Quilts I'm thinking of making

I'm trying to decide on a quilt to make for our baby. Here are a couple quilts that I have come across that I really love. Of course, not all of these could be for boys so it will also determine if we have a boy or girl. Here they are, I'm still on the lookout for more:

http://www.make-baby-stuff.com/kirstens-quilt.html

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/projects-ideas/baby-quilts/girl-boy-monogram-crib-quilt_1.html

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/projects-ideas/baby-quilts/hearts-flowers-applique-quilt_1.html

20 Weeks

Week 20: Cantaloupe

Average size: 6.5 inches, 10.6 oz.

Baby's now the size of a cantaloupe!
Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies respond best to tastes they've already had via amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you'd like your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch.

John 's Headache

I have suffered from headaches most of my life. I have also had a dull headache for the last 2 months of my pregnancy. It will get really bad sometimes so the doctor wrote me a prescription which works wonders, but doesn't however make it go away permanently.
Well yesterday John had a headache. The funny thing is he has maybe had 5 since I met him 9.5 years ago! I sympathized with him, but it was SO funny. He was acting like a baby. He wouldn't eat or drink anything, which I kept telling him he should do. He was probably dehydrated and if he would have just drink a big glass of water would have felt better. Also he took two ibuprofen when it first came on but wouldn't take anymore when it was time to take more.
It was like he just wanted me to feel sorry for him but he didn't want to do anything about it. Anyway, it finally went away and he kept saying I don't know how you deal with this all the time. I kept telling him to remember this the next time I have a bad one and all I want to do it be in a dark room :). We will see if he remembers, guys seem to have selective memories.

Countdown to knowing boy/girl

I'm so excited to know the sex of our baby! We will know in 8 days!!

19 Weeks

Week 19: Mango

Average size: 6.0 inches, 8.5 oz.

Baby's now the size of a mango!
Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil, and dead skin cells (yum) now coats baby's skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.) You might get to see the vernix at birth, especially if baby is premature.

Hurry Up Chicken Pot Pie by Paula Dean

After cooking this recipe, it is good, but you DO NOT need the entire stick of butter on top. I would say half a stick would be more than enough. Also I had to cook it a little longer than 40 minutes to make sure the biscuit on top was cooked all the way, it could just be my oven.

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
• 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots
• 1/2 cup frozen green peas
• 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of chicken soup
• 1 cup chicken broth
• Salt and pepper, optional
• 1 1/2 cups instant biscuit mix
• 1 cup milk
• 1 stick melted butter

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a greased 2-quart casserole, layer the chicken, eggs, carrots, and peas. Mix the soup, chicken broth, and season with salt and pepper, if desired. Pour over the layers. Stir together the biscuit mix and milk, and pour this over the casserole. Drizzle butter over the topping. Bake until the topping is golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes.

This week

I've been getting kind of lazy about posting. I feel like there isn't much going on even though we are preparing for a baby.
This is what we did this week. We live in a tiny condo, as most of you know, and we have a big storage problem. To make space we raised our bed up on blocks when we first moved in. It was so high that I almost have to jump up to get on it every night, but we are able to keep TONS of stuff under our bed. Well as you can imagine, its getting harder and harder for me to get in and out of bed. I told John we should lower it now before it gets even more difficult. So we lowered our bed, but now we have to find room for everything that was under it. We are still working through that, but at least I can get in and out comfortably.
We also have been to Babies R Us and started the process of determining what we should register for. Its hard because every list I find on the internet or at Babies R Us has WAY more stuff then we could ever fit in our condo. I have done a pretty good job of narrowing down what we need, although we won't be registering until May. I just feel like if we have a game plan we won't register for things we don't need.
My belly is getting bigger, but I don't think it's too big. Some people tell me I'm huge and others tell me they think I don't look big at all. Of course people tell me these things voluntarily, I'm fine with just not pointing it out b/c DUH I have a belly. What do you expect I'm growing a Tarver baby in here :).
I've been counting down the days until we find out boy or girl. I will be the most disappointed person you have ever seen on April 30th if they can't tell us what is in here. It's not that I NEED to know I just really want to and the science allows us to know so we might as well know. We have started thinking of names and we have agreed on a boy name. I have a girl name I love, but haven't sold John on it yet. I figured I would wait until we find out for sure what we are having before I push the girl name on him more.
My lower back has started hurting from the pressure of my growing belly. I stated sleeping with a pillow between my legs and it has made ALL the difference. I haven't started feeling the baby move yet, but am expecting to any day. Everything I read says you should for sure feel it by 20 weeks and we are at 18.5 weeks.
Besides that John and I haven't done much out of the ordinary. I'm still knitting hats and a blanket for the baby and will make a quilt once we find out if its a boy or girl. I've been making lots of good food for us to eat since we are stocked with groceries after our Walmart trip. I've been making new recipes as well so we try new things. Last week I made Lasagna that was SO good and this week I made chicken casserole that is similar to chicken pot pie without the crust. John has stated helping me cook some; I think its important that he learns some of the basics. I think its been fun and we've been able to do it together.