19 Weeks!

We're off on our babymoon! Ned has taken me and the poodles away to Palm Springs for a family getaway - probably our last before baby arrives. We've just been hanging out, reading books and enjoying the gorgeous winter weather - sunny and low 70s, SoCal is the bomb!
I hit 19 weeks yesterday, so we're pretty close to the halfway mark. Hard to believe. I've been feeling really good, and the belly is definitely growing. I've gained a fair amount of weight, up probably 14 pounds so far. It's strange putting on so much weight so fast, but I guess it's for a good cause :)
I have started to feel little kicks. They're still very slight, but increasing in frequency. When we watch the baby on the sonogram, s/he seems very active so I'm hoping to have some more powerful movement soon, I think Neddie will love to feel the baby moving around!
We're also entering the phase where the baby can hear us! I'm really excited about that. Just seems so cool that they learn how your voices sound. We got a treasury book of kids' stories from the library and we'll try to read baby a story every few days, just to say hi.
That's all for now! Back to sunning and reading with my little family :)

14 Week Pic

Took this pic on Christmas Day! I want to start cataloging the growth of the bump :) Here you can't really see too much, but I've definitely filled out some since then! I'll take the next shot next Sunday, at 18 weeks.
We had an ultrasound last week - the progress is pretty unbelievable. At eight weeks, baby was kind of baby shaped, but just like a little blog with stumpy appendages and such. Baby now looks like a real baby - we could see arms, fingers, toes, spine, nose, etc. S/he was moving around, waving their arms and moving footies and everything. It was very cool to watch.
So far health-wise everything is great! A lot of my energy is back and Ned and I have burned through a bunch of the stuff on our to-do list. We've almost finished the rumpus room (new slider, window treatments, paint, carpet, bookcases for Two Poodle, etc.) and hopefully we'll be listening to records and working in there soon! Lots of things to do before baby arrives :)