First baby kicks and 18 days to go!!!

I felt my baby's first kicks Thursday evening! :0) YAY!!! It was very exciting! I hadn't really thought about what it would feel like or was really paying attention because I was under the impression that most first time pregnancies don't feel the baby kick/move until at least 20 weeks, but that wasn't the case for me! At 17 1/2 weeks along I felt little Jellybean move! It was like popcorn popping in your belly or like little tapping coming from inside! Since Thursday evening I've felt Jeallybean move 3 more times, and each time is very exciting!! I can't wait until I can actually feel constant strong kicks!

Only 18 days to go until we find out the sex of the baby, however, I definitely think it's a girl. But not just because I want a girl first. I honestly don't mind whether we have a girl or boy first, I personally think that having a girl first would be fun, but so would a boy. I just have a strong feeling it's a girl and whenever I walk into a place or am online doing registry stuff, I always look at girl things. I don't even go look at boy things, not because I don't want a boy but because I just don't think it's a boy. However, I could always be wrong. I just have a strong feeling that it's a girl :0) but I'm really excited to find out! We go on September 28th, 20 weeks, to find out. My appointment isn't until 2:00pm and I was told to drink 2 glasses of water an hour before the appointment. But I was wondering if I ate lunch would it effect the ultrasound??? Should I just eat breakfast normally and wait to eat lunch until after the ultrasound, just to make sure that Jellybean cooperates??? Because I really don't want to have to go back if Jellybean doesn't cooperate so we can see if it's a he or she. I would like to find out at 20 weeks, I mean I have been waiting all the that time. So just let me know what you think the best thing to do is....

I've been doing a lot of work around the house lately, in preparation for Jellybean! YAY! I have completely cleaned out, cleaned and painted the junk room. It is now being organized and the office and guest bedroom furniture are being moved into that room today. I have painted the hallway and bathroom this week as well. And have completely cleaned and organized the guest bathroom, which will be Jellybean's bathroom. The only thing left to do, on that side of the house - which is a BIG task, is getting EVERYTHING out of the big room and organized, thrown out, or donated so that big room is empty because.... THAT'S THE NURSERY! YAY! I want to have the big room completely emptied out before we find the sex of the baby, because once we find out we'll probably be getting things. Plus I want to be able to put things away after we get things and after showers instead of just piling them in the room. I plan on designing and building a custom closet for the nursery, to utilize all the space in the closet and to maximize the storage space for clothes, toys, and extras. YAY! I'm so excited to start decorating and organizing the nursery, CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT THE SEX!!!!