Catching up

Week 19

 Week 20

 Week 21

I know I have been bad at posting these on here lately...whoops. Thanks to Sharon I have at least been taking the pictures each week. Nothing new really happened prior to this week so not much was missed. This week though is another story. I have been able to feel the babies move for weeks now but no one else has. Yesterday though I was watching TV and I had my hands resting on my belly...where else would they go??? All of a sudden I feel movement. At first I thought it was just me feeling it from the inside and just translating the experience to my hand since it was there. So I decided to press a little harder. Nope, for sure I was able to feel the kick with my hand. I immediately called my sister over to feel it. She was able to feel a kick right away. Later my Mom was able to SEE my belly move and she felt one of them having hiccups! I am so excited. I wish Brett could feel it. Its sad that he isn't here to share this all with me but he is glad that all three of us are safe and sound here.

While I am on the subject of Brett, I just want to publicly say that Brett is the most amazing and supportive husband. He was great through the craziness of my first trimester and put up with all my crying and freak outs. Since we have been apart he calls whenever he can and on weekends we get to chat on a web cam. We even reinstated movie dates (we watch the same movie at the same time while we are on the phone). I don't many guys that would do all that. Even though he is half a world away he makes me feel like I am the most special person in the world. He is going to be an amazing father because he is already an amazing husband.

Week 18

Growing, growing, growing. I went into see my new OB here on Wednesday and I have to say, I am very happy with him. I wasn't quite sure how I would like having a male doctor because I have had females only up to this point. He was great though. He answered all my questions and gave great advice. Things I was worried about he calmly explained to me. He measured my belly and I was already measuring at 30 weeks...I cant wait to see what I will look like at 30 weeks!

So updates for this week are that the babies are kicking a lot more than they have before. They really react to orange juice and jump around a lot anytime I drink it. I am actually down a size from before I was pregnant. I asked the doctor about that and he said nicely, that since I wasn't the smallest girl out there that it was ok if I lost a little weight it wouldn't hurt the babies. As long as I don't go crazy everything will be fine. This week I think I am finally going to graduate into maternity shirts. All my shirts I have been using are not quite long enough anymore. Cravings are not really there for me...other than coke. Oh what I wouldn't give to sit down with a 2 liter of Coke right now. Its more of food aversions that I have been dealing with. Eggs and greasy food make me gag just thinking about them. So far this pregnancy has been great. I can't really complain too much.