Two weeks 'til Christmas!

Well, we are two weeks until Christmas and Chicago got the first snow this past week. I was impressed that we didn't get any snow until the first week of December this year as it normally snows before Thanksgiving! We have our Christmas tree up and I have been doing some Christmas shopping as well. Chris and I are trying to get a Christmas letter out, but having difficulty getting it printed on the paper that we have. Therefore, it may require an extra errand to Kinkos.

Baby Bandstra is very active! On Monday night, December 7, 2009 I saw and felt him move for the first time. It was REALLY weird! Last night, I was laying on my back and was watching the muscles in my tummy move as he would move. I've also noticed that if I push on certain areas of my tummy, he will then move. Chris thinks it's very weird to feel him move and is slightly freaked out by it. I wondered if he had hiccups a few times this week as I would feel rhythmic jumping in my stomach, but I can't quite tell. I still can't distinguish the type of movement either.

I went out with my friend Lisa on Friday for a few hours to start my registry at Babies R Us. There is so much stuff and it is crazy how much these advise you to register for that you really don't need. We are planning to register at Babies R Us, Target, and Burlington Coat Factory's, Baby Depot. However, it's hard to distinguish what to register for and where. I noticed that Target doesn't have a whole lot of stuff and the stuff they do have is mostly online.

I go back to the doctor on December 23 and will be 25 weeks! It will be a count down to our next ultrasound which is anticipated between 30-32 weeks, but hasn't been scheduled yet. I am feeling better and have not taken medication for the nausea for about four days and feel pretty good actually! I've had a few episodes of nausea, Friday night and Saturday, but it's been manageable. My gag reflex is really sensitive and if I trigger it, I will throw up. I'm still vomiting on average once a week for the past few weeks, but not because of feeling nauseous. We have been slacking on taking pictures of my growing tummy, but will work on getting those together and post new ones!