19 Weeks Pregnant

I've been so bad at blogging my pregnancy, but I have been journaling in my "Pregnant Journal Book". I try to write down how I'm feeling, my weight, moods, cravings, and what's new with Jeff and I. This week I can definitely feel the baby moving around. It's a relief b/c before I was always wondering how the baby was doing. At least this time I didn't have to go to the doctor's office to find out everything is going great. This Tuesday is a big day for Jeff and I. We have a doctor's appointment and we're having our big ultrasound - we can find out the sex of our baby! We're really excited about it. Jeff and I have been thinking about and even dreaming about it. We both think it's a boy, so we'll be in shock if it's a girl. I don't care what I'm having as long as the baby is healthy. Right now, Jeff and I are having a hard time coming up with names. We both really like the name Cole Michael, but everyone in the family hates it. Really...why should we care, we both really like it. I also really like Christian Michael too. Jeff was on the fence about that name. As for a girl's name, I really like Autumn, but Jeff said someone on his father's side named their kid the same name. I was really upset b/c I really like the name. I don't have any other names for a girl picked out. I need to get a baby book of names, so we can come to an agreement. It will make it easier when we know what we're having...I cannot wait!!!

Tomorrow, I start my last semester of school. I'm taking two online classes. My family thinks I'm nutz for taking two classes while I'm pregnant, but I figured out that I couldn't wait to take a class in Spring b/c I would be giving birth before the class finished and I didn't want that hanging over my head. It would have been too stressful. I rather go through the 11 weeks of heck and be done with it. I'll be finished March 22!!!! Yahoo!!!

Here's what happening with the baby this week:

Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces, and he measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the length of a small zucchini. His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of his body now. His kidneys continue to make urine, and the hair on his scalp is sprouting. This is a crucial time for sensory development: Your baby's brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. If your baby is a girl, she has an astonishing six million eggs in her ovaries. They'll dwindle to fewer than two million by the time she's born.