19 Weeks!

Today I feel like a balloon. But that's okay. :)

I thought I felt baby swimming around a couple days ago, but I haven't felt anything since, so I might have imagined it. I also have been thinking about not finding out the gender at the ultrasound. Maybe. It would be kinda fun to have it a surprise. Spencer didn't seem to mind the idea of waiting, but I think maybe he thinks it's a little silly. I'll probably be too impatient to not find out.

I'm still feeling great. I've been having weird dreams just about every night, but I don't really remember what they are about. I haven't been sleeping as well. I think that's because I have to wake up to roll over now. It takes more effort than it used to. I've still been pretty tired a lot of days, but I don't really notice it unless I'm at home.

Last weekend was General Conference! I do love conference weekend, and there were some really good talks. Good reminders to be strong and faithful, even if it doesn't make us popular. There were also good reminders about where our priorities should be. On Saturday night they have Priesthood session just for the men, so Ben and Sydney came over. Spencer and Ben watched the broadcast while Sydney and I had some fun in the kitchen. She brought over pizza stuff, and those were super yummy. Then we made strawberry cupcakes!

The cupcake recipe was so good! I'll definitely be using that one again. The strawberry buttercream needed help. In the form of an entire pound of powdered sugar. I've never made a true buttercream before, and I don't think I will ever again. I think maybe it would have turned out better if we had a candy thermometer for the sugar stuff, but it ended up being too runny. We spent like an hour and a half on that dang frosting. The broadcast went from 6 to 8, and the boys just hung out while we were finishing up the frosting. Eventually Ben was like "You guys have been mixing that stuff for the last hour. It's 9 o'clock!" I just burst out laughing. I had no idea it was taking us so long. In the end, the frosting was delicious, and so were the cupcakes. And now I have a big tupperware of extra fresh strawberry frosting in my fridge. I'm going to make more cupcakes to use it on for a ward dinner on Sunday.

It was so good to hang out with Sydney for a while. It had been a long time since we'd seen them, and I was in need of some girl time. (Really, I was just in need of socializing time.) We chatted about life, and how stinky applying to medical school is (Ben applied this cycle, too, but he didn't get in.), my pregnancy, and her going back to get her master's this fall. It'll be sad to move away from them. They are our best friends. Hopefully we will end up close to each other again some day.

I'll add pictures when I can. :)

Tonight Spencer told me I'm mean and to leave the baby alone. I was shining a flashlight at my belly to try to convince baby to move enough for me to feel something. haha. Nothin'. I'll let you know if that even works when I can actually feel the baby. It was the internet's idea.