She's an active one!

Last week was the first time we felt her move and it was a surreal experience indeed. I was laying down at the end of the night and jumped at what felt like a little finger flick coming from inside my tummy. Then a few seconds later it happened again! So I put my hand on my stomach and could feel the kick (or elbowing?) from the outside so I grabbed Paul's hand and put it on my stomach and we waited for the next one. BOOM! There it was! Paul asked me if that was me, and I said "Nope!" :-) We looked at each other and smiled big time! It's really real and we love it! I think that was really the moment that it sunk in for Paul that we are really having a baby! We text it each throughout the next day reminding each other of how cool it is that we could feel her moving. I've felt her everyday since then...I love when I'm just sitting around at a meeting or in a waiting room and she'll kick/elbow me, it makes my heart smile. I've had a few of my girlfriends feel her move and they were so surprised at how much of a punch she gives! For me, it's definitely not been a fluttering feeling that other mom's say it would be. It's definitely a strong wack (relative to how little she is at this point!).

I hear that as she gets bigger over these next few months, the sensation of her movement will get stronger and I will feel her stretch, too. I'm cherishing every little movement along the way...I'm so happy... :-)