"Normal is just a setting on the washing machine."

That's one of my favorite quotes. I can't remember exactly who said it, but I know it was a female christian comedian and it's stuck with me ever sense. After all, who is really "normal" and what is the definition of "normal" anyways? But today I am loving the word NORMAL because that's exactly what the results were of our 2nd round of testing. This was the big whammy of blood work that tests for the typical birth defects like down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and other chromosome and neural tube defects. Our doctor had warned us that it's not all that uncommon for things to come back "abnormal," when nothing is actually wrong so I was slightly worried that with my luck when it comes to blood testing something would show up. But, nope....NORMAL is exactly what Baby Keyes appears to be. Of course nothing is ever for sure, but it was a nice sigh of relief. Now we can look forward to getting all the major organs checked out at our big ultrasound in 2 weeks to know that all is smooth sailing there as well.

19 weeks today! Time is really starting to pick up and move more quickly now. I can't wait to make it to 20 weeks and know that we are halfway there. Isn't it just amazing? Last night someone asked me if I was 2 or 3 months along. I hadn't been asked in terms of months before and when I thought about it and answered with, "5 months," it sure felt strange but insanely wonderful!