New pictures!

OK, so I finally took some new pictures of the belly. This is at 25 weeks this past Saturday:

Dominic has become fascinated with my belly every since we told him there is a baby in there. He wants to look at it all the time and play with my belly button. This next picture is of something we have coined the "Belly Bump".

Allow me to explain: Dominic will lift up his shirt and say "belly". At which point you are supposed to lift your shirt (exposing your belly) and get down to his level, so he can smoosh his bare belly against yours. We have no idea where he picked it up, but it's pretty darn cute. It should be noted that this isn't just a "mom's big pregnant belly" thing, as he does it to Joe all the time...except with Joe, Joe typically laying down and Dom will pull up both their shirts and then flop onto him. So there you have it...

What a crazy few weeks it's been! I know I haven't updated in a while, but I've been busy or sick for the last three weeks. We spent all of last week in WI, which was nice, but tiring! The boys got bored with the hotel room after about three hours. Luckily the weather was nice for the most part, and there was a great playground a few minutes from the hotel. I discovered that Dom loves to swing, and Zack loves sandboxes. We also went to the zoo with my in-laws, which was a really nice day. The boys loved the little monkeys!

Unfortunately, with the drastic changes the weather went through while we were there (75 and sunny one day, 52 and raining the next) my system didn't handle it so well, and I developed a nasty sinus infection this past Sunday as we arrived home. It has now moved into my chest, so I've got a nasty cough and am having trouble sleeping, but I'm managing.

I had a midwife appointment yesterday, and everything was great. For the most part I've been feeling wonderful,with the exception of some irritating heartburn. I'm going to have Joe pick up some liquid calcium from my midwife next week, and that should help that issue.

I'm 25 weeks today, and baby is in theory 13 1/2 inches long, and weighs about a pound and a half. Baby is incredibly active lately, and it is so cool to feel the little bug wiggling and squirming in there! I always miss this part of pregnancy when it's over. I have no inklings on gender, and don't intend to even attempt to guess, as I was completely wrong with Dominic. That's pretty much it for now...still no updated belly pics, as I just haven't been in the mood, but hopefully soon!

Oh, yeah...we're having a baby!

So it finally occurred to me this weekend that I'm actually going to have another baby in another few months, so I should really think about getting stuff ready for him/her. Yeah, yeah...I know...it only took 5 1/2 months for that to sink in. What probably prompted it was a fantastic find at a garage sale this weekend. I had stopped at this particular house to look at something else (I honestly don't remember what it was now) and I found this absolutely gorgeous changing table. We had borrowed one from some friends who now need it back as they just had another baby themselves, and it hadn't occurred to me that we were going to need another one...and this one is just beautiful! I paid a whopping $10 for it! It's solid wood, so it is incredibly sturdy. Dom was climbing on it and it barely moved. Once I got it in the house, it looked pretty empty, so I pulled out some of the baby stuff and put it in there. Seeing the blankets, diapers, and changing pad all set up was probably the precise moment that it really, finally sunk in that we have another little one on the way. Here is a picture:

My midwife appointment on Saturday was great. Baby was completely curled up on the right side, so my tummy was amusingly lopsided when I was laying down. Baby has been a lot more active in the last week or so, so that has been fun. Joe finally got to feel the baby kick last week, and seeing his face when that happens is always a joy for me.

On another note, the boys are finally better! It took about a week for them to get totally back to normal, but their eating like little horses again, so we're all good. I hope to never see that stomach virus again!

As for a tummy picture...this one is from a couple of weeks ago, I think I was 20 weeks...but you get the idea. The baby bump has gotten a bit bigger since then, so we'll have to take a more current one on a day when I actually bother to put makeup on. lol