Kicking up a storm!

So we had another ultrasound on Friday. For the past week I thought I had been feeling baby move, but I wasn't sure...until Friday! It was this weird feeling I had been having. It actually felt like getting butterflies when you go on a roller coaster, like a little fluttery feeling except it was lower than in my stomach, around where the baby would be. So I thought that maybe I was feeling the baby moving around, but since I've never had a baby in my tummy before I didn't know if I was really feeling it or if my body was just being funky.

So we went to our appointment and one of the first things the doctor said during the ultrasound was "kicking up a storm in there!" Yes he was! He was moving all around and I actually felt the little fluttery feeling at the same times I could see him moving on the screen and that's when I knew that I was feeling him move around in there. Again it was sooooo cool to see him and so weird too. We got 12 pictures but here's 2 of my favorite.

His little arm and thumb is so cute!

Our baby.

*sidenote-during the ultrasound the doctor showed us babies face and made it so that we could see the eyes and the cornea was outlined...creepiest thing ever, like straight out of a horror movie. I even told her it was creepy and she laughed at me.

At one point the doctor looked down at my stomach and told me, "you hardly look pregnant," which I don't agree with. I've always had a flat stomach so having even this little belly has been hard for me to get used to. I'm 18 weeks pregnant and baby is looking healthy. Aj and I left the appointment happy and in awe again. This is such a special time for both of us and I just want to make sure we remember the little things.

This was Thursday, at the end of 17 weeks. I feel huge (I know I'm not).

Things that start with B... baby bump boy

Last year around this time we were doing this. This year we are doing THIS:

This is the inside of my belly and that is the baby that is living there.

It is officially baby making season as of 6 or so months ago. I know this because I can name OVER 10 people who have announced their pregnancies......since I found out I was pregnant last November. Obviously we've wasted no time since getting married last August. But let's start the story here.....

So I kind of knew right away that I might be pregnant since I'm usually pretty regular with my monthly visitor. I knew I was suppose to be getting it at the end of the 3rd week of November. When the weekend passed and nothing came I got a little suspicious. But I wanted to wait another whole week before I told anyone (including aj) So when I didn't get it the next week either I told AJ I thought I might be pregnant. That weekend happened to be Thanksgiving weekend and we were going to spend the weekend at my parents house in Pearl City. Mele was giving us a ride to PC and we stopped at walmart before we headed home. I told AJ we needed to buy a at home test before we told anyone. So sneakily we ran and grabbed a test and bought it while trying to hide from Mele. Mission accomplished, we headed home. I waited till before we went to bed to pee on the stick. As soon as I did though it changed and showed up positive...like in a matter of seconds. I thought it should have taken longer because the box tells you to wait 3 minutes before anything. So the next morning just to make sure I peed on the second stick and the same thing happened, just slower this time, but still faster than the box said.

Yes, I peed on this stick.

That morning I went downstairs to the kitchen and told my mom and Mele that I thought I was preganant. I'm pretty sure the first thing my mom said after was, "Jenn, you better finish school!!" hahaha (don't worry mom I totally am). Anyways I still felt like I took the pregnancy test wrong or something so I told my mom I felt like I needed to take another one. So that night she bought me another one and I took it and it came back positive as well. I guess 3 is the lucky number that convinced me. I was pregnant. I am pregnant.

We have been waiting to announce it officially on fb or anything because we wanted to at least go to the doctor once and make sure everything was ok, I also kind of wanted to wait till I got past the 1st trimester since I've heard a lot of miscarriage stories that happen within that timeframe. I just wanted to make sure everything was ok before making any kind of statements. Aj told his family in December. My family knew as soon as I knew pretty much because I wanted to be able to talk to my mom and sister about pregnancy things.

I'm on student insurance and it basically sucks. BYU makes you go to the health center before they refer you to a doctor, and so I went in the beginning of last month (January) and they set me up with an appointment to see a real doctor in Kaneohe....for a whole MONTH later. That was literally the earliest appointment they could get me in for.

So yesterday was my very first appointment. I was confirmed I am currently a little over 16 weeks along. My belly has just started to pop out a little. My due date is July 26. And it LOOKS like we are having a BOY. As soon as we did the ultra sound he was there on the screen moving his arm and hand and the doctor laughed and said "oh look the baby is waving at you!" we laughed and then right after he flipped around and mooned us. Aj said baby was dancing and has moves like his daddy LOL. But seriously as soon as she put the thing on my belly at the angle you need to tell gender and I could see the baby on the screen I could already see his...thing. haha she paused on his little butt and I could see his junk just sitting there in between his legs and the doctor asked, "Do you want to know what you're having or not?" and I was thinking well if I didn't want to know you just ruined it! haha but we wanted to know anyways and I could already see it was a boy before she told us. When she did Aj threw his arms up in the air and with a big smile said, "YESSS!!" haha it was cute and he obviously badly wanted a boy, I thought I wanted a girl, but after being around my sister, Melissa, and her new born son I realized I didn't care what I had, either would be perfect for me. The doctor measured his femur and his head and his measurements pretty much matched up perfectly with my expectant due date according to my last menstrual cycle. Then she let us hear his heart. It was beautiful. That might have been the highlight for me. I couldn't believe that there was a baby inside of me. I just kept saying over and over "this is so weird!" "that's so weird!" I think part of me kept myself in denial about pregnancy this whole time because I hadn't been to a doctor yet and until I knew everything was ok and that there really was a baby in there, part of me just kept acting like I wasn't pregnant. Neither Aj or I cried, (not gonna lie, I wanted to, but I held it back cuz I don't like being super emotional when people can see me) but we were both amazed none the less. It was a very happy visit and happy day. When we left I just kept telling Aj how cool it was to see that there is a baby inside of me and he's alive! I'm still a little high off the moment from yesterday, it was new for me to experience myself, I've been to Melissa's ultra sound and that was really cool too, but nothing compares to when it's yourself on the chair looking at your child for the first time and listening to his heart beating and seeing him move around. I am so amazed still.

A VERY TINY baby bump that I believe has gotten bigger than when I took this picture 2 days ago.

My view. It always looks bigger this way especially since I've always had a really flat stomach.

I'm glad I'm done with the 1st trimester, it honestly sucked, although I know I didn't have it nearly as hard as some women do. I never got super nauseous and smells didn't bother me all that much. The only time I actually threw up was a few times after or during brushing my teeth. Something about having a toothbrush in the back of my mouth (I had to stop brushing my tongue all together otherwise it would automatically cause gagging that wouldn't stop till I threw up) And I didn't like the taste of toothpaste either. I know I had it pretty easy, but sometimes I still hated it, I'd be tired and hungry, but nothing sounded appealing. Most the time I'd force myself to eat but it didn't taste good and I didn't feel good after. I felt sick if I didn't eat and I felt sick when I did. It was just a constant unsettled stomach feeling 24/7. I hated it, but I was still able to work and go to school through it. I was blessed not to have bad morning sickness. No real cravings so far. Sometimes I just want smoothies though. I gave up caffeine and soda. I MISS my energy drinks SO BAD. I've also realized how badly I've abused my body for YEARS. Because I have seriously eaten candy in replacement of meals many many times before. I haven't been able to do that since I got pregnant, in fact candy isn't as appealing as before and I don't crave it as often and I can't eat as much as I used to in one sitting. I never used to eat 3 meals a day and it's been a huge change to do now, and to have to snack and be eating all the time is weird. I feel like it's expensive to eat like a normal person! haha but I'm in no way overeating, I just eat when I'm hungry. I think I've gained 10 pounds in total, according to what my weight was around the time I got married. I don't think that's so bad, I hope I don't blow up since I try to eat healthy and not just eat to eat. I still try to watch what I put in my body, I don't want to be one of those ladies who think they have a free pass just because their pregnant and end up gaining so much weight it's unhealthy for them and the baby. Anyways that's where we're at right now.

We are so excited and grateful that the Lord has blessed and trusted us with a baby. We can't wait for our next appointment to see him again!