And so it is that I am sitting with my feet up in our cool living room, learning about the late-night habits of either the Amish or Mennonites in our community (it's too dark to see the color of the buggy, so I'm not sure which it was). I was surprised to hear hooves on pavement at this hour. Don't they have to get up early to milk the cows or something?
Hey, maybe one of them is pregnant and couldn't sleep. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure the odds are in favor of our Amish friends being pregnant, judging from all the little Amlets we see on our way to church.
So wait, what was the point of this post?
Uh, I guess I better hurry and come up with one....
Ok, well, the so-called "nesting" instinct has kicked into overdrive recently. And by recently, I mean today. This is what I have been doing instead of falling asleep - I have mentally re-arranged and re-decorated almost every room in our house. And compiled my to-do list, which so far includes laundering and hanging the curtains, purchasing a bedspread and curtains for the nursery, and persuading Joel that the library should be rearranged. Yes, after you've just finished Dewery decimaling and shelving the very last book. It'll be fun, I promise.
Also, I'm hungrier than ever before in my entire life. Not at this very moment (although, give it fifteen minutes), but in general - I am embracing the hobbit schedule of eating breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, lunch, and so on. I can finish a meal feeling nigh uncomfortably full, and my belly somehow goes straight from "ugh I ate too much" to "where's the food, quick! I'm going to die if I don't eat something!" I won't tell you how much weight I've gained thus far, but I've been reassured that my body "must have needed it" and "it'll all come right off" when I'm breastfeeding. People, you should know that I'm maintaining a list of you to come after if your prophecies of weight loss do not transpire. At least I "don't look at all" like I've gained *mumble-mumble* pounds.
On what else shall I update you? Hungry, sleepless, and nesting. Yup that's about it. Watch for a new belly pic soon; we started out with photos six weeks apart, but I think we're going to move to updates every four weeks as this sucker keeps getting bigger and bigger.
I haven't posted a comparison picture in awhile; here's a 3D ultrasound of a baby at 23 weeks gestation (not our baby), which is about where we are:
Quite remarkable, don't you think, that our baby looks similar to this with fully formed facial features and little hands.
Thanks for tuning in....I think I'll go play kdice. (Addiction-prone friends, you're welcome.)
