Surfergeeks

I figured I would give everyone a baby update. Not that there is too much new, but because Rob seems to have made all the posts lately.

I think almost everyone can agree, Rob and I have been pretty reclusive lately. We haven’t seen a few of our friends in a while (Jason we need to get together for some Magic or Starcraft soon and Battlestar Galactica is back on, but I think you work the night it’s on). It’s partly to do with we are finalizing the baby preparations–finishing the room, new crib etc, but also because I’ve been extremely tired lately. I’m not sure if everyone remembers how tired I was in the first trimester, but I’m even more tired than that now.

I’m exhausted throughout the day at work and I typically have a nap every night after getting home. And that’s not really the most of it. I had Friday off for a Doctor’s appointment. After getting home from it, I went to sleep for a couple hours. It was around dinner time when I got up, so Rob and I worked on that and started watching TV. While watching TV, I fell asleep again and slept for probably another hour. When I got up, it was still early (830pm-ish), so we watched a movie. Fortunately, I stayed awake for it, but when it was over, I headed straight to bed and was pretty much asleep instantaneously. That’s how I feel all day. I just want to stay in bed and sleep.

Well, in case everyone hadn’t heard the baby is kicking a lot. That is if Rob isn’t around. Almost every hour I feel movement. Mostly, it’s like he is streching or just shifting position. But everyonce in a while he kicks what seems as hard as he can and usually it’s right near or into my ribs. I’ve even been startled a couple times from the kicks. Partly taken by surprise and partly because it kinda hurts. It’s not an “ow” painful but more of a grunt painful.

As for not kicking when Rob is around, it’s been quite amusing. Rob has felt him move when he first started kicking, so it’s more of a joke we have together than anything else. Over the last couple of weeks, Rob has been trying to feel him move again, so when he starts moving, I call Rob over. Funny thing, the baby immediately stops kicking then and Rob doesn’t get to feel a thing. As well, the baby has a daily pattern. There are some times during the day he always kicks (between 8 and 9 am is one and between 3 and 4 pm is another, not for the whole hour, but at some point in those times), so during those times, Rob has been prepared to feel the kicking. Nope, the kid won’t kick then. Stubborn child. I can definitely tell he’s related to the both of us. Yeah, so lately no matter what we’ve tried, he won’t kick when Rob is around.

And finally, for those who haven’t seen me in person lately, I am visibly pregnant. There is no way to hide the belly anymore. It was just a month ago that if my clothes were baggy enough, you couldn’t be sure if I was pregnant. Now, it’s obvious, no matter what I wear. And it’s really only started expanding significantly the last week or so. It’s seems like over night, that I really didn’t look 7 months pregnant to, I’m definitely 8 months pregnant.