kicks

i dread the prenatal vitamin. most of the time i'm taking gigantic iron pills as well. but i'm off my iron pills for seven days. so it's just the vitamin. which isn't so bad. but i'm not a big fan of horse pills...as i'm not mr. ed.

anyway. last night, i was going through my nightly routines of taking pills, washing face, brushing teeth, etc. i went into the kitchen to get my vitamin and saw that there was a half empty diet dr. pepper can in the fridge. i haven't really enjoyed any drinks like this since i found out i was pregnant. but it was there. and it was cold. and it might as well have been a cupcake like in the commercial. i took a swig of it to take my vitamin...and before i knew it, i basically drank the rest of the can. i loved every second of it. but again, keep in mind that i really haven't had any caffeine (besides what's in chocolate) for about 15 weeks.

so i go upstairs to get ready for bed. about twenty minutes later i lay down. clint's pretty much asleep. and i'm finding something on tv. and then i feel this little boy start to move. like, really start to move. i didn't want to wake clint up. so i waited to see if it would continue.

it did. i assume he kicked me. hard. i had my hand on my belly..and he just kicked. and i could not only feel it internally...but i felt it on my hand. so i woke clint up. and the little guy continued to kick. it was unreal!

i was so excited. but nervous too. it's crazy to think that what we take in really has that much affect on the baby. i'm sure he was dozing away...and then i came along with a diet dr. pepper.

what fun this is! that made the low back pain worth every minute!