Carrots!

Well hopefully he'll have red hair and freckles too (just to spite Nathanael)! ;)

Baby boy is growing growing growing - and I'm seriously thinking that he's going to be a gymnast or something because he is CONSTANTLY dancing around my insides! I keep talking to other mama's who say they barely felt fluttering at 2o weeks... I've been SEEING my stomach getting kicked for weeks already! It used to be every once in awhile, and now it's all day long! He's such an active little guy, I'm a little frightened to see how energetic he is when he comes out!

Anyway, it's really fun to experience all of this, but still sooo strange and surreal.

Here are the latest baby pics - I'm officially getting HUGE and I think people can tell that I'm pregnant now (instead of looking like a bit of a beer-belly fatty)!!

21 weeks

Along with the hugeness comes the intense feeling that a bowling ball is resting in my pelvis (not a pleasant thing) - I guess I'm carrying really low... It's also getting more and more uncomfortable to do "normal" things - moving from the spider mansion to the new house (more to come later) was really exhausting and I kept forgetting that I couldn't do all the normal things! It's still a constant adjustment, even just in what positions I can sit or lay down in... *sigh* but it's still exciting!


So I'm in South Carolina dog/niece/nephew-sitting for the week... poor Andy is left to finish moving the last bits from the spider mansion, and cleaning it out... but as of Monday night we will officially be FREE from the wretched house and will never think about it ever again! It's been SOOO wonderful to be living in a house where I don't have to shake the sheets and blankets out every time I get in bed, or kick my shoes around before putting them on my feet, or feel freaked-out every time I sit on the couch and think about all the spiders that MIGHT be crawling towards me, or jump every time I see any sort of bug at all! Honestly, I forgot what it was like to feel COMFORTABLE in my home! *sigh* Ahhhh, it's a wonderful feeling!

I'll take some pictures of our new place when I get back next week - it's cute and the perfect size for us (other than the shop being a bit small for Andy)... I think it will work well for us hopefully until we're ready to buy something in a year or so!

I can't wait to start getting Baby's room ready too! Mmm, nesting!

That's it for now!

MISTER Banana Bird!

Well, it's a bit late - but it's time for the formal announcement!
To the immediate left and a tiny bit below "boy" is the little manhood! Our baby is officially known to be a beautiful, strong and healthy boy! I have been SURE that he was a boy the whole time, but it was still sooo exciting to find out for sure! Andy was definitely secretly yearning for a first-born son, so I know he is ecstatic! Here are some more pictures!!

Isn't he handsome????








10 fingers!! And in the second picture, he stopped squirming and hiding long enough to give a quick wave!!



























This is where I get to brag about him being just like mama! In the left picture, he is most definitely giving the peace sign - "peace. love. save the baby whales!" And in the picture on the right, he has his 2 little feet crossed (1o toes), which is exactly what I do when I'm laying down!!!




















We'll end baby pictures with a grand ol' from the bottom of his adorable bum, thighs and little manhood! He was squirming and kicking ALL over the place during the ultrasound, and made things a bit difficult for the dear nurse - she was a trooper though and got all the shots she needed. She said he is right on track and kept my due date exactly as it was before: Jan 23rd! He is in the 50th percentile in terms of size, so apparently he's not the big fat baby I was expecting (since he eats all of my food and leaves me starving all day long)! :) It was so incredible to see him and to find out for sure that he's a HE!

I think everyone on Andy's side of the family was expecting that first-born Bird son, but everyone in MY family was completely shocked (based on the shocking amount of girls born to my sister, and the fact that girls always seem to come first with the whole family)! I, for one, would have been shocked and delighted either way (because it's shocking and delightful enough just knowing there's a HUMAN growing inside of me)! I am sooo excited to meet our son - and I'm officially half-way through my pregnancy, so it won't be long now!

Other things have happened lately that I could write about... but, honestly, who cares??? :)

(Nathanael, I promise to put up the Weiss Family pics/videos soon!)

HURRAY for Baby!