20-22 Weeks...It's a Boy!

Baby Boy West, 20 Weeks!

A lot has happened in the past few weeks! Two weeks ago we had our 20 week ultra sound, and along with learning our baby is healthy and strong, we found out we are having a boy! So exciting. Joey was immediately pumped (even though he sort of wanted a girl) and I felt like I just learned I was pregnant all over again, so it took me a few days to process and get pumped with him. Since, then we've been given quite a few adorable little boy gifts, started painting the baby room, thinking of names...and all of it has made the news so much more fun!

Grandma Corkery also took us out and we picked out our crib bedding fabric, which she is going to sew for us!  This is a bad picture from my iphone, but you get the idea!

20 weeks - he's the length of a banana!

Pregnancy has also gotten much more real since I started showing! No longer do I look like I just had a big lunch all the time. At 20 weeks, Baby West was the length of a banana, at 21 weeks, the length of a carrot, and now he is 22 weeks and the length of a spaghetti squash. It seems like every few days I get noticeably bigger, so I will have to take some more photos and post them soon! Also, Baby West has started kicking and punching me often. Joey says this is because he is going to be a soccer player. We will see!

Some of you may have heard, we did have one small scare - I fainted while grocery shopping but got checked out and everything was okay. A mixture of exhaustion, low iron, not enough food that day, etc. Learned my lesson and am eating small meals throughout the day, taking iron pills and eating more red meat. 

20 Week Belly

As for other news, baby went on it's first hike with 17 high school ladies & leaders on our first "Girl's Getaway" up in the mountains with Young Life. It was super fun, but the hardest hike I have ever done. Non-preggo hiking is definitely preferred. Joey also went on a three day hike/backpacking adventure with Young Life this weekend, and had a blast!

We're relaxing this Sunday before a crazy, but exciting week! Our best friends Sabrina and Garrett get married a week from today and we get to stand with them as part of their bridal party, and a week after that we leave for Cabo! This is our first real vacation since our honeymoon and we are so ready to go! Thanks to our friends the Odman's, Nishimoto's and many others, it was made possible that we could go. It has been pretty amazing to receive such an incredible gift, and we are looking forward to this last getaway before baby..a Babymoon, if you will!

We will post pictures of the nursery and more belly pics soon, and hope you are all well!

   

Recent West Happenings & 19-20 weeks (small cantaloupe)!

We're tired. And that's an understatement. I'm thinking this may be good practice for how we'll feel when the baby comes...!

Malibu Discipleship Camp, 13 Weeks

Over the course of the past month, we've led two Young Life camping trips to Malibu Club in British Columbia Canada and taken more than 70 people...teenagers...with us. It's been a blast as Malibu is our favorite place on the planet and we actually love teenagers (talk to us for any length of time and you'll figure that one out!), but coordinating the finances, health & border crossing documents (for an underage crew), transportation...I could go on...has been exhausting but wonderful at the same time. On top of "everyday life," work and play, coordinating all this has felt like we're running a marathon.

Malibu Club Summer Camp, 18 Weeks

The good news is, the trips have wrapped up and they were incredible and life changing. And, we only had one boy lose his birth certificate and Joey sweet talked the guard into letting him over the border so all is well, ha!

In addition to all the camp awesomeness, we have the amazing privilege of being part of the upcoming Bjornstad wedding! Sabrina and Garrett were our Maid of Honor and Best Man four years ago, and now we've had the honor of standing by them as they prepare for marriage. The bridesmaids and I threw Sabrina's first shower this past Saturday, and it was a blast! The bridesmaids all get along so well (Sabrina knows how to pick good friends!) and Sabrina has some pretty special people in her life that were fun to chat with, too.  

L to R: Bridesmaids Lindsay, Chelsea, Bride Sabrina, Rachelle, Allie & Preggo

In pregnancy news, we're almost 20 weeks, which means we find out what we're having...yay! This Friday is the big ultrasound that should determine whether we're having a boy or girl, so cast your final bets while you still can! :) If it's a girl, Joey owes me something (I forget, haha), and if it's a boy I have to make Joey a pecan pie. Either way, we will be stoked! We're also about 90% sure on names, so stay tuned!   

Current Size of Baby West!

In addition, we've bought our baby's first bed (thank you to Great Grandma and Grandpa West for this special gift!) and set it up in the nursery, and are gearing up to decorate and paint in the coming months. Baby is the size of a small cantaloupe, and we're halfway there, so we figure it's time to begin getting ready! Plus, I'm a major planner. Shocker.

We'll try to update this more often and post belly pics soon!

xoxo,
J & S