25 weeks

Alright here we are a little over the 6 month mark! I can't believe it...only 3-4 months to go! We recently made our first purchase for the baby's nursery, which was the matching dresser to the crib my parents bought us. I'm sooooo excited to set them up but we decide to wait until after we (or should I say Jaime) paints the room. We finally picked out the nursery colors which I must admit is completely different than what we originally planned. I didn't realize how hard it would be to pick a color to compliment the crib set we like. There are sooo many different shades of pink & purple out there! I think there's about 10 different colors on the wall right now! hahaha! I had the hardest time picking only because I didn't want the pink or purple to overwhelm the room. The bedding already has a lot of color in it so I didn't want to add too much more on the walls. We decided to go with a nice mauve shade on the bottom half & a greyish/beige on the top. The colors compliment each other well and I think (or atleast I hope) it'll look even better with the furniture and bedding. I'll have to post pictures once it's complete. I'm hoping to have the room painted & furniture assembled within the next few weeks but it all depends on Jaime's work schedule so we'll see how that goes. I'll keep you posted.

As for baby girl...she seems to be doing great! She is now about 13 1/2 inches and weighs approx 1 1/2 lbs. We just had our 4th prenatal check up last wed. According to the doctor everything looks good. She was very happy with the baby's strong heartbeat & didn't mention anything about my weight. Phew! I was a little worried since we just came back from a mini-vacay in Tahoe and all I did was EAT ALL WEEKEND!!! =) I'm still trying to stay on track with my weight gain but it's definitely getting harder! Some weeks are good and some are bad. I guess we'll have to wait & see how things turn out. I had my glucose test as well as other blood work done the same day. Thankfully the glucose test came back normal but unfortunately we found out that I am slightly anemic. I was a little worried at first but according to my doctor it's very common in pregnancy and all she requires is that I take an iron supplement everyday. Well I think that's about it for now. I'm going to try and get another page or so done in the baby's scrapbook that I finally started last Friday. I'll make sure to post pictures of that as well once it's complete. For now here is a picture of the crib bedding Jaime and I really like (we decided to go with a jungle theme since we already had some things to match) as well as my weekly bump pic. Baby girl and I are definitely growing!!! =)

 Nursery Set

25 weeks

Daddy's first kick...

I just had to share some exciting news...Jaime finally felt the baby kick this evening!

For the last couple weeks I've been able to feel baby girl kicking/moving around. It took a little while since I wasn't sure if it was actually her or just gas. hahaha! Before then everyone was trying to explain to me what it felt like but they all seem to have different descriptions so I was all confused. For some reason none seem to fit what I was actually feeling...if I had to describe it I'd have to say it felt like popcorn popping in my belly. hahaha! Definitely not what I imagined but I treasure everyone moment it happens!

Now that the baby is getting bigger her kicks seem to be getting stronger. She is a little over 23 weeks now and I read that it's possible to even see her moving in my belly. I haven't noticed that yet but I figured if that is happening Jaime should be able to feel her too! I swear baby girl already had her daddy's humorous personality! Everytime she'd start kicking I'd put his hand on my stomach to feel & what does she do...she stops! OMG! It happened so many times Jaime started teasing me that it was my imagination! Oh this girl...if she's silly like her daddy I'm in trouble! j/k!

Anyway, after a long day of running errands Jaime & I decide to have a relaxing night in. Throughout the evening the baby kept kicking on & off but I didn't even bother to have Jaime feel since we were in the middle of a movie. As time went on I noticed her kicks seemed to get stronger & more frequent. There's no way he wouldn't be able to feel these ones so I had to interrupt the movie & tell him to try feeling again. Of course he has to make his little comments beforehand...you know him! After a minute or two of nothing I was afraid she was playing with us again. Right before I was going to give up and move Jaime's hand she FINALLY kicked hard enough for him to say "Woa! I felt that!" and smile! It was soooo cute!!! That little moment made my day & even brought tears to my eyes (I'm blaming that on the hormones! hahaha!). Although it was something so little it's definitely a memory I will never forget so I just had to share with everyone. Hopefully I'll have more to come. We hit the 6 month mark next Fri 3/12 (which is also our 11 year dating anniversary). I can't believe how time is flying! We can't wait to meet our little miracle!!!