a baby update :)

for those of you who are interested, i thought i would give a little update on the baby and how he/she is doing! well, i am on my 19th week (starting tomorrow so i am rounding up) and last week I could start to feel some flutters! It is really fun and usually I say "hello" to him/her whenever i feel it (i do say hello outloud sometimes which has caused some confusion at work). According to my book/emails about what I am supposed to be expecting, this week the baby will start to swallow amniotic fluid to keep hydrated. and it says that the fluid tastes like whatever i have been eating so the baby will acquire a taste for what i eat (supposedly). as soon as i learned this, i was quite excited because i decided i will not eat any breakfast foods and eat lots and lots of lunch and dinner foods so that it's taste buds will be set straight. i will also not eat any fruit for dessert so it will not get confused about what dessert is supposed to be. i will also be sure to eat lots of cottage cheese so we can sit down together after a day of work/school and enjoy a snack of cottage cheese and cracked pepper and olive oil triscuits.
besides this new found joy of being able to affect the baby's tastes, i found that this week they are about the size of a large mango! that is fun! here is a link to a mango in case you need a reminder of what it looks like-
http://importfood.com/media/mango1l.jpg
and finally, i feel good these days, no more sickness which is quite nice. i think i am starting to show (my boss, a client and nelson are the only people that have noticed so far), but i am still in that awkward "did you have too much for thanksgiving" phase so i will not take any pics until it is more obvious. but i definitely made the switch to maternity pants a while ago because, as my sister-in-law told me, why wear pants with a real waist band when you can wear pants with an elastic waist band? i couldn't agree more. i think i will be really confused when i go back to having a zipper and buttons, it will really slow me down when i am getting dressed!
also, i will not be taking any pics of my bare stomach, sorry people, but that is just not going to be going public.
ok, i think that is the update for now!
and oh yeah- we find out on the 22nd if it is a girl or boy!! i will let you know! we've had lots of guesses for girl and not as many for boy so we will see who is right!