Your Pregnancy: Week 23



Swollen from head to toe? Increased blood flow, by now an old friend, is to blame. Consider a trip to the shoe store because loosening ligaments will cause your feet to expand even more in the weeks to come. In the meantime, lie on your left side or put your feet up when you can, stretch out your legs when you sit, and avoid sitting — or standing — in one place for long periods. Also, try to exercise regularly to increase circulation, and wear support stockings (put them on first thing in the morning) and roomy, comfortable shoes. You may be tempted to skimp on liquids to combat swelling, but you need to drink plenty of water because staying hydrated actually helps prevent fluid retention.

Your Baby is the Size of a Mango!



Your baby weighs about as much as a large mango -- just over a pound. (Length: more than 11 inches.) Baby's little face is fully formed...minus the baby fat, of course. The next task at hand for baby: sprouting two teeny-tiny nipples! Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb.

From me:

This week has been absolutely exhausting for me. No matter how long I sleep, I'm still tired when I wake up. It doesn't help that I've had something going every night so I don't get in bed until 11.. 12... 1 am... This weekend I just want to sleep. That's it. Just sleep. We had another doc appointment yesterday. Baby is growing good. I've gained 5 lbs since last month, so I'm gaining the right amount of weight and the right speed for my body size. That's makes me glad. my stomach has really grown too. My fundal height, the measurement from the top of the pelvic bone to the top of the uterus has finally exceeded my actual weeks. I'm now measuring 26 cm.. woohoo! I have a baby bump! Marilyn has been letting Micah use the sonogram radar thing to listen to Baby's heartbeat and yesterday it was super easy to hear! Micah was able to find Baby right away and I could actually hear the difference between my heartbeat and Baby's (something that I've been having trouble distinguishing). The heartbeat is in the 140s, so good and steady. All in all, things are.. good. I go back for my last ultrasound on the 10th. They usually just do two ultrasounds, but I get a third one cause they need to take more pictures of Baby's face since he/she refused to look at the camera last night. That's fine by me. I welcome any chance to see our little one.

Okay. I'm going to go and try not to fall asleep for these last two hours.

m.

or missy.. whichever you are. Either way.. quit kicking me!

Baby has gone from just a couple of movements here and there to 24/7 summersalts, flips, and karate kicks. It's pretty crazy. I sit at my desk here at work and have customers talking to me and the whole time Baby is using my kidney as a punching bag. Yeah.. try to keep a straight face with that going on!

Speaking of babies... Joey's baby shower was last night and it turned out AWESOME! Seriously, it was so much fun and was nice to be with just girls. There were about 15 people or so there, including the Lady of the Hour, herself. Or rather.. the Ladies of the Hour. I'm sure between Jenna and Sis Nowling they'll give a complete rundown with pictures and everything, which is especially good since my camera died after about 5 pictures and the backup batteries I had brought were dead. Figures. I needed backups for my backups!

I got there about 6:45 and went straight to the food. Sorry.. I was HUNGRY! And it was tacos, something I've been craving for the last week..

.. in fact, Micah and I won't be able to eat before church because of my needing to go the hospital to pick up a prescription and WMB prayer meeting, so we might stop at the store and get some sour cream (maybe do our first round of Thanksgiving grocery shopping so we can get one of the Carrs turkeys for 57 cents a lb! All we have to spend is $25.. nice... and a lot easier for us to reach than $100 or $150. The only place we spend that much is at Costco.) and then go home and make some late-night tacos and work some more on Micah's school. Yeah, he has a big paper due that's worth like a 1/4 of his grade in Fire 101 and it's due Dec 1. So unless he's wanting to work on it while we're in Bethel, we need to get that baby researched and written over the course of the next 7 days. Whew boy.

Back to the party. So I ate, pretty much stuffing myself in the process. Yeah, yeah, I know.. eyes bigger than my stomach and all. Literally, right now my stomach is about the size of my eyeball, or at least that's what it feels like! I have a HUGE appetite but a tiny tummy. NOT FAIR! I picked out a spot on "my couch" (always sit in the same spot, no matter what) and the fun began! There were a lot of really cool games.. like guessing how big Joey's belly is [i guessed how big mine was and added a few inches.. apparently I thought both us huge cause i was WAY off), and melting an ice cube to get the little pacifier out cause "my water broke!".. that one was especially fun since I won! woohoo! I got a prize of a Wild Jasmine bath set.. mmmm...

Let's see... There was also the tray game where we had to remember all the items.. I tied for that one. The tiebreaker was that Joey went out of the room and we had to remember as many details of her outfit as possible. We tied on that one two, but we went ahead and let the other girl have the prize since I already got one. :) And there was a story game where Sis Nowling read a story about the Right Family and each time we heard the word right, we passed the box to the right, and each time we heard the word left, we passed to the left. Bethany, the lady who works with Bro Nowling and has been coming to church for the past few months, ended up winning that prize, a pretty box filled with candy! She gave the candy to Dallas but kept the Reese's Pieces for herself. LOL! I don't blame her.. that is one kind of candy you don't give away!

Before long it was time for presents and I tell you what, at Baby Showers and Wedding Showers it's almost more fun watching the person open the gifts than if you were the one getting the gifts! Joey got a lot of really awesome stuff, and quite a mix too. Bath stuff, supplies, tons of clothes, blankets.. the list goes on and on. There were some really creative gifts too, an umbrella and a diaper cake, but words don't do them justice so hopefully Jenna will explain them when she posts the pictures.

Joey loved the gifts I gave her, which made me happy. Basically I thought of what I'd want to get and gave it to her. :) I did a two-part gift, one for her and one for baby girl. The gift for Joey was "The Ultimate Bubble Bath"- I had a bottle of sparkling cider, a champagne flute, a cd of Harry Connick Jr, a package of Lindt's chocolates, a vanilla scented candle, and a lavender bath set, which is apparently Joey's favorite scent (ha! I didn't know, but know I do! rock on!), that had bath salts, bath beads, bubble bath, and bath cream. Very relaxing, don't you think?

The one for baby girl turned out better than I expected. I wanted to get her a bunch of little outfits so I shopped around and found a TON of little girl outfits on sale. All in all, I was able to get 16 pieces while staying UNDER my budget, which allowed me to put more into the gift itself. I tell you what though, it is SO much easier shopping when you know what the gender is. Even though Micah and I are hoping for a little boy, one can't deny that girls are simply more fun to dress up! I was tempted to keep a couple of the pieces I gave Joey for myself.. oh well.. :P

I got a wicker laundry basket and wound pink ribbon around the edge of the basket and put big pink boys on the handles, all to dress up the basket a bit, then I lined it with a receiving blanket, tucked a flower in the side, and then, this is where Micah was a huge help, we stretched out a long piece of clothesline and proceeded to use clothespins to attach the outfits to the line! Once it was completed it stretched from one side of our house to the other! I couldn't wait to see her face..

.. and I wasn't disappointed! I held the free end of the line and Joey began pulling item after item after item out of the basket and the line kept getting longer and longer. Whew! I was terrified that it would get tangled up during transport or the clothes would come off the line or some equally horrendous thing. But naw, everything went smoothly and Joey loved the whole idea and especially the Winnie the Pooh outfits that I was able to find. (That's her theme, by the way, good ol' Winnie).

There were a lot more things at the party.. mini cupcakes (with duckies!), name drawing for those who brought diapers, oh--- and the entire night we couldn't say the word "Baby" or "Joleesa"... that made it REALLY hard, especially when opening the gifts. We really managed to come up with some creative replacements, though. "Youngest Nowling", "Daughter of Jada", "Pregnant Lady", and everyone's favorite "Her" (complete with finger pointing)! And the baby... er.. infant.. had some creative nicknames of her own.

Once the party was over and most of the guests had left I stuck around waiting for Micah to pick me up after he got out of school. Well, two cupcakes and four glasses of sherbet punch put me on a sugar high so Joey took advantage of that and brought out ALL her baby stuff. It covered the entire couch, coffee table, and most of the immediate floor. Whew. That's a lot of baby stuff. I then proceeded to organize all the clothes according to size and then organized all her items into accessories, health, supplies, hygiene, books, etc...

Sigh... I love to organize... especially other people's stuff. It's so much more fun and satisfying then organizing my stuff ever is!

Micah arrived just as we were getting ready to put the Newborn-3 month items in Joey's closet. I think I heard his jaw hit the floor as he saw the huge mound of clothes. Needless to say, we all pretty much agreed that Joey's set for baby clothes. Now all she'll need is supplies, like diapers and bottles. Oh, and baby hangers. We discovered a great need for those.

The night made me really excited for when we would (finally) get the spare room cleaned out and the baby stuff set up. We might be getting a crib and dresser from a friend, but since we're going to be using a bassinet in our room for the first few months, that's down on our list of priorities. But I really want to get the room cleaned out so we can set up the 9-cube shelf and get all the baby toys, clothes, and books put away. Oh well. I still have 4 months (from tomorrow!!!) until baby comes. Plenty of time.

Which, speaking of tomorrow.. we'll have my next doc appoint at 2:00. Yay! We get to hear the heartbeat and see how big Baby (and Momma!) has gotten!

Until then..

m.

It's seem as though Micah's hardly been around this week. Wednesday I was home for the holiday while Micah went to school like a good boy and I was productive. Then Saturday and Sunday he had mandatory drill for the Coast Guard so once again I was on my own! Only bad thing? I didn't get to sleep in.. sniff... Since we only have the one vehicle if I wanted to go anywhere that day it meant taking him to work in the morning. Ugh. We had to get up at 7 am on a SATURDAY! What? You mean 7 am comes on the weekends??? REALLY?!?!

Yeah, it came. And I was awake for it. Not wide awake, but awake none the less. On Saturday he had to drill on Ft. Rich so we drove out there, dropped him off, and then I went over to Matt's and met up with him and Nate to go out for breakfast. 45 minutes later and we were seated at IHOP eating pancakes and drinking orange juice. Mmmm. A good way to start the day. Of course, I have a huge appetite but absolutely nowhere to put anything so I ate my two eggs, hashbrowns, 1 piece of bacon, and 1 bite of my eggnog pancakes and I was FULL! So I sat there and nibble on my remaining bacon and sipped my orange juice.

I got to eat my eggnog pancakes for breakfast this morning. mmmm. share the joy.

After breakfast we headed down to Diamond where Matt took me to sportsman's warehouse so I could exactly what it was that Micah would like for his birthday and Christmas. I have it narrowed down to about 3 items... so I just have to make up my mind about when to do what. Oh boy. I feel indecisiveness setting in..

We stopped in at the new super walmart while we were down that way, very big and shiny and CLEAN. I always love that "new store" smell.. hehe

Once I dropped off the guys, I went to the bank and deposited money (always nice!) and then headed to Value Village to spend the money I had just deposited (not always nice). But what ended up being nice was all the baby deals I got! But as always, that deserves a post of its own, complete with pictures!

Hopefully.. and I might be jinxing myself here, I'll be able to upload a bunch of pictures tonight for the last two weeks. We'll see... I know better than to make any promises this time, what given my track record and all.. *cough*

I had just gotten home and eaten something when Sister Nowling came by to pick me up. We WERE going to go to a baby and maternity consignment shop, The Willow Tree, but wouldn't you know it? Saturady was the last day of their 1 week closure due to remodeling or something. Figures. So instead we went to Fred Meyer's and I helped Sister Nowling grocery shop so she could get her free turkey. Really, I think the only reason she brought me along was to reach the top shelves for her, isn't that right Sis? ;)

Saturday night Micah and I went to Moose's Tooth (an awesome gourmet pizza restaurant here) with a bunch of the Coasties. Ironically enough, most of the ones that showed up were the LTs and head of all reservists in Anchorage and.. the head of all the reservists in Alaska! *gulp* But they're really cool. The Cmdr was trying to talk Micah and I into moving to Kodiak so he could work at the fire department there. lol.. I want to get through the next year before I even consider moving to another part of Alaska. As it is.. Micah only has two years left in the CG before he'll be out. He'll probably reenlist, but with another branch cause he does NOT want to be MST any longer and there really aren't any positions open here in the Anchorage sector office. There is the Port Security (that's not what it's called anymore but I can't remember what they made it into) but the A schools are backed 18 months! Whew! So that pretty much rules out that option. We're thinking maybe National Guard cause they have reservists Fire Fighter and Military Police positions, both very viable options. But that decision is a year away, minimum.

Sunday morning started early, just like Saturday, unfortunately. I took Micah to work, this time at the sector office, but had just an hour and a half before people started arriving at Church so inside of going all the way home I ran my afternoon errands! I dropped books off at the library and then went to Walmart to finish getting stuff for Joey's baby shower gift (which will be awesome! both the shower and the gift ;)..) After I got out of there I still had 30 minutes before the doors would open so I got a biscuit from McD's (the only place I could remember the location of- but I don't like their biscuits and they charge too much.. I'm just sayin'...), sat down, and read my paper until time to leave. Of course, before I left I got followed out of the restaurant by a homeless man who asked me for money through my closed and locked car door. Sorry, but you are creepy looking and drunk and there is a reason why I don't carry cash! I donate to the Bean Cafe, go there and get a hot meal and a cup of coffee to sober you up.

The rest of the evening passed rather uneventfully. I took a nap. Picked up Micah. Took another nap (seems to be a theme here of late), and eventually got ready for church. And eventually went to bed.

End of story.

But really, there is more to tell.. Our date night from LAST week, the baby clothes we bought, our dinner with the Nowlings.. so much to say.. but ow! My fingers hurt! And it's almost time to go home. Woohoo!

m.

*Your Pregnancy: 22 Weeks

**
*Real estate within your belly is getting tight, with growing baby leaving
little room for your lungs to...well...breathe. Expect the huffing and
puffing to start soon. There's not much room for your belly button, either
-- it'll pop out any day now.If people are telling you that you look smaller
or bigger than you should at this point, remember that each woman grows —
and shows — at her own rate. What's important is that you see your
practitioner for regular visits so she can make sure your baby's growth is
on track.

*Baby's now the size of a papaya!*



Baby's settling into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. It
shouldn't be hard to figure out when -- just pay attention to those kicks as
they start and st

At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your
baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and
eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth
buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored
part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb,
you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the
deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat
to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the
production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.

*From me:*

Baby is being pretty good most of the times, but there are still those
mornings (like this morning) where I can barely leave the bathroom. And now
more than ever I'm having to eat every 2-3 hours otherwise I'll get sick.
The worst time is during the night as I have to force myself to eat a little
something right before going to bed because Baby will make me eat first
thing in the morning.. and I'd better hope that I don't wake up during the
night.If I do wake up and try to go back to sleep Baby thinks that it's
"wakey time" and starts wanting to eat... something that isn't very
plausible at 4:30 in the morning when all I needed was to go to the
bathroom! But on a good note, Baby has finally gotten over his or her
shyness around Daddy! Micah felt Baby move those two weeks ago and then
NOTHING since then.. Tuesday night I called Micah into our room cause Baby
was moving and sure enough, Baby kicked! Not once, not twice, but three
times! Once even kicking him in the cheek as Micah gave Baby a hug! And
since then Micah has felt Baby move every day... I thank God for little
things like that.

I just came back from looking out the window and everything is so pretty!
The ground is frosted white as far as you can see and the sun is glittering
brightly off the fallen flakes. It's been steadily getting colder and colder
here the last few weeks, but without any sign of the coming snow. Saturday
morning Micah and I had gone to a few yard sales and saw frost in the higher
elevations of town, so we knew that it was on its way. We woke up Sunday
morning expecting to see snow on the ground. No such luck.

It was actually as we were walking into the library that afternoon that we
saw a few flakes falling here and there. And the air smelled of snow. Crisp.
Fresh. Impending snow really does have its own specific smell. Just like the
woods after a rain or the ocean waves crashing on the beach. Even the wind
across the fields and tundra has its own unique perfume.

We went to sleep that afternoon and when we woke up--- snow! We were
downright silly driving to church that evening. We stopped by and picked up
Jacob and Nathan and then blared Christmas music full blast. The first snow
of the season calls for Christmas music. Once we got to church the boys
threw a few snowballs around as I literally jigged my way into the church.

But the brushing of snow that covered the ground when we went into service
didn't even care to what was there when we came out! Whew! Snow!

Phooey. I should have taken pictures.

Micah went to warm up the car while I got the ice brush and went happy. I
brushed off Joey's car and the Nowling's car and our car before Micah took
the brush away from me. :P Now why did he do a thing like that? I was being
helpful! So what if I was having fun at the same time and getting more snow
on me then on the ground. Hey, at least the cars were cleared!

Once we got home last night both of us were jazzed up from the snow and not
too sleepy due to our afternoon nap so Micah did a video chat with Brandon
and played on the computer while I cleaned the kitchen and bathroom while I
actually had both energy AND motivation. I tell you what, it's hard to get
both at the same time when you're pregnant!

At one point Micah showed Brandon the backyard via webcam, with all its
newly fallen snow. Brandon was envious--- but mentally chilled to the bone.
Wimp. :P

This morning I got up extra 20 minutes early cause I was leaving 15 minutes
early. I drove in the snow all of 1 time last year and Micah was in the car
with me the whole time. Until this morning, I had never driven in snow by
myself before. Oh boy. But Micah has been preparing me for the last two
months, telling me the differences between snow and ice driving, what to do
and what not to do, precautions to take, what to do "If"... all the things
that would keep me alive and, well, not dead.

Then, since the beginning of October, I have been putting in practice a few
of the tips that he instilled in me, such as pumping the brakes instead of
slamming on the brakes, adding 2 extra car lengths to my following distance,
going to the light to turn instead of trying to cross 2 lanes of traffic,
etc. As I was already getting into the habit of winter driving, today did
not come as quite as big a shock as it could have. I left early, turned at
the light, drove 5 miles under the speed limit, had min. three car lengths
between me and the car in front of me, watched brake lights, pumped instead
of slammed my brakes, took my foot off the gas when approaching lights, even
if they were green, until I saw if they were going to stay green.

What's really a blessing is that I work on a military base. A military base
does everything humanly possible and then some to insure that there aren't
any accidents or traffic violations. The speed limit never goes above 35
miles an hour, which right there makes a HUGE difference in winter driving
safety. The slower you go, the less chance of something happening. In fact,
There is only 1 mile from the base gate to our house, so I only have to
drive 2 miles a day at speeds higher than 35 mph. Just another blessing that
God has given.

There is a bit more news but I actually do have pictures to accompany those
stories, so you'll have to wait for tonight!

m.

you're 21 weeks pregnant!




Gasp...is that a stretch mark?!! Take deep breaths and remember -- they'll fade after delivery. Your skin may also feel dry and itchy, especially over your emerging bump. Take a cue from your fetus, now coated by vernix (a milky, protective cream), and slather on the lotion. You're probably feeling pretty comfortable these days. You're not too big yet, and the usual aches and pains associated with early pregnancy are, for the most part, gone. Relax and enjoy it while you can — the third trimester may bring with it a new crop of complaints.

Baby is now the size of a Banana!




Baby's digestive system is busy creating meconium (a tarry black substance made of swallowed amniotic fluid, digestive secretion, and dead cells), which will fill the first diaper after birth. Your baby now weighs about three-quarters of a pound and is approximately 10 1/2 inches long. You may soon feel like she's practicing martial arts as her initial fluttering movements turn into full-fledged kicks and nudges. You may also discover a pattern to her activity as you get to know her better. In other developments, your baby's eyebrows and lids are present now


On my end:

I'm feeling pretty good these days. The only time I get sick is if I go too long without eating, which has only happened two mornings this week. I have a lot of energy and am trying to stay active, though I still do get sleep around 1 pm. Naptime! Baby is staying really active, too, though thankfully only during the day. Actually, the little one's schedule is pretty regular. Moves during the day, with the peak being 10 am to 2 pm, and then starts quieting down as the afternoon goes and the evening comes. By 8 or 9, baby is virtually silent and by the time I hit the hay at 10 or so, Baby is sleeping the night away. Hopefully Baby will decide to keep the schedule once he/she pops out-- I like active during the day and sleeping at night!

These are the muffin pans that we got at Target. I just looked up the regular price online and the cheapest I found them was "on sale" for $12.99. Ha! I got all three for $7.50. Come Christmastime be prepared to get baskets of Snowmen, Snowflake, and Christmas Tree shaped cookies, cupcakes, and muffins!



m.

So yesterday us girls, Jenna, Joleesa, Sarah, and I, went out to eat and
then shopping at 5th Ave afterward. I have a bunch of pictures from last
night that were taken with my handy dandy POINT AND SHOOT! Woohoo.. I forgot
how much fun it is to take pictures just for the sake of taking pictures.
Not being worried about lighting and angles and ISO and the million of other
little things that can get in the way of just taking a picture of a girl
being goofy in a bucket hat!

But those pictures are at home on the camera and I won't be uploading them
until tonight, so you'll have to wait until then for the shopping post.
However, I did want to share my awesome deals that I got at Payless.

Now, I'm a girl. Which means I like shoes. However, most of my shoes are
kind of boring. Black heels. Brown heels. Black boots. Brown boots. Black
tennis shoes. Brown tennis shoes. I have tons of colorful flip flops, but
that's not really something you can wear in the winter, you know?

And now with being pregnant my feet hurt all the time so I need to wear
something with more cushion, yet not entirely flat because I need to make
sure my arches remain.. well... arched. Otherwise that can add to lower back
pain.

I have a really good pair of brown tennis shoes that I've been wearing with
my brown clothing items, but if I wear black, like I do 70% of the time I
either have to wear my ballet flats that make my feet sweat or my clunky
gray vans that don't look very pro.

So my mission was to get a comfy pair of black tennies and maybe some fun
shoes for later when my feet are swollen or even for next summer's
sundresses.

I found three!

These are the black tennies I got for work. I'll be able to wear socks so my
feet don't get too hot, they're cute (always a plus), they have an inch lift
in the back so I get the added support I need, and they're slip-on, which,
normally I don't like how it feels, but if my feet every need a break (which
they do quite a bit), slip-on shoes are way easier than trying to untie,
take off, and put back on when you have to go up front two minutes later.


These are my "fun shoes" for when I want to be youthful and casual.


These aren't quite like the ones I bought but close enough that you get an
idea. Skimmers for summer.


The most awesome part? The price! The black tennies were originally $30, I
got them for $19. The skimmers were $19, I got them for $7, and the "fun
shoes" were $25, I got them for $4! Woohoo! Got to love sales and smart
shopping!

Alright.. ta ta for now!

And btw... the tennies are super comfy.

m.

Baby, I'm so thankful that God has give you to us and I count the days until I can hold you in my arms. Each night I pray for you, that you'll stay safe and grow strong. I dream of what the future holds for you and what you will go, and do, and be. Little one, you are loved. ~Mommy~

Friday night Micah and I were enjoying a quiet moment with just the two of
us when Baby started moving. "The baby's moving!" I said to Micah and he
quickly placed his hand on my tummy. Now, this routine has played itself out
a number of times before where I've felt Baby and as soon as Micah tried to
feel, Baby decided to take a nap at that very second. It's been a little
frustrating, the little stinker.

Well, we thought Friday night was going to be just like all the other times,
but as soon Micah put his hand on my belly, there was a brief pause and then
we bought felt *THUMP*, Micah on the outside, me on the inside. Micah yelled
excitedly "I felt it! I felt the baby!" And as if to add an exclamation
point to the matter, Baby decided to give one more mighty kick before
settling down into stubborn silence.

Micah's face... I don't think that I'll ever forget his face. His eyes lit
up and he got the biggest smile that I've ever seen on his face, I think it
even rivaled the one when we got married.

Ya'll might not understand the significance, but for Micah he wanted the
first time he ever felt a baby kicking to be with HIS baby. So he's never
felt any of his nieces or nephews kick while Bek was pregnant, no any of his
many friends or other family members. He wanted to feel his baby first...
and he did. Friday, October 30th.. Ironically, Isaiah's Birthday as well.

Also ironically, Baby must have decided that once was enough for Daddy
because he/she has refused to move for him since that night, even though I
feel Baby almost constantly. But eventually Baby will stop being shy and
Micah can play with his little son or daughter until I'm worn out and ready
to swat both of them. Stop playing so I can get some sleep!

hehe.. I can't wait.

m.