4D Ultrasound!

For Valentine's Day, Arthur got me a gift card to Motherhood Maternity and an IOU for a 4D ultrasound and a maternity massage.  I was mostly excited for the 4D ultrasound because I wanted to be able to see Baby Finn's face.  He told me that he talked to the people at Fetal Fotos and they said that the best time to get the 4D ultrasound is between 28 and 32 weeks because he won't be as squished in there.

There are some differences between 2D, 3D and 4D.  2D is just the black and white lined pictures you see in your normal OB ultrasounds at the doctor.  That's the kind of ultrasound we used to find out his gender.  3D is what it says, which is 3 dimensional pictures of the baby.  4D incorporates the movement of the video.  So, if you just get a 3D ultrasound, you only get to see non-moving pictures of the baby.  If you get a 4D ultrasound, you can actually see him moving around inside.  We went for the 4D because it comes with a video and so I can watch it again and again.  :)

Arthur and I looked forward to 28 weeks for a long time.  The week of the ultrasound, I drank a lot of water.  The day of the ultrasound, I drank so much water, I thought I was going to drown.  I hear that drinking a lot of water helps the pictures look really clear due to the extra amniotic fluid or something. 

After work on a Wednesday, the day before I was 29 weeks, Arthur and I went to Fetal Fotos.  We went in and the girl took us back to the ultrasound room.  I lay on the table and she started the TV.  She put the ultrasound wand on me and we saw Finn's profile first.  She would get the image just right based on the position on the 2D ultrasound screen.

Once she found a good spot, she turned on the 4D so we could see him.  It was incredible!  He had the umbilical cord up by his face so that was a little bit in the way, but you could still see his cute nose and eyes.  She moved it around a bit, and was able to finally get a shot that didn't have the cord in the way. 

In my opinion, he looks just like baby Arthur.  I will post some pictures of Baby Arthur below so you can see the similarities!

PS, look how cute Baby Arthur is!  Look at his happy little smile in the second picture!!

Here are some of my favorite shots of Finn's face in the ultrasound.  Notice how similar the nose and mouth is to Arthur's! 

The ultrasound girl also took some pictures of Finn's feet and hand.  Here is a picture of Finn's feet crossed.  You can see his toes at the top.  Finn also has the same feet as Arthur. 

Here is a picture of his hand.  You can see where the arrow is pointing, that's his pointer finger knuckle.  If you look down from there, you'll see his pinky finger curling to the left. 

Seeing little Finn this way really helped me feel connected to him.  It was much more real knowing that I have this little human inside of me that looks so much like Arthur.  I'm sure that as he gets older he will look a little like me too.  :)
 

60th Post!

As promised last weekend, here is the update blog!  :)  Better late than never, I say! This is my 60th post!  How great is that?!  I'll try to make it amazing for you...

Things are going well, I'm feeling really good and I'm getting very excited about how close I am to Finn's arrival.  The time really does start to fly by after hitting the 20 week mark.  I think having that ultrasound when you're halfway really makes worrying about milestones a thing of the past. 

Pregnancy (and Trying to Conceive) is really just a very complicated and annoying waiting game.  Every month that Arthur and I were trying, I was constantly frustrated with how many things I had to wait for.  Waiting for my period to come, waiting for my ovulation date, waiting for my period to come again... so many things!  Then, when I was finally pregnant, I had more things to wait for.  Waiting for the day we would tell our family, waiting for our first doctor's appointment and hearing the heartbeat.  Waiting to find out the sex of the baby, and then waiting to confirm it at the first official ultrasound.  Waiting to hear if my baby was generally healthy enough at the 20 week ultrasound, and then waiting for the final countdown to labor and delivery.

Overall, I will say that the hardest part of pregnancy is definitely the first half.  Now that I'm almost halfway through the second half, I will say that the second half is so much better. 

I think my next entry will probably be more information about my Trying to Conceive story and the things I did to help myself be physically ready to get pregnant.  It's not so easy, the way that some people think.  Even though I had an easier time than most, I still have a story to tell.  Whether or not it can help someone is the question.  I will write it regardless, because I feel like having it documented will really help me if I ever want to share it with someone who is also struggling with the same things I did.  That will definitely be the next entry.

I also will need to do an entry about my birth plan and the classes Arthur and I have been taking.  I remember when I posted a previous entry here about me not knowing what path I was going to take with my pregnancy.  I am such a different person now, after going through these classes.  I would like to (selectively) share some of the information I've learned in hopes that I can help someone else the way that it has helped me.  All I will say for now is that my perspective and perception of the way I want my birth to go is totally different than what I ever expected.  I'm looking forward to sharing some of the neat things I've learned.

Pregnancy-wise, things are moving forward well.  I've had monthly doctor's appointments since my 20 week ultrasound.  I haven't told many people, but I figured it's ok to blog about it now that I'm not as concerned with it.  In my 20 week ultrasound, the tech found a cyst sitting behind my cervix.  The tech wasn't sure if it is on my ovary or not, but because she couldn't find my right ovary, she assumed that it is there.  It's a simple cyst, which means that it's a harmless fluid-filled cyst that can sometimes come with pregnancy.  It's supposed to shrink and be gone by the time you get to 20 weeks.  It hadn't shrunk enough to assure the tech that it wasn't a concern, because it was 8 centimeters, or the size of a baseball.  When I heard her say that, it scared me a bit.  But when we talked to the doctor, he reassured me it was ok, and normal. 

We got to go back at 24 weeks and will go back again this Friday for 28 weeks to check it again.  I say it's a blessing that I've had this simple cyst because I've been able to have more ultrasounds than normal, and getting to see Finn more is always a good thing.

Here are some pictures of Finn at our 24 week ultrasound.  You'll see a picture of his profile, his arm and his face.  I love the one of his face! 

I'll keep everyone updated after this appointment on whether or not the cyst has grown or shrunk.  At my last appointment, it was approximately the same size.  I'm not worried about it at all, because it causes me no pain or discomfort.  :)

Finn-wise, Arthur got me a present for Valentine's Day to get a 4D ultrasound in my 28th week.  He and I are going to go sometime this week so we can see Finn's face.  I'm really excited for that.  In addition to the doctor's ultrasound, I'm pretty sure that it's going to be an amazing week. 

I'm feeling movement all of the time now.  From the second I wake up to the second I'm falling asleep, Finn is moving around, kicking and getting the hiccups.  At first, the kicks were really deliberate, and usually right in my bladder.  Don't get me wrong, they have never been annoying... now that they're less rough, I'm appreciating them a lot more.  I can usually feel him turning or rolling from the top of my stomach to the bottom.  It's pretty cool.

Size-wise, I get a lot of comments from people that I'm not as big as they would expect.  Seeing that I'll be 7 months this coming Thursday, most people can't believe that I'm not "popping" yet.  I think it's because it's my first pregnancy, I'm a bit taller, and my sister says that it's because we carry boys higher.  Regardless, I refuse to worry about how big he is because every ultrasound has proven that he is growing fine and that he looks healthy.  My favorite comment yet from the ultrasound tech is that he is one of the most symmetrical babies she's ever seen.  Wow!  What a compliment!  :)

Arthur and I have registered at a couple of different places for our baby shower, at Target and Babies R Us.  We have a lot of clothes already and we also have everything we need for the nursery including his crib, his dresser, and my rocker.  We want to paint the walls and get some cute decals to decorate with.  We are waiting for Mike to move out of his room so we can start getting it ready.  Mike moves out the first week in May so it will give us a couple of months to get everything ready.  I can't wait!  (I will be sad that Mike's leaving, though...)  :(

Work is going really well for me, for the most part.  Feeling better has helped me feel more productive at work.  I have applied for another position, and I'm waiting to hear back about getting a second interview.  I do have good days and bad days, like everyone does, but the fact that we got a new building has been a fun mix up of every day.  Having to drive back and forth between the new building and the old building has been tough, but I know that it's not for much longer.  This will be the 3rd (and final) week that I will have to commute back and forth.  Once I can settle in, I think I'll feel a lot more normal.

Every day, I look forward to when I am going to get my time off for Finn's birth.  I have my sabbatical that my company gives me, that I've saved up after working for 5 years.  I didn't take it in the year I was eligible for it because I wanted to tack it onto the end of my maternity leave.  This should give me 16 weeks off, which equals out to be 4 months.  This makes me very happy.  I am sure I won't want to return to work, but giving myself 4 months to connect with Finn will be good.  I would love to be a stay at home mom, but I understand that I have a balance in life that I've chosen.  I believe that Arthur is the amazing person he is so I can feel ok with being a working mom.  Arthur does so much around the house and works hard at his full time job, so I can't feel like staying home is really the right thing to do for now.  Maybe someday, but not today.  :)

How far along:  27 Weeks, 3 Days
How much time left:  12 Weeks, 4 Days

Top two symptoms:  I had a bit of a foggy headache today, and I get that sometimes.  Other than that I guess I can say movement from Finn is a symptom, right?  :)

Favorite thing I ate today:  I craved chocolate today for the first time in awhile, which was kind of weird.  I did make myself some delicious mushroom risotto, which took me almost an hour to make.  I got the mix at Trader Joe's, it was absolutely delicious. 

Mood:  My mood most days is really good lately.  Occasionally I have a bad day, but today was a good day.  I was really productive and got a lot done.  Including this blog... :)

Worried about:  Since I started taking my birthing classes, I haven't worried too much about getting ready for Finn's arrival.  I'm actually really excited about the process! 

Excited for:  I'm excited for my baby showers coming up.  My team is throwing me one on May 2nd, and then I have one planned with my family in mid-May and then another one at the end of May in Boise with my mom's side.  Baby showers!  Yay!

A great story

I plan on blogging more this weekend... everything is going fine, and Finn is happy and healthy growing in my belly.  There aren't a lot of updates about the pregnancy these days, as I consider this time the "quiet growing period".

I found this video on YouTube, and I thought it was such an amazing story of faith and love.  I don't claim to have struggled with infertility because Arthur and I only tried for 8 months.  I do know the pain month over month in the middle of the journey that happens when you worry if you are one of the few who won't be able to have kids.

I cried for this girl when watching this video not because I know her pain, but because I felt her pain.  I loved the second video she posted after, because it proves that there is a reason for everything.

Watch this one first, and then the one below it second:

23 Weeks and Feeling Great!

Long time no blog!  I have not been able to update anyone for awhile because I've been caught up in work stuff and other things that have prevented me from spending a few minutes blogging.  I promise to be better about it as I get farther along.  :)

Arthur made a cool video with Finn's 20 week ultrasound.  I love watching it and seeing his little movements and memorizing his face.  Arthur did a great job picking some good Owl City music to go with it.  :)

Here's the video Arthur made.  My favorite parts are at 4:52 and 8:30.



Our next ultrasound is going to be this coming Friday, March 22nd.  This time I've invited my mom to come and record the ultrasound since Arthur's mom came to the last ultrasound.  I do like to involve them so they can start to bond as early as possible with baby Finn.

Arthur and I have also been shopping quite a bit here and there when we see cute baby stuff.  When we were in Vegas, we found some clothes we couldn't pass up at Baby Gap.  Here are some pictures of some of the clothes we got.

We also found some furniture for Finn's nursery!  We looked everywhere for a crib that we both liked.  I was trying to avoid really dark brown wood, and I also didn't like super light wood.  We ended up finding a crib on Babies R Us that had really good reviews and it was the perfect color called Driftwood.

Here is a picture of the crib and dresser set we got:

It took about 2 weeks to have them shipped to the Babies R Us in Midvale.  We picked them up yesterday, and Arthur's dad let us borrow his truck.  It was a relief to finally have them loaded up to get home.  Mike is still our roommate until May, so it will be that long until we can get his nursery set up.  That's ok, though, because we love Mike living here.  :)

Here is Arthur loading up the crib and the dresser on the truck at Babies R Us:

Everything is coming together pretty well!  I'm super excited to start showing a bit more.  I'm wearing maternity pants all of the time now, and I can feel Finn moving multiple times a day.  It's awesome.  :)

How far along:  23 Weeks, 2 Days
How much time left:  16 Weeks, 5 Days

Top two symptoms:  Hunger and exhaustion at night.  I've been eating everything in sight.  My cravings have gotten a lot worse since the nausea went away.  I've had some good energy these days, which is really nice.  Exhaustion at night is pretty bad.  I pass out usually before 10:00 and don't wake up again until 5-5:30 AM.  I know I need to take advantage of the time before Finn gets here, because I hear I won't get much sleep then.  :)

I also had a random symptom the other day, my feet swelled up super big.  It hasn't happened since, and I think it was directly related to eating too much salt at one meal.  I put my feet up and they've been ok and haven't swelled again, thank goodness. 

Favorite thing I ate today:  Lately, I've been eating A LOT of french fries.  For some reason, that's my craving of choice.  :)

Mood:  My mood has been good lately!  Much more positive and focused on the good stuff.  I think it's because I'm feeling better and I have some good things to focus on.

Worried about:  I'm really not worried about too many things, aside from keeping up with work and staying focused on the right things before Finn gets here. 

Excited for:  I'm excited for a couple of things.  I'm excited for the HypnoBirthing class that Arthur and I are going to take starting next week.  It was supposed to start tonight, but it didn't end up happening because the lady that was teaching it had sick kids.  It goes for 6 weeks in a row, every Saturday night.  It's supposed to teach me how to focus through the pain and be as solitary as I can so I can avoid an epidural.  It has some pretty good reported numbers from 2009 - 2013:

• NO pain medications or epidural: 82%
• NO episiotomy: 96%
• NO elective medical labor induction: 94%
• NO labor augmentation with pitocin: 94%
• NO c-section: 92%

Pretty good stats!  :)  I'm also excited for my next ultrasound which is this coming Friday.  I get to see Finn again!  Woohoo!

Vegas Birthday Babymoon!

Arthur's birthday was on February 23.  We had been planning to go to Vegas for his birthday for awhile, and to get the most out of the days we had off, we decided to leave right after our doctor's appointment on Friday night.

We had packed the night before, so as soon as the appointment was over, we said goodbye to Arthur's mom and headed down to Vegas.  The drive was really fast, because I had a nice long nap during the ride.  I have been craving french fries a lot lately, and so we had to stop at Dairy Queen halfway down so I could get some fries.

The first night we had booked at the Westin resort in Lake Las Vegas.  Lake Las Vegas is a man-made lake about 20 minutes outside of the strip.  The resort had incredible rates for one night, because it recently became a Westin.  When we checked in at the hotel, I told the front desk guy that we were celebrating Arthur's birthday.  He upgraded us to a slightly larger room with a balcony.  That's a secret!  If you ever travel to a nice place, tell them you're celebrating something and they might give you an upgrade!  :)

Here is a picture of the resort:

 
The room was nice, but the view was the best part.  You can see we had a view of Lake Las Vegas and some palm trees.

The night we checked in, Arthur and I didn't go out and do much, we just hung out around the hotel.  They had some fire pits and some comfortable couches by a fountain.  Here is a picture of some of the fountains we sat by to relax:

The next day was Arthur's birthday.  We went to this place called The Omelet House for breakfast.  Arthur had a lobster omelet and I had an omelet with mushrooms, green peppers, cheese and bacon.  They also have delicious breakfast potatoes and banana nut bread.  We found it on Yelp, and it's a local place.  Arthur have started doing that in cities we've been to a lot of times because we get tired of some of the mainstream places.  It's a great way to enjoy some of the local food.  :)

After we had breakfast, we met up with Mike and his girlfriend to go get our tickets to see a show that night.  Arthur and I always use the Tix 4 Tonight kiosks in Vegas so we can get discounted tickets.  We love to see shows in Vegas because we're not very big on gambling or other stuff.

After we got tickets to a show (more on that later), Mike, his girlfriend, Arthur and I went to Shark Encounter at Mandalay Bay.  Arthur and I have been there a few times but Mike hadn't ever been.  We went through and got a bunch of pictures of the fish and I think Arthur had a great time.

Here are some pictures of the Shark Encounter.  This one is of the walkthrough shark tank tunnel:

Here's Arthur and me posing with a photo bombing shark:

Here are some cool Jellyfish we saw:

After the Shark Encounter, Arthur and I went to the Palms hotel to check into our room because I needed a nap.  Once again, I mentioned to the front desk person that we were celebrating Arthur's birthday, and he upgraded us to a renovated room in the main tower.  The room was really nice, but kind of weird too.  There was a weird mural on the wall of eyes that you can see a reflection of in the TV as you are sitting on the bed.

We had a view of the other Palms tower from our room, and we were pretty high up:

After I had a nap, Arthur and I left to meet up with Mike at the Excalibur to see our show called Tournament of the Kings at the Excalibur.  Arthur and I have seen the show a bunch of times, and it never gets old.

We played some arcade games for a few minutes while waited for Mike and his girlfriend.  We won a weird little blue stuffed animal.  It was fun!  When Mike got there, we went into the "arena" and waited for them to bring our food out.  Yes, it's a dinner theater!

Here's a picture of us waiting for our food.  We were in the Norway section, cheering for the king!

We finally got our food.  It's a delicious and random meal of a whole chicken, potatoes, broccoli, a biscuit and the most delicious tomato soup you've ever eaten.  The best part?  They don't give you utensils!  You have to eat with your hands!

We totally enjoyed the show, and cheered a lot.  It was a good time.  After the show, we gambled a bit with Mike.  Mike convinced me to try the Blackjack table.  I put down 20 bucks and I won back 80!  Not bad for my first time playing.  :)

The next day, Arthur and I got up and went to another local breakfast place to eat.  It was called Babystacks and they specialize in making all different types of pancakes.  I ordered the Red Velvet pancakes and Arthur had the Rocky Road pancakes.  They were amazing!

After breakfast, Arthur and I went to the new Cosmopolitan casino.  It was amazing!  They had these incredible chandeliers made out of crystal. 

We also went the Aria to get tickets to see Zarkana that night.  It is a new Cirque du Soleil show.  After we went there, Arthur and I went to check into our hotel for the next two nights at the Hard Rock.  I took a nice nap for about an hour or so, and then got up and got ready to go to the show.  The room at the Hard Rock was really relaxing, and the beds were really comfortable.  Yes, I said beds.  Even though we got a nicer room on a higher floor, all they had when we checked in were rooms with two double beds!  Ugh!!

We were planning on going to eat at Gordon Ramsey's new restaurant called Burgr at Planet Hollywood, but we didn't end up having enough time to do it before we had to be at the Aria for the show.  We planned on going after the show instead.

We had a snack at Planet Hollywood at a restaurant that had lobster fish and chips style with fries and stuff.  I ordered just french fries and Arthur got what was called a Lob-sicle.  It was an entire lobster tail on a stick, fried and served with a lemon and tarter sauce!  It was 14 dollars!  He loved it so much, he said he would have paid double for it.  :)

We got to the theater and got a drink and some popcorn.  The show was amazing!  We had ok seats, in the middle, but really far back.  It's because the show is really new and the seats were kind of expensive.  Thank goodness for my blackjack win!  :)

Here is a short clip of the show so you can see some of the cool stuff we saw:



After the show, Arthur and I were really hungry!  We walked across to Planet Hollywood to find Gordon Ramsey's restaurant.  We walked around forever and finally found it close to the front.  I was so excited!!  I had been wanting to eat at one of his restaurants for so long.  We waited about 20 minutes or so, and they had a texting system to let us know our table was ready.  I got a text and we walked back and got seated really fast.  The menu had different types of burgers, but everything was really simple.  I ended up with an American Burger with lettuce, tomato, pickle and cheddar cheese.  Arthur had a Farm Burger with an egg on it.  To me it looked gross, but he loved it!  We shared some french fries that had truffle oil and Parmesan cheese on them.  The menus were the best part!  They were hilarious!

That night I had a rough time sleeping, probably because of how dry the air was or maybe I was just not liking some of the smoky air.  I tossed and turned, and ended up on the other bed because of how small the beds were.

The next day I got to sleep in and eventually got up to go to breakfast.  Arthur found another local place called The Egg and I.  It wasn't too far from the strip, and they are famous for their delicious egg meals.  I ordered an egg panini, it was so good.  They had this funny system they used to get the waiter's attention.  You would turn this little egg sign on your table around so it looked sad, then the waiter would know you needed something.  I didn't use it because the waitress explained to me that the system is good for customers, but bad for servers.  :P  I realized that they probably don't like people using it much.

Thank goodness for Yelp!  It was easy to find places to eat that were the normal strip joints.

After the Egg and I, Arthur and I went to Tix 4 Tonight again and got seats at the new America's Got Talent show for that night at the Palazzo, which is an extension of the Venetian.  We decided to head over to the Venetian early so we could trade in our tickets.  We looked around the mall a bit at the Venetian and because it was Chinese New Year recently, they had some really cool decor for the holiday.

Heres's a cool dragon:

Here's a Dragon Kite and lanterns.  It reminded me of Tommy Tricker!

There was also a really cool (probably expensive) car and some weird water tornado things in glass.  Interesting to look at, for sure!

We also got some Gelato at the Venetian and relaxed a little in the shops area by the canal.  It was nice to not rush around and actually enjoy the vacation part.  :)

We ended up going back to the hotel for another nap since I seemed to need one every day that I was in Vegas.  We got ready and decided to grab a snack and then head to the show.

The show was awesome, we ended up getting front row tickets.  My favorite part were the dogs that performed cool tricks.  Here's a video with some of the acts:



After we saw America's Got Talent, we drove back to Planet Hollywood to eat at our favorite restaurant in all of Las Vegas called Lombardi's.  They have the world's most delicious Fettuccine Alfredo I've ever eaten.  They make their pasta on site and the sauce is to die for.  I don't even like Fettuccine Alfredo, and that's all I ever order there. 

After we ate, we went back to the hotel for our last night in Vegas.

The next morning, we woke up and checked out of the Hard Rock.  We have a tradition to go to the Bellagio and eat at Cafe Bellagio for breakfast before we head out and go home.  Arthur ordered the Lobster omelet and I got a club sandwich with french fries.  So many cravings for french fries!

After breakfast, we got in the car and headed home.

It was such a great vacation, and I really had a blast!

Halfway!

I've put off blogging for a few days because when I got back from vacation on Tuesday, I blogged that night.  I spent a whole hour typing up an amazing blog, and I accidentally hit something on the keyboard that deleted the whole post!  When I went back in, it autosaved with nothing on the page... so everything was lost.  So, I'm trying this again.  :)

On Friday, Arthur and I had our 20 week doctor appointment with an ultrasound.  Because I wanted to record the ultrasound, Arthur invited his mom so she could handle the video camera while Arthur and I focused on the ultrasound.

I had to work until 2:30 that day, so I rushed to American Fork after work after my last meeting to make it there by 3.  Arthur, his mom and I went in and sat and waited for our names to be called.  I had some apple juice and some Mike & Ike's to help get Finn moving a bit for the ultrasound because I heard that makes it more exciting when you're checking him out.  :)  They called us back and we went into the room.

There was an exam bed with paper on it for me, a big ultrasound machine, and a big leather couch for Arthur and his mom to sit on.  I got comfortable on the exam bed and looked at the big screen on the wall.  It was nice that they had a TV mounted there, so it was pretty similar to Fetal Fotos.  The ultrasound tech got started and we were able to see baby Finn on the screen!

She said that everything looks good, and that he's healthy.  His heart is normal, and he is measuring slightly bigger than 20 weeks.  Because he is measuring only 5 days older than 20 weeks, he didn't change my due date.  It's still July 11!  Arthur's mom was really happy because that's her birthday.

Here are some of the pictures from the ultrasound:

This is his arm.  You can see his little hand has 5 fingers!

Here's his profile!  His nose is looking super cute.  He definitely has Arthur's upper lip.  ;)

Here's his junk proving he is a boy!

This is Finn's long leg.  She measured his bones and said his legs look great!

I have another appointment in 3 more weeks to check in on how things are progressing.  I'm very excited to see him again!  :)

After the appointment, I was super relieved that everything is looking normal.  I have announced my pregnancy in phases, to different people at different times.  I haven't made an official "all friends" announcement on Facebook because I have over 500 people there who are from all different parts of my life.  I wanted to wait to make sure that everything is looking good before I made a 100% public announcement.

I had been thinking of different ways to do it, and I found a fun picture online of a onesie that made me smile.  I posted this and got a bunch of likes and comments, so it sounds like people are pretty excited for Finn to be here!

Movement!

Today was a special day.  Today I felt the first little kicks from baby Finn when I was at work.  In the afternoon, he usually wakes up a bit and I can feel little bumps against my pants waistline.  I usually will stop what I'm doing and put my hand on my stomach to see if I can catch the bumps with my fingers.  For the first time today, it was a deliberate little kick on the three fingers I was using to push into my stomach.  It was the most amazing feeling!

Tonight, while Arthur and I were eating dinner, Arthur asked "When do I get to feel Finn?"  It was so cute.  I put my hand on my stomach and couldn't feel anything, so I figured that he was not moving at that time.  I know what usually makes him bounce around, which is sugar.  So, I took a big swig of my cherry Koolaid and waited for about 5 minutes.  I started to feel a few little bumps in my stomach, so I put Arthur's hand there, and pushed in.  I felt a few from inside of me, and asked him if he did, too.  He did!

He asked me if it was gas, but I told him it wasn't.  LOL.

He kept his hand there for 10 more minutes, and felt a bunch of little "kicks".

Today was a super special day.  :)