these days with baby zee.

hello again! i know what you're thinking. two posts in a week? who are you? what have you done with erin? you guys, i don't know where it came from, but the writing bug hit me this week, and even if the creativity bug hasn't caught up yet, at least i'm writing! [edit: oh wait, i never posted this on friday so i guess i'm the same old erin. continue on with your lives.]we've just been over here enjoying the gorgeous weather minnesota decided to give us, eating all the smoothies and freezie pops we can get our hands on (we being Amelia and me), and hanging out with dad as much as we can. it's been a pretty great start to summer, i must say.we had our ultrasound this week, which was great [sidebar, we are not finding out the gender of the baby, just like we didn't with Amelia. it just seemed fun to do it again, and everything we have for the first month or so is already gender neutral, so no worries there. i know some of you think we're crazy, and some of you think that's awesome, and that's totally how parenting in general is, so everything is as it should be!]. just because we're cool, Mister Man and i had my mom watch Amelia so we could enjoy the appointment, and then we went out to a nice lunch to celebrate our anniversary. yes, we have reached the point where a weekday lunch is sufficient to celebrate our love for each other. but it was a REALLY good lunch, so it totally was romantic and awesome.[please excuse the giant pile of clothes.]how far along: 20 weeks. (looks i'm on the every month update plan for now...)i’m feeling: pretty dang great! i've started to work out again, my energy lasts all the way until a fairly reasonable bedtime, and i can (mostly) keep up with little miss Amelia. i'm even playing golf in my work league this summer (although not very well) it's wonderful to feel wonderful instead of crappy. we're all very much happier in our house because of it.total weight gain: 11 pounds. i looked back at my old updates to see where i'm at in comparison to my last pregnancy. apparently i was at about 12 pounds gained at 24 weeks. so with this amount at 20 weeks, i'm about a month ahead of where i was last time. this is probably due to more fluid retention because HOLY FOOT SWELLING the other day. it could definitely also be due to the mass amounts of snyder's pretzel bites and freezies that i've eaten on a very regular basis in the last month. it's anyone's guess really. the last few days i haven't felt as hungry as i have been the last month, so i think the crazy snacking might be tapering off soon. i'm guessing that my total gain for this pregnancy will be around the 32 pound mark (i was at 27 last time).baby zee’s size: this week, baby is the size of a banana (10.5 oz. and 6.5 in.). i definitely can tell that the baby is getting bigger. my belly took a little break in the growth department, meaning it didn't get TOO much bigger in the last few weeks, but it's definitely more full of baby. does that make any sense? basically it's just great that i'm not inflating at the rate i was the last two months.this week: we got to see our little peanut at our ultrasound yesterday, and it was awesome. everything looked a-okay with baby, and it's so much fun to get to see them wiggle around, and that profile! stop it! it's too cute!maternity clothes: hooooo boy. yes. i got a maternity stitchfix the other day, but turns out i'm super cheap and the items were just a bit too far out of my price range. i did keep one shirt, which my credit paid for, and it's awesome (all the clothes were awesome waaaah) but i am still in desperate need of some more. thinking that next week i might try the maternity consignment place near me to see if i have any luck! also, let me just say this: i'm gonna need some new bras, which did not happen to me last time. ugh, bigger boobs are not what i needed out of this pregnancy!sleep: surprisingly, a whole lot better in the last month. i'm still waking up around once a night, but i'm sleeping really well when i am asleep. it's been a very refreshing experience, and i'm trying to take advantage of it as much as my night owl self will let me.best moment this week: seeing the babe!movement: yes! i started feeling little movements around week 18, and they have been getting progressively stronger and more noticeable. i started feeling Amelia so early, and she was very active and strong from the start, so it's been a little odd to have a less intense movement experience this time around. but every morning and night i get little kicks and punches to remind me that baby's there. and we did see during the ultrasound that this baby is also very active, so i'm getting ready to feel stuff all the time!food cravings: see above re: pretzel bites and freezies. also, i had the BIGGEST craving for a malt the other night. i didn't do anything about it because i was at home and it was 9:30pm, but man was that real. probably going to need to remedy that soon...food aversions: nothing too crazy, but it's been really tough to choke down my veggies. which is strange, because i really like vegetables. the "earthiness" of them just puts me off a bit right now. hoping that'll go away at some point.belly button in or out: i'm saying it's still in, but really it's probably closer to flat?looking forward to: getting this belly out in the sun a little more now that it's pool season. also, we're going to start brainstorming names here soon, which is always a good time!

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