Baby Pool!!

We set up a baby pool online for everyone to play with!! I have enjoyed other people having them so I figured we should, plus it will be cool to see everyones guesses and how close the winner gets to being correct!! We have also decided to send the winner a gift! Not too sure what it will be, but we are planning on candy or something delicious and a couple other fun things! Plus then there is incentive for doing our baby pool! Hehe! This is the link for the baby pool: http://www.untilithappens.com/lamarchebaby

We had our 20 week ultrasound on Tuesday and there is nothing better than seeing our baby on a screen! I was worried about my ultrasound tech because you hear horror stories about cold awkward tech's but mine was amazing!! She explained not to read into her calling the baby a him because she calls all the babies him, and that she talks to the babies too! We chatted as she took all the measurements and clarified that the baby has all of its vital parts and that they all look good and work! She also said that baby is already head down! Wahoo!! And that it was the only baby she had seen all day that wasn't breech so hooray for not having to worry about it flipping later on! When Justin came in she showed us our baby's brain, pumping heart, kidneys, bladder and all the other goodies! She made sure to skip over baby's lower regions, but showed us baby's feet! Here is what baby looks like for those of you who haven't seen my profile picture:

For any of you McCracken's reading this...check out baby's nose! Its a total McCracken nose! I think it is hilarious that the picture we got of our baby it's mouth is WIDE open. My Mom also thought it looked like the white glow from the ultrasound above the baby's head looked like a unicorn horn...so baby has now gained the name "Baby Unicorn"

I'm feeling good again and haven't gotten sick in a while, and am able to eat sort of healthy things again!! Wahoo! The baby has been moving a lot more and realized that what I thought were kicks the whole time are actually punches, vicious little peanut! Justin even thinks he felt a little "punch" the other day too so that is really exciting! I can hardly wait for it to start moving more and for him to feel it all the time, and maybe even see it!

Here is my most recent belly photo:

We finally set up our backyard for summer too and I am so excited for it! I spent a good amount of Monday relaxing in my hammock, and realize as the months progress that it won't be as easy to get in and out of it as last summer so I'm going to enjoy it with ease while I can. I've heard lots of negative things about being pregnant during the summer so I have decided to be positive about it and maybe it will make my experience a happier one! Here are the reasons I am excited to be pregnant during the summer instead of the winter:

-I get to wear flip flops and easy slip on shoes all summer
-I do not have to worry about stuffing my swollen feet/legs into boots for our freezing winters
-I get to wear maxi dresses and comfortable cute clothes
-I don't have to layer and wear thick clothes outside, just to get inside and fry to death
-I don't have to buy a maternity coat
-Not being able to reach my feet is a fantastic excuse for regular pedis
-I get to go to the PNE and eat all their delicious food while pregnant(obviously WAY better than while not pregnant)
-I will have a baby to keep me entertained this winter while I'm trapped inside during snow storms
-I don't have to worry about sucking my tummy in, or my muffin top in my cute summer clothes this year
-I will have a cute baby bump for my bathing suit

And I'm sure there are more that I could come up with so I feel excited, not uncomfortable about the thought of being pregnant this whole summer long!

Plus in the end our baby will be so stinking awesome that it will be worth it!

Well,  I should go get ready for work. Have a fantastic day & happy baby pool guessing!!