Hello 2013!

2012 was a wonderful year for Mr. and Mrs. G! With our vacations, relatively new house, marriage, and pregnancy it’s hard to imagine that this upcoming year could be any better. But, even if the only significant event that happens this year is the birth of our little one then I must admit, it will surpass 2012 on the greatness scale. Matt and I rang in the new year in our living room. Originally we had plans to celebrate but I cooked too big of a dinner and Matt insisted he was in a “food coma”. I was right there with him so we decided to stay in. Matt was sweet enough to drink apple cider with me so I didn't feel alone in my sobriety. It was actually one of the best NYE celebrations I've had in recent memory.

Now that the holidays have come and gone the weeks seem to be going by more slowly. I am 17 weeks and 4 days today, but still don’t look particularly pregnant. This whole pregnancy thing is mind boggling, really. I never realized how tough it would be to simply trust that my body will care for our baby properly. I read about the significant changes that are supposed to be happening at a given time and it’s hard to put my faith in my body to automatically do those things.  Once my little one makes their debut I think I will owe my body a great big thank you!

Although the recent weeks haven’t given me any exciting baby news, the weeks ahead certainly will. For starters, I am right at the point when Mom’s start feeling the baby move. I haven’t had this experience yet but  that doesn't stop me from trying to stimulate my baby to move. Every day before Matt gets home from work I take some time to either read or talk to Baby. Then, at night, I put my phone on my belly and play soft music. I try to play the same few things in a cycle. Some studies have shown that babies recognize sounds from the womb (mother and father’s voice, specific songs or tunes, etc) after they are born and that it can be very soothing. I don’t want to be one of those over the top parents who follows every study to a tee, but this one is fairly easy and helps me bond with Baby so I go with it. Another exciting thing coming up is our anatomy ultrasound. This is scheduled for the 24th and will tell us the sex of Baby (who will finally get a gender specific pronoun!). We had planned on keeping the sex a surprise until birth but this Momma caved and decided we need to find out. What can I say- I was born to plan!

Oh and one more thing I realized this week that I thought was super neat- our baby is due on Father's Day. How special for Matt. :)

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Workin' on my baby bump!

                                                    The video I made for Matt since he couldn't be there.