Sugar and Spice

It's a GIRL! We went in for our sonogram a little over a week ago and got to see our precious baby GIRL. We are so excited, and are working on filling our lives with pink! He measured her at 19 weeks and 2 days, exactly on track with our August 24th due date. She looked perfect. She was moving her legs a lot and rolling over...apparently she loves to lay on her stomach, which didn't make the sonogram doctor very happy, but I loved it. I loved to see the sweet curves of her back as she rolled over and got comfy on her tummy. Haha, she's her mommies daughter...she loves to be comfortable. I know the doctor just wanted the "cute" pictures for us, but honestly, just getting to see her was the most amazing thing ever. The sweetest part was when she started opening and closing her mouth, and she put her hand up to her mouth and then on her face. How precious! She is a real little girl...just waiting to get big enough to make her appearance into the world. What an amazing Creator we have. I can hardly fathom that this little baby girl will be in our world in about four months. I can't wait!!

On another note. She started kicking! YEAH!!! I can feel her. It's the coolest feeling in the world. They say it's going to feel like butterflies, or bubbles...but I guess I completely missed that stage. Honestly, I think I thought that that was just my stomach growling...but it must have been her. Regardless, when I felt her kick for the first time I was so surprised that I was feeling her. I didn't even tell anyone (except Brad of course) because I thought that couldn't have been her. It felt like something inside of me pushed on my stomach. It was just once and it was short, and the next day I didn't feel it, so I dismissed it until Sunday night when I was sitting on the couch and she decided to become very active. I could feel her kicking...not just bubbles or butterflies, real kicks, kind of like thumps inside of me. HAHA. I can hardly get anything done these days because I will be in the middle of something and feel her and completely stop and just sit and feel her, or wait to feel her again, not wanting to miss a single kick. Haha. I know I have a lot more kicks ahead of me, but these first few kicks are just precious and feeling life inside of me is indescribable! Last night she started moving/kicking when I was laying going to bed and I didn't want to fall asleep...she already brings a smile to my face, I can't imagine what she will do when she is actually here. I can't wait until Brad can feel the kicks too!

In a side note...I'm sorry my posts are so long. I'm going to try and get better at that. But, if you're still here, thanks for reading! :)