21 weeks

How far along? 21w4d

Baby's size? a carrot, about 10.5 inches

Weight Gain? 2lbs still

Maternity clothes? nope

Stretch marks? not a single one :)

Belly button in or out? Very much in

Sleep? sleep is good i just wake up with sore hips depending what side I have been laying on

Foods I am loving? pretty much anything is good to me now...YAY I can finally say that again!!

Foods I am hating? although I am still not a huge fan of eggs

Best moment this week? feeling the hiccups for the first time

Movement? Landon is very active during his active times, usually very early in the morning and late at night is when I feel him the most

Symptoms? not too many anymore, peeing all the time though

Gender? a lil boy, Landon Matthew

What I miss? sleeping flat on my back

What I'm looking forward to? having people notice that I look pregnant and not just like I ate a big meal, I feel pretty pregnant looking but apparently to others I don't

Weekly Wisdom: I tell myself often God is in control He gave me this life to care for and He is in control me worrying about all the crazy weird things that can happen will do no good! <--- still holds true

Milestone: being over half way there

Emotions: Lately I have been stressing out a lot over what we are going to do about childcare once I go back to work.  neither of us have family to watch the lil guy and we both work very strange hours so it poses quite the predicament, I just keep telling myself God is in control and I have lots of time to figure it out still, finding a house will put us one step in the right direction because we will know what area we are living at to find a nanny/sitter/daycare whatever

and the bare belly

The Help

I know they already have a movie coming out for The Help and it is already cast, I didn't want to see who they cast for the movie though before I did this because I didn't want it to scew my inner thoughts, but if I were to cast the roles for the leading characters this is who it would be:

Aibileen Clark:

I would cast Gabourey Sidibe as Aibileen, I know they don't describe her as being this big but I just see Aibileen as a very large lovable lady and this is who pops into my head. I absolutely love her relationship the Mae Mobley she gives her the love and nurturing she needs and doesn't get from her mother

Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan:

I would cast Skeeter as Maggie Gyllenhaal, this is exactly as I see Skeeter, and at this point in the book I really think she is going to get some people in some serious trouble, she is starting to get on my nerves even though I know her motives are for good she seems to pry too much

Minny Jackson:

Minny without a doubt to me is Queen Latifah, she is sassy and not afraid to speak her mind, this is exactly who popped into my head from the very start

Hilly Holbrook:

would be Reese Witherspoon

Celia Foote:

based on the description of Celia in Ch.9 when she is spotted at the restaurant with Mr. Foote this is how I picture her as Jessica Simpson

Elizabeth Leefolt:

to me I see Mrs. Leefolt as Kirsten Dunst particularly how she looked and acted in the movie Mona Lisa Smile, I really dislike this character in the book, she is just so cold and un loving her relationship with Mae breaks my heart

Mae Mobley Leefolt:

I am not sure about this one, definitely a cute little blonde girl though

Charlotte Phelan (Skeeter's mother):

I see Charlotte as Tilda Swinton, not sure why this is just who I picture

Constantine Banks:

I think of Oprah when I think of Constantine, I am really anxious to read more about what happened to her and why she had to leave so suddenly

Stuart Whitworth:

this is what I picture when I think of Stuart, I am excited to see him and skeeter getting more serious it will be interesting to see where it goes

This was actually harder than I thought it would be, trying to find the right actress or whatever to fit the image I have in my head for each character.  I am really enjoying this book, there are so many different plots its hard to put the book down at times I just want to keep reading to see how they all play out.

And yes, every time caramel cake is mentioned I want one and all the food they talk about in the book always makes me so hungry, especially when Minnie is teaching Celia how to cook, the meals she makes always sound so good!!

All Images are from google images

And He Shall be Called...

Well we decided on a name for our lil guy.  We had discussed names quite a bit prior to finding out the sex.  I am the type who needs things done, I cant have this precious baby kickin and floatin around inside me without a name.  I need to get stuff embroidered and be able to call him something, so I guess it should come as no surprise that we pretty much decided on our name the day we found out it was a boy.  We decided to sit with it for a week or so to make absolute sure, but every other name we threw on the table was discarded for some reason or another

This cute lil guy will be called 

Landon Matthew Lopez

It's a name that can't be shortened and really there are no silly little nicknames that can come from it (for example I have a cousin named Michael, as a child he was called Mikey and now he is a grown man and his family still refers to him as Mikey and Im sure it drives him crazy because I know it drives me crazy), He wont have to worry about teachers, doctors, etc mispronouncing it, its easy to spell and is a name that I can see a grown man at a job interview having.

In other news, we set up our baby registry yesterday at Babys R us.  It was fun but man I was tired by the end.  The store had a really poor selection especially for little boys so I had to do quite a bit of adding once I got home and then still couldn't find certain things we liked so we also have an Amazon.com registry, which I love because you can prioritize things and I think amazon has great customer service too.

20 Weeks

How far along? 20w5d

Baby's size? a banana

Weight Gain? 2lbs!!

Maternity clothes? nope

Stretch marks? not a single one :)

Belly button in or out? Very much in

Sleep? Sleep has really been great this week!

Foods I am loving? Papa Johns Pizza, Lucky Charms, fruit, mac and cheese, sprite, captain crunch, apple juice, spaghetti o's

Foods I am hating? eggs, peppers or onions, garlic

Best moment this week? Finding out were having a lil boy!!!

Movement? YES, definitely feeling him move...allll the time, I love it especially when I can see it from the outside, hubby still hasn't felt him yet, every time i go to put my hand on my belly he stops moving, sneaky lil one he is

Symptoms? This week has been great I really have nothing to complain about! I think its hilarious though that I often feel like I have to pee really bad and go to the bathroom and only a small amount comes out...i know this will only get worse as baby gets bigger.  Also at night I have noticed my hips get sore...not sure what thats about

Gender? a lil boy

What I miss? this week I miss a nice glass of wine! 

What I'm looking forward to? setting up our registry

Weekly Wisdom: I tell myself often God is in control He gave me this life to care for and He is in control me worrying about all the crazy weird things that can happen will do no good! <--- still holds true

Milestone: choosing a name...will share shortly :)

Emotions: I am so excited now that I know were having a boy i just cant wait to meet him and see what he looks like, me and hubby look totally diffrent him being hispanic and me white as can be so it I am interested to see what features from each of us he gets

Just a fun lil thing

So recently one of the blogs I read and love the Sweet T Family paired up with some other ladies and decided to start up a little book club.  I absolutely love reading and I often like to read books suggested by others.  I thought this book club The Blush & Bashful Book Club would be a fun little thing to do as I love to read also love to discuss the books I read with others, I like hearing other peoples opinions about stuff.

So we are reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett this month and so far I am in love...this book is awesome.  I have heard many a good thing about it and so I was quite thrilled when we threw out the original book for the month and decided to start this one.

Part of the deal is to post our answers to questions about sets of chapters as they are posted on the website. So here is my views on Chapters 1-3

1. Right off the bat, who are your favorite characters? Why? What do you like about them? I love Minny! I love her straight foreword attitude and the fact she has no fear in speaking her mind!!
2. Who are your least favorite characters? Why? What is it that you dislike? I really dislike Elizabeth she seems so selfish and like she cares way to much about what others think, a very superficial person.  It also breaks my heart how she treats her daughter.
3. Who are you most interested to learn more about? I really want to learn  more about Constantine and what happened to her, it seems like she just disappeared one day and I am really interested to see what happened.
4. What do you think the Terrible Awful Thing is that Minny did to Miss Hilly? I think she put some kind of bodily fluid or function into that pie!!
5. Why is Celia Foote hiding Minny from Mister Johnny? What is she afraid of? She probably wants him to think she is a superior house wife and can do it all on her own, I think she is afraid of him leaving her.
6. What kind of man do you perceive Mister Johnny to be? A man you don't wont to cross paths with on a bad day!
7. What do you think is to come from Miss Skeeter's question she asked Aibileen in the kitchen? I actually have no insight on this one at this time

Baby Lopez is....

A Boy!!!!

Our apt went really well today, aside from finding out were having a boy all the anatomy looked like it should and lil man was measuring that he weighed 11oz and was in the 50th percentile...She also said he was measuring exactly 20 weeks which I am today.

So I definitely need to switch my train of thought because although I had an underlying suspicion that it was a boy I was almost positive I was having a girl...I am thrilled to be having a boy and now I just cant wait to pick a name and buy a house so I can start decorating his nursery!!

a few more pics of lil man:

He is already flexing his biceps for us, also I think it looks like he will have my nose...now maybe well get super lucky and he'll have my blue eyes too...but I know thats a long shot :)

19 weeks

How far along? 19 weeks 4 days

Baby's size? Heirloom Tomato about 6 inches from crown to rump

Weight Gain? I weigh myself everyday and some days Im at 0 lb. gained some days Im at 1 lb. gained...I'm interested to see what the Dr has to say about this 

Maternity clothes? nope

Stretch marks? not a single one :)

Belly button in or out? Very much in

Sleep? I have slept much better this week, it makes work so much more enjoyable when I get enough sleep

Foods I am loving? Papa Johns Pizza, Lucky Charms, fruit, mac and cheese, sprite, captain crunch, apple juice, spaghetti o's

Foods I am hating? eggs, peppers or onions, garlic

Best moment this week? This week hasn't been too eventful I just seriously cant wait till Wednesday when I find out the sex of this lil bebe

Movement? YES, definitely feeling bebe move more and more

Symptoms? I have definitely had much more of an appetite and much less queasiness this week, I'm just very particular about what I want to and don't want to eat...I find myself not able to eat as much at one sitting anymore which I know is only going to get worse.  My skin has still been breaking out pretty bad, but My amazing OB office that I freaking love has a really sweet lady who does all their aesthetic services so I am going every two weeks and alternating between a pregnancy safe facial/peel thing and microderm abrasion, I am really hopeful that things will start to look better soon...plus its really nice getting a facial and neck/head massage every two weeks :)

Gender? Find out in 3 days!!!! I cant wait its like christmas all over again...I told hubby He may not want me knowing the gender because it will be all I can do to not buy every cute thing I see ESPECIALLY if its a girl :)

What I miss? being able to run and work out and sleep on my back 

What I'm looking forward to? finding out what this little bebe is!!!

Weekly Wisdom: I tell myself often God is in control He gave me this life to care for and He is in control me worrying about all the crazy weird things that can happen will do no good! <--- still holds true

Milestone: I feel like I am finally showing just a tad

Emotions: Lately knowing this pregnancy is almost half done I have started to feel a little overwhelmed with the fact that I am going to be responsible for teaching and raising this little life..its a BIG responsibility