Baby Date

So I am getting SO excited to be a parent. I'm almost 17 weeks (tomorrow) and my stomach is growing. Not enough that I look pregnant, just look like I could lose a few pounds. I bought my first few items of maternity clothes, and I like it. I think I will love being pregnant. I haven't had the sickness that is always so dreaded, and I have really not had many "bad" side effects of pregnancy. I have a sore back most of the time, and nasal congestion. I will take it! Compared to what my poor sister went through her first twelve weeks, I will take it! Oh, and I'm crazy. Like really, emotionally crazy. It has to be the pregnant stuff, and Nick can attest to this, because on more than one occasion I have been laughing hysterically and then it turns into crying hysterically. Back and forth in the same minute. Funny, yet sad!

I also went out on a whim and bought some baby stuff. Girl stuff. Nick's mom bought a few things too. I hope its really a girl. Plus, I am really wanting to make a quilt, so I went to the fabric store last night and started looking at possible options. I saw the CUTEST fabric I have ever seen and knew I had to make something out of it. It is turquoise with white little figures on it, but they are old-fashioned kids like from a 1920's picture book. Adorable. I found a really cute dress pattern, and will be starting my project soon. If it turns out not to be a girl, Shenna, I hope yours is a girl so I can at least see it on some cute baby soon. Yes, my sister Shenna is expecting too, and is due about a week after me.

I have my next appointment on April 22 and will find out two weeks from then what we are having officially. When we went in at 14 weeks, the ultrasound tech told us she thought it looked like a girl. So, who knows!! It's what I have had the feeling of all along, and Nick has too.

The most exciting thing happened about a week and a half ago. It happened the next night too, but I felt a flutter in my stomach. Not gas. Not sickness. The baby! I felt it. It is in there, and now I know it for sure. We went swimming the next night at the gym and something about the water made it so I could feel it then too. It was so cool. Nick could feel tiny little movements in there too. I love it. I will love being a mother, and love what has been happening with my ever-changing body. I hope it's a good baby.

That's all for now!