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20 weeks & gender reveal!

Tuesday, July 29th marked the 1/2 point of this pregnancy! I can't even believe we're already this far along! I went in for an appointment the Friday before for our anatomy ultrasound. We immediately told her we did not want to know the gender since we had this big reveal planned for Friday night. Everything looked healthy with our baby, so we rushed out of there to give our envelope to our wonderful accomplice, Meg. 

Once Meg had opened the envelope (in the safety of her car away from us!) she went to the craft store and picked up 20 cans of silly string in the correct color. Lucky for all of us, the only part of the can that revealed the color was the cap, so she was easily able to rid any clues and get the string into our car for later in the evening (they unfortunately were going to be out of town, so couldn't partake in the actual event). She also ordered some "sweet treats" and dropped them off at the restaurant for later. 

Finally, after naps and playing at the sprayground, it was time to head to the reveal. We gathered with friends and family at a local field and passed out the cans. Then, with eyes closed, we counted down from 5 and... 




 BOY!!!!!!
 Thank you so much to Kevin Wolf for the pictures!

It was really fun to have our friends involved in our finding out! I know some of you were worried, but I am super happy that we're having a boy! I know he and Canon will be awesome playmates and friends. We even have a strong front-runner for a name which makes it even more fun and real.

After the silly string (which, bytheway, was extremely web like and there was much more on my face, hair and head than I imagined!) we all headed over to our favorite Mexican spot and had a great time! Meg even sweetly surprised us with blue colored KING CAKE! I thought she was getting cupcakes, that sneaky one :)

We can't say thank you enough to Meg & Chris for making it all happen and to all our friends and family who came out to spray us. We have found ourselves among a great community here in Alexandria and I am so glad for the friends we've made and the families with whom we'll be raising our 2 sons!

How far along: 20 weeks!

Baby Size: a banana, 6.5in and 10.2oz (however, our ultrasound estimated 12oz)

Weight gain: +3 from my 12 week to 17 week appointments, up just 1 from my 8 week appt 

Maternity clothes: ugh, mainly maternity now, with some non-maternity dresses
 
Sleep: varies, some nights I go all the way through, some nights I toss and turn. 
 
Gender: BOY!

Movement: definitely, not pronounced movements, but flutters and rolls for sure

Best moment this week: having all our friends spray us with blue silly string

Looking forward to: buying more maternity clothes, cleaning/organizing the house

Food cravings: nothing much
 
  Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
 
Labor Signs: nope
 
What I miss: nothing really, I'm enjoying being pregnant
 
Symptoms: still tired and trying to sleep as much as possible when I can
 
Nursery: nothing new here
 
Belly Button in or out? In  

Wedding rings on or off? On 

Mood: happy! 

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