Over half way, holy crap!

I originally planned on blogging weekly about my pregnancy, and then thought maybe just every few weeks, but now it seems like I am only getting around to it every trimester. I have been so busy with school and now I have a break, until fall! The second trimester is my favorite part of pregnancy. I am most comfortable and have the most energy during this time. I am hoping it doesn't change too much this next trimester. When I was pregnant with Jaden, I didn't know what healthy was. Before him I stayed the same weight and didn't workout very much. When I had to lose the baby weight is when I learned what healthy was. I enjoy working out and not eating crap food all day, so that has helped me during this pregnancy. Of course, I could still eat better....but I feel like I have portioned pretty well. On another note, Jaden has learned to kiss baby brother and loves it. It is so sweet! I know he doesn't truly understand his baby brother is in my belly, but I know (or hope!) once he is here Jaden will be so sweet to him. I've kind of had some moments when I get sad that it won't just be me and my little kid. Then I realize he is going to have a lot more fun with a brother around than he does with his lame mom :)

Isn't he the sweetest?! I watch him and think "I can't believe I'm lucky enough to have 2 boys!"

How far along: 23 weeks (not far from the 3rd trimester!) baby can now hear things and is over a pound :)

Maternity clothes: yep, yep, yep. I miss my cute jeans and my bathing suits

Sleep: The beginning of this trimester when I stopped being so sick, I slept great! I usually took a nap and then slept long hours at night. The last 3 weeks or so I feel like I am such a light sleeper. I have to get up and pee 1-2 times a night and I think I am just uncomfortable. I have already woken up from little guy moving so much. Good thing is I am not so tired during the day. Even with me sleeping light at night I don't take/need naps and wake up earlier than Jaden. But, I also crash a lot earlier :)

Best moment of this week: This week and the last 2 months....getting up to run. I love my morning runs. I always have to drag myself out of bed at 6am to go, but it has made my mornings more productive. When I get back from running I take a peaceful shower and enjoy a nice breakfast before Jaden wakes up. I love it :)

Miss anything: My clothes! And a good nights sleep

Movement: ALL DAY LONG!! This kid is going to come out with a karate black belt, I swear! There are very few moments he is not moving. Sometimes, I love it. Other times, I just want to sit and not feel like I have to lay out. When I am sitting he is just pounding on my bladder and I feel like I always have to pee!

Food cravings: Not specific cravings, but there are days that something just sounds SO good and I want it bad! I have been a lot better this pregnancy not giving into every craving. One thing I love, and I did with Jaden too, is a good PB&J. Yum! And ice cream, but that's not just a pregnancy craving :)

Anything making you queasy or sick: Certain perfume smells. 

Have you started to show yet: Oh yes. 

Gender: BOY!!!

Belly button in or out: It is all out now, for a little it was just a halfy, but not anymore!

Looking forward to: Getting his room set up, and getting some things I want/need. Also I am just anxious to go into labor. I was induced with Jaden and unless I absolutely have to, I won't get induced this time.

Another boy on its way!!

The minute I found out I was pregnant, I wanted to know if it was a boy or girl. Waiting 20 weeks to find out felt like a lifetime!

We had to have several ultrasounds the first trimester and beginning of our second because of some early on problems. My placenta detached from my cervix and caused lots of bleeding for weeks. We had the ultrasounds to make sure the placenta reattached and that the baby was safe. My last ultrasound I was 13 or 14 weeks, I asked the tech if she could see what the gender was...knowing it was very early I didn't think we would see anything. The minute I asked the baby spread its legs and showed off his business. Although it looked like a boy, she told me it was very early and girls swell during these weeks so it could still be a girl.

This just made me want to know even more, but I felt like it was a boy :) My pregnancy was just too similar to Jaden's, and I know that doesn't mean much and I don't think your body can tell or reacts to what you are having....but it was just how I felt! 

The Jump's have lots of boys which is another reason I figured it would be a boy. Jason's mom and our sister-in-law were convinced it was a girl!

The week finally came and we had our appointment set for a Friday morning. Tuesday I went to Target and went into the baby section which made me SO stinkin anxious that walking out to my car, I called the hospital to see if they had any openings the next morning, and they only had one so I grabbed it!

I hated the tech that did our ultrasound. She was not friendly and seemed like she hated her job. She said she wouldn't look for or tell us the gender until the very end. Of course, the entire time Jason and I both were looking at the screen and three times could see it is a boy. Even when I brought it up she said she won't pay any attention to it. Finally, 20 min later she finished her measurements and said she couldn't tell what it was...without looking. At this point I honestly wanted to punch her in the face. I told her she was killing me and asked if she could look another minute and try to get a picture. Sure enough the little guy spread his legs and was showing off his stuff. My boys aren't very modest, Jaden did the same thing :)
I knew Jason wanted a boy so I said with lots of excitement "did you hear?!! It's a boy Jase." He responded...ya..... He said he already saw it before she told us is why he reacted like that.
At first it was hard to even think of my body producing a girl, I felt like I could only have boys. Now that I know we are having a boy, I can't believe I will have 2 in a row! I know, I'm weird.
We have a long list of names and are very indecisive together so I think it may be a while until that is figured out. Until then we call him baby boy or baby brother.