Yes! I finally felt the little monster move! On Monday night I was lying up in bed watching Grey's Anatomy (I recorded from last week) and the creature did a somersault or something in there! I almost leaped out of bed with joy. I put my hand on where I felt it and pushed down a tad with a few fingers and it pushed back! Wow. It is alive! I almost cried. I couldn't believe it. I know, you are probably thinking, "what? you knew you were pregnant didn't you?" Yes, but there are such incredible things that you go through in this whole process and even through each of these events, it's still unbelievable. Like seeing him/her in there and the heart beating on the first ultrasound was the first HUGE thing for me at 10 weeks. And then hearing the heart beat for the first time at 14 weeks. Now feeling he/she actually rumbling and tumbling around in there and to push me back, it's all just still completely crazy that there is a human living and growing inside my belly. I know mother's out there know exactly what I am talking about. Everyday is more amazing than the last and time is going so fast. I am really trying to remember it all.
Oh, and I also wanted to report that I went to the doc on Tuesday for my 18 week and all is good. I am measuring right on schedule. The babies heart rate was 146. I gained another pound. Since the 6Th week I have put on 3 lbs., but I am sure it's more than that since I have been pregnant, because I never weighed myself before on a consistent basis. I think when I went in to my doc appt at 6 weeks I had already gained a few:) The doc says it's a healthy pregnancy and the baby sounds great, so that's all that matters to me at this point. I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing!! I will have some new belly pictures soon.
Soccer Player?
Back to Crocheting
Since I have had some extra time on my hands lately at night, and I have this little bun cooking in the oven, I picked up crocheting again. I am so glad to be doing it. It was either this or taking a pottery class - which I missed enrollment by one day:(
Thanks to Shannon - she taught me this zig-zag blanket pattern, and I must say, I have made quite some progress in just a few days. Although, I am pretty rusty on the stitches. This thing is going to be NO WHERE near perfect, which I guess is the point. I will post some pictures when I get farther along. My plan is to do a smaller blanket and then move on to some quicker things, maybe some arm warmers/fingerless gloves or a neck warmer. I definitely have to ask Shannon if she will teach me the little flowers that she does, I love those!
16 Weeks
