Not so "squishy" anymore

I can't believe I'm 15 weeks already. I remember looking at others tickers and they were at 10,12,14,16weeks and I was like, I can't wait to get to that point. Now that I'm in the second trimester I find myself a little more calm and enjoying the moments.

On Monday I had my 16 week appt. I've gained 4 lbs so far this pregnancy. It took forever to find the heartbeat, which started to freak me out...but the nurse said that their was a lot of movement going on in there (I was hoping it wasn't my lunch!) She then found him/her and she said they were moving like crazy! Heartbeat was strong in the 150s. I got to ask a lot of questions and then we were on our way to make our 20 week u/s appt. 20 weeks!!!! CRAZY! I can't be half way done yet, I'm just starting to enjoy this! A few more weeks and we'll hopefully know if it's a him or a her!!

I'm starting to pop out a little bit more, and it was so cute last night my hubby hugged me and said, you don't feel squishy anymore! He meant that my belly is getting hard and when we hug, there is a stopping point now. I laughed and was like, so I was squishy?? I knew that's not what he meant, but got a good laugh out of it. Baby's starting to get bigger and take up more room I guess! Can't wait to feel them move!

I had a nice Mother's Day. The day was kinda surreal to me. I've struggled with this "holiday" for the last 7 yrs. Dave gave me a very nice card which made me cry (and probably was the reason we were late to church). A few more friends at church found out the news and they were so excited for us. It's so neat to have a church body that can rejoice with you knowing how long this was prayed for. A couple actually cried (which of coarse made me tear up). One in particular is our pastor's mom. The first time I met her was about 4 yrs ago. She came to the service and afterwards I introduced myself. She asked how long we've been married, how many kids, etc. I didn't tell her we were trying, but she got it and said, I'm going to pray for you. Well, I saw her on Sunday and she said that on Saturday she was going through our church directory (she doesn't even go to our church) and she came upon us and prayed for us "that God would give this young couple a baby". Someone walked by and told me congratulations. She asked, what are they congratulating you for, and I said I'm pg! and she started crying. She asked if I remembered the first time we met and how she said she would pray for us and how she has been. My mom and dad were there and of coarse I was crying, my mom, and even my dad was tearing up, it was awesome!

God is so good and so faithful...he has been during this long hard journey.