Half way there!!

WHOO-HOO!! 20 WEEKS! I can't believe it. 

One of the coolest things about being pregnant (besides being able to park in the 'expecting mommy' spot at Babies R' Us) and maybe, the really only cool thing, because of the fact that I have been so sick and something just always feels off... i.e. peeing like every 30 mins, not sleeping through the night (like ever), gaining weight and feeling so depressed cause I can't fit in my size 2 jeans anymore, and the heart burn...oh goodness, let me tell you real quick about my first experience with heart burn: I was home alone and I felt something weird in my chest and then all of a sudden it was hurting ALOT and almost like getting hard for me to breath, I call Sam to tell him I didn't feel very good so he is asking me to explain to him whats happening and whats wrong but I just didn't know what was happening so then I start panicking and crying and like making myself sick. Montee can sense something is wrong and is all in my face sniffing & licking and the last thing I want is a dog in my
face. So Sam leaves work to come home and help out. Come to find out there really isn't anything he could do to help, except rub my back and get me a glass of water...lol poor guy. I think he was a little frustrated at this point. Annnnyyyywaaaayyy. Heartburn is terrible and it just feels like your chest is going to explode. Luckily my cousins wife, Danielle mentioned to me later that month to take TUMS when it happens so now when I feel it coming I go straight for the TUMS. They save me.

Ok. So. Now that we are totally side tracked, back to what I was saying... the coolest/best/most amazing thing so far about being an expectant mother: feeling the baby move! The first time I felt the baby move we were sitting in church. I just leaned over and whispered to Sam, I think I just felt the baby! I knew it would be happening soon because they say it is supposed to start happening around 16 weeks but usually a little bit later in the first pregnancy. For me it was at 18 weeks. It feels like butterflies fluttering in there at first and now it just feels like a baby moving in there. Haha! I can't really think of a better way to describe it. And last week when we were laying in bed watching 'Making a Murderer' (which I highly recommend, its intense!) I could feel the baby moving so I had Sam put his hand there and he felt it too! It's such a weird thing but sooo amazing. It has become very consistent at night time after diner, before I go to bed.

The feeling of not being alone is so great. I have had the thought in the back of my mind the whole time that the baby is there with me but feeling him/her moving makes it so much more exciting! Going to the store, watching TV, talking on the phone, making dinner, I am always reminded that I am not alone. I smile constantly thinking about being able to finally kiss the sweet little face of the baby in me moving around.

So even though there are alot of things I count in my book as a negative side of being pregnant... feeling the little thing move around makes all of those things not seem so big of a deal.

Only four more months till the baby is here!