Last night I was sitting on the couch waiting to watch my new favorite movie. Juno of course. All of a sudden I felt a little something in my lower left abdomen that sort of felt like a little push from inside. I started concentrating on what might be happening and I felt it in the same place about 10 times in a couple minutes time. I don’t know if I just really want to feel the baby and so that’s what I think it is or if it is just another bodily function occuring. I hope it was the baby moving around in there and for now that is what I am going to think it was. It gives me happy feeling to think that I can finally feel my baby move inside of me. I guess I will have to wait to see if it will occur again. Hopefull it will, soon.

We finally went on our Caribbean vacation that we had been planning for more than a year. This was our last chance big vacation before Ducky comes. It was great. We saw a lot and learned a lot. Not only about the places we saw but also about cruising and vacationing in general. I was lucky that I did not get sea sick much. There were only a few times when I felt sick and only once that I actually threw up on the ship. The sea bands helped me out a lot for when the sea was real choppy. It could have been a lot worse especially since I’m pregnant and I am so glad it wasn’t. A little part of me feels guilty that we spent as much money as we did but I know that If we did not do this now it would not have happened for a very long time if ever. It was quite an experience and opened up my eyes to what the world has to offer. You hear about these places but you do not really have a grasp on it until you can see it and touch it for yourself. So, our little Ducky has been to many of the Caribbean islands including Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, Tortola, St. John, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Grenada, Bonaire, Aruba and also Puerto Rico. Ducky has also sailed the Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Ducky has flown over a good part of the US as well. He/She is well traveled for a fetus of 18 weeks. I am very happy that we were able to have this experience and to share it with Ducky and my god parents. If we ever make it back to the Caribbean I think we would like to go back to St. John. That was the prettiest and most “tropical” place we saw. The beaches and water was so clear and beautiful. Even if we do not make it back we had a great time and enjoyed most of what we experienced.

I want to start out by saying, I love shoes! Especially baby sized shoes. I want every pair. When we were in Santa Cruz this past weekend I came across a pair of little green Adidas. I had to have them and I wasn’t going to take ‘no’ for an answer. And to my suprise, there was no arguing needed. They are Ducky’s first pair of shoes and they are perfect.

I was so optimistic when I found out I was pregnant that I wouldn’t have much morning sickness. I was so happy that I was pregnant I couldn’t imagine feeling horrible. Oh was I mistaken. About a week after we found out, it all started. Ducky eased me into it but after another week or so I felt awful!! I was nauseated all day. I felt like I had the flu. I was exhausted and there were times I felt light headed and dizzy. When it was really bad I couldn’t stand for more than 5 minutes at a time without feeling horribly sick. I am now in my 15th week and have been feeling so much better! I felt like it would never end. I was so frustrated that the only sign of pregnancy was so horrible. Now that we have seen the baby and heard its heart beat, it can only get better from here.