Week 18 has arrived! It has been a crazy week! I'm trying to remember to slow down and enjoy all these amazing moments. Madilyn is moving more and more everyday. She loves it when I have ice cream at night...She kicks for more! I can actually feel her kicking right now! Motherhood is so amazing, even though there are some not so glamorous times, I can truly say I LOVE carrying this sweet baby girl. I feel like people today don't realise what an absolute miracle it is to have a child. I can't even explain how blessed I feel to be able to bring the sweet little girl into this world. God is more than amazing!! OK, I better stop before my pregnancy hormones kick in... My tears are on high alert these days! Here is my week 18 picture. She is the size of a sweet potato!

How far along? 18 Weeks

Total weight gain: 2.5
Maternity clothes? Yes, just went and bought a few items for the summer time
Stretch marks? Not yet. I need to go grab some cream!
Sleep: My sleep has been good this week!

Best moment this week: Madilyn kicking for the first time
Miss Anything? I have been craving some feta cheese! I'll be ready for that again!
Movement: I'm not just feeling the swoosh movements, but also kicks and punches!

Food cravings: I'm super gross and LOVE fish sandwhiches right now!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope :)
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No, thank goodness!
Symptoms: Hello heartburn and by the end of the day my feet are a little swollen.
Belly Button in or out? In!
Wedding rings on or off? still on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy but everything sweet makes me cry!
Looking forward to: seeing our sweet baby again, and planning a babymoon!

Week 17

Here we are at week 17! I can't believe I'm almost halfway there?! My belly seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Although if you didn't know me you would probably just think I'm packing on the pounds. I'm so ready for a round baby bump! I had a bad time with headaches this past weekend. It was the worst pain and by far the worst encounter with the pregnancy so far. After two ER visits later I'm finally feeling better! THANK GOODNESS! Other than that things are good! Can't wait to see our little pumpkin in a few more weeks!

How far along? 17 Weeks

Total weight gain: 1.8 pounds 
Maternity clothes? yes, I only have one pair of "real" jeans!
Stretch marks? none yet!
Sleep:Ok, I wake up at least one a night and every morning around 5am
Best moment this week: Having my horrible headaches stop! YAY!!!!
Miss Anything? COFFEE
Movement: I have been feeling very light movements. It's such a great feeling! I can't wait for them to become more noticeable!
Food cravings: Pizza and Ice Cream!
Anything making you queasy or sick: nothing really
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No, thank goodness! 
Symptoms: Hello heartburn!!!
Belly Button in or out? in
Wedding rings on or off? on.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: May 31st. We get to see little Madilyn and make sure she really is a girl! :)

After reading through other blogs of soon to be mommy's, I thought this would be a great way for me to keep track of all the exciting things happening in our lives right now. I also think it will be fun to look at later on when Madilyn is here.

I'm going to try and update this weekly so I can remember every bit of this experience.I'm going to post the older "bump" pictures and then start for the current week :)

 

 Week 7! Baby Lens is the size of a blueberry

Week 8! Baby is the size of a raspberry

Week 9! The size of an olive

                                        Week 10! Baby is the size of a strawberry

                                                Week 11! Baby is the size of lime!

                                              Week 12! Baby is the size of a plum!

                                            Week 14! Baby is the size of a lemon!

                                              Week 15! Baby is the size of an orange

Week 16! Baby is the size of an Avacado!