Week 16

I know I know I know...I have not been good about posting weekly. I have no good excuses so let me just try to back up 2 weeks and go from there....
I went shopping with mom and Mary at Burlington Coat Factory, just to browse around, and ended up getting a few new maternity shirts and a pair of maternity pants - my first maternity wear purchases (thanks mom!). I have worn a couple of them, but still mostly try to squeeze into my "normal" clothes...although that is getting harder by the day. I have officially outgrown one pair of my jeans (although they were a little tight to begin with, I won't lie). I'll still wear them, but will have to start doing the rubber-band trick to extend the button (thanks Mary for the tip!). Anyway, needless to say I'm definitely growing quite the belly now. And have finally admitted that it's a baby, not just fat. I just feel like I am so much bigger than I should be at 16 weeks. If I can ever get motivated to start working out more, hopefully I won't be too gigantic, otherwise I may be on track to be HUGE come October. :)
We also made our first official baby purchase the other week...our baby monitor. I was SO excited to get it and I read the direction manual from front to back the day it arrived, but for some reason, I have yet to test it out. I think part of me is still a little scared to make anything too official. I'm weird...I know. Otherwise, so far that's the only baby purchase we've made. I've been looking at baby bedding like a mad-woman though. And of course I can't find anything I like (well...that isn't ridiculously expensive at least), so I am thinking I might make the baby bedding myself! I don't even own a sewing machine! Ha ha. But, Jeff's mom and aunt are both great seamstresses, I hear, so I'm counting on getting some help from then. Stay tuned...
Also, as far as naming goes...all along (even before we conceived) Jeff and I had picked our baby names for either a boy or girl. However, I've started to second guess my girl name, so have been entertaining some new options. I think I might be driving Jeff crazy with it actually. I even invented a name! He didn't like it though, so it's back to the drawing board. At least we still have plenty of time to decide.
Other, non-baby related things going on...we finished the bathroom. Woo hoo! I imagine we'll probably start working on the baby room soon. I think I might wait to really get going till we get back from Aruba though. My weekends are going to be busy busy coming up here soon. So, after the trip, I think we'll get more focused on getting more baby things done.
Probably the most exciting news I have to report is that I think I have started to feel the baby move. For the past week, on occasion while I'm laying in bed at night, I have been feeling a little flutter in my belly that I kept saying...could that be baby? I have read online that women start to feel the baby around weeks 16-20, but most first-time mom's don't notice anything until sometimes even after that. Mainly because they don't realize what it is they are feeling,and will confuse it with gas bubbles or belly rumbles. Even though I thought what I was feeling felt different than anything else, I have been convincing myself that it wasn't the baby and I was just crazy. But I was talking to my BFF Krista (who is due with her little girl in just 3 more weeks!) and she said if I thought it was the baby, it more than likely was. So, I'm taking her advice and declaring that it has been the baby I was feeling. So today after lunch, while sitting at my desk, I felt the baby move!!! It was the first time I felt it outside of lying in bed at night. It was a faint little flutter...kind of a light couple of "pokes" at me, but it happened a few times. IT WAS THE COOLEST THING EVER!!!!! I couldn't help the gigantic smile on my face and I literally started laughing out loud. I was really "LOL"ing. :) I'm sure my co-workers were thinking "Jackie's on crack". Ha ha ha. But I don't care. It was so freakin' cool! (So after typing all that out, I really hope it truly was the baby and not just gas, because maybe I am on crack if gas makes me laugh out loud). :)
Ok, that's all for now. OH! Baby is about the size of an avocado this week. That reminds Jeff of guacamole' so he has been referring to baby as just Mole'. he he he.

Second Trimester Begins!

Today we start our second trimester...woo hoo! Apparently the second trimester is the most comfortable one, I'm told. Although, I can't really complain too much about the first. Other than the exhaustion and other minor discomforts, the first 13 weeks were rather pleasant. Hope that means I can count on continuing that for a while. :)
We had a big week this past week. Jeff (daddy) turned 30 on Wednesday!! Happy birthday to him! What a big year 2010 is for him...entering a new decade of life, AND becoming a father. How exciting!
We also had another doctor appointment on Friday. Everyone keeps saying it seems like I have a million doctor appointments, but I assure you, it won't always be like that...and those aren't "normal" circumstances. We should only see the doctor every 4 weeks up until closer to the due date, but I had some extra tests in there that had to be scheduled outside of the normal check-up visits, so that's why it seems like I've gone so much. Anyway, Friday's appointment was rather uneventful, but I did get to hear the heartbeat, which was really cool! I also met with the 2nd of the 3 midwives, and she was just as nice as the first lady, so I'm glad so far. Other than that, that's about all.
We celebrated Jeff's birthday with family and friends Saturday night for dinner and drinks. And we celebrated Easter today with my family at my mom and dad's house. Good food and good company...just what these celebrations are all about. :)
Anyway, baby is about the size of a lemon this week! Eyes are blinking, fingers and toes wiggling, and baby might start sucking it's thumb now. Wow...growing up so fast!
Here's my baby belly pic. Me at 14 weeks:

And a picture of me and Jeff together...

Happy Easter Everyone!