Getting Excited!

Monday morning at 9 a.m. will mark our (almost) 20 week ultrasound. I am SO excited!!! The most obvious reason for my excitement - finding out the sex of the baby - has all of us eager (mommy, daddy, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and most especially, MICAH!). I am also excited to get another glimpse of the little one who waved at me during the 11 week ultrasound. This will be the last glimpse we have prior to birth so I am planning to fully savour it. I am also excited and eager thanks to the heavy amounts of unnecessary worrying I have done this pregnancy thus far. Seriously, what is my deal? Why don't I believe this is actually happening? Why do I have a nagging feeling all of the time that something is going to be wrong, no matter how well things seem to be going? ... a great heartbeat, a set of wonderful doctors diligently monitoring my thyroid, and most of all, the one and only great God whose hand is faithful and ever-present. I must remember that!

I don't have a picture update yet, but will most likely post one early next week along with new ultrasound pics. The baby seems to have shifted position over the last couple days as I am feeling kicks and movement a bit higher up in my belly and my stomach seems to be pushing outward a lot more than before. I keep trying to compare how I am carrying to my other pregnancies, but truth be told, it has been a bit too long and I don't really recall how I carried previously all that well. I just need to be patient and stop analyzing. Only 3 more days!