24 weeks! = We have Movement!

So for about 2-3 weeks I have been feeling this butterfly feeling in my stomach. It's sort of felt like that feeling when someone runs up behind you and spooks you. But nobody is doing that! So I knew it was her moving around in there. But today...24 weeks on the dot I felt my first kicks! I couldn't believe it.

First off I can't believe how low it is. I imagined I would feel kicks right in the gut around where my belly button is. WRONG! Its sooooooo low. I second guessed it for a minute. It felt like a muscle spasm at first. But, when it kept happening I knew I was feeling kicks. My mom has been able to feel it and a friend at work. Every time I try to get Michael to feel it she either stops or he isn't around or asleep. Seems like this little girl is already playing games with her Daddy! For now I will enjoy it and hope he gets to feel it too.

Ordered the Nursery Furniture

So we finally ordered the nursery furniture, our stroller and bedding. This was such a process. There is a small Baby Boutique in town. We went there first and found a set we loved! But it was super expensive. And, when you have a husband who runs a company and is always looking at the bottom line and how to save money...well you know where this is going. He wasn't satisfied with the 10% discount they offered us. So we took the brochures on the furniture and went on our way. We called about 5 other local stores (NY, NJ and MA) to compare what their prices were on this set. Well, this boutique was the most reasonable. They had the lowest price on everything. After 3 visits total, Michael spoke with the owner and got him to agree on a 18% discount on everything we bought! Sweet! Although, this didn't come without a huge blowout. We got into a major fight about it. But it blew over. We got everything we wanted at a price we were comfortable with. And, our mom's agreed to buy the nursery furniture, my mom also bought the custom bedding. Mike and I bought the stroller, glider and ottoman. No we just have to wait about 10 weeks for everything to come in, be delivered and set up. Now to start painting! Well here are the pictures of the furniture, and the nursery we are literally copying. I found it online and fell in love with it. We custom ordered the bedding to almost match it exactly! And, the stroller of course. I have coveted the Bugaboo Chameleon since before we even started trying to have a baby.

Picture #1 is the Stroller (Obviously)
Picture #2 is the Furniture
Picture #3 is the Nursery we are basically copying with a few minor changes.

20 week Belly

Here it is. Against my better judgment I am posting this. But here goes nothing. Here it is in all it's glory!

Nothing much to report except 1. A darn stretch mark appeared this morning. I guess what they say is right. All the cocoa butter in the world won't help you with genetics. My mom got them, and I guess I will too. 2. I have a new lovely pregnancy symptom. My hands are falling asleep while I'm sleeping. I read it's pretty common. But, seriously? It's so annoying. I am hoping this is only temporary.