Shopping and a Visit from Mom

So blogger has been updated, which when anything is updated I am a super NOT fan. I have to take any kind of change at my own pace and so you are lucky I am attempting a new entry...we'll see if it even posts!

After our ultrasound, the plan was to buy a gender specific outfit....I was beyond excited about this for obvious reasons. Our first stop was Marshalls. Mistake. We came out with, oh, let's just say more than one outfit. Our next stop was an outlet mall. Mistake #2. Everything's cheaper, right?! So anyway, needless to say, we ended up with more than one outfit!

A couple days later, we decided to keep this madness going when we found out a BabiesRUs was closing nearby. We shimmied on up there and got a "few" more things! We saved over $200 on our overall bill because of the good prices! I thought I got a pic of all that loot too, but I guess it was just with my cell phone. This tech stupid girl has no idea how to even think about getting a pic from my cell phone to the computer!

This past weekend my mom came up to spend a few days. GLORIOUS. She helped me decide on a pattern for a baby blanket. I JUST finished the blanket for the baby we adopt so now I can focus on this next one! It is going to be SO cute...well, probably cuter if someone else made it...but SO cute for what I am capable of! I hope anyway...after one night of working, I have to wait until I see my mom again in a couple of days because I can't figure out the next step. I will get there, though!
We did a little shopping and running around. She also bought flowers for the pots on my front porch. Yay! I'll have to post a pic (I've been organizing all day and after sitting on the couch I just can't imagine getting up right this second).

Baby Girl moved around like crazy all weekend. She must have worn herself out because she's slowed down some over the last few days. She better get her act together by this next weekend, though,  because her Aunt Hannah is coming to see her! She will be sad if she doesn't get to feel a kick! I feel like my belly has just popped out over the last few weeks. At 17 weeks I really didn't have much to show for, but from 18 weeks on, there's definitely a belly!
Everyone is asking what her name will be...it's a secret, by the way. Funny how when I respond with that, the next question is, "what are the initials?" Why would I share the initials if we're not going to share the name? Come on, people!! Then people try to come up with a name for us. I'm pretty certain it would be easier to just share the name...not that we're having a hard time keeping it a secret, but people try to squeeze it out of you in any way they can...I don't mind so much, but then again, I do want people to respect the decision we've made and just be excited to find out in September!

I do have an update on adoption, but that is for another entry. I will fill you all in soon.

Oh, and I only had one mishap with this new blogger...I was type, typing away when all of a sudden half the post disappeared and I started typing over what I had written in the beginning. After my mini heart-attack, I finally found the "undo" button...good thing for you guys cause otherwise I would have given up...no way was I going to retype anything! Call me lazy, if you want!

I'll leave you with a few pics of yours truly...not me...the baby.

 19 Weeks

20 Weeks...you only get the belly here because the rest of what showed up was too ghastly to post. Not my best day, apparently.

-Megan