The baby Kicks!

Today was a very exciting day for us. We have heard lots of different messages about when a baby can be felt both from the inside and the outside. I have been wondering if I have been feeling the baby for a few weeks especially when I get into bed at night and when I wear a seatbelt in certain cars--both seem to put a different pressure on the baby and produce little "bumps." Today, after being up and moving around for a couple of hours, I lay down on the couch next to Betty and immediately felt one of these little kicks. Betty put her hand on my belly and sure enough, the baby kicked enough for her to feel it from the outside. We agreed that it is definitely the baby, not gas! This made us very excited for our midwife appointment on Monday and even more excited for our ultrasound appointment coming up in about two and a half weeks! Even though we are almost halfway there, this pregnancy and the eventual product of it, still seem very theoretical. In the morning, I don't look pregnant at all and even in the evenings, I can still suck my stomach in. At the same time, we know that the baby can already hear us talking (and that it does like when Betty talks to it, perhaps because she leans in close and it gets louder). I also suddenly have some nesting instincts--yesterday I washed the stair railings and today I organized all of our closets--things I have never done before. I also want to work on the nursery, which was a surprise to me.