Lots of new milestones...

I'm horrible at blogging.

So, starting this past Tuesday, a day before I hit 17 weeks, some new stuff happened...

1. I can feel the little symbiote in there swimming laps and doing somersaults... and whatever else fetuses do in their spare time. It's always right before bed and it's pretty indescribable. My friend Brittnee let me borrow her home doppler, which has been interesting the two times I've listened. It's like drive-by heartbeats... pretty cool. I'm trying not to use it too much, I don't want to get too used to it. Plus, surprises of this sort are more fun.

2. The hair on my stomach is turning black. I don't want to talk about that.

3. Maternity clothing is more and more a part of my daily life. It depends on the day, but the rubber band with the jeans isn't cutting it like it used to. I have my closet sectioned off now based on tops that are too tight on my belly. I am more and more grateful every day that I get to wear whatever I want to work, within reason of course. And my yoga pants totally pass for dress pants.

4. We got a free dresser for the baby's room off Freecycle. It's a 6-drawer Ikea piece that will double perfectly as a changing table. Just need to sand it down and paint it before we move it upstairs.

Speaking of paint, we painted the living room and rearranged the furniture. Much more open... and baby-friendly, funny enough. We can see everything on the floor from the kitchen now, and the dead corner that used to plague my every waking moment is no more.

Also, my TP measurement for the past 2 weeks has been 11 squares. No change... although I can definitely tell a change in shape. We'll keep growing and see what happens!

Two weeks from today we find out if symbiote is a boy or girl. I'm excited to find out!