Week 14, 15, 16 updates

I really thought I would be better about blogging, but i just dont seem to be. Anyway, weeks 14, 15, 16 have been awesome. I am starting to show more now, which i LOVE! I feel great. no more morning sickness or exhaustion. I had the flu for a few weeks, but this week I have been flu free. I have some slight muscle aches and heartburn, but all in all i feel fantastic!

I am excited to be exercising again. I've been training for the 1/2 marathon which is coming up in March. I missed running and I am glad to be back to it. I think people at the gym think i am fat, tho, and are thinking "run, fat girl, run!" I want to get a shirt that says "Im not fat; im pregnant! AND, im STILL running!" I'll have a cute shirt made for the marathon tho. Maybe something that says "I was eating for two so now i need to run for two." teehee.

Nate started on the baby's room this weekend by pulling up the carpet and ordering samples for the flooring. He is on top of the decorating and remodeling of that room. We have decided to go with a panda theme (my mom picked it out). It started because we are doing bamboo floors and my mom and I were talking about doing an Asian theme. Then, she suggested pandas. I LOVE pandas. They are so cute! And a neutral theme. I dont want to do a nursery twice and sense we are planning on back to back babies, I just want to keep the nursery the way it is one time. Pandas are PERFECT!

Once we find out the sex (Feb 11th), Nate says that he will be more willing to choose names with me. I cannot WAIT to find out the sex so i can quit calling by baby "it" and use a more specific pronoun. Hell, I cant wait to start calling baby by a name other than "baby." Altho, Nate and I named our animals and we never use their real names anyway. I think that will happen to our kids too- they will be given nick names and called those for the rest of their lives. "Fatty" (fat cat) is really names Aurora, but no one knows that. lol. I think someone even suggested it as a baby name and i was like "That's out cats name" and they were like "what cat? You have fatty and baby kitty." HA!

I got caught up on the pregnancy book, filled it with pics, and wrote down stuff. That's a plus. I also got the entire house cleaned last weekend for the first time in about 4 months. Now, I am really enjoying being pregnant (now that I have my normal energy levels back again).

My mom has already started plans for the baby shower and im too excited for that! I am more excited for this baby shower than i was for any birthday, my wedding reception and i think even my wedding- maybe. If the baby shower was on a tropical island then it would be a for sure!

We got a doula and she is great. We picked our birthing classes (hypnobirthing) and will get all signed up for that. I feel like we are moving right along with getting all of our panda's in row for the birth. I haven't even BEGUN to start on the things for after the baby comes (like learning baby sign language, figuring out a baby registry, etc).

I think that about covers what's been going on in the last few weeks. OH- i think i MIGHT have felt the baby move two nights in a row, but it wasnt for sure and it was really small. I can't wait for a "oh ya, that's a kick to the ribs" moment. So, that about covers it!