It's a....

Sorry if there is anyone out there waiting in suspense for the results of our ultrasound! Fortunately, I'm pretty sure there isn't. :) But, either way, we're having a boy! I have been saying all along that I was sure this baby would be a boy. I'm not sure if it was a gut feeling, or just the fact that this pregnancy has been so different, but really, from them moment I had a positive pregnancy test, I had a boy in mind. So when the tech asked if we wanted to know the gender and whether we had any guesses, I immediately said boy, and she just said, "Well, I have to agree with you!" So there you have it. I can honestly say I would have been happy either way, but now that we know for sure, I really am excited for a boy! I keep picturing a little toddler with a mop of curly blonde hair like M's.
In other news, both M and the hubby have been able to feel baby move. I was at 17 wks, 6 days when M felt him, and 18 wks, 3 days when the hubby felt him. It seems really early, but he is one feisty guy! I feel him frequently throughout the day, enough so that the other night, when I woke up in the middle of the night and realized I really hadn't felt him since that afternoon, I had started to worry, and had to distract myself for a good hour until he started moving again and I was able to calm down and go back to sleep. I'm pretty sure I never felt M so much that I felt the need to worry about her after just one evening!
I am really showing now at almost 19 wks (tomorrow). Although M was born at 28 wks, multiple people have said that I'm showing now more than I ever showed when I was pregnant with her. It's probably true though. I started out 20 lbs heavier, and was doing abs pilates a few times a week, so I had abs of steel! And that is definitely not the case since... hah... Because I never got big with her, I've been wondering whether I would grow more quickly this time around, as most women do with their second pregnancy. Since I didn't ever stretch all that much, I wasn't sure. But here's a picture of me earlier in the week, right around 18 weeks. We're getting there!