Week 19

Scotty finally felt the baby kick!  I have been feeling it but it was never hard enough for him to feel on the outside and he could never catch it at the right time.  But on Wednesday the 17th we went to the Carrie Underwood concert and this baby was jamming out!  It was moving all around in there!  I was sitting down and I had my hands folded across my belly and I felt a hard kick on my arm.  I had never felt one that strong before so I waited and another one came.  So I called Scotty over and I put his hand where I had felt the hard kicks and he felt them twice!  I put his hand there and we sat for a minute, then a kick!  When I felt it I looked up at him and I said, "Did you feel that?  That was it!"  And he was nodding his head and grinning.  Then it happend again and I looked at him and he said "I felt it again!" 

Well after that jam session Baby has been moving around a lot more.  I'm convinced it has grown a ton in the last week.  Number one reason is the more movement I am feeling another is my appetite!  I am starving all the time!  One day last week I ate two lunches!  I brought my lunch, ate that one, then had to leave and go buy more food because I was so hungry! Scotty said the baby ate one of those lunches by itself. 

I have been trying to curb my hunger by drinking more water.  I feel like I drink and drink and it is never enough.  I feel like my muscles are just sucked dry all the time!  With the more water comes more trips to the bathroom.  I feel like I have to pee all the time!  Even on days that I know I haven't drank enough I am still peeing!  I am waiting for the day that the baby kicks my bladder and it all just comes running down my legs.  Let's pray I'm not at work or the Wal-Mart or somewhere when that happens.  Scotty said that he would laugh and laugh.  He's so helpful.

Speaking of laughing - I know that hormones are raging when pregnant.  So I expected moodiness, anger, sadness over silly things.  What I did not expect were the laughing fits I have had!  Scotty has seen me twice have these laughing fits where I could not control myself!  One time he did something funny and another time our cat Alice did something funny and Scotty made a silly comment about it and I just could not stop laughing.  I looked like I lost my mind!  I was crying and crying from the laughter.  I guess that is one pregnancy perk.  I sure had good days those days, I havent laughed that hard in a while. 

Something not so funny - I have had a lot of hip pain this week.  Especially on my left side and in my pelvic region.  From what I have read it seems that everything is just stretching and moving but it hurts!  It is more like a brusing sensation, like I ran into a table corner or something.  It is worse when I sleep and when I sit for long periods of time then get up.  I am hoping that if I up my yoga classes that will help keep everything losened up.

The gender reveal party is coming together and we are very excited.  I know that it will be a lot of work to put together but I am excited to share this time with our family and friends.  Plus I am excited for my parents to come and visit.  My dad hasn't seen our new house yet and he hasn't seen me in person since I have been pregnant, well not since we knew I was pregnant at least. 

Well I will post again on Sunday after the big reveal with all the new baby stats from our appointment and the name and gender of our child! Wooo!