Boy or Girl?!?

26 weeks pregnant in my flight dress. 

Time has been flying by and I will be in my third trimester in a week. That means only a little over 3 more months until Dennis and I get to meet our little bundle of joy. I have already been noticing some of the side effects of the third trimester like wanting to take a nap in the middle of the day, harder to get to sleep and get comfortable at night, being super clumsy, or my favorite, Snissing (Sneezing and peeing a little at the same time). Other than those minor hiccups, I have been feeling great and got a baby who is kicking like crazy. I am enjoying every moment of being pregnant.

26 weeks pregnant! 

One exciting thing since I last posted is that the nursery is beginning to actually look like a nursery. I painted the walls last week a light teal/turqouise color which is very gender neutral and looks great. Dennis also built the crib and dresser/changing table this weekend and they look fantastic with the wall color. It definitely still needs some decorations but I think we have a good start. I will post some pictures once it is a little more completed.

Girl or Boy?

Even though Dennis and I are not finding out the sex it is always fun to take a guess at things. At first, I thought I was going to have a girl because I craved the same exact sweets as my good friend Meredith. And by same, I mean she told me she was craving starbursts and skittles and those two exact items I had bought from the store during my whole first trimester. All my friends here at Misawa seem to think I am having a boy. As of right now, I am not really sure and I am not leaning towards either side. So I looked up some old wives tales which help you "predict" the gender and I thought they would be fun to try. I am not going to go out and buy all pink or blue after this but I thought it would be fun to look back at it and see which predictions were correct. They all have a 50/50 chance so here it goes.

1. Chinese Gender Chart = Girl
2. Mayan odd and even numbers = Girl
3. Heart rate. Faster (>140) is Girl. Slower (<140) is Boy. = Girl 
4. Cravings. Sweet foods is Girl. Salty foods is a boy. = Girl 
5. How you are carrying the baby. High is Girl. Low is Boy. = Boy (Low I think but it could be in the middle. lol!)
6. String over belly test. String goes in circle is Boy. String goes back and forth is a girl. = Girl
7. Bad acne is a girl. It says that she is stealing her mother's beauty. = Boy 
8. Dry Skin is a boy or Soft Skin is a girl. = Boy 
9. Linea Nigra Line. All the way up the belly is Boy. Just to belly button is Girl. Mine is very faint but from what I can tell it stops at the belly button =Girl 


There is also one where you mix your pee with Drano and whichever color it comes out equals a certain gender but I am not willing to try that one. Seems not too user friendly with the fumes and I don't want to buy drano just to do it. So from the results above it looks like I should definitely break out the pink, or coral in my case, because I am having a girl. Which I would be super excited about if it  was accurate but then again I would be just as excited for a little boy. Honestly though, the only thing Dennis and I are hoping for is a healthy and happy baby no matter the gender. We are just so excited to have something to look forward to in the delivery room.

What do you think the sex will be? Click the link below and take the poll.

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On another note, I got named this weekend by the Lady Panthers. My name is "SPADES" which is due to my love of Kate Spade purses and some other things but we will not get into that. ;) It was a fun naming just wish I had been able to partake in the drinking part. Other than that, things have been good over here on the other side of the world. Looking forward to coming home in about two weeks. I hope everything is going well for everyone back home and I can't wait to see most of you soon :)