How Far Along: 19 1/2 weeks! Almost 20 weeks in 2 days. 

Size of baby: A mango (but since I am so close to 20 weeks, I'll say in between and mango and a banana). 

Sleep: Not too bad, I go to bed just fine, I get sleepy early, but I some times wake up in the middle of the night. I got a leg cramp the other night, ouch, not fun to wake up to. And some times it's hard for me to get back to sleep once I am up. But since I am in bed so early, I am still getting a good amount of total sleep.

Total Weight Gain: I think I've gained about 8 or 9 pounds now. 

Symptoms: Good symptoms! I am hungry all the time. Nom nom nom and I am feeling things! More under movement

Movement: Definitely feeling lots of flutters. Feels like there is popcorn popping in my belly. I love it. 

Maternity Clothes: No new clothes, but hiding the pregnancy really well. Lots of jeans and big tops. That's my signature work outfit, but on the weekends I like to show you off :) Tight dresses to show everyone how big you've gotten. 

Go-to eats: Eating more Apple salads for lunch. For $4 you get a HUGE salad and it's yummy. But also still love my sweets (at least one sweet thing a day) and carbs are still delicious to me. 

Best moment of the week: The flutters! Love them, really feel like you're moving and growing in there. Also your new friend arrived! Maxwell Funsten Holbrook, Jen Hahn's baby is here. He arrived on Tuesday, April 22nd and he's a perfect baby, just a doll. You two will be good friends. Jen let me FaceTime her while she breastfeed and gave me a good look as what to expect when you arrive and it looks wonderful. I am getting more and more excited to be a mommy every day. 

Gender: Still no clue! Have been calling you a boy. But now I may think you're a girl because of the dark line that formed on my belly from the beginning. Shirene said she had a line with Josephine and her sister didn't have one with AJ and neither did Jen Hahn with Maxwell, so who knows! I am tired of guessing though, so excited to find out on Monday! 3 more days. 

Workout: Did pretty good this past week. Went on a nice hike in Carmel for Rinee's bachelorette party and even went to the gym a couple times this week. 

What I’m looking forward to: After seeing Jen with baby Maxwell, just being a mommy. It feels more real every day.

Milestones and stressors: Last Friday, April 18th was a sad day for our family, we lost our beloved cat JoJo. We found him in front of our house, laying peacefully but he wasn't moving and we realized right away he was gone. Your dad took it very hard. We buried him in our backyard. He was my first pet. And even though he was a little guy, he had a very big presence in our lives. We will miss him dearly. I sometimes wondered how he would be with you. But Brian says to give him the benefit of the doubt since he's gone now and he would of been a great cat sitter to you. Here is a video that Brian made of JoJo's short life, so you can see him and what he meant to us: http://vimeo.com/92481638