Finally felt a kick!

First, I wanted to post a picture of the sweet gift from my husband for my "mother-to-be" day. He had me tricked into thinking he didn't get me anything then surprised me at dinner with this really thoughtful gift. It is a carving by a company called Willow Tree. We were given a carving of a man and woman dancing as a wedding gift. While in the mountains last month we saw the Willow Tree collection at the Mast Store and I told Corey maybe we should start a collection since they have carvings for different moments in life. I was pleasantly surprised that he remembered this conversation and got me this sweet carving of a Mother to be caressing her baby belly :)

So, for the past week or so I have been feeling little things that I thought could possibly be the baby moving but I was unsure. Everyone kept saying that it would feel like butterflies or popcorn popping and that wasn't really what I was feeling. I kept having more of a pulsing sensation down near my cervix (which at the last ultrasound was where baby's feet were, but I'm sure that changes daily!). The last few days I have also felt a sort of spasm/vibration in other parts of my uterus. One of my cousins (thanks Amanda!) told me that this was how it felt when she started feeling her babies move and I found a few websites that also described these type of feelings.

Well today after lunch while sitting at my desk, I felt 3 distinct nudges/flicks...this time there was no doubt that I was feeling my baby boy move! I immediately went to my mom's office (we work together) to tell her. She wanted to feel him, but he had stopped by this point and I'm not sure its strong enough to feel from the outside. She proceeded to put her face to my belly and tell him to move for Mimi! :) Then I had to call Corey to tell him as he has been asking me the last day or so if I have felt anything and I kept telling him I wasn't sure.

Tomorrow I am flying to Atlanta with my Aunt Kym for my cousin Laura's baby shower. She only has a few weeks left before baby Camden makes his arrival. She and I are only 6 months apart in age (me older) so I am really excited that not only are we both having boys, but that our boys will only be 3 months apart. I am also excited to be able to go to the Babies R Us while I am there to hopefully pick out the furniture for our nursery so that I can order it and have it shipped home. I am really looking forward to a nice girls weekend with my family.

Thanks for everyone's continued prayers for me and our baby boy!

Love, Corey, Ashley Baby Boy Burns, and Izzie