Lovely Lady Bump

Within the past couple weeks baby has been growing and my baby belly has made its appearance. Whenever I see people at work or church they comment at how much more my belly "bumps" since the last time they saw me.

Mother's Day
May 8

17 weeks

Jono was so sweet. The day before Mother's Day he took me to See's Candies at the mall and told me to pick out whatever I wanted for my gift. Just to make him squirm a bit I started looking at the $100 box of chocolates :) But in the end I chose my favorites, little bite size butterscotch candies and some chocolate toffee squares. He even gave me a "mommy-to-be" mother's day card. 

May 24

About 19.5 weeks

June 5

21 weeks

The past 5 months have gone by so fast! Jono and I have both been really busy and the blogging gets put at the end of my list of to-do's. I'm feeling good overall. It seems like I'm constantly hungry and drinking tons of water, especially during work. A few of my coworkers wore those step counters things during a shift at work and they walked about 7-8 miles in one day around the store. My doctor was happy when I told her that. 

Here are a few events to remember so far.

After my first trimester screening I got the phone call saying the baby looks good, however I tested positive of being a carrier for cystic fibrosis. WHAT??

Because both parents have to be a carrier for the baby to have it we got Jono tested. We talked with both sides of the family to find out more information. We found out cystic fibrosis ran in Jono's family and at that point I thought for sure we were going to get more bad news. Jono and I had many conversations about baby and talking about all the what-ifs. After about a week of waiting I woke up randomly in the middle of the night and had the thought, "Baby is going to be ok," and then I went back to bed. 

After a doctor's appointment and another week of waiting I got the phone call while I was at work. My heart started racing when the doctor was talking to me and the second after she said Jono is not a carrier I felt a huge weight lift from me. We feel so blessed to know our baby is healthy.

I felt the baby move for the first time on May 17. I was laying in bed late and I felt a small poke. My heart started racing as I thought to myself, was that the real thing? I waited, put my hand on my stomach and about 20 seconds later baby moved again and this time I felt it from the inside and outside (weird, I know...but so amazing). Since it was so late I didn't want to wake my exhausted, sleeping husband. 

The next morning I got up before Jono to get ready for work. I was hoping he would wake up before I left so I could tell him. He finally opened one eyelid to look at me (maybe I was making too much noise? :)  ) And I said, "Good, you're awake! Guess what?" I told him what happened and he tiredly said, "Yay hunny!" and then fell back asleep.

That night after we both got home from work I asked him if he remembered what I told him that morning. He smiled because he knew I had told him something important but he couldn't remember what it was. I told him again and he said "Oooohhhh yeahhh!" :)

Jono felt the baby move last week while we were watching tv at night. Baby was moving a ton and I put his hand on my stomach. After waiting a little bit baby finally moved again and he felt it. 

He was excited.

Pictures of baby from our second trimester ultrasound.

And the last bit of news, which some of you already know...

Baby is a BOY!!

We both were convinced it was a girl. But last week at the ultrasound the doctor said it was definitely a boy. 

Jono was able to get my reaction on film.