Half way there!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 20 Weeks

Size of baby: 10 inches (from head to heel); 10 1/2 ounces

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Hopefully not much more than the 10 pound mark that I've already hit!

Maternity Clothes: Still a mix/match. I pretty much wear the same things over and over again.

Gender: 1 week from today!! My ultrasound is bright and early in the morning! I just hope baby will cooperate!

Movement: Baby is most active in the afternoon/evening - especially after I eat!

Sleep: Once I FIND a position that I can be comfortable in, I am okay...but I generally wake up several times at night completely uncomfortable.

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach.

Cravings: I am SO looking forward to Thanksgiving!

Symptoms: Still the same back issues, but I'm adapting!

Best Moment this week: Corbin got to feel the baby kick! I've been feeling movement for a while, but it always takes a bit longer to feel something from the outside. Last night baby was thanking me for supper with some swift kicks and Corbin got his hand there just in time! So sweet.

Mr. Personality

If you have had the privilege to hang out with Carter lately, you would have learned that he is full of personality. The kid jumps around, dances, sings, and TALKS TALKS TALKS.

He will talk to just about anyone and is always ready to give a high five or a "pound".
I thought he was so stinkin' cute in this outfit, so we had a little unplanned photoshoot in the kitchen. I think sometimes he just knows that he's cute. In fact, I believe on this day he looked at his reflection in the oven and said "Carter coooote".
He also has this little "innocent" face...don't believe it for a second, folks.
But seriously, Carter will TALK your ear off if you get to know him. We understand about 80% of what he says, the given stranger, probably about 30%. Here is a little example. If we don't have the radio or a DVD on when we're in the car, he will just talk about random things. Sometimes he makes sense, sometimes not. This is a little video on the random conversations of Carter Crittenden. Enjoy!

Talkative from Megan Crittenden on Vimeo.

I would translate for you, but I think it would be more fun for you to guess what he's saying....any thoughts?!

The South Carolina State Fair!

As soon as the fair advertisements started on TV, I got SO excited to take Carter this year! I knew he would love it and I was right! We went with the normal fair crew - The Thompson's & the Martin's. I was wondering if there would be any rides that Carter would be able to ride. There weren't a lot to choose from, but the dragons worked as long as there was an adult with them. The daddy's took the boys on this ride.
I wasn't sure how Carter would react, but as you can tell, he was pumped!

After the dragon ride Ashley and I got brave and let the boys ride a ride all by themselves!
I really don't think they even noticed they were riding by themselves...
This is proof that the car ride was a HIT. Carter and Graham BOTH threw a fit when we took them off of it.
Soooo they rode it again!

Of course I took a video of the boys riding their favorite ride! Please excuse all the squeals - it was just as fun watching them! They just looked so darn grown up. I might have had a little emotional moment!

Untitled from Megan Crittenden on Vimeo.

The next toddler friendly ride was the Merry-Go-Round. I got to ride this one with my little man as I figured it was safe enough for a pregnant lady!

When we told Carter about the fair, we told him that we would get to see animals. He talked about the animals all morning until we finally took him to the petting zoo.
So fun!
Carter was a little too brave with this horse and got bit right after this picture was taken. Surprisingly he didn't cry, just said "bite Carter!" with a crazy look on his face.
Trying to feed the sheep.
Sweet Aisley was there, but slept the whole time! I'm sure next year she will love looking around!
This lemonade was enjoyed by all. Though I promptly regretted giving Carter any as he took maybe a 15 minute nap that day - he was so hyped up on the sugar. No lemonade next year.
As soon as we got in the car, Carter passed out and slept the whole way home. Had I known that once we got home he would just play in his crib and talk to himself, we would have stayed at the fair longer!
We had such a great time and already can't wait til next year!

Timber!

When I'm in the kitchen cooking supper or cleaning up, Carter always finds a way to entertain himself...whether it is with his toys or with "toys" he finds in the kitchen. Lately, he's been thoroughly enjoying my spices. He wants to know what every one of them is called...and then he does what any boy would do: stacks them up and knocks them down!!

For the record, I don't think anyone says "timber" as cute as he does!

Timber! from Megan Crittenden on Vimeo.

(Also, if you didn't notice, another way Carter keeps himself occupied when I'm cooking is by opening every single cereal or other box in the cabinet that he can reach.)

18 weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 18 Weeks

Size of baby: 5 1/2 inches; 7 ounces

Total Weight Gain/Loss: This is embarrassing...10 pounds! I have GOT to get that under control!

Maternity Clothes: Can still fit into a lot of my tops. With cooler weather approaching, I am now seeing that I need some warmer maternity wear! Short sleeves isn't going to cut it!

Gender: 3 more weeks!

Movement: I'm definitely feeling the baby move more and more - especially after I eat.

Sleep: Still sleeping well!

What I miss: Being skinny. I KNOW how vain that is, but it's true! Ha!

Cravings: None really.

Symptoms: Got a prescription for my back spasms, which I will fill if the exercises the doctor told me to start doing doesn't help. Other than that I feel pretty good!!

Best Moment this week: Hearing the little one's heartbeat at my appointment yesterday. It took the doctor quite a while to find it, and had us both worried, but once I heard it chugging along, all was right in my world!