the young and the restless

tomorrow puts me at exactly 18 weeks. where has the time gone!! jared and i found out on valentine's day and i was only 4 weeks at the time...and that seems like yesterday! not only has time flown by, but it is official...the baby bump has arrived.

i finally popped like a well done turkey about a week ago and it is only getting bigger. and should you find me after a filling meal, you might think im further along than i really am. i still have yet to determin the difference between gas bubble and the baby moving. i know, that may sound rather odd, but the baby is still little so there isn't any substantial kicking yet. who knows, i haven't given up on the potential of a little soccer star just yet. however, i am throughly convinced that my little young is keeping me up at night....hence jared taking up his residency on the couch at night. don't think awful thoughts of me just yet...he actually likes (and as of lately prefers) the couch.

it all began one night when i returned to bed after getting up to use the bathroom for the 5th time that night and blowing my nose. they say that your nose may tend to run a bit when pregnant...that is a very misleading understatement for those who suffer from allergies as well. my nose runs like niagara falls at night. a few seconds later, jared sits straight up in bed and insists that he has no room in the bed and can't sleep (mind you jared is a bed hog..so much to the point that my growing belly is about to plop over the edge and i have no room to stretch my calves which feel like they are being attacked by switch blades aka leg cramps). so not having much sympathy for him or really any at all, i tell him to get his pillow and start making his way downstairs...and on the couch is where he has remained since. i can't wait for our new bed to finally arrive! i really do miss my sleeping buddy!

well wednesday marks one of the most important days! we find out if we're having a boy or girl! we will either be proved correct in our prediction...or proved to be horribly wrong!! we will soon find out!