bellb maternity

Week 19 Where Did My Belly GO??

So actually 3 days prior to week 19 was a big milestone. I actually felt the baby kick on the OUTSIDE of my belly for the first time! I was sitting on the couch and could feel him in there kicking away, a poke here a poke there. I put my hand on my belly to see if I could feel these pokes but nothing and all of a sudden BAM! I felt a good kick with my hand. I can’t wait for it to happen again so that daddy can feel it.

Week 15 & 16 - Tools Bolts Bottles & Strollers Oh My!

So these two weeks I’m still waiting on that “second trimester wind” and energy… not sure when the stork’s supposed to bring that… I actually am noticing that I feel like a 90 year old woman doing the simplest of things. I can’t walk around or stand for more than about 30-45 minutes without getting tired, my back and legs start aching. Getting in and out of the Hummer is getting hard too, trying to lift my legs up into the car.

Week 14 - preparation time!

So this week our crib arrived, very exciting! We weren’t expecting it this soon because we were told from the store that it would take 18-20 weeks to ship out and it ended up arriving just 2 weeks after it was ordered. So we scrambled this week to clear out the baby’s room and put the crib together. It is beautiful and makes it all seem more real, now I can open the door to the nursery and gaze at the crib and various little items that we’ve started collecting and it puts a huge smile on my face.

Week 11

We are on our way to a graduation celebration for hubby’s sisters who’ve survived college and now get the honor of throwing on the ridiculous hat and gown for that one last hurrah across the stage to receive their diplomas! We flew out to South Dakota and I wasn’t sure how that was going to go, I did know that there was no way I’d be able to make the 10 hour drive feeling so sick, so the one hour flight was much better! This week I am continually feeling better, too good to be true.