In honor of...

In honor of my great-grandmother, Isabelle Vatz, I've been named Isabella. She died at 4:50 this morning with my grandma and great-uncle by her side. From the stories I've heard, she was an amazing woman and I hope I can carry on her name in a way she would want and be proud of. Looks like I have some pretty big shoes to fill but I'm up for the challenge and know I wont let her down. I know my mom and great-grandma were very, very close so my mom is trying to stay strong for me.

It's Official...

So it's official. My mom cannot have any caffeine until I'm outta here! She slept terrible last night and was exhausted today at work. She decided it would be somewhat okay to have half of a can of soda (she hasn't had one since she found out I was setting up camp in her belly)....NOT A GOOD IDEA. I became an acrobat immediately...I think all the flips I was doing made me nauseous! For the rest of the day all I did was toss and turn in mom's belly and I'm sure it was driving her nuts with all the kicking, punching and other fighting moves! I hope she learned her lesson..NO MORE CAFFEINE.

My Perfect Check-up

My mom and "youngma" went to the doc for a checkup yesterday and they said I'm the exact size I need to be and heard my heartbeat. It's 161 BPM! My mom's tummy is 23 cm long and I'm 23 weeks pre-natal...is that a coincidence? I think not, it's just a sign that when I'm outta this cramped living situation I'm going to be perfect. Yes, I said it, PERFECT! I heard my daddy telling mom today that I'm going to be "hell on wheels" since I am his child...obviously he has no idea my master plan of being an angel:)

Mom and Dad registered at Babies R Us this weekend. They were there for a couple hours and I could tell mom started getting tired since I heard her complain her feet were hurting..whatever feet are, guess I'll find out soon enough! Maybe it's what I've been kicking mom with all day long while she was at work! I can tell she enjoys it though because whenever I kick, she rubs her belly! It's payback for when she started poking her belly trying to get me to wake up last night!

I'm really excited because my daddy felt me kick for the first time tonight! Everytime I kicked and I heard my mom call him over I would stop as soon as he touched mom's belly (a fun game for me). Well tonight, since he did well on his quiz in summer school, I let him feel me kick! It was a hard one too...I didn't want him to miss it! I think my mom and daddy are really excited about meeting me!

Mom felt my first movement!

It FINALLY happened...I decided to startle my mom and finally kick her! It was pretty funny. She didn't know what it was and jumped a little when she was laying down Thursday night in bed. I heard her try to wake up my dad and all he did was roll over...obviously he was in a deep sleep! I was trying to get comfy in my mom's belly and it took quite some time so I was kicking and moving around quite a bit...maybe boxing will be in my future! I seem to only want to move around when mom's laying down...all she does now is stare at her belly waiting for my next boxing move. I'll have to show her some new moves soon...guess I better start practicing!