18 Weeks!!

Today I am 18 weeks along!! Its been going incredibly fast seems like we just found out I was pregnant and now I'm almost to the half way point:) March 7th does seem like its taken forever to get here but thankfully its just a little over 2 weeks away now. I'm so ready to know what we are having! J.J. is still so sure its a girl. I am very excited because we already have alot of thing for the baby and if its a boy we won't need much of anything if its a girl all we'll need is a carseat and clothes. J.J. ordered a new swing, bouncer seat, and a rocking sleeper for it this week. They'll all be nice to have since the ones we had for Kyler are pretty beaten up or don't work anymore. We do have our names picked out!! But were waiting till we know what the baby is to announce them. 

I'm starting to feel baby move every once in awhile:)  It makes the days I'm not feeling so good worth it! The morning sickness is finally getting better, I'm only nauseous 2-3 days a week instead of everyday. I'm still waiting for the 2nd trimester energy boost to hit though. Its hard to find the motivation to do anything. Cravings are pretty much anything sweet! The weirdest one I've had is for tuna fish sandwiches(mmmm...). I have really bad aversions though. Something will sound good one minute and the next will sound completely disgusting. 

Below is my 18 week belly picture! I'm in that weird phase where people aren't sure if I'm pregnant or just have gained weight. I'm excited to get more of a bump even though I feel like I'm showing more with this one than I did with Kyler. This one seems to be sitting lower too. Anyways here's the picture...

Valentine's Week

This week has sure been a busy one! I also didn't get any pictures of us on Valentines day, due to me being sick and not feeling like taking any. We had a great day though! We got Kyler a stuffed frog that he loves, a coloring book, crayons, of course treats, and some Mickey Mouse sippy cups. J.J. got me some lotions and sprays from bath and body, Breaking Dawn, flowers, and surprised we with a getaway for our anniversary next month:) along with letting  me get some stuff for the baby. He got some new pants (which were desperately needed lol), an air popcorn popper, some candy and homemade treats. 

Along with Valentines Day it just has seemed like we have been on the run all week. We've had something going on everyday and I'm looking forward to being able to relax and hopefully sleep in tomorrow!! We are still redecorating some of the rooms in the apartment and getting some decor for the new little one. The crib is here but we are scared to put it up because of Kyler.

Here are some pictures from this week.

^Not the exact cookies I made J.J. 

but the idea behind them.

 ^Out to dinner with mom and dad.

 ^Eating brownie mix and

 popcorn at Grandma's 

 ^The Valentine's Kyler gave out. 

Thank You Pinterest for the idea!

Happenings of the past few days

I had my second doctors appointment on Monday:) Nothing really exciting to report. I got to hear the heartbeat again and its still around 170bpm, and everything seems to be going right on track. My next appointment is March 7th which I will get my big ultrasound and hopefully get to find out what the baby is!! Its driving me crazy not to know for sure, J.J. is still so sure its a girl and even went out and bought some ceramic letters to the name we have picked out for me to paint. He says he has fathers intuition and knows these things, I hope for his sake he's right lol. I'm hoping by that time this morning(or all day) sickness will go away, its kicking my butt this time. I'm also starting to show alittle bit, I'll have to try and get another belly picture in the next few days!
Its also that blessed time of year for tax returns:) We got ours finally and we're able to order the crib and dresser!! The crib is the same brand as Kyler's and I still adore his, especially since it converts...and since he keeps growing and will probably need a big bed in just a few month we decided to just order another crib. I also liked the fact that this one comes with teething rails. Kyler's didn't and he had scraped the front on the crib up pretty bad from biting it, I didn't even know there was such things as teething rails till I saw it on this crib and wish I had known about it sooner but oh well. Here are the pictures of what the crib and dresser look like... The other night Kyler took a late nap and didn't wake up till around 7:30ish by that time it was dark out side and we had his nightlight on, when I heard him starting to play I went up to get him and he was just dancing to his radio. Well pretty soon he saw his shadow on the wall and thought it was the funniest thing in the world. He would just run up to it and start dancing or doing different actions and thought it was hilarious that the shadow did the same thing. It entertained him for a good 30 minutes! We got our first nigh..nigh.. out of him the other night for night..night. J.J. heard it and started freaking out, I about died laughing at him. Slowly but surely he's starting to say a few things:)

Other than that I've just been busy doing crafts and cleaning...it just doesn't seem to ever end! But the crafts have been alot of fun to work on and I'm excited to finish up the ones for the baby once we find out for sure. Pinterest has given me so many fun and creative ideas to try and I love trying to make new things. My sewing machine broke, which a year ago I probably wouldn't have cared but now there are so many thing I want to make! I'm hoping J.J. has got my hints about it, and maybe get me one for V-day but we shall see. But that's whats been going on around here this week:)