21 Weeks

 Time is flying by!  We are more than half way through the pregnancy, and baby boy will be here in a little over 4 months!!! 

Here I am at 21 weeks. The bump is growing quickly!!

21 Weeks

This past week I celebrated my 28th birthday.  It was a great day...one of the best yet!  I have a feeling 29 will be even more special though! ;)

I celebrated with my family on my actual birthday.  We also celebrated my sister Jodi's birthday.  My mom made a delicious dinner - stuffed lobster, steak, cheesy potatoes, veggies, and GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE. :) Jodi and my fave!  We were all quite stuffed!!  Thanks Mom for all your hard work. <3  Here are some pics from the party with my wonderful family!

Andrea at 7 months pregnant and me at 5 months pregnant!

Yum! :)

Check out this awesome cake!

Cake time

Some pretty cute party guests!

In addition to all that birthday fun, my hubby planned the most awesome surprise for me.  I am a pretty tough person to surprise, but he managed it!  With the help of his trusty party planners, Molly and Lynsey, they planned an awesome birthday dinner for me.  It was such a fun night!  Thank you to everyone who was able to be there to celebrate...and everyone who was there in spirit! :)

Surprise!!!

Thank you so much for all your work making the night so special girls!

Such a fun night with all of you! <3

Ok, on to the weekly stats...

• How far along?  21 weeks
• Baby size:  Length of a carrot (seems so long!)
• Total weight gain:  A lot...we'll leave it at that :)
• Maternity clothes?  Mostly maternity tops and bottoms!  I've ordered a few things for our spring break trip from Old Navy and was pleasantly surprised!  They have some really cute basic dresses that'll be perfect for the beach. 
• Stretch marks?  So far so good.  Still using all my trusty stretch mark creams!
• Sleep:  Like a baby.
• Best moment this week:  So many wonderful moments!  All the birthday fun and surprises were so great.  I was really overwhelmed with love!
• Miss anything?  We were enjoying some delicious cupcakes from Lynsey at the birthday party last night, and everyone's wine was looking very yummy with the dessert.
• Movement:  Baby boy is doing karate in there!  He is moving ALL the time.  I love it! 
• Food cravings:  Still loving fruit.  And basically just food in general. :)
• Anything making you queasy or sick:  No.
• Gender:  Baby boy!!  We need to start thinking about names soon!
• Labor signs:  Yikes!  No.
• Symptoms:  My back is still sore, I am peeing every 20 minutes, and I'm pretty starving all the time.  But I can't complain - I am still feeling pretty good!
• Belly button in or out?  In but it looks really weird.  Old belly button piercings sure don't look as "cute" with a baby bump. ;)
• Wedding rings on or off?  On.
• Happy or moody most of the time?  Happy!
• Looking forward to:  Some exciting things the Wallbanks have in the works right now!  Hopefully I'll be posting some more good news soon!!!! :)
• Diabetes update:  I went to see my endocrinologist last week.  I just love my doctor and his nurse practitioner!  I've had a great experience at their office.  And my A1C was down to a 5.8!  5.8 people!!! I have never been so low!  My goal was 6.0, so I exceeded that - yay!  Not to toot my own horn, but I am pretty proud of myself! ;)  All the hard work will be so worth it when baby is born healthy and perfect!!