6 1/2 months

So Fast:  Time is flying by!  I have a hard time believing that in 3 1/2 months, we'll have our little boy.  Heck, I still can't really believe there's a little miracle growing in my belly to begin with, despite how many judo chops he gives me.  Which I still love by the way.  Every new roll, kick and punch is just as exciting as the first one.  Little boy weighs about 2 pounds now.  I remember grabbing an 8oz package out of the cabinet and showing Joe that it was the same weight as little boy, and now we're already 2 pounds!  I'm amazed by how quickly he's growing!

Individuality:  When it comes to personality, he is really starting to show us his!  This little guy doesn't like to be woken up when he's napping.  I have to get up a few times a night, and every time I come back to bed, he gives me quite a show of force to express his displeasure at being disturbed.  In fact, I could tell he was laying transverse last night because of the continuous roll tide of kicks and punches to both sides at the same time.  I tried not to laugh out loud and wake Joe up, but it was really funny the little tantrum I felt going on there.  I apologized for waking him and held as still as possible until he quieted down again.  Someone's grumpy like Daddy when they're woken up ;)

Activity:  I really love how big and active he's getting.  He has one move that really cracks me up, I call it "baby tsunami".  I'm pretty sure when I feel it that he's actually rolling over into a new position.   But there's just so much movement and bouncing all at once that it feels like a little tidal wave in there.  Joe got to feel it the other day, which was awesome.  I love getting to share those moments with him.  He always has this look on his face, like how in the world did he do that?  And his movements are getting more and more distinct, I am starting to pick out feet and maybe elbows, as well as his head and bottom (although I really can't tell which is which yet).   I can't wait until I can actually see a foot or hand pushing up against my skin.  How amazing will that be?!?

Week 26 Photo:  I've been terrible about keeping up with my pictures, so I took one of myself today in the bathroom at work.  Here we are at 26 weeks 4 days.  This belly is the coolest present I've ever gotten!

Look at that baby belly, he's getting so big!  

First Purchases: Here are a few pictures of the sweet little organic outfits we got him the other day, I can't wait to put them on him.  Little dinosaurs!  Joe and I have this joke about how I've always wanted to discover a new species of dinosaur so that I could name it Krysieosaurus.  Yes, it's egomaniacal, but how fun would it be to go to a museum and see a giant Krysieosaurus staring back at you?  It would be awesome, that's how!  I tease Little Boy and call him Babyosaurus when he's doing his giant moves, so I can't wait to see these little outfits on him!

Interaction!

Well, this morning we had another new and exciting milestone...little boy interacting with us!  He was really active this morning, so I told Joe to go ahead and try to get some gymnastics time.  Joe put his hand on my stomach and as usual, little boy quieted down.  So Joe started to lightly rub the belly and don't you know that as soon as he stopped, little boy started kicking the same place!  We did this a few times, sometimes Joe would lightly tap his fingers, stop and then little boy would kick where the tapping had been.  It was amazing and I know what you're thinking...this baby is a genius!

Now that I realize how much little boy is maturing and his curiosity is growing, we'll be trying all kinds of new interactions.  I've already been teaching him all about tone deafness by singing along to songs on the radio.  And he loves a good bass beat, kicking like crazy when I turn up the volume.  When Joe and I went to see the Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil show 2 weeks ago, this baby was dancing like a madman.  At first I was worried he was afraid because the music was loud, but I've really pumped up the bass on my car stereo since then and he seems to really like it.  It's hard to believe that someone so little can already be enjoying music and belly rubs, but he sure seems to be!

He also got to try Indian food last night.  We stopped at a new Indian restaurant and it was the best most authentic Indian cuisine we've had in a really long time.  It was a wee bit spicy too, and little boy started dancing and kicking so I know he was definitely getting to taste it.   I'm amazed every day by the new things he's experiencing...I can't wait until he's on the outside and we can really show him the world!

To cap off our evening, we went into several baby stores to look at clothes last night.  It was so fun to watch Joe pick out outfits he wants for him, he's already decided what style's he'll like.  I know everyone must think this, but I love my husband even more when I see him holding outfits for our son and talking about the things we'll do for him.  And it makes it hard to wait for the day when I'll get to see him holding this long awaited baby.  I feel like I'm dreaming and if I am, I don't want to wake up!

6 Months Pregnant!

We're officially 6 months pregnant and it looks like that famous "pop" finally happened.  I can't hide this belly anymore!  It's been a bit of a shock to have strangers comment on the belly.  I guess I've been in denial about how obvious it is.  Joe laughed when I said that, I guess it's pretty obvious to everyone but me.  But so far, all comments have been very nice and encouraging and I'm thrilled Little Boy is in there making his presence known.  We've waited so long for this that you will not hear a single complaint from me (alright, maybe one or two)!

He's been very active and Daddy is finally getting to feel his gymnastics, which makes all three of us very happy.  He put on a little show for daddy this weekend, doing a couple of really good hippity hops.  Joe asked me what he's doing...to be honest I don't know.  He could be jumping, rolling, judo chopping or knitting, all I know is we can feel him and it's awesome!  He definitely has patterns of wake and sleep, and in general is sleeping when I sleep.  Probably just resting up so that after he's born he can keep us up all night :)

I broke out my first mumu dress today, and I may never go back to regular clothes.  Joe said "this is how it starts" and I have to agree...although I think we may disagree on the level of awesome that the mumu dress is!

Good things this week:  Joe and I finally picked a name!  So at our house at least, little boy has an official moniker, although we will wait until he's born to make it known...we need to keep something for a surprise :)

The reality of little boy's pending arrival has also motivated me to make some changes around the house.  So I'm finally getting some things put away and packed up for storage to make room for the bambino.  Yay for babies to motivate spring cleaning! 

Let the official count down begin, we are 16 weeks from little man's due date!!!