20 Week Pregnancy Update and... Gender Announcement!

I'm officially half-way in my pregnancy!  I can't believe it's gone by so quick.  Seriously only have 4.5 months left..... ahhh!!!!!  Nesting mode here I come!

So our long awaited anatomy scan appointment was yesterday.  It was a lonnnnnng appointment, and a long day at that.  We got there at about 2:00 (talk about a dragging day at work!), and didn't leave until about 3:30 or so.  The ultrasound tech took a TON of pictures, measuring everything from our baby's hands and fingers, to the four chambers of the heart.  I am happy to say that they said everything looks healthy! 

Since our plan was to not find out at the appointment, but rather later at dinner, we asked the Doctor to place the gender inside of an envelope.  From there, we decided to drive to our favorite Work-n-Wear store for one of our famous construction shirts.  There is a story behind the shirt that I will blog about soon :) 

So, it was a little awkward, but right as we walked in we told the cashier our plan.  We told her that we were going to pick out two shirts; one blue and one pink.  We then gave her the envelope and told her that since we didn't want to know until dinner, we would hand her the shirts and she would then put either the blue or pink shirt in a box based on the gender determined in the envelope and we would blindly pay for our purchase.  She and about every other girl in the store let out a big "AWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." 

We then drove back to town and had dinner at a restaurant near our house.  Mind you, this is like 3 hours after being handed the envelope that had our baby's gender in it.  PAINFUL I tell you.  I just wanted to know!  We get to the restaurant, decide to then wait until we order our food, and THEN open the box... So... it's a...

GIRL!  :) :) Also, below are some of the photos from the ultrasound.  She is definitely going to have some long legs like her mama!  For most of our appointment she was actually in the shape of a V with her legs up by her head.  I guess we should get her enrolled in infant gymnastics...

Symptom updates... the only weird symptom lately I have had was waking up to a bloody nose this morning.  Other than that, all is well!  Crossing my fingers for a painless 20 more weeks :). 

~Sunny