Week *17* Excitement

Dear Baby H,

A couple of nights ago, I was lying in bed while your daddy was sleeping.  I might have been trying to fall asleep, or I might have woken up for a minute, I can't really remember.  However, what I do remember is the amazing little feeling that occurred near my side.

I'm pretty sure I was lying on my back when I felt an unmistakable "flutter" to my left side.  I immediately though, "Oh my gosh- a FLUTTER!"  Everyone had been telling me that when I first felt you, it would be a flutter or a little ripple that would catch my attention in a strange way.  Well, that's exactly what I experienced!  Naturally, I got really excited and lay there thinking how happy I was to have said hello to you.

Then, I thought to myself, "But Baby H, how could you ever be all the way over there?!" At which point, I pretty much talked myself out of the whole experience and decided you hadn't said hello yet.  Luckily, I talked to Nonnie the next day and she assured me that I very well could have felt you. : )  So, I am going with that!  Thank you, Baby H! 

The other most exciting thing about this week is the fact that I learned you are able to start hearing things.  You can probably hear my heart beating and my stomach when it grumbles.  (I wonder if you'll mistake that with Bagle's snoring eventually?  He sounds pretty much like a grumbly stomach.)  This is very exciting and I am going to try to talk to you more instead of just writing to you, but I have to admit it still feels a bit surreal!  In the same hope, though, I will also be letting you listen to Dave Matthews Band in the coming days and weeks.  Yay! :)

Please keep moving around in there, Baby H.  I hope you are comfortable and I hope my body is cooperating for you.  I'd love to feel you again, so don't be shy.

<3 Your Mom