Half way there.

140 days to go. And it could not come quicker. We are so excited to meet our baby girl who we lovingly call lady baby! I'll rewind 20 weeks back to August 13. My Mom and sister had just left from spending the week with me. I felt like a terrible hostess because I was so tired and I didn't know why. The thought of me being pregnant didn't cross my mind at all because we tried for a long time before, but were unsuccessful. I totally had symptoms, but I ignored them. A few of my friends kindly pressured me into just taking a test. I waited a day or so then finally did. The first one came back positive. I thought it was a fluke because I got it at the dollar store. I took four more and even bought an expensive one just to make sure. All positive. I immediately called Kory and asked him to come home from work early. When he got home he sat next to me on the couch and we talked about his day. I was still in total denial. I had laid all of the tests on our sink in the bathroom and finally asked Kor to get me something out of the bathroom. He said, " Shar... what are these?" and he came out of the bathroom and I was just smiling. He started to cry and we sat and cried together for a while. It really was the most amazing moment.

I had morning/evening sickness up until about 18.5 weeks. But nothing too bad. I pee a lot. I sleep a lot. I eat a lot. I really don't crave anything. Actually food all sounds and smells gross to me. For the first trimester I was a giant lazy blob. Luckily I have mostly left that stage. On November 22 we found out we were having a girl. I really wanted a girl all along and Kory says he was indifferent. It was so fun to tell my family since this is the first girl on my side and the first grand kid on Kory's side! We did a small gender reveal party with our close friends and Kor thought the below photo was the best way to tell them.

I have already enjoyed buying clothes for my lady baby. I am trying not to go too crazy. I have concluded girl names are much harder for us. We had some awesome boy names picked out, but we are stumped on the perfect name for lady baby. Luckily we have a few months to decide. I feel like my belly is huge and I wonder how it can get bigger. I really have surrendered to my sweat pants and I am not ashamed. Here I am at 20 weeks.

So there you go. The lady baby story!