Pregnancy

I haven't been the best at documenting my pregnancy, but I'm hoping to get better for the second half. I felt pretty sick over the first trimester. I was just nauseous ALL THE TIME and wanted to sleep constantly, and the second trimester has treated me MUCH better. Here are some photos of my belly growing:

14 weeks

16 weeks 

18 weeks

 19 weeks

I'm currently feeling great, just tired all of the time (which is very difficult when you're packing to move across the country). My feet swell from just standing and doing the dishes and all I want to eat is ice cream, pretzels from the pretzelmaker and TONS of milk. The only thing that I still have a hard time even looking at is marinara sauce. It just makes me sick. I guess I'll just have to wait until the baby comes before I have spaghetti again. :) It's so crazy to see the size of my belly in the morning and then see it at night. I swear it doubles in size!!

I finally felt the baby kick this week!! I have been waiting and hoping for weeks that I would feel her. Jeremy was actually the first to feel it because I thought I felt something, but wasn't sure. I had him feel my stomach to see if he could feel what it was and then suddenly she kicked him! Ever since then, I can feel her moving around at night time, and it's the best feeling in the world. 

We found out this last Thursday that we are having a GIRL!! I'm so excited! I thought it was a girl for quite a while and Jeremy thought it was a boy. Jeremy said that while we were in the ultrasound, he suddenly just knew it was a girl before the Doctor even said it. 

The best part is that she's completely healthy! It was surprising at how many things they can tell from an ultrasound. This entire time I've been hoping that the baby would be "healthy", but until the Doctor started naming off all of the problems that my baby didn't have, I was surprised at how many things could have happened. 

We're so, so grateful that she's completely healthy. She's still on track for a Sept. 25th due date and I can hardly wait! Here is an ultrasound that we got at the Doctor's office.