Nesting?!?!

Ok so I have heard that women start this whole nesting thing late in their 3rd trimester. I think I have begun a little earlier than that. I am off work tomorrow and thought it would be a good idea to get a jump on my house cleaning. I started in the bedroom. I am still in the bedroom an hour and half later. I dusted, cleaned the mirror and then took a look at the closet. I figured that I should hang my new maternity clothes and take out what doesn't fit at all. (like ALL my pants!) Then I start to think that I might as well take out the shirts that no longer fit. While I am at it, I might as well grab my fall/winter clothes from my closet thingy in the basement. I go down there and realize that about 5 shirts will maybe work this winter. I brought those up and hung those. Might as well grab the winter coats and put them in the coat closet while I am here too. Then I start to think instead of hanging all this summer stuff, I might as well box it up. We wont be here in the summer - we should be moving this fall. So I find a box and thrown my shirts in there. Then I start going through the closet thingy in the basement and take stuff out of there and put it in the box. Shorts.... I don't need any shorts but my maternity ones and cotton shorts - in the box they go.

I am so on a roll now. Its a good thing we don't have any more boxes around. I think I would start in the computer room next.

So I am still trying to figure out... nesting? Or my OCD? Hard to tell. Anyways, I think its time to move on to the next room!

5 Months

Can you believe it? I am 5 months along today. It seems like just yesterday we found out that we were going to have a baby and now we are more than half way there. There is just so much to do in 4 months. It felt like we had so much time and now... It will be January before you know it.

I finally felt Shrimpy move again this morning. It's been over 2 weeks since I first felt that weird movement. I was starting to get nervous but laying in bed this morning that baby was moving all over!

Just wanted to also say congrats to one of my oldest friends who found out that she is going to be expecting her second baby this April. I am so happy for you!

Check back with us in about 2 weeks for the sex of the baby!

Antime Now

This weekend I will be 19 weeks. I wish I looked pregnant and not just fat. I remember seeing a friend of mine at 5 months and when you looked at her... you knew she was pregnant. I still just look fat. I am getting of tired of only looking pregnant once in awhile. I look at my belly and wonder what is going on in there and why have I not started to pop yet?!?! And yes I know... all of a sudden one day I am going to have this belly. I keep hearing it over and over.

Maybe Rob is on ton something... Maybe I am just really (REALLY) late.

Feeling Things

The past few weeks I have been asked, "Can you feel the baby yet?" Um... I should be feeling something? My doctor and nurse both asked, other pregnant girlfriends, and random people. The doctor told me that between 17-18 weeks you will start to feel the baby. Its going to feel like butterflies, almost a flutter feeling. My baby books all said the same things. They have suggested sitting in a quiet area and just concentrating on your belly. Sometimes I would just sit and think, "did I just feel something?" I wanted to feel the baby so bad.

Last night I was laying down after work and Rob was standing in the doorway and we were just talking. All of a sudden I felt something weird... a flutter. It was closer to my left side and lasted for only a second. I looked at Rob and in mid-sentence interrupted him that I just felt the baby. He looked at me like I was nuts. But what a cool feeling! I can't wait to feel shrimpy moving more and more. We're about half way there!

Another Appointment

I had my check up yesterday with the doctor. Seems like things are going well. Shrimpy's heartbeat was at 164. We have our next ultrasound set up for Sept 5th. Hopefully the baby will cooperate and we will see what we are having.

I am so convinced it's a boy. I have no clue why... I just feel it. I guess we only have 4 more weeks to find out!

Really not that big!

I had to take this picture this morning. In my post below, I have the biggest belly ever for Week 17. I took that picture in the evening and usually I try to take my weekly pictures in the morning. People think I am crazy when I say that I get bigger as the day goes on. Well, I wasn't lying! I took this picture this morning. (the morning after the Week 17 picture)

Growing and growing and growing

Every Sunday Rob and I take a weekly picture so we can see how I have slowly become bigger and bigger. I don't know really when it happened but I sure do have a belly. I start off the morning not too big but by the end of the day I am huge!



Looking thin....looking tan.....



Still not too much of a difference...



We probably took this in the morning before I got too large cause I am looking pretty good still... and then it happened...



BA-BOOM! Hello belly!!!!!

Like I said... if I had taken Week 17 picture in the morning, I would have a belly but not like this! I did talk to a girl tonight who is exactly 4 weeks ahead of me. She said at 18 weeks is when she felt the baby move and that is when she popped. Looks like we are about on track...

I will post more pictures in the upcoming weeks.