18 weeks

lot's of movement!

this past week brought more movement, different movement, and externally-felt pokes. i still get the flip flop feeling, bit i've started to feel individual pokes on the inside. mr. h3b spent the beginning of the week trying to feel. he's so cute - he puts his hand on my belly button...but baby h3b is way down low still. he felt nothing and i said we'd have to wait a few weeks.

but the "kicks", which i call pokes because they're barely that, kept getting stronger. so i'd lay with my hand on my low belly, trying to feel on the outside what was jumping around on the inside. on wednesday night, we were laying in bed watching a show on hulu, and because baby h3b's favorite time to move is late at night when i'm laying on my back, i started to feel the pokes. so i put my hand on my belly and i swear i could feel it, finally, on the outside. mr. h3b put his hand on the belly and we waited. a minute went by and then, poke. there! i said and sure enough, he had felt it!

so at 17 weeks 5 days, mr. h3b felt the baby kick :) now we both have connected and i'm sure it will just get stronger and easier to feel. i can't wait to add a gender to this little being that dances around every night. only a few weeks to go and i get more excited everyday. i want to call it he or she and think about names and bedding and all that fun stuff.

can't wait!