Hello? Are you there?

So, I've been anxiously awaiting the moment in which I first feel Baby Webb. I read in my book, The Pregnancy Journal, that most women first feel their baby between weeks 18 and 22, but that some have reported feeling their baby as early as Week 16. Well, we are halfway thru Week 17, so I'm starting to get very excited. With every passing minute I wait, hoping to feel the little life inside me moving around. I regularly rub my belly just to let our Lil' One know I'm there, to give him/her comfort, but all the while hoping for a reply from the inside.

I was sitting at my desk on Monday, working a way, when all of a sudden I felt what I could only describe as the feeling of someone poking me (lightly and just once) but it was from the inside of my belly. My immediate thought was: "Is that you, my Lil' One?" I rubbed my belly and even lightly pressed back, more of a belly jiggle, if you will...hoping the baby would respond, but nothing. I haven't felt that feeling again, so maybe it was my stomach saying "Hello? I'm hungry!!" But I guess there are no guarantees unless it repeats itself. Brynn told me that when she first felt Cayden, it felt more like an air bubble, and this definitely was no air bubble, so I can't say for sure it was Baby Webb (but I'd like to think it was).

The cutest part about waiting for movement is "Daddy" Webb...he started a couple of weeks ago, regularly laying his hand on my belly, just as we're laying down to go to sleep. I know he's hoping to feel the baby, but each time I assure him that I haven't even felt the baby yet...he hushes me quietly and patiently waits, keeping as still and quiet as possible...after a few moments, he eases back to his side of the bed, slightly disappointed, or so he seems. I think it's adorable; it always makes me smile, knowing that my husband cares that much, is that excited!! I know there are so many dead-beat Dads out there, yet I have a good one, a great one, an AMAZING one (not even born yet, but I am completely confident knowing just how lucky Baby Webb already is).

I also read in one of my books that Baby Webb can now hear me...how cool is that?!?!? So, yesterday, on my way back from lunch, I had my first official Mommy-to-Baby conversation. It wasn't long, but I did tell Baby Webb just how excited we are and that we're looking forward to seeing him/her again on Monday. I made sure to let the baby know that we are hoping it won't be quite as shy as he/she was during the last sonogram, so we can find out if we should prepare for a boy or a girl, and that if he/she would give us a frontal shot, that I was even excited about beginning the shopping sprees for "gender specific" items, including the theme for the nursery. I look forward to the day when I'll be able to have two-way conversations, but for now, I'm content knowing that I can talk to our Lil' One and that he/she can hear me and be comforted by the sound of my voice. "Hello, Baby Webb!! We'll see you soon!!"