19 Weeks! I Feel Movement!

Fabulous flutters! It has been a big week for me and the baby! I am really progressing into being pregnant! I started to feel the baby begin to wiggle and squirm this week!!! They say the baby is the size of a Mango and funny that I ate a fresh mango tonight! My belly has grown quite a bit these past 2 weeks, in fact it has been getting in the way a bit more! I bumped into it with the car door as I closed it! Didn't realize it was sticking out so far.

River is coming home tomorrow! He has had an awesome time in Indiana visiting his mom and many other family members. I look forward to seeing his pictures and hearing the stories of his experiences there. I will be catching an early ferry tomorrow to head to Seattle. After River gets in we will get dinner at Pabla, a vegetarian Indian restaurant near the airport. It is my favorite spot to

hit whenever I am around that area.

The photo on the left was taken at 18 weeks and the photo on the right was tonight at 19 weeks.

On Tuesday, the day after I pick River up, we are going to visit my midwife Cynthia again. We will be heading over to the hospital to get our first ultrasound! This is also the time when they can tell whether it is a boy or a girl! So in my next post I should have that exciting bit of news. We are very excited to find out and to share! I have been thinking of names lately but nothing really stands out as a certain choice. River and I bounce ideas off of each other but nothing has quite the right fit yet.

I am planning to have a baby registry on Amazon.com, but at the same time we hope to get many of the items we need gently used and/or passed down to us. My friends are gifting us with a very nice car seat! Thanks Joern and Tiffany! I am looking into this high chair right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohnizuQBfUg . The brand is Svan and it is made in Sweden. It is made of wood and doesn't take up much space, which is important. It is adjustable to grow with the baby all the way into the teen years! This also means it has a sturdy construction and it's long-lasting life means it won't end up in a landfill any time soon!

More on all of this when I return from my trip to the mainland! I'll leave you now with one more belly shot! Now that's a belly full of baby!