Such a funny feeling

So like I've mentioned recently, I have been feeling the baby move around some for the past few weeks. But last night I started to feel what I assume is either kicking or punching...or both. I laid down on my stomach to write in my journal (which my OB doctor says is fine to do as long as it is comfortable) and I felt the funniest feeling in my belly. I think I finally felt the "fluttering" sensation, but it only happened once so I'm not really sure about that. But then I started to feel some obvious thumps from within. And what is even more exciting is that it was FINALLY strong enough that Jess could feel it too. It was so exciting and so much fun to see the expression on his face. He was finally able to "feel" the baby and I think it makes him feel a little more connected to the baby.

Still no names... which is somewhat worrisome. I know that we still have several months...but I'm so indecisive. I'm worried that once we choose something I'll decide a few weeks later that I don't really like it as much as I thought. Another thing that seems daunting (but fun) is registering. There are SO many things that the baby will need and I don't know where to start. I don't know when I should start. Part of me wants to go ahead with it, but part of me thinks it's way too early. We can't start working on the room yet because we have a friend living with us for the next few months and the guest room is going to become the nursery. The cats get to keep their room! :) So a question to all you moms, is it too early to start? And are there any items that are essential that I might forget. Or do you have anything that you just LOVED and recommend me getting?

Last but not least.... the worst thing about being pregnant is getting bigger. Not just because you get bigger, I don't really mind that. It's because it makes clothes shopping, which was already difficult, practically impossible. Not to mention the fact that you have to get something new every few weeks because you grow out of what you just bought. So far I've put the whole shopping thing off, but now I'm to the point where I really CAN NOT fit into any of my regular clothes anymore. I tried to go shopping for maternity clothes today and it was very discouraging. I don't really like anything out there that I've found so far. So... I got one pair of jeans. Nice.

Ok... now that I've typed way to much I am going to go. Thanks for reading and there will be more to come soon.

Can we do that again???

This morning Jess and I had the awesome experience of having an anatomical ultrasound done. It was so much fun to see the baby. We told the ultrasonographer before we started that we didn't want to know the gender and thankfully we didn't see anything we didn't want to! But we did get to see the baby and all his bones, his heart, kidneys, bladder, brain, etc. It was so amazing. I want to have it done every day. I wish I could buy my own ultrasound machine like Tom Cruise. They recorded the ultrasound for us but unfortunately they are still a bit in the olden days and it's on VHS which means we can't easily load it into the computer or burn it onto CDs for other people. We did however get a few pictures which are here for your viewing pleasure. So take a long look at my precious little baby growing! :)

Open mouth... I think he was going for his thumb!

Waving at the camera...or just randomly moving about.

FINALLY some movement

For a while now I've wondered if I might be feeling the baby move. But I didn't want to assume. As we all know when we look too hard for something we usually think we find it even if we didn't really. But I can now definitely say that I have been feeling the baby move for about the past 2wks. I was surprised though because it is not the sensation that EVERY pregnant person I've talked to has described. Everyone keeps telling me about this "bubbles" or "fluttering" sensation. I have had NEITHER of those!! :) I have felt a few "thumps" as well as what feels like the baby is rolling around. Is like a pressure that I can feel move across the inside of my stomach. It makes me laugh most every time because it comes out of the blue. I can press on my belly and find almost exactly where the pressure is coming from. I get frustrated when I go hours without feeling anything, but I've been assured that I should be thankful as I will soon start to get elbowed in the ribs and kicked in the bladder. haha.

My belly is continuing to inflate. The picture with this post was taken today. I'm a little over 20wks along. So I guess so far I'm not that fat! Haha. I have my anatomy ultrasound this coming Thursday. Hopefully they will let me record it and if so I will post some pictures up for all to see.

Oh...and if anyone has any cool name ideas I'd love to hear them. Jess and I still have NOTHING and we have to come up with a boy's and girl's name in the next few months. YIKES!!! We want something either meaningful or unique...but nothing too crazy.

And as a side note... I just want to let everyone know how amazing Jess has been in this whole process. He is very supportive. He has come to all of my doctor appointments, rubs lotion on my belly, is cleaning the litter box routinely, he's writing a lullaby, he talks to my belly (well the baby inside of course), helped me set up this blog, takes pictures of my "transformation" regularly, and even went looking for baby gear with me yesterday. So for all of you future daddies... your wives now know what a husband is SUPPOSE to be like and you'll have to live up to it! :)