Baby Talk

So I don't mean to make this a pregnancy blog, but I was writing an email to a friend and felt like sharing part of it with all y'all (that one's for you Ericksens!). It's more pregnancy talk, so for those of you who aren't interested in such things, tune in for the next post (whatever that may be!). For those of you who are interested (or are just bored and will read it anyway) here goes:

This belly of mine sure is getting bigger! I sometimes forget and bump into the table when scooting in my chair, or try to sneak sideways through a tight space but then realize that's not so much of an option anymore. I even walked past a mirror the other day and was seriously surprised when I saw my protruding belly. It was like, "Whoa! How long has that been there!?" -- you'd think I'd be used to it by now. It's still so fun to feel her kick. Sometimes I don't feel much, and then other times it's like she's a little acrobat in there! I felt hiccups for the first time a few days ago. That was pretty funny.

I've said to Rob many times how weird pregnancy is, and how crazy it is that I'm carrying an actual person inside of me. A real, live, fully-formed (yet very tiny) person! Rob doesn't think it's that weird, and says, "Wouldn't it be weirder if the stork dropped it off on our doorstep?" To which I replied, "NO! I think that would be perfectly normal!" -- more recently he said, "Wouldn't it be weirder if we were marsupials and gave birth to tiny babies but then carried them in a pouch until they were mature enough?" Ok, you've got me there. That would be weird. But I still think carrying them inside of me is pretty dang strange. Anybody with me on this?

On a similar note, some friends of ours (who are also pregnant) recently shared an ultrasound photo that they had done at 12 weeks, and the baby was small enough at that point that they were able to get the entire body in view. We had an early ultrasound to determine the due-date, but we were only 6 weeks at that point so all we could see was a little peanut-shaped blob. Then by 20 weeks when they looked for gender we could only see sections at a time. So it was cool to see my friend's ultrasound with the whole baby all at once! But what's weird is, their baby at 12 weeks is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime according to babycenter.com) and weighs only half an ounce. That's SO TINY! But even at 2 inches long, the ultrasound shows arms and legs and a fully-formed (yet still in need of much development) body! It's just so crazy. You'd think I'd be over the craziness of it by now seeing as I've got a 15 inch, 2 1/2 pound butternut squash inside of me, but no, it still baffles my mind every time I think about it.

It's just so weird! :)

The Office

So I know this was on like three days ago, but we just watched it last night and all I can say is, much like other sitcoms before it that went downhill, The Office is getting much too plot driven and losing it's funniness and quirky appeal. Oh, and Ryan is SO pathetic!

That's all

30 weeks down...

On the baby front, I've officially hit the 30 week mark, which means only 10 more weeks to go! For some reason 10 weeks sounds a lot shorter to me than 2 1/2 months. Not sure why. But I'm 3/4 of the way through this pregnancy! Craziness. Still feeling good, or "still kicking" (literally) as somebody at church asked me today. Other than the increasing uncomfortableness when trying to sit down/stand up or lay down/roll over (I just made myself sound like a dog!), things are going great!