3 Days, 14 Hours, 9 Minutes

In approximately 3 days, 14 hours and 9 minutes, we will be seeing our little one for the second time! I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On another note, I'm fairly positive my belly has grown/changed quite a bit in the past two days and officially become a pregnant belly. Last night a gal at church whom I haven't seen in a while said to me in the bathroom, "I didn't realize you were pregnant!" To which I mentally responded, I didn't realize this was going to be such a wonderful and momentous night! She was officially the first person who didn't know I was pregnant who said something to me about it without me mentioning it first!!

And then this morning at work, in a meeting with folks I haven't seen since late November, one of the men said, "Emily, I think I missed an announcement." To which I verbally responded with great pleasure that he had noticed and told him of the incident last night. One of my bosses then said to you, "You're lucky she's not just putting on weight." I'm just glad folks are getting past the "Is she just putting on weight?" stage.

Finally, this afternoon three people said things like, "What happened to you since the last time I saw you?" and "You just popped out over the weekend." Praise the Lord that I finally look identifiably pregnant!!!

Here's tonight's picture alongside Saturday's picture.

Baby Bump

Here's my most recent baby bump photo. I've decided that it's awkward to try to stand facing one direction while looking sideways and trying not to make your body look strangely contorted. Ah well.

On Friday we'll get to see our little one again!!! We're very excited! My mom's coming down for the ultrasound; it'll be wonderful to have the two most important people in my life there to see our newest family member. And we're hoping the baby will be cooperative and let us know whether s/he is a boy or girl. Phew, I'm stoked!

A New Look

Dad's been telling me for a while that I should get an argyle sweater. Seeing as how I'm getting older and much more refined, he said it would help with my image. On New Year's Day, mommy found a great sweater at a shop in Cannon Beach with Grandma. Check me out...

This is my pondering pose.

This is my obedient pose.

This is my shy, seductive pose.

A Little Kicker

Kit says I haven't posted recently enough so here's a quick one (though I have a couple of others I've been meaning to do as well). Our little one has been kicking quite a bit lately. It's so fun to have this secret little kicking going on where no one knows about it other than me unless I tell someone.

On my mom's birthday (January 1st), Kit felt the baby kick for the first time. He's been trying for a couple of weeks, but the baby had always stopped moving each time he'd try to feel. It's been a bit strange actually, especially given the fact that the baby kicks Coco all the time when he's lying next to my yummy. Kit made the most entertaining face after feeling it - part genuine smile, part wrinkled face that said, "That felt more like gas than a kick." I found the entire moment quite hilarious. Shortly thereafter, my mom felt the baby as well.

I'm still not to the point where anyone who doesn't know me says anything to me about being pregnant (based on appearances), but I suppose that day will come soon. Lots of people look at my belly (and then look away embarrassed if they see me watching them). And most people to whom I mention being pregnant say, "I was wondering..." Kit did tell me the other day at the store very matter of factly, "You do look pregnant, just so you know." Little did he know, it meant a lot. :)

Well, I need to get to bed. I was going to hope in bed 30 minutes ago.