20 Weeks and Gardening!

Well as of April 22 (Sunday) I am 20 weeks! Halfway done and the count DOWN begins! It's amazing how fast this is going. I know I say that a lot, but when I think about all that was going on when I was pregnant with Cache (School, graduation planning, working part time...) I wonder how that didn't go by just as fast. But I suppose that chasing an almost 2 year old, planning for the summer and taking it day by day is quickly catching up with me. By the time we get done with all the summer's craziness it will almost be baby time! Yikes!

Here's what's up with baby (according to What to Expect When You're Expecting):
length of a banana (7 inches, 11 oz), kicking like crazy (according to me), practicing swallowing and digesting, flipping and turning, tasting flavors in amniotic fluid, able to hear what's going on outside of uterus

What's up with me: left hip giving me trouble at night when trying to sleep, hungry ALL the time, headaches off and on, feeling HUGE! (comparing to Cache's pregnancy), having a harder time bending over and increased trips to the bathroom.

20 weeks 1 day (4/23/12)

This weekend was a pretty spring day so we went out to the local Nursery and picked out some plants for around the house. When we moved in, the lady who had owned this house before was a major green thumb and had all sorts of flowers everywhere! Of course, when they all died out, we couldn't distinguish between weeds and flowers so....we started all over. Jared was wonderful and did all the physical planting while I helped with water and placement. Cache had lots of fun rearranging my placement of flowers, but at least he was having fun. :) We also got some strawberries for the garden and onions. Cache had lots of fun digging in the dirt and especially spraying the hose to water the plants. :) In fact, when we went out the next day to water the garden again, Cache got full control of the hose and smiled while watering all by himself. Jared and I were standing back watching him enjoy himself and we looked away for a split second when WHAM! Full on spray to Jared and me (though Jared got 99% of it) and a giggling little boy. I don't know where he got the idea, but he thought it was hilarious! In fact, he thought it was so funny, that he did it again while Jared was trying to get the hose back. I'm sure it didn't help that I was laughing so hard that he thought this was a funny thing to do.

Before right of stairs

Before left of stairs

Jared planting

After right of stairs

After right of stairs 2

After left of stairs

Hanging basket :)

Cache rearranging plants

Helping with the strawberries

Helping daddy water plants in the garden!

Gardening is not our strong suit yet, but we are working on it! :)