01/22/2010

I woke up feeling sick today so ended up calling in to work…now, even though I still feel crummy, I also feel super bored.  Figured I might as well take a few minutes to write in here!

Haven’t had too much to write lately because everything just seems to be going along normally. =)  Our little boy seems to be doing just fine and growing well…he is constantly on the move, which is reassuring, but can be distracting at times.  I feel like he never stops kicking and rolling around.  It is neat, but I do wish he didn’t love poking my bladder so much!  It is a very uncomfortable feeling to have someone poking you from the inside like that and I am really tired of having to go to the bathroom every 20 or 30 minutes.  I am just over 23 weeks pregnant, which means that by this time next week I will have passed the viability date (meaning that there is a chance for survival if the baby comes early).  Of course I hope our little guy keeps cooking in there for many more weeks, but it’s a nice milestone to check off the list.  Ryan finally felt him kicking a couple of weeks ago, which was pretty neat.  I think now that we know it’s a boy and I’m starting to show, it’s all becoming a little more real for him. 

Of course we do other things besides talk about the baby, but I have to admit that being pregnant and getting ready for Joseph’s arrival is pretty much always on my mind, and it’s hard NOT to think about it!  It’s getting scarier and more exciting by the day.  My mom is getting incredibly excited and it’s getting harder to keep her from buying baby things all the time.  I don’t know if I mentioned before that my brother and his girlfriend are also expecting a (surprise!) baby…within the next few weeks we should know whether it’s a boy or a girl, and then I think my mom may just die from excitement!  We are all hoping it’s a girl (which probably means it will be a boy)…can’t wait to find out if I will have a niece or a nephew!  Although I had a lot of mixed feelings about their pregnancy, I am really trying to focus on the excitement more than the worry about how they will manage.  It will be fun for Joseph to have a cousin only a couple of month younger than him!