Cute shirt=cute belly

Baby.Borrow.Bought

Well, I think I have started "nesting", if you will. Here's a picture of my baby stuff, some bought( I went to 2 soccer fields full of baby stuff, garage sale style. Got those bottles, never been used, plus some other things..$18 .I went with Cindy and Susan)then lots of clothes from my friend Barb, I tried to pick the most gender neutral ones, but they are on the boyish side. A cute teddy and some lotion from Mrs. McKenna. There are some things not pictured that I have already moved out of our apartment, other gifts and the quilt I am half done with( made from old tshirts and my favorite scraps of fabric! )... 19 weeks and counting so almost half way! Getting excited to see Mom, Dad and Christian soon. Felt the baby last night, a faint little bubble:)

Cindy and I ...

I'm due August 15, she is due June 11:)

18+

Its easier to blog when a.) you have a research paper to write and b.) I'm talking about being pregnant. So, life these days are getting a bit more tired. I have been making more of an effort to eat more frequently and healthy. My biggest cravings are smoothies, although I can't just gulp them down all the time because there is a lot of sugar in there! 18 weeks has me feeling like I have a beer belly. I know its not, but I can't help to think that other people are thinking, "rough, that girls getting chunky" haha. oh well. Along with eating better I need to exercise more...today I did a 15 min bike ride and a walk on the treadmill, plus some stretching and back strengthening exercises. I want to swim again, but I need to get a swim cap and a suit that fits first. I don't want my hair to get even drier than it is in this dang climate and my suit is poppin' in all the wrong places! So thats, that. I am behind on my daily Bible readings, but slowly catching up. I just read about Good Friday in Mark. Now I have to go to work...but happy friday everyone!
-e
ps:
here is my baby 'to do' : start a pregnancy memory book, sew my squares together on the quilt I am making for him/her, plan out felt food patterns for the food "stuffed animals" I want to make... I have been saving my tip money for the birthing center rather than having the birth in the hospital, but it sure is tempting to maybe use it for a sewing machine! :( Someday....haha for now I make due with what I have and I am so grateful for all that it is. Praise the Lord in the good and the bad, my joy is found in Him alone!

17+

Hi,
Nothing much is new here, getting a bit bigger day by day, but that's expected. Feeling the best the past few days than I have so far. It is a funny feeling because on one side I am grateful I am not feeling sick or exhausted and on the other side I wish I was feeling those things a bit because it is reassuring theres something going on...if that makes sense.

Group midwife meeting tomorrow: So meeting with women due around the same time as me. Checking weight and heart rate and hopefully babies heartbeat. Just relating and talking and well, I am excited.

Last night we went to a friends parent's house to celebrate Tyler and Roseanne's engagement. There wedding will be a week before I am due in August...cross your fingers :) Andrew is a groomsman so that is cool. Ill just be his almost bursting wife haha. There was 3 other pregnant ladies there last night! Meghan due in May, Cindy in June, Katelyn in July and me in August. It was neat to see.

Kind of a dumb shirt for a belly picture, but here I am none the less.

Heartbeat

Well, midwife appointment went exceptionally well yesterday... Andrew and I heard our baby's heartbeat, thump thump thump, 120 times per minute. Quite surreal. Thank you Lord for a growing baby inside me :)