18 Weeks & It's a Boy!!

Cannot believe I am 18 weeks already! Time is definitely flying by. We're almost to the halfway point. This week was big because we got to have our big ultrasound done to find out first and foremost if our little one was healthy, which it was, and second to find out the sex. We were very excited to find out we are having another little boy!! James is going to be a great big brother!

We did get a little bit of potentially scary news. My placenta is sitting directly on top of my cervix. They will scan me again at 28 weeks and if it has not moved we'll be having a scheduled c-section this time. Hoping to avoid that, so please pray that as my uterus grows the placenta will move up like it's supposed to.

Here's a few highlights from the pregnancy so far...

Size of baby: Was 9 ounces at the ultrasound on Tuesday

Total Weight Gain: I have actually lost 7 pounds!
Maternity Clothes: Still in regular clothes, but they are getting tight. 
Gender: It's a Boy!! Charles "Charlie" Wayne Jacobs :)
Movement: I feel him move constantly and have for several weeks. It took me by surprise because I was much further along before I felt anything with James.
Food Cravings/Aversions: I miss being able to drink sweet tea without feeling sick. I am able to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches now. I went a long time not being able to eat them. They made me feel so sick. 
What I miss: SLEEP! Between hip pain and being up constantly through the night to visit the restroom I get very little sleep. 
Best Moment this week: Finding out we were expecting another sweet little man! All but a few people were convinced it was a girl, but I knew it was boy ;) James and Charlie will be best buds for life :)

I will leave you with a couple pictures of Charlie from our ultrasound :)

Painted Memories

When James was just 3 months old, a friend from high school invited us to attend a Painted Memories pottery party. What happens is you pick out the pottery pieces you like, paint your child's hand or footprints (or both) on your pieces, then they go to a woman named Donnae and she turns it onto a precious keepsake. I was super excited to go. She had a blog with some of her work so I checked it out and decided I wanted to have a cookie jar made. Here's how it turned out.

 Of course we went with a "Bama" Theme!

Love how it turned out!!

Well the same friend had another party just before Christmas, and of course we went again. This time I had a trivet and large plate done. Here's James getting all painted up :)

He did pretty well considering it was past naptime! I love how the pieces turned out and can't wait to have more done when James' baby brother Charlie arrives :)