19 weeks

YAY!  Almost half way there!  The baby weighs about 2/3 of a pound now!

Our ultrasound is in 1 week - I can't wait!  We have talked about it some more, and we are now leaning more on the side of not finding out the gender.  We just both really loved the surprise of finding out the gender once the baby was born.  Sure, it would be easier to plan if we knew the gender, but I don't think it would make a huge difference.  All our newborn clothes that we had from J are gender neutral since we didn't know if she was a boy or girl before she was born.  So, if this baby is a boy, we won't have to buy any new clothes right away.  We still have 1 week to make up our minds for sure!

I am having a hard time at work again.  Same issues of them expecting me to complete projects I am not yet competent in.  Luckily, I have my mentor to ask questions of and he has been awesome.  But, he has a full time job elsewhere, so he does have other committments.  I am counting the days until I am outta here.  I am considering maybe starting my mat leave early.  One, it would get me out of this stress sooner (I am concerned about the extra stress and its effect on the baby).  Two, it would mean I'd get to spend some extra time with J before the baby arrives.  Accoring to the EI website, I can start my leave as early as 8 weeks before my due date.  Which means around Thanksgiving.  The latest I would start would be mid-November.  So, I'll have to give that some thought and decide within the next month what I want to do.