First movements :)

Today I finally felt the first stirrings of life this pregnancy. Feeling the baby move around inside of me is always one of my favourite parts of pregnancy. I have recently been growing restless to feel those little movements. I was so thrilled today while sitting and having some rare alone time this afternoon I felt several movements!

With this being our third and having two small children who need me, as well as being a stay at home mom now, I find I have a lot less time to focus on this pregnancy. Sometimes to be honest I forget for a moment that I am pregnant! Especially with Lucy being so young still and needing so much time being held and carried I was worried I would, or was already missing a lot of the first small movements at you only feel when your really quiet and relaxed.

In other baby news our ultrasound is This Wednesday so we get to find out really soon if this little one is a boy or girl! As long as they choose to show of course :) I hope they are not being too modest and choose to keep their gender a secret! I think I would burst not knowing! I'm not sure how I waited the whole nine months with Jake to find out. I suppose simply because I had no other choice, they didn't tell at that time.

I'm pretty sure we are going to have a very sad little boy if he doesn't get the brother he is hoping for. I know in time he will be ok with either but I think it would be a nice connection for him to this baby, since he is older, and Lucy and this baby will already be close in age. I sometimes worry that he is going to feel like the odd one out. I don't want him to feel like he is not just as much a part of the family. I certainly don't want him to not be close to his younger siblings.

I'm sure in the end whatever gender the baby turns out to be will fit in the best for our family. Either way I'm excited to see this little one and we're praying most importantly for a healthy baby.