I got a good routine together and that helped. I can successfully say at this hour 24 hours after starting this project I've sold everything from newborn to 12 months, and the remaining 3 years of clothes is up on Craigslist. The office has stacks and stacks of clothes that looks like chaos, but I know what each one means. Today after selling all of that clothes I made my first trip to Carters at the Outlet mall. Boy was it weird to walk to "that side" of the store! I got several "daddy's favorite" and "mommy's girl" sets that are so darn cute...and of course a set of hair bows. If you don't remember what Jaxson looked like when he was born...he had a ton of hair and I'm planning on Baby Girl to have the same. If she takes after me she'll have hair to her elbow by the time she's two :) I can't wait!
This little one has us so excited and while I don't want to rush this pregnancy as it is my last, I just can't wait to see her sweet little face! Every day we pray that she continues to grow healthy and always talk with Jaxson about his sister in mommy's tummy. We are beyond overjoyed and blessed to be this far and look forward to the next months ahead!