18 Weeks

This was a fairly busy week here in the M household.  On Monday, I had a doctor's appointment where I got to hear Baby M's heartbeat again.  I wish they would do an ultrasound at every appointment but just hearing a nice strong heartbeat is such a fun thing!  I showed my doctor the pictures from my gender ultrasound and her response was, "Yep, that is most definitely a penis" so I guess we don't have to worry that the tech who did the ultrasound was wrong.  It's nice to get a second opinion from my actual doctor to confirm that we have a little man coming.  Everything is looking really good and this has been an easy pregnancy so far so my appointment was pretty uneventful, which we are grateful for!

18 Weeks- Tiny Bump

 Tuesday was J's birthday so I picked up Bundlettes from Nothing Bundt Cake, which has my favorite red velvet cake ever.  We didn't do anything big to celebrate since J isn't that in to birthdays but we had a nice evening together. He received a package from his parents for his birthday that included these little onesies.  I will have to make sure that I balance things out with some Patriots onesies before Baby M's first football season!

The biggest baby news of the week was that I finally felt Baby M's first kicks!  On Wednesday when I was driving to work I felt a little flutter that I thought might be a kick but then I thought maybe I was just imagining it.  I pushed in on my stomach and in response got the same little flutter feeling several times in a row.  It is such an awesome thing to feel!  I can't wait until he can kick hard enough for J to feel from the outside.  It is such a fun bonding experience for me and I'm sure when J feels it he will think the same thing.

This week was my last week working with the sweet patient that I have been with for this school year.  I am very sad to be leaving him and such a wonderful classroom.  My coworkers were awesome.  On Friday, they surprised me with a surprise baby shower which was so sweet!  I didn't get many pictures so those will have to come after the teacher emails them to me.  They had a cake and Baby M got more adorable little outfits, some books, and a Babies-R-Us giftcard.  They also gave me this sweet card to remember them by.

I can not get this picture to turn the right way

I will miss everyone in this class and also my patient's sweet family.  Unfortunately half of our little guys were out sick this week so I wasn't able to say goodbye to everyone.  Oh well, that just gives me an excuse to go back and visit! 

Sweet Guy wasn't interested in smiling

This coming week I will be starting a new case in a mainstream classroom with a patient who can walk so I won't have to do any lifting, which was my reason for leaving my other case.  It is always a little nerve wracking to go into a new classroom with an unfamiliar patient but the new case is much closer to where I live and best of all it doesn't start until 10:30 so I will get to sleep in!  6:30 has really been killing me so I am really excited to have the option to sleep in until 9. 

Now onto the regular update:

How far along: 18 weeks 
Baby is the size of a: Mango- about 6 inches and weighing in at 1/2 a pound
Total Weight Gain:+1/2 lb

Maternity Clothes: No, I like leggings and dresses better than jeans right now but maternity stuff still looks too big

Sleep: This week I woke up a lot during the night but overall not too bad

Best Moment of the Week:Feeling Baby M kick for the first time!

Miss Anything: Turkey and Diet Coke

Movement:  Little flutter kicks!

Food Cravings: Cafe Rio- I will be up in LA this weekend so I will definitely be stopping there!

Anything Making you Queasy or Sick: Nope!

Have you started to show yet: There is a hint of a bump that gets bigger by the end of the day and then goes back down a bit in the morning

Looking Forward To: Seeing my parents and all of my aunts and uncles from my dad's side of the family in LA on Friday!