funtimestwo

I am really enjoying being pregnant - it just dawned on me today that I am in a very good phase of this gestational process. I've finally got enough of a belly to not just look like I've let myself go and to appear like an actual pregnant woman. It’s really fun to notice other pregnant women who are instantly so sweet. Even the unending stream of unsolicited advice is fun because I realize I really enjoy discussing pregnancy - mine and others. I can eat a lot more now and I can eat as much ice cream as I want with no lactose intolerance (what the?) I haven’t fully tested this theory yet but I did go through a pint of dulce de leche in about 3 days which is unheard of for me. Until being pregnant I never got to the bottom of an ice cream container before it got disgusting freezer burn and I had to throw it out. There are of course occasional discomforts (like how stuffed I felt shortly after devouring 5 pop n bake cinnamon rolls yesterday or huffing and puffing occasionally) and there is an occasional pms-like irrational irritation and general overwhelming pissed offedness but that dissipates very quickly and is generally only brought on by the MTA and its oh so friendly rush hour riders. Overall, I am so very happy in a non-specific kind of sunshine family vibey way. It will all be fine. One thing that may have contributed to this lack of persistent nagging worry was getting through the 20 week anatomy scan and learning that it is a healthy baby developing just as it should be and it seems I'm passed the amnio threshold. Didn't want it and I passed all the screening with great results so now they can't bug me about it anymore. Everything is great! AND now we know the sex of the baby and can stop calling it "it."

My favorite pregnant moment this week: I'm snoozing while hubby is preparing for an early morning departure on a 4 day tour - he comes in to kiss me goodbye and in my groggy state I call him back "say goodbye to the baby" and he bends down with the sweetest hug and says "goodbye my baby boy." a hallmark moment for sure, maybe even good enough for one of those Johnson&Johnson baby propaganda commercials. OK wipe back the tears and get back to work.

Enjoying twine time at Zamas, the beginning of the fifth month 

not just indigestion
We had a lovely opportunity this weekend to spend sometime with Lefty "Fleance" Meissnargusner aka Baby Meissner. A good friend who is an expert cardiac sonographer and echocardiagam specialist snuck us in to her hospital and spent well over 30 minutes showing us the floating, flipping and waving fruit of mah womb. WE got to count fingers and toes, we saw kidneys and a few good face shots. Lefty is very active and somewhat modest so we did a lot of chasing around and gentle jiggling to get clear shots.

Sometimes in daily life one can almost forget that there is a real being growing inside and it is so nice to have the reality of interaction. There was even a well placed kick which my friend and I felt and which seemed to even produce a sound on the monitor _ perhaps that was an imaginitive embellishment on my part. For the record, while there has been an awareness of movement (the flutters, they call it) no official kicks were felt until the evening of January 13th (a special day all around).

Thats the news - next we'll have the official anatomy screening on the 25th (20 week check up) where we may perhaps learn the sex of the lil cutie (if its not too modest)

grrrrrr
I just wrote a big ole update and had an attack of the disappearing blog - suffice it to say we had lovely travels, driving flying and even floating a little. Also soon there should be an actual pregger belly pic up on this site-

I miss the post I just wrote - boo hoo - that's what I get for attempting to spell check.
Glad to be home and back to the busy preparations for major life changes as well as all the regular fun stuff

In honor of the lost post "what I did on my christmas vacation" would you care to share your highlights with me for heartening measures?
happy 2005!