18 Weeks!

Hi baby bean :) In nine short days we will know if you are a girl or a boy. Right now, your Daddy and I are the only ones who think you are a girl. Everyone around us says that you are a boy.

I really think I felt you kick yesterday. I was sitting at a lunch staff meeting and it felt like someone thumped me from the inside just one time. I kept waiting for it to happen again but it didn't. I can't wait to feel you move again!

This week you are the size of a sweet potato and weigh around 6.7 ounces! You are getting so big and strong. Your bones are beginning to harden... including the bones in your inner ear, which will help you hear sounds in my body like my heartbeat and stomach growling.

Of course there are still things I worry about. This week, I'm a little concerned about my weight gain... actually, lack of weight gain. Not that I want to gain weight but I feel like that's what I'm supposed to be doing right now. I've lost 6 pounds since I found out about you and my nausea/vomiting really wasn't bad enough to justify that kind of weight loss. I do feel full a lot faster than normal just from the weight of you. I can really feel a difference in my body with you in it :)