25 week belly

Ta-da!

Also, "ta-blah" applies. Thankfully she's just pushing out forward, not sideways too.

It's a regular Tae Bo gym in my tummy lately. I can see her karate chop from the outside now, which is strangely endearing. Mostly just strange though. Squirrel is still being such a good girl... she lets me sleep all the way through the night. Keep that habit, child.

Went through a mess of nesting this past weekend. Bought paint for Squirrel's dresser, new stuff for the house and started sorting through Random Boxes of Crap that have been sitting in our closet for 2 years. I put a bunch of stuff up on Freecycle for porch pick up, but nobody wants it... at least not yet. I'll give it a week then it all goes to Katy Christian Ministries. Also started rolling ideas around with Mom for our girl's first scrapbook pages, starting with the ultrasounds. Once I get those put to paper you can bet I'll be posting them!

Also, I've forgotten to post this because I didn't have it scanned until last week, but... for my birthday I got a 24 week ultrasound. You can see her little face...the first pic is a sweet smile, the second pic is a death metal scream! Expressive little Squirrel!

Jumping jellybean

Well, I left this quite alone for a while... but it's ok, because honestly, the last few weeks have been really, really boring. No morning sickness, no more really weird out-of-the-ordinary smells (though I can still smell for miles), no growing to speak of...

But today the baby jumped. During my second appointment and a really quick ultrasound, I saw and heard the heartbeat again. I couldn't really make out the shape of the little symbiot, although I know now it looks much more human. It was very still for a bit and then BLOOP! It jumped! My doctor and I both laughed, it was great to see.

I'm knocking on the door to the second trimester... and I am SO SO ready!

First Ultrasound

First ultrasound today! I was so surprised to see AND hear the heartbeat. We saw a very small sour patch kid who looks like it's blowing a bubble of gum. That's the yolk sac, which will be the baby's sustenance until the placenta is formed. My doctor moved the due date back a week to November 3, based on the size of the baby.

Pics!!