This and That

The kid is growing in leaps and bounds. She's measuring 1 lbs 10 oz right now, and my due date was bumped up to the 7th of April. At least its moving in the right direction. She is supposed to double in size again this month, so that should be interesting... I already can't see my feet, so double that will be...fun. I'm getting a little worried that she's taking after Alan's side of the family. Alan and his brothers (excluding one) were rather hefty babies, always around 8-9 lbs. That's a big kid to come out of a not so big place.

This is my last month in the second trimester. That's a little weird to think about. I haven't had too many problems this trimester. Its been pretty nice. I still get a lot of hiccups. That's my unique pregnancy symptom. I get really big, squawking hiccups, but only one or two at a time. The nurse chocked it up to pressure pushing on my diaphragm. Alan just thinks I sound like a bird a laughs. Oh well. Still, for the most part, it hasn't been that bad.

23 Weeks

There's my 23 week belly. I have another ultrasound on Thursday, so that should be exciting. She was 13 ounces last time, so lets see how much she's grown...

Kung Fu Master

Our little girl has been trying out some new moves. She would not sit still all day yesterday. She was constantly kicking and moving and stretching, and man, it started hurting. And she started kicking HARD. For the first time I was able to see my stomach jump and move when she would kick. By the end of the morning I was feeling rather battered, but she kept it up all day. Alan said she must be running out of room and is trying to stretch me out faster. I'm just glad she's settled down today.

Cramped

Its like a giant chess game trying to get everything to fit nicely in our tiny apartment. If I move these over there then I have room for this here, but what about that over there, and where will this go? Too bad I'm really horrible at chess...

I have finally got the last load of baby gear packed away. Everything is labeled and sorted and ready to go, at least for now. I'm starting to have to find creative places to put things, like behind the couch or in the pantry. Maybe someday my house will be organized.

Speaking of running out of space, the kid had developed a new technique. I call it her octopus dance. I swear sometimes she has 8 arms and legs all kicking me in different places at the same time. Normally she's most active after I eat or when I go to bed, but she got me up early this morning with her little antics. She must have been hungry or something, because right about 7am she started wiggling all over the place and wouldn't let me go back to sleep until I got up and ate breakfast. The little bugger...

Happy Birthday Alan

Since I don't have any cake pans to speak of, I used the next best thing I could find.

Lesson Learned: Using pie pans = funny looking cakes

My New Desktop Picture

Isn't he adorable? Our little niece fell in love with Alan over Thanksgiving break and followed him around everywhere.

He's going to be such a good Daddy :)

Leaving on a Jet Plane

After spending a week(ish) in Oregon, Alan and I flew back to Provo.

(Oh yeah, we're having a girl!!!)

Flying while pregnant was an interesting experience. I've heard how pregnant ladies can cut through long security lines by claiming that the metal detector thing will do something to the baby, so they get bumped up the line and only subjected to the body wand. But the lines weren't bad, so I didn't feel the need to employ that tactic.

The flight itself wasn't too bad. Takeoff was fine (besides the slight sensation of the kid dropping), the pressure change was fine, flying was fine... Landing, now that's a different story. As soon as we started descending, I could feel it and the kid could feel it. She got really active and started squirming and kicking everything she could, including my stomach and bladder. So not only was I starting to feel pretty airsick, but if I moved wrong I felt like I was going to wet my pants. Once we landed and I was able to start walking around she calmed down, but it was pretty hectic for a little while in there...