Is there a such thing as pregnancy puberty —- where you just blossom…horizontally???

It seems that one morning I just woke up and my stomach was huge….and stayed like that!!! Some people still call me small now that we make 5 months (today!!!!) but right now, I’m sporting my new size 10 pair of pants!!! Despite the groans coming from cyber blog space (yes, I can hear you!) —-
I originally was a size 2/4…so bear with me!

My husband and I went down to Boston for a wedding (and boy was it beautiful!!!!) this past week and despite getting a cold on the way, it was an awesome time. Once the dance floor was open, I danced and danced…even in 2.5 (maybe 3) inch heels! Didn’t feel a thing until the next morning, where EVERY-SINGLE-PART-OF-ME ached…..but I think baby had a good time! One really cool thing that happened was that the baby has been moving here and there…and actually wait, *pause*….just as a side note, everyone  asks “Oh do you feel the baby flutter — like a butterfly”….uh no. Our baby doesn’t flutter like some musical interlude. Our baby pokes…and sometimes squirms, like something crawling underneath my skin. Maybe s/he is still getting even with us for loving up on the fibroid (ahh!!). But anyhow, back to story….. so one morning, I was doing my usual “good morning” rub-and-talk to the baby. In all honesty, I was a bit concerned that the baby was on the quiet side and I was wondering if that had anything to do with my cold and the crazy man-cough/sneezing that was going on with me. “C’mon, little one, move around just a little…..” and I remembered how my husband was talking about teaching the baby (while in my stomach) about numbers (specifically “7″) and rhythm. Well, so I tapped my belly where the baby was seven times, waited a few seconds and then felt a flutter poke back. Hmmmmm, maybe it was just my imagination or coincidence so I did it again and the same thing happened. This happened back and forth for about 4 times and then it stopped. Either the baby got tired or bored w/me. But it was definitely fun and a little of a moment for me!

This morning, I woke up, turned on my back, felt my belly and there was a huge hardness on the top. I think the baby was making that little mountain peak — and saying “here I am, 5 months!!!!” That’s right, the baby is 20 weeks and the size of a…(looking it up now)…banana!!!! Wow….ok, a little shocked– that’s pretty long. So according to BabyCanada, from head to bottom, the baby is 6.5 inches and from head to heel, 10 inches!!! Wow!  That’s probably why, they show this picture!!! Pretty funny, eh?

So anyhow, today is “ultrasound/find out gender” day and for those that don’t know, we initially weren’t going to find out…but not only did my husband change his thought at our last midwife appt, a friend of ours convinced us that “how” the baby looks will be more of the surprise than the gender….Remember our little contest?  Here’s the info again —-

People have always said that we (my husband and I) look alike…so we know the baby will “look” like our little “mini-me”….but we have no idea what skin color or hair color the baby will have. We are both brown-skinned, our mothers are both light skin with green and hazel eyes, red and blonde hair, my dad is brown-skinned and brown eyed and my father in law is dark skin, dark hair! Sooo……this is like a geneticist’s dream come true. We can have the extreme “I have no idea what your background” baby with dark skin and red hair, the “true-blend” of brown skin and brown eyes or the contrasting “Vanessa Williams” look with brown skin and light eyes….

So I thought it might be fun to hold a little contest…..you choose from which you think our baby is gonna look like and I will choose (using random.org) the prize winner from among those that chose the right “combo”. Granted, this is a “long-term” contest. We’re not due until mid-April!

Here are your choices:

a) fair skin, green/hazel eyes, red hair
b) fair skin, brown eyes, red hair
c) fair skin, green/hazel eyes, brown hair
d) fair skin, brown eyes, brown hair
e) brown skin, green/hazel eyes, red hair
f) brown skin, brown eyes, red hair
g) brown skin, green/hazel eyes, brown hair
h) brown skin, brown eyes, brown hair
i) dark skin, green/hazel eyes, red hair
j) dark skin, brown eyes, red hair
k) dark skin, green/hazel eyes, brown hair
l) dark skin, brown eyes, brown hair

A $25 gift certificate to somewhere awesome is involved!!!!….

But back to the musing about the ultrasound — I am so excited!!! I really feel this makes it so real…..Well, actually, I should be drinking my 32oz of water, so I need to go. I will post about the gender….
and by the way, especially to our family and friends in the States — HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Feel free to take many extra servings — for me!