I am officially 19 weeks today! Can you believe it? While I realize that I am probably the only one keeping track at the moment, its still unbelievable! I know I haven’t posted much about our new addition to the family, there hasn’t been much to tell. Our first ultrasound, taken at 6 weeks and 6 days gave us the first glimpse of our little one. In the picture below you can just make out the little kidney bean shape on the left hand side, which is our little Marshmallow. I will say it took forever to find him/her… only 6 weeks old and already moving around enough to hide from everyone!

At about 10 weeks my OB did another ultrasound, but unfortunatly there were a few issues with the printer. Thats ok though, there is one on my file that she says I can have. At 10 weeks, the baby was starting to take more of a form… a little kidney bean with flippers for feet. Once again, he/she was hard to find at first and during the ultrasound continued to move and made things a little difficult for my OB. Funny… Abby was the same way! Since my 10 week appointment we have been able to hear the heartbeat each time I have gone in and everything sounds great!

The most recent and exciting news is that I have have felt the baby move, a lot! I was feeling subtle flutters and movements starting around the 16th week, but now they are very big and noticeable. On several occasions this evening I could even feel the movement on my hand when I placed it on my stomach. I love this part of pregnancy! Not only does it start to feel very real for me, but when Shaun can feel the movement he can actually feel more connected as well.

Within the next week or so I will go in for my 2nd trimester ultrasound and we couldn’t be more excited! I am excited to see our little one but even more excited to find out what we are having! Trust me when we know I will let everyone know as well.

I think that is all for the moment! I have an appointment on Monday for a general check up, so if there is anything to tell I will!