Baby Jedidiah's first vacation!

Well it's been a while since my last blog, and since then, much has happened. I am currently at 24 weeks and 3 days which is considered to be part of the sixth month of pregnancy! Also, baby bean baker now has a name....Jedidiah Kevin Baker. We actually decided on that name pretty quickly after discovering we were having a baby boy. At first we had no idea what to name him, but after praying that God would reveal that to us, the name Jedidiah came to both of us separately. We looked up the meaning and discovered it to be Hebrew for "Beloved by Yahweh" which was the name God gave to Nathan the prophet for David's son, Solomon. We fell in love with it instantly and so it was decided that baby bean would be "Jedidiah." We decided his middle name had to be after Rich's best friend, Kevin, which actually means "Beautiful at birth." And so came about the name Jedidiah Kevin Baker. I'm actually really happy that we decided to find out the sex of our little bean; it's made us feel so much more connected to our baby already. :)

Recently, we just came back from what I guess you would say was our "baby moon" and Jed's first vacation! It started off in La Palma with one of my best friends, Jinna, and her husband, Eliot, followed by a crazy two days in Disneyland, and ending in one of our favorite places, Monterey. It was such a great time to be with friends and get away somewhere with Rich. I think it was perfect timing, too, as I feel like I'm now getting bigger much faster.

As far as my pregnancy goes, I'm feeling pretty good. Jedidah's been kicking and moving around a lot more which I love! Sometimes his movements feel really strong and I can see the surface of my belly moving. It's so exciting! Some negative (but common) effects of pregnancy I've been experiencing lately are leg cramps (so painful!), bleeding gums, swollen legs and feet, and constipation (eww..TMI!). It's comforting to know that these are all common effects during pregnancy, but they still suck! It's all worth it, though :)

Good friends are so hard to find these days. I miss you, Jinna!

There are very few times when I won't feel bad for eating a root beer float, smoked turkey leg, and churro in a two days span....yay for pregnancy and Disneyland!

Can you tell Rich was excited to win this giant wiener dog?? Jed's first body pillow :)

 We made it through Disneyland! Needless to say, our feet were killing us by the end of our trip but it was so much fun!