Mexican Food or the BABY??

OK, so I'll be 19 weeks this Sunday and all the literature says I should have been feeling this baby move for several weeks. Now, I know the baby has been moving, but knowing the difference between what I ate for dinner making it's presence known and this baby making it's presence known has been near impossible for me!! Not anymore. On Monday I felt the baby move for the first time with the palm of my hand. Jonathan joined the excitement that night when a small, subtle kick pressed against his fingers as well. He nearly jumped out of his skin...that is Jonathan, or course, not the baby!! We have really had an exciting week with this big step. It's a little early for us to feel the baby with our hands very often. He/she really only kicks that hard right when we put our hands there and it only happens once. It's like it's saying, "hey, what's up?" And then that's it. I guess it must take lots of strength to kick that hard right now. However, now I know the difference between the Mexican food and the baby! Since then it's like he's (no I don't know if it's a boy or girl, we always just default to he) doing jump and jacks all the time. I love it!! In fact, I can feel him moving right now. I guess he wants me to say hey to everyone out there!!

Practice makes perfect!

We got some practice in this weekend while our friends Ray, Jamie, and Benjamin visited. Jonathan changed his first diaper!! We are so thankful for wonderful friends who share our love of Christ. Having this family stay with us was so refreshing.