Baby Jordan kicked!!!

I had a very busy morning. I got the Buick washed, organized some stuff, finally found my fan that I've been looking high and low for, and put some curtains up in my living room to keep out the warm summer sun, so the apartment stays cooler this summer.

So it's about 3:40PM and I was sitting down relaxing, watching House while waiting to soak my feet and I felt 3 thumps low in my belly. After the first one I thought "was that really a kick" but then it happened a 2nd time, and I knew it was...and then it happened a 3rd time. And I swear I almost started crying happy tears!

I finally get to feel my baby move around! Today I'm 20 weeks and 2 days along in my pregnancy. I can't wait until hubby can feel the kicks with me. I've had dreams of the baby. In one dream the baby was a girl, and she was on the bed with me and hubby. It was a great dream.

So we finally settled on baby names. If it's a boy, his name will be Rob Allen and if it's a girl, her name will be Starla Louise.

I know my baby isn't here yet, but already I'm one proud mama. I can not wait to hold my baby in my arms, and see his/her face for the first time.

Tomorrow I have to wake up early, I have to drink several glasses of water, about 1-2 hours before my appointment. They require a very full bladder for the procedure, and I just know that it's gonna kill me. I bet my bladder will be cramping by the time I'll be allowed to use the bathroom. But hopefully tomorrow will be the day we will find out for sure if baby Jordan is a boy or a girl. Unfortunately for this blog, I can't post the results until after the baby shower, as there are people who could see this ahead of time and find out before the gender reveal, and that would totally ruin the surprise.

I know this is crazy, I'm only 5 months along, but I'm already getting my hospital bag together. Mostly b/c I don't wanna have to try to get it together at the last minute, and scramble around the house looking for everything I'll need. I don't have everything I need, but I feel rather organized at the moment. What I can have in the bag, I do...and everything else, I'll have to try to get over time. Some things I won't be able to get until just before due to my sizes changing as I get bigger, and that's ok. But there are things I can put in there now that I'll be able to use later.

Anyway, this whole post was to document my first real baby kicks. I'm sure I've felt kicks before, but they felt more like flutters, kind of like a heart fluttering, or maybe even close to a muscle spasm. But these kicks today were clear as day.