16 Weeks

We made it to 16 weeks! I had a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and the heartbeat was 148 and we heard the baby moving and kicking the doppler a lot! Quite an active little one we have! It actually took the doctor a while to find the heartbeat because the baby was moving and kicking so much. Josh was super excited to hear that the baby's heartbeat was 148 because he is so caught up on the wive's tale about 140's and lower is boy and 150's and higher is girl. I'm surprised at how much lower the heartbeat was this time. At 7w4d it was 162 then at 11w5d it was 157 and then at 15w5d it was 148.

THE COOLEST part of the appointment was getting to make my NEXT appointment! On January 29th we will have our sonogram to determine if our active little person is a BOY or a GIRL!! I can't wait!! 19 days and counting!

Picture taken today at 16 weeks

So other than getting to schedule our sonogram the baby and I had another great moment this week. Yesterday I was getting really tired about 2:30 in the afternoon. In years past Michele and I would walk down to the Sweet Granada and get a little chocolate snack to pick up our afternoons but since she hasn't worked with me this last year, I just haven't gone. Well when I felt like I hit a brick wall yesterday I decided I would take the walk and ask if Teresa (my boss) wanted to go. Well we went down there and got some chocolate and walked back. I sat down at my desk and dug into my Granada goo (it's rice krispies with peanut butter and deliciousness covered with a layer of chocolate). I took a couple bites then a drink of water and then I felt three little pushes from the inside of my body down on my lower left side. I think it's safe to say that I felt the baby move for the very first time yesterday afternoon (1-9-13). It was pretty darn great! I wasn't expecting to feel movement for another couple weeks but I'll take it!!