2 weeks to Christmas... really?

Has anyone looked at a calendar lately? Is Christmas really 2 weeks, 14 days away?

Is anyone else as totally overwhelmed by that notion? Or just us?

To date, we have done little work on what we want for ourselves. And we have done even less for what we will give to others!!! Yikes. I need to get on this ASAP.

2 weeks, really? When did it get to be mid-December?!?!?!?

All my boys a twitching

A couple of nights ago, Tim started to fall asleep with his hand on my belly. He did the pre-sleep twitching thing while Monday twitched back at him. It was an amazing experience to be between them both as they connected to another. And while I still think pregnancy is an odd thing (there is someone literally growing inside me), I am often amazed by the miracle of it (there is someone literally growing inside me!!!) and cherish the moments when I am floored by the pure miracle of it all.

Long time no blog

Mostly we have been overwhelmed by a to-do list as long as my arm (and I have freakishly long arms), but Tim and I have been hanging in, getting through a boatload of it, and not blogging.

Here is a quick recap of the three of us!

• - Monday is doing great! He is busy kicking and punching and moving around and otherwise making himself known throughout the day. Yesterday marked 3 months until due date... which means we have more to add to the to-do list including pediatrician selection, maternity leave and day care.
• - We got our first Christmas tree ever and are decorating the house. Some more photos of the house can be found recently uploaded to Flickr.

• - I am now at the point of going to the doctor every 2 weeks. Our next appt is next Thursday. Monday is going to be here before we know it.
  
• - People still say that I hardly look pregnant, but I am feeling like a house. I had trouble putting on my sneakers last night after dinner as my belly is getting bigger. I also needed to get on my hands and knees to find a movie at blockbuster that was on the bottom shelf. I am not used to an extra 19 pounds hanging off my mid-section, and my thighs, and my boobs, and my face, and my....
• - I finally allowed myself a break from the to-do list on Sunday and actually took a nap. On the heels of a 9 hour sleep, I took a 2 hour nap while Tim raked up the leaves around the house. It felt great... I want to do that again soon!
• - Tim is just jamming at the office right now, but we still get time in bed with the three of us, hanging out, and counting Monday's kicks (quite active little man). It's my favorite time of day. Tim pulled out a book of Bob Dylan's lyrics the other night and sang to Monday for about 30 minutes while I tried to read but was distracted by the delight in the life we are living as a family.
  

26 Week Update from Baby Center

How your baby's growing: Your baby now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber), from head to heel. The nerve pathways in his ears are developing, which means his response to sounds is growing more consistent. His lungs are developing now, too, as he continues to take small breaths of amniotic fluid — good practice for when he's born and takes that first breath of air. His testicles are beginning to descend into his scrotum — a trip that will take about two to three days.

Busy, busy, busy!!!

For those of you who actually read this, I wanted to let you know that all is great -- but we have been super busy with work, off-sites, the house, cleaning out the apartment, etc.

More updates to come, but we are doing super, Monday is super, and life has never been better (or more frantic!!!)

Exhaustion Has Finally Caught Up To Us

Both Tim and I woke up this morning exhausted. Work, the move, traveling, jet lag, etc, seems to be finally taking its toll. I can't figure out how Tim has been doing it, but he worked several 12 hour days this week.

We are looking forward to the weekend, but there are some mandatory things we need to accomplish, including cleaning us out of 1111 Bayswater. I typically am anxious to get us moved in and unpacked, but think that I will take the weekend off from my neurosis and push to have us relax. After we get our feet underneath us, we can settle into the house, finish off the unpacking, and start getting things more ready for Monday.

Next week, I have the last of my monthly checkups. After that, appointments take place every other week. I'll also need to get my glucose test soon to see if I have developed gestational diabetes. We'll also have another ultrasound to check in on Monday. It looks like I am becoming a heavy user of the health care industry. Did you know that health plans consider pregnancy a chronic condition?

Is it time for bed yet??

In all that is new and exciting...

People who saw me as recently as 10 days ago are astounded as to how much I have grown in the last hours. The whole notion of "popping" now makes me feel like a Jiffy Pop container having been shaken over the stove for 3 minutes as I am now in a rapidly expanding state (without the sound effects though... but how cool would that be!!).

Now Monday is getting big enough that we can watch him at night in bed. It used to be that we could only really see the big movements that I could feel. But we are now starting to see the smaller movements that I can't feel.

I am often overwhelmed by the changes my body is going through, but to know that there is a little man inside my belly that is rolling over on his own accord is one of the great joys of my life.... waistline be damned.