20 week pictures

Half Way to meeting my sweet baby boy!!

20 Weeks:
Still in regular jeans (although I do wear my maternity jeans as well)
Total weight gain halfway through: 8 lbs
No special cravings (I didn't have any with Cody either)
Baby Boy is weighing in at a whopping 12 oz

19 week pictures

18 week pictures

Snips and Snails...

That's what little BOYS are made of! 

Yep, we are so excited to be expecting a healthy baby boy :)  Oscar was not shy, and I saw the goods on the screen and knew even before the tech said anything.  When she announced it, I shed tears of joy.  I am so happy to have another boy!

I think I secretly wanted another boy.  I just keep having visions of the great friends that I pray they will be.  Whether they are completely opposite or love doing the same things...I want them to be close.  One day soon, my house will be filled with the sounds of two boys wrestling with their daddy, how fun!

things i love

 I feel the need to post a very mushy post about the things I love.  So please, bear with me while I post this, because I want to look back on this someday and remember these days that are going by way too fast!

• I love hearing my boys wrestle and play and giggle in the living room while I'm cooking dinner.  Cody is all boy and it is so fun to listen to the laughter and excitement that Doug and Cody make while they play together. 
• I love that Doug is an amazing daddy to our son (which I knew he would be).  I am finding it bittersweet though, that Cody has become his daddy's boy.  Anytime daddy is around, he wants him!  But, I can't complain...the two of them together is about the cutest thing I've ever seen :)
• I love that Cody loves tractors!  His love for them has not come from us pushing them on him, but they are a part of his everyday life.  He sees them all the time because that's what daddy does for a living.  He gets so excited when he see's a combine, tractor or the excavator and says "tactor" and jumps with joy when he gets in and rides with daddy in any of the equipment.  His favorite toys at home are "tactors" and he makes driving sounds as he rolls them across the floor.  He is already following in daddy's footsteps.
• I love that I have been able to feel Oscar move since I was about 15 weeks along.  It started as what I call "fish" movement, and by 18 weeks, Doug was able to feel the kicks that have started (which is wonderful, because Cody didn't feel the need to let daddy feel him kicking away until 24 weeks!).  Every time I feel my little one moving around, I feel so blessed :)  Oh how I missed being pregnant!
• I love that I picked a German name to call our new little one without doing it on purpose.  Oscar was the first name that popped into my head to call him/her.  And Doug & I were talking about it not long ago and realized that it is Germanic.  It is funny because when we were expecting Cody, Doug had always told me since we were 16 that he wanted to name a son Wolfgang.  This is why Cody was called "Wolfie" in womb.  So, it's fun that we have also used a German name (Doug's heritage) again. 
• And last, but NOT least, I love that I love my husband a million times more now that we have a family of our own.  I never thought it possible to love Doug more than I did when we got married.  But that love grew over the years.  And when we welcomed Cody into our lives, that love continued to grow, and continues to grow once again that we have Oscar coming.  I am truly blessed.

Holiday Half Time

20 weeks = half way to meeting my sweet little Oscar!

I'm going to update everyone on what's been going on with the Stefan's (since life has gotten in the way of me posting on here). 

I had my 18 week check up a week and a half ago.  Everything went well.  I have gained 5 lbs so far this pregnancy, which is a few pounds less than what I had gained at this point last time (yay me!).  My belly has just been growing and growing.  I'm about as big now as I was at 23-34 weeks last year.  But I was expecting to be bigger faster this time. 

We celebrated a wonderful Christmas yesterday.  Doug & I woke up early and started exchanging gifts while Cody slept in a bit.  Once he was awake, I watched with such excitement as he came in to see his big toy in front of the tree.  He had the best smile on his face and was so happy, it just filled my heart with joy seeing how excited he was!  The day was filled with laughter, food, fun, family, and lots of toys for our little guy!  I couldn't have asked for a better day with my boys (and Oscar). 

Tomorrow is the big day...the day we get to see our little one on ultrasound.  I am praying to hear that everything is going just as it should and little Oscar is growing like he/she should and is healthy.  I'm also looking forward to finding out if Cody will have a little brother or little sister.  Honestly, I don't have a preferance.  I will be completely blessed either way.  God has his plan for us, and I know this little one fits into that plan, and whatever gender Oscar is, I know he/she has been planned for me for longer than I could ever imagine.

I'll post soon (probably not tomorrow) the gender of our little one and also belly pictures from weeks 18, 19 and 20!

17 week pictures

Oh my, my belly has popped!! :)  And I am so excited about it!  I feel like you can finally tell that I'm pregnant...I love it.

16 week pictures

Not much change in my pics over the past few weeks. 

15 week pictures