23 Week Belly Shot

Here is 23 weeks! Jeremy is growing like a little basketball! He's hanging out nice and low, jumping around on my bladder. I am waiting for the time that I pee my pants!

Overall I am feeling GREAT! I am a little tired, but, I think that is more due to having an extremely busy schedule than being pregnant. Jeremy wiggles around alot, and my favorite thing is to have my hands on my belly and feel the kicks inside and out! He rarely cooperates and moves when other people are around. Maybe he is a little shy.

21 Week Belly Shot

Here it is. 21 weeks with a 22 week baby :) I forgot to weight myself this morning. I'll add the weight gain tomorrow.

I'm feeling more movements. My belly button hurts frequently. Still wearing my regular pants, they fall down, but the maternity ones REALLY fall down. Belts aren't comfortable when I sit, so I guess I should invest in some suspenders :) That would be fashionable.

It's a....

Today was the BIG ultrasound!

The top picture is our beautiful baby, with a hand up by the mouth.

The second picture is the babies profile.

And the third picture is the money shot!! We are having a bounching baby BOY!!

We had already decided on names, so Jeremy Wade Hartke it will be! However, I don't feel that Jeremy is suitable for a baby, more a teenager, so I'm thinking J.J. for short. (Because the ORIGINAL Jeremy wants to call him Junior, so Jeremy Junior=J.J. Even though, technically, he isn't a Jr. But, we

don't care)

He is measuring a full week ahead :O! And he is very long. But,

that was too be expected as Matt and I are not small people. So, we will be pulling out all the sporting equipment early and training our kid so he can support us into our elderly years! :)

Matt felt the baby move!

Last night when I got into bed, Baby was moving quite a bit. I usually put my hand on my belly so I would know when you could start feeling it from the outside. I felt the kick! So, I called Matt and he came and had his hand on my belly when the baby kicked again! Matt kinda freaked, he thought it was SO amazing!! It is only detectable from the outside right now when it is a big kick, so I can't wait until it is more obvious. Matt hasn't got to experience too much yet except watch me puke (well, not anymore) and hear the heartbeat when we go to the doctor. By the way, Matt has NEVER felt a baby move. When our friends were pregnant, he would tell them that the first baby he wants to feel move will be his. That's kinda cute.

Round Ligament Pain

Well, pregnancy sure has a lot of surprises for my body! I made it through the morning sickeness, and now moving on to ailment number 2, round ligament pain. It started Friday morning where it hurt to stand up and walk, and I had to hunch over while walking. Then again last night on our way out to dinner. It feels like a muscular type pain in my lower left abdomen. Supposedly it's normal and not much can be done about it but to try not to change positions too fast. Now it makes me nervous to stand up! But, I still love being pregnant :)