More Belly Pics...

I had some requests to put up some more belly photos so I decided to put some more up. I am definately bigger, but I don't feel like I have grown much in the past two weeks. You can judge for yourself!

18 weeks

19 weeks

20 weeks

21 weeks

22 weeks

Kick, punch, kick, punch!!

I was reading some of my older posts and I was reminded that I haven't written at all about feeling this little one move!! In hindsight I think I started to feel her move quite a while ago, but I didn't know for sure if it was her! January 1st, 2009 I felt her kick me for the very first time. I was watching Marley and Me with my mom and sister and I felt something kick me. The funny thing is that I didn't feel her kick that hard again for the rest of the day. So, of course, I questioned whether or not I had really felt her. The following Monday (January 5th, 2009) I was driving home from the Trempealeau County courthouse (for work) and she started to move around like crazy. That was the moment that I stopped second guessing myself and I knew that it was truly my little baby that I was feeling. It is the most amazing feeling in the world!!

I have heard that feeling your baby inside of you feels like "butterfly wings", "popcorn popping", "little bubbles", "muscle twitches", and "gas". I would say that it literally feels like a baby moving around inside your tummy. The only other thing I can compare it to is gas. For me, it really did feel like gas bubbles in my stomach, but a little different. So I love feeling her kick me. It can get uncomfortable at times, but only when she hangs out real low. All that pressure on my bladder, along with the kicks and punches, make me feel like I am going to wet myself. And sometimes it even hurts. So I am very pleased when she hangs out a bit higher!! That is my update! Can it be May already??

It's a girl!!

I haven't written for a while because I was waiting very patiently for this day! Today we had our ultrasound and it was perfect! We got to see a beautiful little head, feet, hands, arms, legs, etc. She looked perfect! It is so weird to be able to say "she". I was shocked when I saw with my own eyes that we were having a little girl! I thought that we would definately have a boy, but I was wrong! I am still in shock! I know that she is going to have her daddy wrapped around her cute little finger! I also think that I will be in huge trouble too because there are way to many cute things to buy for little girls. I am going to have to show a lot of restraint...so wish me luck!