Baby Bump Thursday (friday): 20 weeks

Wow it's been a long time! I'm officially halfway through this pregnancy, and honestly it feels like i still have FOREVER! Luckily the weather up here in Washington has been nice, and not cold so it doesn't give my back any problems (for now). I''m nervous for the cold weather because that's when it seems to act up the most. Well here is what the "bump" looks like now, i already feel as huge as a house.

 I actually curled my hair that day. You can't really tell but it's growing a lot! I'm never going as short as i did when i was pregnant with Ami. Some of you may remember my horrible disaster of a haircut, it was not cute. I wanted a bob, and she used clippers on my hair, that's how short it was! Ever since then i have done nothing but trim my hair because i'm afraid lol. And with these prenatal pills i'm taking it helps with the growing :)

20 weeks: The baby is 6.5 inches long, about the size of a small cantaloupe and weighs 10.6 ounces. This week your baby's skin will become covered with a waxy-like substance called vernix which will protect her skin from becoming scratched or chapped. Your baby is also starting to produce meconium, the result of digestion, which will accumulate in his bowels and eventually pass during delivery or in his first diaper. Ew! lol

So we are for sure on a first name, (if you don't know then you have to wait till she's born lol) but are still going through a couple middle names. We have a few family names we wanna use, and maybe a name from glee (shut up if you're rolling your eyes right now), but we also wanna wait until she is actually born too. The day she is born might sway us into deciding the name, at least the middle name. And that's all you get to know hehe. Some close family know, but we both agree that while it's fun to throw out names and discuss it with people, we think it's kind of rude when people make a face or rude comment on a name we're considering. It's no one's decision but me and corey's (and maybe ami's lol) what we name our daughter. So if you are doing this, knock it off! ha. Again, i'm not trying to say i don't want your opinion, I'm open to that. But please be respectful of what we like (at the very least talk behind our back if you want). 

Anyway, onto a new subject. Some people may or may not know that Corey is getting med-boarded out of the Army. Basically he has been having back problems for a long time, and he was finally able to see some doctors and he is no longer physically able to do his job anymore (infantry). Now he could have re-classed, which means he could change his job title and do some crap job at a desk or something (if you know Corey, you know he can't sit still lol), or he was given the option to be med-boarded. On the one hand, if he took a new job, he wouldn't be able to re-enlist, and he would finish out this contract (2 more years) and he would be done and out, and that's it. Thrown into the real world or no jobs and a recession. Or on the other hand, if he is med-boarded, he will be out in about 7 months (ish) and when he is out, he gets a paycheck still for the rest of his life, insurance for him and our family, a pension, AND the G.I. bill, (i'm not gonna explain that one, basically it's about 85,000 dollars for school, which we could both use). So obviously, we chose the med-boarding. It sucks because i am very proud of him, and he is proud to be a soldier and fight for this country, but this is what's going to be best for our family in the end. The best part: he is now and forever NON-DEPLOYABLE. This is by far the best news we could have gotten, because his brigade is more than likely getting deployed this winter, right when baby number 2 is due. I don't know if i could have had a baby while he was gone. I know so many military wives do it, but that's the one thing i don't think i could handle. (kudos to those women, seriously). SO, to make it short, we are going to be normal people again! What does that even mean? lol I have only ever been married to and Army guy, and now we are gonna be civilians! Ew. Just kidding! It's kind of weird to think that we will finally be back in California (yes!) permanently, with all our family and friends. No more goodbyes that we all hate so much. No more of our families watching our kids grow up on skype (except our family in Illinois, miss you guys!). I just can't wait! But for now, we have to finish out our time here in Washington. And did I mention i can't wait for the holiday season this year? It's my favorite time of the year already, but this year we will get a white christmas, nothing major just an inch of snow :) AND my family, and maybe some of corey's too, will be up here for Christmas, and the new baby! I really hope all of my siblings and my parents can come. My mom and brother were the only ones out of all of them that could come, and it sucked. It's going to mean so much to me to have them all there. 

Ok, enough of my blabbing, one last thing. I kind of have ocd right now with nail polish. Or i guess it would be more like hoarding, i dont know. But i always wanna buy like every color at the store, and do cute designs. I get ideas off of youtube, people do tutorials, so i never run out of ideas :) so if anyone wants to buy me some, feel free :) 

Happy friday everyone! I miss ALL of you, and can't wait to be home <3