Half way there......

20 Weeks today..... 

So a 20 point update is in order

1. I am finally starting to feeling all the kicks and pushes that our little girl is evidently doing in there

2. Kaitlyn thinks her name should be Sally

3. I have gained 6lbs so far and that was in a 2 week span last month.

I completely freaked out at first because I thought I would continue on the 3 lbs a week trek

but thankfully that was just because I was finally able to start eating again.. taking about eating......

4. I LOVE food- real food

Last week Mat got chicken wings

 the next morning Kaitlyn and I polished off his leftovers at 930 am

I ordered a steak for the 1st time in like 15 years and enjoyed EVERY bite :)

I have even sneaked on a few cheetos yesterday!

5. I bought my 1st maternity clothes for this pregnancy  this past weekend

6. Her name is going to be Addison- Addy for short

Now we just need a middle name... suggestions anyone???

7. The boys are excited to not have to share their room 3 ways :)

8. Nesting has already started-

my poor family has  20 long weeks ahead and my honey has a long honey do list :)

9. I have been to the gym 0 times in the past 2 weeks

10. She weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. Is around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel ( thanks to babycenter for the info :)

11.  Heartburn has started :(

I had this for the 1st time when I was prego with Kaitlyn.

Not Fun at all 

12. I don't like diet pepsi

What that is crazy I know!

I have been drinking water like crazy

13. Honestly I am still in shock that it is a GIRL

14. My hair won't curl at all.

Must be all the girl hormones because the same thing happened when I was prego with Kaitlyn

15. I love food

Oh I already said that but it is true... especially salty food

but I don't really like cooking right now.. so that is kind of a problem

16. I am searching for a good stroller & car seat

A stroller that COMPLETELY reclines and has an option to make into a double stroller

Suggestions anyone??

17. Daddy quote " Well now that it is a girl it makes everything easier since we saved almost everything from Kaitlyn but when the girls are 16 and 13.. that is going to be a different story" 

18. I have been having days where I have so much energy

 then days where I can't keep my eye lids open ( like yesterday I made myself get up at 5 to have my quiet time and work on my memory verses but fell asleep 45 minutes later :(

19. With my prego brain I am having a hard time thinking of something for # 19 

20. I can't wait to hold my little girl in about 20 weeks.Wow this pregnancy is going by so fast now that I am not nauseous 24/7 !

Half way there.. Half way meeting the missing link in our Petit family!

We waited 19 weeks for this day.....

3am morning of the ultrasound I lay there staring at the clock wide eyed and ready for it to be 11 am already. I was so excited/ anxious for the scan that I couldn't go back to sleep

10:45 am while walking from the parking garage to the hospital Mat and my conversation went something like this...

Me -ok one last time what do you really think it is babe?

Mat -A girl

Me- No way everyone else we know is finding out that they are having boys so I think we are in the boy wave from drinking the water at CBC, remember when Jayden was born and EVERYONE else had a boy too :)

Mat- Well who are all those boys going to marry? Someone needs to have a girl :)

11:25 called into the dimly lit room the nice sonogram tec lady asked if we wanted to find out. We  said Yes :) Unlike all my other sonograms she kindly took a peek 1st thing and found out that.......

WE ARE HAVING A GIRL!!!!!!

During the whole remainder of the scan the tec kept saying her and she :)

The scan took a full hour because we found out our little girl is a mover and shaker. She wouldn't stop moving the WHOLE time. It is funny  lately I have been worried because I haven't felt her that much and I thought I would start to more around this time but the tec assured me that this little girl is a busy one!

 Her Foot

 She was holding her hands like she was praying :)

To tell the kids we went and got pink and purple balloons and put them in a box with a blanket over it

 The boys were shocked when pink balloons popped out. They thought they were going to see blue :)

 Kaitlyn kept telling Nana all morning that the baby was a girl and would get rather crabby at Nana when she said the baby might be a boy. Kaitlyn's reply was " No nana baby girl" She was right!

I sit here now still in shock and so thankful for the family that God has blessed Mat and I with. We so don't deserve it but He  has saw fit to give us 4 wonderful children!

We just can't wait now to meet our new little princess and see who she is going to look like. All my kids have different eye colors and really don't look that much alike.. So now they big mystery is...

Who will SHE most resemble???

Our little ballerina

The day had finally come.....

 With immense anticipation on behalf of

our little girl......

She is now a ballerina/ tap dancer :)

The past few weeks we have been gathering the slippers, tights and my mom got her the adorable outfit!  (thanks Nana) And boy has it been hard to keep them off of her.

One day I even caught her on top of her dresser trying to get her tap shoes down so she can "try on"

Yesterday my mom gave her the target bag with this outfit in it  s

he held on to that bag  and as soon as we walked in the door the outfit was on :) If she had it her way she would have slept in eat! 

After her nap it was time to eat dinner and  get dressed for her debut.

She walked right into class ready to dance just like "Angelina ballerina"

Not in the slightest bit shy even being the youngest one in her class!

 She was all smiles the ENTIRE time...

Well if we must admit...

Daddy, Mommy and brothers were too !

She watched her teacher half the time and the rest of the time was looking back at us SMILING

  I think her favorite part was shaking her booty with her tap shoes on :)

 Kaitlyn thought that class should last all night

and was not too pleased when it ended 30 minutes later.

We explained she gets to come back next week and she tearfully said "OK"

Our baby girl has a new love...

DANCE :)