Just an update (:

I am at 16 weeks and 2 days today, and wow it seems like I just barely found out I was pregnant a few days ago! haha, I mean I know I'm not that far along yet, but it is going by way fast! Hopefully the rest of my pregnancy continues to go this fast ;) I am just over 4 weeks from the halfway mark now, which is pretty cool to think about! I actually thought that the first half would be the slow part, since it's pretty much just a waiting game from the time you find out your pregnant -- waiting for dr's appointments, to hear the heartbeat, for an ultrasound, to feel the first movements, to get a belly & to find out the gender. Which, I guess we still have to wait for that last one! haha. We should be able to get our ultra sound in about 2 weeks! We cannot wait. I have a dr's appointment on June 11, so I'm hoping they'll either do the ultra sound then, or at least get me scheduled to have it done. We're definitely not gonna have the gender be a surprise... that would drive me crazy! haha. I am so excited to go shopping for this baby! I have already bought a few boy things -- some onesies, pajama's, slippers & socks -- cause right now I kind of have a feeling that we're having a boy. But some days I do have a feeling it's a girl! So I really don't know! haha. I kept the receipts just in case though.
I wish I had more of a 'motherly feeling' on what it is... but it changes daily! haha. I have had a ton of dreams that it's a girl & only a few for a boy, though. But who knows! haha. Only a few more weeks until the guessing game is over ;) I am so ready to start calling him/her by their name!


I have been feeling really good lately! I am definitely liking this 2nd trimester stuff more then the first! I didn't get sick very much, mainly just when I would brush my teeth & go to far back on my tongue, that's really the only thing that made me sick. I did have trouble eating, because I didn't have much of an appetite & everything always sounded so disgusting. I'm pretty sure the only thing I ate for a few weeks was cereal. haha. I was also soooo low on energy & I was always tired.


Here are my very first 'belly pictures' at 16 weeks & 2 days!
I'm not very big yet, but It's definitely starting to show now! (:

Fetal Movements!

So I'm pretty sure that I have been feeling the baby move for the past couple of days!
It's not a whole lot, but I get feeling in my belly like I am getting poked at.
My 'What To Expect When You're Expecting' book says that usually you will feel 'butterflies', also known as quickening, first... but I never really felt that!
I've also gotten feelings like something is going across the inside of my belly!
I can't feel it from the outside yet, nor can Ryan... but I can not wait until that part comes!
I literally sit & try to feel him/her move alll day long.
I get so excited when s/he does, but it's so quick & doesn't last very long.
Hopefully in these next few weeks, the baby will start getting more active & when s/he gets a little bigger, Ryan will finally be able to feel the movements as well!


But I am sooo excited! This is something I have been waiting for since the day I found out I was pregnant (:

Mother's Day!

Today is the very last Mother's Day I will celebrate not being a mother myself! Although, since I am pregnant, Ryan already thinks of me as a mama, so he bought me a little present to celebrate. He got me this lip set thing from Mary K, that came with a lip mask, lip balm & lip gloss! I love this set & I thought it was so sweet that he got me something this Mother's Day! We celebrated with my mom by having some dinner & going to a movie with her. We saw 'Baby Mama' Which was SO funny! I have been wanting to see it, so I'm glad we did! Then I got her some decorative stuff for the house. Overall, it was a good day! I am so thankful for my mama & I hope that she had a great day! (: Happy Mother's Day to all you moms & mama's to be out there!