19 weeks!

         So, 19 weeks yesterday! I can't believe it. Monday night I felt Connor with my hand, and last night I felt him a few more times with my hand. When Adam would run over to feel him he would stop though. hahaha. Adam wants to feel Connor so bad before he leaves in a few days for San Diego for 2 months. I can't wait until it's really regular so Adam can feel him and I can feel him more. It's really reassuring when you can actually feel the kicks. We got home last night after being gone 5 days. The dogs were THRILLED. haha We had a great time with friends and family! We visited Lauren and Shawn on the 23rd and left Christmas Eve morning. We went shopping at the outlets and exchanged gifts for Delaney and Connor. Connor got all sorts of great clothes. He's spoiled already! We went and saw the Celebration of Lights too, and that was fun. It's always a good time with them. On Christmas Eve, Mom gave Connor a cute little bathrobe, a blanket and other little goodies. Kristen got him the vintage pram that we are putting in his nursery and the picture of Adam's Combat boots and baby boots. Love :) Christmas was so much fun at my parent's and at my grandparent's. Then on the 27th we registered at Babies R' Us! Yay! I'm so glad that is done, and we registered for some great stuff. Anyway, can't wait until next week when I'm at the halfway point!

**How far along? 19 weeks

**Total weight gain/loss: +10 lbs.On target so far.. but I'm sure Christmas didn't help... yikes.

**How Big is Baby?: A Mango! 6 inches and 8.5 oz.

**Maternity clothes? Yup

**Stretch marks? not yet.

**Sleep: Still sleeping good.

**Best moment this week: Feeling Connor move with my hand.

**Movement: Yep Yep Yep!

**Food cravings: Really wanting some sweet iced tea, but trying to stop myself!

**Gender: Sweet baby boy :)

**Labor Signs: No sir!

**Belly Button in or out? In :)

18 weeks :)

   
         So, here we are at 18 weeks.. almost halfway there. 2 more weeks, and I'll officially be to the halfway point! I cannot believe it. This pregnancy has already flown by, and I know it's only about to go by faster. Christmas is Saturday, then Adam leaves Jan. 3 for 6 weeks, and I will be super busy getting the house ready and packing. Then we will find out where we are moving and we'll be outta here. We'll be moving when I am 28 weeks, and I am going to have to find a new doctor. I'm not too concerned, just anxious for the most part. The nausea and exhaustion from first trimester is completely gone, and this week has been great! I've been shopping a few times and looove it! Well, Connor is getting another boy 2nd cousin :) My cousin is having a boy, Carter Ray Pinotti. AND, my other cousin is having a boy William McDaniel :) You know, I grew up with mainly girl cousins.. I guess Connor's generation may be a little different! I am so excited for everyone! It's such an amazing feeling. Not that my pregnancy didn't feel "real" before, but now it feels even more real calling my bump Connor and not "Baby Hill" :) Anyway.... see you at 19 weeks! I'll be back to post a picture when I'm not in my pjs!



**How far along? 18 weeks

**Total weight gain/loss: +8 lbs.On target so far..

**How Big is Baby?: 5.6 inches, 6.7 oz

**Maternity clothes? Yup

**Stretch marks? not yet.

**Sleep: I sleep plenty of hours at night, but I'm not exhausted all the time :)

**Best moment this week: Finding out that my sweet baby is a boy - Connor Daniel Hill. I am floating on Cloud 9, and I don't plan on coming down anytime soon!!

**Movement: Yah, he goes to town in there. At the 4D ultrasound, he did a flip.

**Food cravings: still orange soda.. but nothing crazy.

**Gender: BOY!

**Labor Signs: No sir!

**Belly Button in or out? In, but it has strangely spread. It's like a sink hole!

It's a....

         
                                                              BOY!
                                                    Connor Daniel Hill
         Well, the 3D/4D ultrasound went amazingly! I can't even describe the feeling you get when you see your baby on the screen like that. The ultrasound tech is a certified nursing midwife, and he was great. He really knew what he was doing, and I am so pleased with our experience at Jacksonville 4D fetal photo. He said, "okay we're looking for a turtle if it's a boy and 3 lines if it's a girl." Well, Connor must have heard him b/c the first thing we saw was his little booty and his boy parts! I immediately looked at Adam and he had a grin on his face stretching ear to ear. We were there for about 45 minutes, and we got great pictures of our sweet baby boy. Then afterwards we got lunch and bought Connor a few things :) I am on cloud 9. He is adorable!

17 WEEKS!

 OKay so this picture was obviously taken at 16 weeks 3 days.. I'll update this post with more pictures on Friday when we find out what we're having!!!! OMG we are so excited =)=) I just don't feel like taking a picture right now.. i'm at work, and I haven't really changed much. Or maybe I have.. I duno. I put a pound on last week.. even being sick! I had lost one.. then gained it back! woop! So I'm sitting at +6 lbs. at 17 weeks :) I'm okay with that. Pretty happy about it actually. I thought I would gain faster, but I really haven't been eating THAT much. I thought I would crave sweets and such, but I don't really crave anything but orange soda. lol. Okay, last week was huge.. I felt baby move several times! He/She jolts every now and again and it's so neat. It's not the butterflies or popcorn really that people said it would feel like. I do get butterflies when there's a loud noise or something scares me. Kinda cool that baby is affected the same way I am. But, I'd been feeling the jolts for a few days before I really knew what they were. They are more like little sensations in my belly. Kinda like somethings crawling around. It's weird, and they aren't constant yet, but they will be soon! Gosh, I still can't believe I'm 17 weeks. It feels like yesterday I was looking at the big fat 'PREGNANT' on the HPT. Well, I'll be sure to post pics FRIDAY!! yayy!! Oh and the quad screen and cystic fibrosis tests came back negative! HALLELUJAH!

16 week survey

**How far along? 16 weeks

**Total weight gain/loss: Well I had gained 6, but since I've been sick, I've managed to lose almost 2. So +4 right now.

**How Big is Baby?: 3.5 oz, about 5 inches

**Maternity clothes? Pants are a must.

**Stretch marks? not yet.

**Sleep: I was feeling much more energetic, then I got sick, so I've been sleeping a lot to try to get rid of this horrible cold.

**Best moment this week: Feeling the baby move & knowing that is what it was!! :)

**Movement: I finally felt the baby move. It's like little twitches, and a few butterflies.

**Food cravings: Chicken noodle soup this week :( and sonic. lol

**Gender: omg... 8 days!!

**Labor Signs: No sir!

**Belly Button in or out? In.

16 Weeks

       Here I am at 15 weeks 4 days and LC at 32 weeks 5 days! This was at her baby shower this past weekend :) Today I went to the doctors, and finally HEARD Baby Hill's heartbeat. It was 140! So, smack dab in the middle. Hopefully this stirs up everyone's opinions. It's funny to see what people have to say about whether they think it's a boy or a girl. Can't wait to know and put all the guesses to a rest. At first I found it annoying, now I find it fun. I think the hormones got to me a little for a while there ;) But everything looked good. The doctor said baby's heartrate is perfect, and my uterus is measuring perfect too! She said at 20 weeks it will be past my bellybutton! I had the genetic testing and cystic fibrosis tests today. Not bad. Just took some blood, and that doesn't bother me. Now, 11 more days until we know whether we're having a boy or a girl!! I can't wait to find out!!! =)

Baby heartbeat and movement!

... Noo not that I can feel. It is a little early for it, and I don't know what I'm looking for., but a couple of weeks ago I bought a cheap doppler and I haven't heard ANYTHING on it yet. Basically, if it lights up blue and stays blue, it's your baby moving. Well, I've gotten blue flickers, but we put it on Adam and he got blue flickers too. lol. Anyways, I've been a little uneasy waiting for my 15-16 week appt. Tonight I just put on the doppler to play around and said a little prayer. Well, i'll be... I don't know what I was hearing, but I placed it on the center of my belly a few inches below my belly button and it made this god awful ring noise but the blue light was going crazy and stayed lit! I moved it to make sure it wasn't just messed up, and it didn't do it. Then, of course, I couldn't find the right spot after that. BUT, I'm so thrilled! It was so amazing. It was like little Baby Hill was saying, "hey mom! I'm finnne." I'm already a nagging mother and the kid isn't even here yet :) Just needed to post this! I'll post after the appointment Monday!