Getting a kick out of this!

At first I wasn't sure whether what I was feeling really was Isabella moving around in there.. On a drive over the mountain to my mom's house one night - October 29th to be exact - I sat at the stoplight next to Kam Shopping Center and felt something funny. The books all said it might be similar to hunger gurgles, or gas bubbles, or popcorn popping inside me. But they all also said it's actually indescribable. Whatever it was that I was feeling was almost tickle-y and sort of did feel like popcorn popping - but not exactly. The rest of the drive was a pretty distracted one! I kept feeling flutters, repeated flutters but not rhythmic or regular. At the same time, I didn't want to trick myself into wishing so hard that I could feel her that I imagined something that wasn't there. Hmmm..

Over the next couple of days I felt the same thing a couple times, and then for a couple of days, nothing. Maybe I was wrong.

But at our appointment on the 9th, I felt her and saw her move on the screen at the same time. Sure enough, those were baby twists, kicks and punches I had been feeling! How exciting!

Now it's most days that I can feel her, usually when I'm winding down in the evening or right after I've gotten up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, but also sometimes when I'm driving, or when I'm working. Last Sunday, we discovered that Isabella either really likes or really hates Prince. Alex played a Prince song at work, and out of nowhere she was moving around like crazy! And as soon as the song ended, she calmed down. Sari said maybe she's going to be a dancer. Ha! That would be cool, except that is not something she would get from me, that's for sure!

Now we're just waiting for her to get big and strong enough so Alex can feel her moving from the outside. Alex asked me the other night what it feels like. Definitely not like gas. I can see where people would think it was a hunger gurgle but once you know, it's definitely different. Popcorn popping was the closest description I've read. But also it feels almost the same as when you literally can feel your heart skip a beat or palpitate, except instead of feeling it in your chest it's in your belly area - or lower, or to the side a little.

This is so exciting! Bella, we can't wait to meet you!!!