Baby Hobgood: 12 weeks!

Well, alot to be thankful for this week in the Hobgood household! We moved into a house on Milwaukee (which was a blessing and a half to find a rental so quickly!)! We saw our sweet pea today and heard their heartbeat. It took a while for the nurse to find the heartbeat with the doppler which made me nervous for about a minute. She said "Someone is moving around like crazy in there, do you hear that movement?" So yes, we heard our little wiggle worm moving around first...then the glorious sound of the heartbeat. It was so amazing to hear, I can never explain the experience. I just can't wait for all of you who havent experienced this yet and Lord willing you will someday...to experience it. God is so good. Heath's eyes lit up when we heard it and said "There it is!" and grinned. I will never forget. 

After praying about it, we chose not to do genetic testing. We trust God in his will for our lives and especially in this child's life. So today, my OB (who is absolutely amazing) told us she would do an ultrasound real fast since we wouldn't be getting the fancy stuff done after our appointment. We were thrilled by this little surprise! As soon as she started the ultrasound, our little was kicking and rolling and turning in circles. We were in awe at how much movement was going on and to see all the little limbs and shape of this tiny little human. I cannot believe there is so much movement that I cannot feel yet. I cant wait! We got several little images of baby hobgood today. One that I love especially is a view from the top and the babies little legs crossed. Sweetest thing ever! Our next appointment will be around week 16 on August 5th and we will be trying to find out the gender...or our envelope will find out the gender then we will find out later at our gender reveal party! ;-) 

Since we have been crazy this weekend, here is a picture of little (they are more important anyway...and there isnt much bump to be shown ;-)!)

This week, baby is the size of a: peach!

Due date: January 17th, 2014

How far along: 12 (1/2) weeks

Next appointment: August 5th

Gender: OB said she would try to find out at our next appt in August! Heath says girl, and I am still confident its a boy

Total weight gain/loss: I checked today at my appointment and have gained a whopping 2 lbs. Haha! 

Exercise: Moving this weekend counts as exercise right?

Stretch marks: None yet! 

Swelling: None

Maternity clothes: Got a cute plum colored tank on sale at Target and love it. 

Belly button: Normal

Sleep: Great when I am actually asleep! I have woken up around 5am twice this week just because...and usually cant fall asleep again until 7:30am.

Food cravings/aversions: Still fruit this week! Peaches! And lime fruit bars...I could eat the whole box in a day to be honest!

Symptoms: Nothing bad at all...I have felt awesome this week!

Movement: None yet! I could have sworn I felt little pea jab back at the nurse today when she was looking for the heartbeat with the doppler. 

Labor signs: Nope

What I miss: Just not getting so tired so easy! Moving is for the birds when you're preggers...and people don't let you do anything. Not my personality to just sit back and let people do things for me.

What I'm loving: Finding a house (rental) we can bring sweet pea home to. 

What I'm looking forward to: I am looking forward to having an obvious bump because of the babe and not because of food. :)

Best moment this week: First finding a house that was perfect for us and moving on the fly! THEN, we had our 12 week appointment today, hearing the heartbeat, and seeing our little one move and twist and kick and be a wiggle worm for an ultrasound. It was amazing. TRULY! I actually teared up while looking at the ultrasound today! I held it back though!

Milestones: Ending my first trimester Thursday! WHAT!? So crazy!