Week 18

Week 18
This week is exciting because it is the week before our next sonogram where hopefully we will find out the sex and get to see our little baby looking so human! I literally cannot wait. It is so exciting to know that in only a week we can begin calling our baby by a name and starting getting the nursery ready. Brittany insisted a long time ago to plan a gender reveal party for us that will be on March 9, the day after our sonogram. The plan is to not find out what the baby is at the appointment and then the office will fax a letter to a cake shop, who will either make a blue cake or pink cake. It is going to be hard knowing that someone knows what our baby is before we do but I said I could only do this if we got a Friday appointment and the party is on Saturday, less than 24 hours after the appt and that is how it is all planned. All of our family will be there as well as a few friends. I so cant wait! Now of course I am worried that we will not be able to tell the sex of the baby and the whole party will be planned for no reason. Sometimes if it is not one thing it is another, huh?
I have been so healthy so far through this pregnancy, just a little nausea at the beginning and one bout of a cough that lasted about two days but starting this past Tuesday I got a little tickle in my throat and it has progressed into a full blown head cold. I am full of so much snot it is unbelievable but it is all clear so I don't think it is anything infectious or bad. I ended up staying home from work today to let me body rest and take it easy.
This week is seems like my belly is starting to round out a little bit which is a big relief to me. It has also grown a lot too over the past week it seems. I really look pregnant! Craig keeps on mentioning how pregnant I am, it is pretty cute! There is definitely no more hiding it at work anymore, I had to go up a size in my scrub pants and there is a definite bump now! In the middle of the night (2/28) I had to go to the restroom at about 2:30am and I felt the baby move for the first time! I came back to bed and had to wake Craig up to tell him. It is so cool. I woke up this morning waiting for it to happen more and finally it has. It feels like little pieces of popcorn popping inside of me, I love it! I had been looking so forward to this. Now I can't wait for our little baby to get big enough so that Craig can feel it, he is going to die!