Best news.....EVER!

I found out last week that one of my best friends is pregnant....and only 6 weeks behind me! Unfortunately, I can't give any more information about that 'cause she and her hubby are in the process of telling people. Let me just say, it was some of the best news I've ever heard! Finding out I was pregnant was more a feeling of disbelief than good news so now that my pregnancy has finally hit me, her news was the most wonderful thing! Everyone longs to be pregnant with their bestie. Our husbands have already talked - will they date or be best friends? Is it too early to arrange a marriage? ;) Ha!

Next on topic....my uterus! Holy uterus! I felt for the first time last night how HARD my uterus is. And now when I lay flat, my stomach no longer concaves...it's protruding. Thankfully I can still see my hip bones, but I'm realizing quickly that this stomach is one day going to take me over! I'll be 16 weeks on Wednesday and although my OB told me I probably won't feel anything until week 20, I frequently press my hands on my stomach and beg that baby to kick me. I just want to feel SOMETHING, a flutter, anything! I'm sure when it finally happens, I'll think it was just gas. I just hope it doesn't happen in a patient's room or when I'm around strangers 'cause you better believe I'm gonna want to tell the closest person to me...."I JUST FELT MY BABY MOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I just can't wait!

Jake and I talked names last night. For those of you who know us, know we've been discussing names for YEARS. Jake desperately wants to find out the sex of the baby (in 4 weeks!!!!) and pretty much has refused to talk names until then. I finally got him narrowed down on our boy list, which makes me feel better BUT the girl list, which I had thought we were doing better on, got completely re-vamped yesterday and now I'm feeling stressed about a girl name. I like a few that he really likes, but he pretty much said no to the girl name I've been dreaming about for a couple years now. Some of the girl names are just slightly different from the norm and I always cringe when a friend or family member goes "oh I don't like that." Not everyone will like the name we choose, I realize this, but I secretly desire a name that everyone says, "I love that!"

Well, that's all for now. I'm headed to the gym and going to attempt a good run and lift some weights. My biggest obstacle in working out is getting hungry mid workout. I'll have a great run but then I'm too starving to lift. It seems to be either one or the other. We'll see how today goes.