So many boxes, so little time.

Anyone want to come over and pack all my crap for me before I go to Hawaii on Friday? I. Do. Not. Like. Packing. :)

P.S. Does anyone actually like packing? Seriously. The worst.

Mail Time!

Today the mailman brought me this nice surprise:

"Jess,
Saw this and couldn't resist! Let the games begin!
Love you, Mom"



Not sure when the surreal-ness will wear off, but it hasn't happened yet.

It's a......

GIRL!!! So far, anyway. Apparently there is some room for error with the initial screening, but we'll just pretend it's 100% certain for now.






Oh and by the way, I cut my hair off.

Oh my.

Here's the first one...I can't believe I'm doing this.

I was at the doctor's office and had to wait forEVER so I figured, hey, why not. According to the nurse and several other people with whom I have recently spoken, they can't tell I'm pregnant. But I feel humongous. Take a look at this next gem. Massive, right?



At least there's no mistaking it now. I am pregnant.

Perpetual Newness

I felt the baby move for the first time---hard to describe how amazing it was. Also hard to describe what it felt like. I loved how babycenter.com describes the movement:

"like popcorn popping, a goldfish swimming around, or butterflies fluttering."

I concur with the popcorn and butterflies....not sure about the goldfish. But the baby is about the length of a bell pepper...so I should start feeling it more and more now. Crazy! I love using food to visualize the size of the alien in my belly. Speaking of bellies, I'll have to post a belly picture soon. It's getting bigger and bigger every day.

I can't wait 'til July 16---we get to find out the gender!!!! Let's hope our baby feels like being a bit of an exhibitionist for the day.