17 Weeks, Gender Reveal and NAME

Ok, so TECHNICALLY I am 18 weeks as I write this, but I will recap on week 17 and our gender reveal party... here it goes..

So doing the gender reveal and not finding out until our family and friends did was the BEST idea ever. Honestly, it would of been boring (in my opinion) to have found out in the ultrasound room. Of course Jake and I would of been excited, but where is the fun in that??? I swear we are doing something like this for every child, it will never get old! Nothing can explain that feeling when you're about to find out, and then you do and the crowd goes wild!!! LOL When I saw that blue, I about died... I was such in shock because I really thought it would be a girl! But I was so happy for Jake, because it's all he wanted. That moment was priceless, and I am so glad we got some of it on video. Our house was packed with people we loved and who love us.. it was such a special night. There were a few friends who couldn't make it (who we missed dearly) but I was so surprised at the turn out! What I thought would be 10 people turned out to be about 30. Which was great because I worked my toosh off that day doing decorations and cleaning. It was SO worth it. The only "disappointment" was opening the envelope with the anatomy picture and it was very unclear that it was a boy. I was wanting to see spread eagle legs and the full monty. But we can hardly decipher what we're looking at haha. But the nurse was sure it was a boy! I'll bring the picture with me to my next appointment and hopefully have someone explain it to me. I posted all of the pics on Facebook, but here is one just for fun...

 

We've also chosen HIS name :)

Little Levi... we LOVE this name SO much. It's so bad A ;) Jake jokes that once Levi has his own family, they will call themselves the "Levites".. yea he thinks it's pretty hilarious. We initially really liked Ezra for a boy.. then we found out our friends had it picked as number 1 on their list so we started thinking of other names. But I'm kind of glad because we actually like Levi a lot better. And for those of you that aren't sure how to pronounce this, it's like the jeans. And we went with the middle name "Jacob" because nothing else really sounded right, and it's a homage to his Daddy :)

Ok, onto the questionnaire...

Total weight gain: 2 pounds... OMG!

Symptoms: sciatic nerve (what's new), I still gag (rarely though)

Maternity clothes: haven't bought any.. too poor. Ugh I need to find some though for CHEAP. 

Stretch marks: no

Sleep: some nights good, some nights not.. I usually wake up some time in the middle of the night for 30 minutes or so

Best moment this week: Our gender reveal party!!! SO FUN!!! And of course finding out what we are having, a sweet little boy. 

Miss anything?: having my steak cooked with pink in the middle!!! Ugh, went to the Angus Barn and had to order it well done.. it was soooo gross. I just want some of that bloody juice!! hahahahah

Movement: feeling it a little more! I actually was looking down while laying down and saw a little "blip" and felt it. It was really cool. It still feels really light, like it's just my muscles moving around.. but I know it's my little man :)

Food cravings: hmm nothing out of the ordinary

Food aversions: no

Belly button: Normal

Wedding ring: fitting normal

Mood: same

Looking forward to: getting little man things :)

Baby bump: it changes day to day, but it's noticeable, but not as big as others at this stage. 

Sending lots of love from me, Jake and Levi