20 Weeks: Finally at the Halfway Point

We are finally at the halfway point in our pregnancy. I thought we'd never make it! We had our 20-week ultrasound last Tuesday. Yes, it's still a boy (see the proof below).

Spine: M always shows off his beautiful spinal cord. He had been back-side up for both ultrasounds.Genitalia: M's testicles have begun to descend from his abdomen. What a difference four weeks make! From his femurs, I think M may be tall...
Face: The ultrasound tech threw in a 3D photo of the face for us. M sure does have full lips--just like both of his parents. I think he may favor his father (similar eyelids), although D thinks it's too soon to tell. M is resting his right cheek on me (yes, that's my insides) like a pillow.
That's all I have to share for now. I'll update you on our most recent trip to NJ and the baby registry soon. Bye for now.

Nursery Ideas--Bedding

I have slowly, but surely been choosing a design for little M's room.
A while back I chose the colors (brown, blue, & green) and the design (animals--safari, zoo, jungle, etc.). The difficult part will be coordinating the two.
Babies R Us has some of the bedding that I have in mind,


Babies R Us
but Target





and JC Penney have more choices that I like.




JC Penney
I would get D's input, but he thinks it is too soon to decide on the nursery--too cute!...No offense, but I don't plan to decorate the nursery when I am eight months pregnant!
I am thinking about going with a neutral bedding in the colors that I like and then accenting the room with animals. Let me know what you think!

18 Weeks and Beating

We are at the end of the 18th week and all is well. Little M keeps my body temperature elevated, especially when I sleep. I woke up this morning and was burning up, then I realized that I had a furry heating pad on each side of me. I guess Lucky and Riley are trying to absorb my extra heat!

Yesterday and today I have experienced some heart palpitations, but am not sure if I should worry. I am aware that blood volume and heart rate both increase during pregnancy to assist in blood flow to the fetus. I was diagnosed with a heart murmur prior to pregnancy and was told by my doctor to alert future physicians of my murmur. Any who, I will alert my physician at our next appointment of the previous murmur and the recent palpitations and keep an eye out until then. If anyone else experienced this during pregnancy, please let me know for reassurance sake.