Waiting and Wondering

(From Emily's perspective) It has been so fun watching my belly grow and seeing all the crazy changes that are happening. I love every minute of it (ask me to say the same thing when I can no longer see my toes....Ha!)! It is also tons of fun to talk to friends and family, learning of their experiences and seeing how each pregnancy compares and contrasts. They are all so different! I do feel we are in a bit of a waiting period though. I am anxiously waiting to feel the first kicks as well as to find out the sex of our baby. I do feel like I can feel little flutters but I think it is more in my head, only hoping it to be true. I know once they start, they never stop....then, I will hope to have a break! Ha! What fun!

It is also fun to hear what people say we will have...a boy or a girl or even twins! I don't really mind either way; it would be fun to have a boy and get all the cute boy (I mean MANLY) things (HA!) but also neat to have a girl for all the pretty dresses. We have two nieces so we would definitely have plenty of girly clothes to pass around! When we got to hear the heartbeat at the 14 week check up, the doctor thought it would be funny to say he heard two heartbeats. He didn't actually hear two (as far as we know now) but I am still not counting out having twins, given that they do occur in John's family. I would think it more likely that our kids would have twins when they have their own children but we will see! He also said there is an old wives' tale that girls' heartbeats are between 140-160 beats per minute while boys are between 120-140 beats per minute. Our sweet baby's was 145 beats per minute-right on the line, of course. Well, until these two surprises are revealed...we will enjoy watching my belly grow!