18 weeks 4 days!

hello!
since I wrote last eric and I found a 2 bedroom apartment to move into next month and I am both excited (for the new place with a special room designated for our baby) and not excited (to pack all our junk and move).  we have already had several people offer to help us though which is great because I won't be much help carrying bed frames and dressers.
at 17 weeks and 2 days I felt the baby move for the first time! it was so exciting because before then I had thought I felt some movement but that day there was a significant amount of movement! I really wanted eric to be able to feel it too so he sat with his hand on my tummy for about ten minutes and then decided he wasn't going to be able to feel anything. but at 18 weeks 2 days (while we were watching the oscars) the baby was doing lots of somersaults so I told him to put his hand on my tummy again and within about 30 seconds he felt what must've been a giant somersault and his eyes just got huge! he was so shocked/surprised/excited! I teared up a bit because I know in that moment it got a lot more real for him. so we've just been enjoying that and gearing up for our move next month!
also eric had an interview on monday that went really well! so everyone cross your fingers and pray that he gets it!

18 weeks!

someone mistakenly added liquid dish soap to the dishwasher instead of detergent so I came around the corner to a kitchen full of bubbles last night lol - at least he was trying to help clean up!
that's about all for now!
xo, Paula

the search is over!

enjoying some time at home tonight watching the grammy's and eating breakfast for dinner - yum! I visited two more doctors offices last week and we have finally decided on a clinic! super exciting cause now we know for sure where we will be going and we get to have a midwife!! when I went to the appointment it just felt like everything fell into place - we also visited fairview which is where both eric and I were born. we chose to go with generations women's health center though and we're excited and relieved to be done searching.
the job search also continues this week. I'm hoping to hear back from a place I interviewed at a week ago and I'm also going to talk with a long time family friend and owner of a hair salon in white bear lake to maybe do some reception work part time which would be amazing. eric is continuing to look too but in the meantime he's been painting houses with my uncle danny which has been an amazing blessing since his unemployment payments won't start til this week even though he's been laid off since january.
besides that my pregnancy book collection has been growing and I'm trying to read a bit of all of them cause I want to know as much as possible about what's going on and especially about birth!

here is my baby book collection!

me and hunter at anna's birthday celebration! 

16 weeks! finally a little bump to show for it!

that's all for now! xoxo paula

quick update

today I went in for my 15 week check up and everything looks great! I ended up going back to my GP because I haven't found an OB that I like or a midwife that will take us on as patients. there is still hope though! I have one more midwife group to call and see if we can get in with them. other than that I have been to the chiropractor twice for some serious low back pain but all in all things are going well.
I also had 3 job interviews this week so hopefully one of those turns out and I can quit cleaning since that seems to be what causes the back pain. we'll keep our fingers crossed and see!
eric is doing well too - he's been interviewing up a storm so hopefully he gets some call backs soon.
i promise to write more next time!
xo paula