my little acrobat

I swear somedays this kid thinks he's an acrobat!! And thinks that my bladder is his personal trampoline! I LOVE IT! I find myself sitting around with my hand on my tummy *just in case* he starts so I can feel him inside and out. I know I probably look funny like that, many times friends will ask if he's moving, but there's no warning and I don't want to miss it. Unfortunately only a few people have felt him move, and even then only a couple of times. He's a little shy with others apparently. And while I want to share him, it's nice to sometimes have it to myself still. :)

The other day I put Craig's hand on my tummy and my friend saw his hand move when he moved. I didn't realize he was quite that strong yet!! I knew if *felt* strong, but got excited to know that it's starting to be visibly strong too. It's amazing, it was just a few short weeks ago that I even started feeling him.

I'm starting to get more excited about registering and buying things. So far, I've done pretty good about not buying too much, I hate the idea of buying too much and having way more than we need. So somehow I am keeping myself content with doing my research and registering for things.

My first shower is in Arkansas in a month (wow!) and I...can't....wait! I can't wait to SEE people. I so don't care about what I get if anything, we are inviting people that were involved and important to me growing up but haven't necessarily gotten the chance to see/talk to in the last several years. I can't wait to see them and just CELEBRATE this life with them.

Utter Amazement

So I'm *almost* 20 weeks. Will be tomorrow, so here's the 20 week pic.






But the true amazement came with the ultrasound today. Craig was almost completely silent and I cried. First....HOORAY FOR LITTLE BOYS!!! We didn't really care what we were having, but are thrilled to say boy! But to see our baby on the ultrasound.......I don't even think there are truly words. I still feel on the verge of tears when I think about it and look at the pictures. Amazing. What an incredible blessing. And the biggest blessing and answered prayer, everything looks great. He *of course* being mine and craig's had to be a little difficult not moving his hands from his face. So the ultrasound tech got out her little 3D wand and got some GREAT 3D pictures. I think he just wanted to show off, cause after that we got a fabulous profile picture!!!

16 weeks!

Well, actually I am 16 and 6 now. But this last saturday I went after work to one of Craig's cousin's wedding reception. It wasn't a fancy thing, they had gotten married quietly before, but wanted the family to celebrate.

Well, another one of Craig's cousins got married last year and the same day I took my pg test, his wife took hers! It was so exciting. Craig called his grandmother to tell her, and she replied that April was too. She was having quite a good night, she was so thrilled.

So back to the original point, April and I decided we needed to have belly pictures together. Not that its a very good picture (my camera was inside and I haven't gotten the one from her yet), but it works!!

Nov 18, 2009

I know, 9 weeks isn't that far along, but the excitement is that I KNOW how far along I am. We did the ultrasound for dates, and with this comes a due date! I wished that I was further along, as I kind of hoped for a birthdate of oct 29 (mom's birthdate). I am no longer really wishing for this because it would be 3 weeks early.

My friend Christy went with me to the ultrasound (craig had to work) and we both cried a little. It was amazing looking at the screen and seeing the little heart flutter.

Then we went to wal-mart to show Craig the pictures and the update. He was sooo happy and seems SO excited! I love seeing it.

So I'm VERY excited, but it's been a very muted excited due to not feeling very well. It's sooo worth it, though!

HEYYYYY BABY!

Holy crap! YAHOO! So sunday night I decided to go for it and pee on the stick. Really, truly didn't think I was, but acknowledged to myself that it was possible. I was sick of wasting money on the tests so literally up until sunday when we were out and about wasn't going to buy one.

Well we had cleaned out the garage that day so I was feeling all dusty and dirty. Decided to hop in the shower before we all watched a movie. Decided to pee on the stick before the shower (still not really thinking it would show anything) . Well NEEDLESS to say, when I got out and looked down I FREAKED OUT! Craig got really excited as soon as I showed him, after he asked if I was sure "it's not very dark". I told him "pink is pink is pink" it's positive! Then the phone calls and text messaging began!! Yea, I briefly thought about at least waiting until I set up and went in to see the dr, but then realized I couldn't contain myself and my mouth! So......that was the end of that!

So far not feeling too bad. Just waiting for the nausea (hoping it doesn't rear its head too badly!) and the exhaustion to set in. So far I'm tired, but I've also picked up an extra 6 hrs already this week and couldn't exactly sleep monday or tues nights!!!

Haven't been to the dr yet, that's april 2nd. Have pretty much figured out that I'll be due the begining of november sometime.

Those that have seen me freak out with excitement will know what that means. Those of you that have not seen this....well......picture squealing and jumping and shaking, you might get it!

Painting!

So I decided that I was tired of not doing anything with my house so I have decided that I'm painting the spare bedroom. Now this is the bedroom that I plan to use as a nursery (if/when) this happens so I am keeping this in mind as I paint and fix it up. I figured I have some days off in a row so *hopefully* I can get it done before I'm back!! Here's crossing my fingers. It's *my* first big project.

Shame on me!

Wow, has it really been this long??!! I have to get better at this! Well, Arizona was fantastic. We had a great time, dad was great and didn't get too upset when we flew our seperate ways in Denver. He's actually been doing a bit better lately. I think it's because we have been planning things fairly frequently so he hasn't had big lengths of time without seeing people. We met up in Arkansas in November again since gas prices had come down so much and I had a few days off. We suprised my sister, her kids, and my brothers kids. It was a RIOT! I just walked in that night that I got to my sisters and her mouth dropped! Dad did the same thing the next afternoon and she started crying she was so happy! I love doing that.

We were not planning to drive down again for awhile but then dad asked if we could meet up in January to do Christmas together and, of course, I had to say yes! So big plans this weekend to get together in Arkansas at my sisters to have our family Christmas. This time Craig even gets to go!! Most of the time I make the trip to Arkansas by myself since I can get the days off without actually taking time off. He doesn't like to drive down friday after work just to come back on sunday, so he always has to take a day or two of vacation to make it worthwhile to him. But he's great and doesn't mind me going by myself, because he knows I don't want to only go down once or twice a year. (not nearly enough for me!)

So here's to a great trip again!