Hee hee

A couple days ago A was needing a hat for her "baby". Now her current favorite baby is that doll that was MY first doll. It's a "bathtub" doll, all hard plastic and apparently has a slightly larger than normal (for a doll) head because doll hats tend to be a tad small and combine that w/ no actual hair to hold it on, just slippery plastic, and it was NOT working. So I dug through the drawer of newborn clothes to find her a real baby hat that would be big enough. When I sorted through the baby clothes a few weeks ago I put all the newborn clothes in a drawer in our room but since it includes all the girly stuff AND all the gender neutral stuff (if baby's a girl, I'll weed out the gender neutral stuff, if baby's a boy, obviously, I'll weed out all the girly stuff) the drawer's kinda full. There's this rather odd wire hanging about an inch out from the wall near the ceiling in our room (best we can tell, it was part of some "headboard" type set-up the previous tenants had) and I'd figured out awhile ago that any "hanging clothes" for the baby could hang on that wire. So, while I was digging through the drawer looking for a hat, I pulled out some of the "outfits" and hung them on the wire to make more room in the drawer.

When dh got home that night, he took one look at the baby clothes & said "that's got to go" when I asked him why he said "it makes it all seem too real" LOL. I figure he better start figuring out it's real pretty soon! Only 3 1/2 months (give or take) to go!

Real Quick

This morning when I was trying to get the energy to get out of bed, L came in to ask me a question. Baby (whom L has dubbed "Plum" from when the pregnancy site described the baby as being the size of a plum) was kicking right at the middle of my stomach when L came in, so I took her hand and put it where Plum had been kicking. Apparently Plum either doesn't perform on command or was tired of kicking because we didn't get much, but she did get to feel one small kick. She was very excited, and A was disappointed that by the time she got there and had her hand on my stomach, Plum was back to kicking my bladder.

Midwife Appointment

We had our 3rd midwife appointment yesterday. The girls were very excited to find that the midwife was running way behind, they LOVE the waldorf toys in the waiting room, so were happy as clams to have longer to play LOL.

Routine appointment, I'd gained 7 lbs but it's been 6 weeks and it's been a 6 weeks that's included a LOT of baby growth, and during those 6 weeks I went from not really looking pregnant to being very definitely pregnant, so I guess it's all good. We heard the baby's heartbeat again, 140 bpm.

Next appointment is in early January and we'll do the glucose screening at that appointment. The girls were thrilled to hear they'll have a whole HOUR to play in the waiting room since I have to drink the sugar gunk then wait an hour and have my blood drawn. Considering how much they enjoy the toys, it should be fine, but I'll probably make sure dh is available to come get them and take them home if, for whatever reason, it does NOT work for them to be there that long.

Also yesterday was the first time that I for sure felt a kick that could be felt from the outside. I've been feeling lots of movement but it's been mostly concentrated down (on my bladder, sigh) and even the ones that are toward the front, have been soft enough that I haven't figured anyone could feel them from the outside (and to confirm that, night before last A was in bed w/ us & had snuggled right up against me, baby was kicking right into her back and she didn't notice). But last night I had my arm laying across my stomach and the baby gave a good hard kick that I certainly felt. The girls were asleep and dh was still downstairs so I didn't bother trying to let anyone else feel it, but now I know to be paying attention for kicks that they can feel if they ARE around.