Quick Update and Me and Hubby Time!

Hello again, ladies and possible gents.  I'm a little over 18 weeks now and the baby is kicking like CRAZY!!  What an amazing feeling!!  It kicked me awake the other night.  It scared me at first until I realized what it was.  Baby just felt like I should be awake too, I guess.  SO, I did NOT have luck trying to get my midwife to change her orders for the ultrasound.  Booo!!  She absolutely refused, but in reality, she was just "too lazy to do it and is dumb", according to my friend who is a nurse at the hospital I go to.  I had an appointment with the midwife today and she measured me, listened to the baby's heart, and weighed me.  Nothing exciting.  Well, hearing the baby's heart is ALWAYS exciting to me, but no pictures.  The heart rate was 154bpm.  It kept moving away from her, so she had trouble chasing it around.  lol.  That's my baby!  My uterus is right at my belly button now.  It feels and looks HUGE, to me. lol

This was taken at 17 weeks and 3 days.

Sorry, I don't have an 18 week pic yet.

My husband and I recently went on a "couple's retreat" paid by the army in Denver.  In order to do it, we had to attend classes while we were there, but I FINALLY got to go swimming and I really enjoyed my alone time with my hubby.  Swimming was WONDERFUL!!  It took the weight off of everything, my chest, my back, my poor ligaments up front. LOL.  It felt wonderful. Then we had some AMAZING seafood at Islamorada Fish Company Restaurant , which was attached to the Bass Pro Shop.  Very fun store, btw.  After eating, then walking around the store, we went back to our hotel to nap and CJ had his hand on my belly while we cuddled and he felt the baby move for the first time!!!  He thought it was so cool!!  He said, "It feels like a grapefruit rolling over."  LOL  I don't know what that means, but I'll just believe him. lol

Well, my hubby is about to get home and he's pretty sick so I'm going to have a few things ready for him for when he gets here. I gotta take care of my man! lol

If y'all have any prayer requests or any questions for me, leave them in the comments below and I'll do my best to answer them for you, and pray for you.

Be safe and God Bless,

Ashley