I have been waiting and waiting to feel him. All the books say that you should be able to feel the baby move between 17 and 20 weeks. So every night, I lay real still and focus. But nothing ever felt different than what a body normally does. Everyone said I would feel a "Fluttery" feeling. But I never did.
On Sunday morning, I was getting ready and putting makeup on and talking to Shawn on the phone and all the sudden I just felt him moving. And somehow I just knew for absolute sure it was him! Shawn was SO excited and was freaking out on the other end of the phone. It was not fluttery at all but felt kind of like some soft bubbles were popping deep in my tummy.
I never expected to feel him moving so deep inside either. I always expected to feel him moving right under my skin! It was SO COOL!!!!
So ever since I can't stop smiling because I feel it all the time now and NOW I KNOW WHAT IT IS!!! LOL. He rolls over and I completely feel my whole insides roll over. It's the craziest feeling. I can't wait for Shawn to be able to feel him move.
As yucky as it is that women have to go through such horrible labors, what an amazing blessing it is that we get to carry our babies for 9 months. To love them and nurture them and bond with them. I can't describe how lucky I feel to be able to feel him moving inside me. It's the most amazing thing!!! It makes me sad that Shawn won't be able to feel this. To bond with him like this.
But Shawn is the most wonderful husband on the planet! He is SO supportive and EXCITED. He wants to know every single thing that happens every day with Noah and me. He just wants to be a part of it all. He gets so excited and wants to see every single new thing from the outfits to the bottle cleaners. LOL. After I wash all the new stuff, he hangs it in the closet. On the little baby hangers he got. That are of course, all white, so they match. Although I think some of that is his OCD coming out. I am so unorganized and he is so wonderfully organized. He knows that if he does not get control of it now then it may be a lost cause by the time Noah gets here. :).... He already has all his clothes hung up by size, color and outfit type (onsies, long sleeve....etc.) He was telling me to chill out on buying clothes until I started getting outfits with football stuff on them and now he LOVES it when I bring home new stuff. LOL...
Our wonderful neighbor Elizabeth is throwing a co-ed baby shower for us on May 23rd. She is super organized (thank goodness) and is having us compiling names and addresses for her already. We are excited to share our excitement with all of our friends!!! My mom and grandma are even going to be able to fly out for the baby shower which makes me SOOOO HAPPY!!! I can't imagine my baby shower without them both here!!! It's SO hard not being able to share all of the little things with our moms. I try and call often with updates but it's just not the same as them being able to rub my tummy and have Noah get familiar with their voices. As bummed as we are to be so far away from family, all we can do is stay focused on the positive. We are SOOOO blessed to be welcoming this baby into our life and creating our own little family. And so we do everything we can to make everyone important to us feel as much a part of it as we can. Like this blog.... It's not much but it's something!!!
I know you ALL just LOOOVE to read my novels. LOL
Sat March 14th, we hit 21 weeks! We also went to our friends John and Jen's wedding that night. Here is a picture of the belly....
We love you all and thank you for following along with us on this journey. More to follow soon...
xoxoxo -
Love Shawn, Rebecca & Baby Noah (And Joey, our dog, who is sitting at my feel chewing on his new stuffed animal. I have a feeling there will be some confusion as to who's toy is who's around here in the near future.... LOL)
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