Halfway 20 Weeks!!!

I'm officially halfway through this pregnancy. It has gone sooo fast and Cory and I both can't wait til Wednesday when we find out what we are having!! Hopefully either boy or girl will cooperate and we'll get some good sonogram pictures! Here's whats happening this week with baby: Your baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he's measured from head to toe.)He's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for his digestive system. He's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery). We have been having just a quiet weekend.... I drove to Wichita yesterday to meet up with Cory and do a Karate class at the East Side fitness Center then we went out for dinner to Famous daves that was quite yummy. We were going to go see a movie at the Warren Theater however Cory could have gotten cheaper tickets through Cessna and forgot. So we just came home. Which was okay too. Today is the South Hutchinson Salt Fest... Bunch of activities here in South Hutch... We are going to be heading down there shortly to get some Corn on the Cob and listen to the band and watch the fireworks. We went shopping today for some summer materity clothes.. went to Target here in Hutch and they had NOTHING... only about 5 racks of clothes most of which were tops... I think I have enough tops for now but I was really looking for some capri's or shorts. So we are planning to go to the Super Target in maize and kohl's next Friday and we'll hopefully find something there.. When we were at Walmart today i did find a cute shirt and capri's so at least thats a start. Luckily I havent gotten that big that it's not like I havent got anything to wear. We went to the new Petco here in Hutch.. it was Grand Opening! VERY BUSY. Everyone had their dog's there we thought about bringing Sam but we'll bring him next time. We got him a new collar and knock on wood he hasnt attacked the bell so much.We are hoping that he will leave it on so we can hear him around the hosue. Let's see... Cory's last day at Cessna officially is Wednesday.. He has to go in Thursday to just turn in his badge and keys and stuff.. but then I think he's going to go and have breakfast with some of the other layoffee's from other layoffs. Life will get interesting after he's done working... But hopefully something will open up. He did find some good news of the job he applied for with Charter up in Wisconsin the status went from Submitted to Send to Manager... which is a good sign. So i'm really hoping he will hear something from them soon. I know he is getting down and out about this no job thing and I am trying to not let it stress me out to hurt the baby but I still just wish the economy wasnt' so bad and nobody had to loose their jobs. Well I hope everyone has a good weekend and is getting ready for their 4th fo July Partys!