20 Weeks with Baby#2

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 20 Weeks
Size of baby: size of a banana (lengthwise)
Total Weight Gain/Loss: lost 1 lb
Maternity Clothes: wearing mostly maternity tunics and leggings
Gender: it's a boy! Charlie Newton Gray
Movement: Charlie is very active and loves kicking my bladder!
Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good!
What I miss: wine
Cravings: pizza, pasta
Symptoms: tailbone pain, charlie horses, and heartburn
Best Moment this week: showing Ethan the 20 week ultrasound pictures and seeing how excited he is getting.

I told Ethan I got to see Charlie moving around in my tummy on Wednesday and he asked me "is he coming out?" It's so sweet that he is so ready to meet his baby brother and yet he has no idea what is coming!
We are naming baby boy #2 Charles "Charlie" Newton Gray. Charles is after Brandon's grandfather who passed away 1 1/2 years ago. He was such a kind man and Brandon has so many fond memories of him growing up. He always loved me like his own granddaughter and since mine have been gone for over 10 years, he was a wonderful Papaw to me as well. Newton is after my dad. Anyone who knows me knows that I love my dad and think he is the neatest man. Always so loving and generous and a wonderful Papa to all his grandbabies. I can't wait for Charlie to get here and meet him and see why he's so special to me.

Snow Days 2011

We had the most snow this winter that I have seen in as long as I can remember. I really thought Ethan would be excited and we would build snowmen and sled and do all the snowy day fun...but he only wanted to play in it the first day of the first snow. Keep in mind we had 3 BIG snows with several days out of school. He was so excited at first, just wanted to run and head-dive into the snow and laugh about it. The stores had sold out of the traditional sleds, so I got him an inflatable sled from Target which Brandon and I pulled him around the neighborhood on. I think the biggest hit was 4 wheeling in the snow. We wrapped him up real snug b/c the wind really slaps you in the face, and he and Brandon made the loop around the neighborhood. Then he went down his slide a few times into the snow and he was done. I'm hoping next year to get a few more activities and maybe a snowman!