bumpity bump

not much of a bump, but at 16 weeks we can now see that our little one is making itself at home in my belly! every day it is growing rapidly and--according to my baby books--is now about the size of an avacado (yum, that sounds good!!)

i'm still in my normal clothes, but the more loose fitting ones. soon enough it will be time to pull out the maternity clothes :(

another doc appt, another good report:

i drove in this past week from WV to KY for another doctor's appointment. david couldn't make it with his work schedule, but the appointment was fast and routine. the doctor was having trouble finding a heartbeat at first because the baby would NOT stay still!! it was moving around like crazy. we heard the heartbeat for a few seconds, then lost it again as the baby kept moving. the doc said this is very normal at this age because the baby is still so small relative to the space it has to "play" in. Although it's moving around, i can't feel it moving yet. That should be in the next few weeks.

It's a boy!

Ok, i'm lying, we don't know what it is yet. But after my doctors appt i told david i would text him while he was at work to let him know how it went. i decided to tease him and tell him we found out the sex and that it was a boy. that was one of the first times he has ever called me during the middle of the day while at work! that got his attention. it was a mean trick.

at our next appt, we will find out the sex. i am starting to get very anxious! originally, i wanted to wait until the baby was born, but now i can hardly wait three weeks. we are not sure if this appt will be in WV or KY yet, but either way we will schedule it so we can both be at the appointment. since it is like, the most common question at this stage of pregnancy, i will go ahead and answer that david wants a boy and i want a girl... shocker. of course, we will be happy no matter what. i think its natural that you want your own sex for the first kid because it's what you are most familiar with.

other news:

our house is coming together a little more each day. there are still things we need...like....a couch to sit on... but we are getting there a little at a time. ill try to post some pictures soon. we are both enjoying morgantown. we have already met some really great people to hang out with. we are looking forward to trying to get to a football game or two this fall!