18 Weeks!

I'm so sad I never got a picture, but this felt like a big week and one that I wanted to remember!

HOW FAR ALONG: 18 Weeks

MATERNITY CLOTHES: Yes! Well... just jeans. I hate the way tops fit right now. 

WEIGHT GAIN/LOSS: Still maintaining, no matter how much I feel like I'm eating :/

BEST THING THIS WEEK: Feeling baby girl move. It was the sweetest thing ever. I thought I'd felt her before (and now I'm sure I did), but we were laying in bed one night looking through all of the new additions on Netflix and I felt the tiniest little twitch in my belly. I felt it in one spot. Then again in a spot really close to the previous one. I could feel it on the outside, so I slowly grabbed Derek's hand and he could feel it too! Such a neat moment. Then... he couldn't feel this, but it totally felt like she was doing somersaults in there and randomly flailing limbs. It was light, but it was the most bizarre feeling. I could not wipe the smile off my face. This was the moment I've been waiting for since I was a little girl. 

MOVEMENTS: Yes! I have to be laying on my back, slightly elevated, and completely relaxed, but I've felt her a few times most mornings and late at night. I love it. I hated pregnancy in the first tri and had myself convinced we were only having one. Now? I want 10! 

BELLY BUTTON: It has a weird ledge around the outside and it shows through my shirt!

FOOD CRAVINGS/AVERSIONS: Craving: Pizza, Panera Mac N Cheese, Rubio's Chipotle Orange Salad, and Sonic Strawberry Limeade Ice Cream Slushies. Unfortunately, all but pizza are 45 minutes away from home :( I also really wanted a Hamburger from this place on base this one afternoon. I didn't want to go by myself since it takes a while for them to be made, so I waited in hunger for a few more minutes for Derek to get home. He got home and took his sweet time getting changed. I don't think he realized nearly how hungry I really was. We FINALLY headed to the burger place and they were closed. I felt like my life was going to end right there. I was starving and NOTHING else would do. NOTHING. So he finally convinced me to go to Charlie's across the street for a sandwich. I got excited about it and then.... it was closed. By 2 minutes. Derek asked me what I wanted and I told him we needed to get out of the food court, it was making me sick. We were almost out of the food court and I said "I just wanna cry, don't judge me." He laughed. And then was completely taken aback when I had giant alligator tears quickly flowing down my face. By the time we got to the car, I was laughing through my tears, but I was so upset. We ended up going home and I just ate an eggo waffle. Should've just done that to begin with! Lesson learned. 

WHAT I MISS: My boyfriend jeans and smaller bra;)

SLEEP: Sleep has been rough. My hips are starting to get uncomfortable. I wake up 2-3 times a night to go to the bathroom. But the daily naps still help. Getting them in while I still can!

WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO: More movement and to get a decent ultrasound picture! We had our anatomy scan this week (I'm shocked they scheduled it so early), and she wasn't cooperative. We're learning that this kid is kinda stubborn and I love her that way! She was all the way down in my pelvis and the more they prodded (and hurt me) the further she moved and the tighter the ball she went in. We had 2 techs and the doctor in there, which put me into a panic, but they all just thought they would be the best person to get her to move. Nope:) I cried after thinking we had tortured her, but this isn't the first time she hasn't cooperated. I'm hoping it just means she'll be snuggly and a momma's girl!