I SWEAR I FELT THE BABY MOVE!!!

At first I thought I was nuts, I was sitting here watching "Work Out" and felt this....almost tapping on my lower abdomen. So then I helped B put bubba to bed, got up pee'd, got a popsicle and sat back down. A few minutes after sitting down again, I felt it again. The same spot, the same finger-tap feeling. I thought I was beyond crazy, but I felt bubba and pooks at 15 weeks. So I ''googled'' it, and it is possible to feel movement at 13 weeks!

Quote:
"Some moms can feel their babies move as early as 13-16 weeks from the start of their last period. These first fetal movements are called quickening and are often described as flutters. It may be difficult to determine whether this feeling is gas or your baby’s movements, but soon you will begin to notice a pattern. First-time moms may not feel these movements as early as second-time moms" http://www.americanpregnancy.org/duringpregnancy/firstfetalmovement.htm

Then WebMd:

"By the second pregnancy, some women start to feel movements as early as 13 weeks. You're more likely to feel baby move when you're in a quiet position, either sitting or lying down." http://www.webmd.com/baby/fetal-movement-feeling-baby-kick

So I guess I'm not nuts!? Its so surreal and I'm SO excited!!

It has been forever!

since i posted...sorry!

we're at my parents house for two weeks because of B's job, so we've been busy! the boys have so much fun with nanaw and papa, being silly and getting away with anything! goldfish and oreos for breakfast? sure if nanaw is here. PB&J on white bread? yep. staying up til midnight? yeah, why not! LOL.

add that to the fact that its been storming, i've had a crappy internet connection, we were without cable for 2 days, the boys have been sick and we've been to the ER twice, i had my first OB appt---we've been busy.

firstoff, the ER visits. *sigh* i'm just going to sum it up. both boys had high fevers over this weekend...i'm talking almost 104, if not above. after 2 visits, it turns out pooks has a UTI and a viral infection and bubba has a viral infection. if they aren't better over the next day, i have to take them back for a blood test because they might have mono. ugh! today is better though. pooks does not have a fever and is just sleeping the day away with a rash. and bubba, he has a fever, no desire to eat but is in good spirits and will drink anything. we'll see!

i did have my first OB appt yesterday and everything looks great! i'm right were i thought, 13 weeks. i got to hear the heartbeat for the first time, it was 156! that is a great strong heartbeat. i'm measuring good, and i had to do all the labwork. my next appt is july 7th and i might get an ultrasound then. hopefully we will and we'll find out we're having a little girl *wink*

for the fun stuff (before the boys got sick) we did go to the zoo, we've gone mall walking, I got to have a bit of girl time and see "sex in the city", we've hung out with baby hope and auntie S, gone to the playground, played Wii with uncle matt and papa, and pooks even got his haircut! unfortunately i forgot to charge our little camera so i haven't gotten any pics from playing at the playground or the zoo (i don't like to take my DSLR to places like that). but i did get pooks haircut in pictures. here ya go! I'll add the outside play pictures later.

before:

just getting started:

"hey, that tickles":

all done!:

the finished cut:
keep in mind he was sick, so he looks a bit miserable, but it is considerably shorter and he looks like a big boy!

Belly pic...

because i was out of town last week, then my camera was dead the beginning of this week, i'm really late on posting a belly pic. here is one from today, 11 weeks and 5 days. ignore bubba and pooks head's in the bottom! i have my 1st ob appt on june 9th so i will keep everyone updated!

honestly, my belly looks a bit smaller but in reality, its cause my boobs have gotten bigger. LOL, but its true! what 2 weeks will do when you're preggers, huh? i've been feeling pretty good. today was the first day out of this entire pregnancy were i woke up with morning sickness. i puked a couple times this morning, then twice more this afternoon. hopefully its just a fluke!

first trip to the....

movies!

yep, my boys are 2 and 1 and have never been to the movie theater. honestly, i always thought bubba would get scared and pooks wouldn't sit still but i was wrong. after dinner tonight we went to the $2.50 movie theater on a whim. we didn't know what was playing but figured we'd give it a shot. well "horton hears a who" had started about 15mins earlier, but we went ahead and saw that one.

despite missing the beginning, it was a cute movie and the boys did great. pooks was in a trance, he didn't stop watching the screen for a second. he sat in B's lap and just watched. bubba was a little bit different. first he was sitting by himself, then he wanted to sit with me, then he was hungry (or influnced by all the other kids eating) so we ran out to the lobby and got some reese's pieces; back into the movie and he was great. he was laughing real loud and saying 'uh-oh' and at the end they sing which he thought was hilarious.

i guess from now on we'll have to pay more attention to whats playing over there. granted we were only there for about 1 hr but they had alot of fun!

2 movie tickets: $5
1 medium drink to share:$3.50
1 emergency pack of Reese's pieces: $3.85
seeing your kids totally excited and getting one hour to just sit with them: PRICELESS!

pics from the last few days...

we're at nanaw and papa's house for the week, so i haven't taken too many pics. the boys are having fun playing, bubba is attached to nanaw's side and pooks is gaining independence. today, he stood hands free for over 30 seconds, then clapped. he's really starting to cruise quickly, let go and take that little step to the next piece of furniture. mama is about to get REALLY busy!

here are a few pics of the boys, mostly pooks though, with some of his birthday gifts.

enjoying the table from nanaw and papa

pooks ''inhaling'' cheetos (beside his table)
opening his present from bubba on his bday, a Backyardigan's sofa pooks in the pool
boys playing