16 weeks along today!

Here is my baby bump at 16 weeks along, love to see how much I change each month!

First real baby movement

I actually can say that I felt the baby!  I have felt all sorts of little twinges here and there, but wasn't exactly sure if it was actually the baby.  As we finished dinner tonight, I felt three little strong movements right in a row in the same spot.  LOVE this part of pregnancy, so excited to keep feeling the baby more and more as it gets bigger and bigger!

Ruby lost her first tooth!!!!!

Ruby lost her first tooth today!  Soooo exciting!  It was soooo loose and Mike finally convinced her that she should let him pull it out the rest of the way.  It was barely in there anyway.  Ruby kept telling Mike it hurt, even when he would just reach for the tooth without doing anything to it.  She said ouch after Mike had it out and in his hand.  She cried a bit, but was super excited once realized what had taken place. 

That night, we put a guiding light in the window for the tooth fairy and put the tooth in a little blue purse under her pillow.  After Mike had put her to sleep, I walked past the room and noticed her looking under her pillow at the tooth.  She said that she was looking at it because she was proud of it :)

It was so fun to watch Ruby talk to Elsie about it and share her enthusiasm.  Elsie will say that she lost a tooth too, and even wiggle it.  She wants to be just like her big sis. 

Mike slipped two one dollar coins into her little purse while she slept.  When she woke in the morning, she came into my room talking really loudly carrying her little purse.  She wanted me to look at it with her.  Elsie was asleep in my bed, so I quickly hurried her back to her bedroom.  She was just so excited to share the news that her voice was super loud.  Elsie woke anyway.  It was so fun to see her surprise at the money she received from the tooth fairy.  She kept telling us that she was awake when the tooth fairy came, but that she didn't see her because she blended in.  She also saw that her guiding light was off, and turned it back on.

Later that day, we went to Ben Franklin and she spent the money on a little princess checkerboard game.  She loves it and has played it a lot with each of us.  At the store, the clerk said that he had not seen one dollar coins in a long time, and Ruby piped up and told him that she got them from the tooth fairy.  He was really nice and played along.  She was so excited to spend her own money!

Makes me a bit sad to see her big teeth coming in.  The tooth that was coming in, was behind it and huge!  It will not fit in the tiny spot for the baby tooth she lost.  Now the other two around it are getting loose from the big tooth pushing them out of the way.  My baby girl is growing up!

Baby appt at 14.5 weeks

I went to my scheduled monthly appointment and heard the baby's heartbeat at 160 bpm!  The doctor commented that it was very strong and said that the growth is right on target.  We scheduled the next ultrasound for April 30th at 3 pm!  Totally looking forward to seeing this little baby and finding out the gender!  One month away, hope it goes by quickly! 

I am 15 weeks along today and I am coming down with a cold, bummer!  We still went to a playdate at a friends and then a party right after that, but now I am beat!  Hope it passes quickly so I can keep up with my energetic girlies!

Gotta Get Moving!

My back has been giving me trouble, so I have been pretty inactive lately.  This past week though, I have tried to get going again.  The girls and I went out for a bike ride on Tuesday and rode all the way to the library, then to the park, and finally to the high school.  At that point the weather was pretty cold and stormy looking, so Mike loaded up our bikes and took us home.  It was very refreshing to get out.  Ruby is awesome on her bike right now too, she rode the whole way with no complains. 

Yesterday, I decided to get going with Jazzercise again, and I didn't realize how much I had missed it!  I plan on going two or three nights a week, as Mike's schedule allows.  February was busy for him, he was gone nearly half of the month.  So I really wasn't able to get away for the classes, but now it has slowed a bit thank goodness!  Fun to be back at it!

Ruby still hasn't lost her tooth, but she continues to wiggle it daily.  We read books about it nearly everyday!  Can't wait to get pics of her toothless smile!

I am 14 weeks along this Saturday, getting closer and closer to the gender ultrasound and first real look at our precious baby.  Can't wait to see this baby, now that it is so much bigger.  About a month left!  My next doctor appointment is next Wednesday, so excited to find out the actual day of the ultrasound which I think will be scheduled at that appointment!

Start of 2nd Trimester!

I have been horrible about posting, the last post was from November!  I have been away from the computer much more, especially since I found out I was pregnant the first week of January.  I am now 12 weeks along and feeling much better, most of the nausea and tiredness has subsided and I feel so good!  I am excited to be in the second trimester :)  Yesterday, Mike, the girls, and I went to my doctor appointment.  This is the first one where we were able to hear the baby's heartbeat, so exciting!  It was beating at 160 bpm, such a great sound to hear!  The girls were really good and sat quietly as they listened for the sound.  It took some time to locate the baby's heartbeat, since mine was coming in at the same time.  Super excited for the weeks to come!

Also, as we brushed Ruby's teeth for bed last night, we noticed that she had a loose tooth!  Her very first one, so exciting!  I took out a set of items for the toothfairy her grandma had given her years ago... a book, a little light to put in the window, and a little purse to put the tooth when it falls out.  She is super excited about it all!  We read the little book about it today with sister.  It is  pretty loose, so I think it will be out in a day or two!  I hope to post more often now, at least once a week!