Movement?

BabyCenter says Baby H is the size of a bell pepper, TheBump says sweet potato. Either way, we've hit week 18 and are growing, growing, growing!! Both websites say now is about the time Baby H will start making his presence known with some flutters, kicks, and punches. This weekend I was sitting in my car (stuck in traffic) and I could have sworn I felt the first little hint of movement. I second guessed myself so much though, that now I am not sure. My midwife was surprised I hadn't felt him already since Baby H is measuring in the 98th percentile, but I will keep concentrating and will hopefully be able to distinguish between baby movement and tummy rumbles very soon!

Moving right along...this picture just about sums up my morning! Today I woke up a pound lighter than last week, but could not for the life of me button my damn pants!!! Thank goodness I had already bought a BellaBand so I didn't have to rethink my entire outfit at 5 o'clock in the morning.

It makes me a little sad when my scale at home registers a good 5 pounds less than at my doctor's office each time I go to visit. I always take my measurements first thing in the morning, whereas when I go to the doctor I have already been up for a good 11 hours and have probably eaten about three times! Most people don't see me when I first wake up, so I did a morning bump vs. night bump photo so you can see what I look like when I first wake up and what Baby H morphs into after a few hours. The two pictures were taken about 14 hours apart on the same day.

Yikes!! No wonder Linc's reaction every time he comes home is "Whoa! Check out that belly!" But oh just you wait Linc...you ain't seen nothing yet!!!