Half way there

I can't believe I'm 20 weeks already. The excitement for the upcoming Monday is almost too much to bear. We have four days left until we find out what the baby is. I have noticed in the last few weeks how Joel is really getting worried and protective of me and the baby. I knew all along that he would be a great dad, but I never dreamed it would be this early!

People are starting to notice my belly more and more. While I was waiting for our Chinese food to get done last night, I went into Fashion Bug. The sales lady started telling me about the jeans that were on special this week and she was half way through it when she saw my belly. It was pretty funny. She almost stopped, but decided to go on and explain how they are $19.99 this week. At the end, I just laughed and said I didn't think I would be needing them right now. She agreed and walked away. I didn't hear another word from her.

Last weekend Alaina and I went to Chicago for a few days (I want to point out that Joel didn't want me to go...refer to the above paragrah how he is getting protective of me and the baby) to shop and just have some girl time away. It was so nice! I think I gave her some insight on quite a few things, but one that really sticks out (because of my Fashion Bug incident last night) was the salespeople in the stores up there. In some stores, we would have three or four seperate people asking us what we were looking for, how we were, etc. Alaina would respond to each one while I would ignore them and keep walking. She finally said after the second or third store, "You just ignore them, don't you." I laughed and said, of course. I hope she learned that it's ok (in my mind, anyway) to ignore them and keep on walking. It will save her so much time while shopping!

I don't really have anything new to report on the baby. Some days I will feel it moving quite a bit and others not at all. I haven't felt it for a couple days now. We're planning on ordering the baby furniture and bedding next week after we find out the sex. Hopefully we can start on the baby's room in November and get the spare bedroom moved down to the basement. I'll be sure to let everyone know how much Joel complains throughout that process. I know he won't be thinking of the baby then, only the fact that it is making him work and spend time away from the tv.