He's growing!

He's gotten bigger! He eats like crazy now and runs laps around our little house! He still thinks he is a lap dog though and can't understand why he can't sit on my lap like he did when we first got him. We will be dog-sitting a friend's dog during the holidays so he will have someone to play with. Just sooooo much energy! I guess this is good practice for when the bean baby comes!

The Bump

10-25-2009-Looks fake doesn't it? No, it's real and kickin'! The sweater is finished too. Doesn't it look like a pregger sweater? It's not. Just happens to work.

So Sorry

It turns out that the scanned pics of our ultrasound are corrupted. Go figure! I have no idea what that means so I will have K rescan them for me. I'm so sorry for the delay, I know there are many who want to see our little Tychan.
In other news, K was able to feel the baby kick for the first time. He looked up at me with the biggest smile on his face and said "That's the baby! That's my baby!" So sweet, he was so happy for the rest of the evening and spent the entirety of it with his hand on my tummy just in case Ty kicked again. He's getting stronger and a little bit more active. Still sleeps a lot but does kick every once in a while. His heartbeat is sure and strong and I still love to listen to it on the little doplar machine that Joan and Darrel gave us. (Thanks guys again! It was the best gift you could have given us.)
At work everyone points out my ever expanding baby bump. My face hasn't changed and I don't look like I've gained weight, I just have this nice round baby bump protruding from the front of me. It's sort of funny. But everyone has to point out the obvious. I've already had a couple co-teachers come rub my belly, then they sort of stop and apologize. I just laugh and rub with them. :) One of the parents at work said I should be Juno for Halloween. Sad they all think they are older than me, actually not sad really. I still look younger than all of them but only a handful are older than me. :) I love all the words of advice they give me and talk about when they were pregnant and how it's good I started young. heeheehee! I don't correct them, I just smile and make the appropriate responses. (Thanks Mom, for the great Japanese genes! They are working wonders!) I ended up not dressing up for the Halloween parade at work due to the lack of options that would fit around the belly. K told me to fold up my shirt and paint the belly like a jack-o-lantern. Not happenin'! He also said he's gonna get me a t-shirt that says "This space for rent!" like I'm getting as big as a billboard. :) I saw one that said "I'm so crafty, I make people!" and it had an outline of a pregnant lady on it. Maybe I'll get that one.

Prenatal Yoga Vibe Tutorial

So yoga isn't impossible with a huge belly! It looks like this will be a good way to prepare.

Big Day Tomorrow

We go tomorrow for our ultrasound, the big one that will hopefully give us a glimpse as to whether this little bean is a boy or a girl. Most people are telling me that I'm having a boy. How they can tell I'll never know. We went to McD's today and a lady who was also pregnant told me I was having a boy. She said she was too and that it would be her fourth child, the only boy! Wow! K would bet his life that we are also having a boy. He even has bought boy clothes and little plastic trucks. It's very cute really. I have no idea what we are having but at least we have a fifty-fifty chance!

Sweetness!

They say the baby is the size of an apple now. I can't really imagine it at this point. Once I start to feel the baby move it will all become more real. I bet I will burst into tears when I first feel it move. I'll probably cry like well...a baby! They say the baby can hear now, low and muffled sounds but he/she can hear what's going on. I hear the babies at work crying and wonder if in the end this little one will even want to come out at all. Today a certain child was over tired and beyond his meltdown stage and just screamed at the top of his lungs until I got him to calm down by rubbing his back. I kept thinking that he was scaring my baby! K says that high pitches like that don't make it through the environment our baby is in right now. I sure hope he's right. He's not often wrong so that is comforting.
I think I'm starting to feel more comfortable with my ever expanding body. I'm borrowing maternity clothes from friends and trying to get as much wear out of them as I can. Ijust can't handle tight things across my belly. I feel like I can't breathe! Just packed up some of my normal clothes and couldn't imagine fitting into them now. :) The slight sickness I had is over and I'm starting to get a little more energy! I never lost my desire to cook though just clean! Luckily I have the best hubby in the world who cleans while I take a nap just so he can see my eyes light up when I wake! He also likes to pick up treats for me (that he knows I just love) when he is on his way to pick me up from work. I get in the car, weary from work and a little cranky maybe and there he is ready with a special something (usually full of chocolatey goodness)! He's simply the best! Don't be jealous just because my husband is better than yours! :) If there is one thing I have to say it is that this pregnancy has really brought out the best in my loving husband!! I praise God for him everyday!

Praising in the Hard Times

http://www.backtothebible.org/index.php/devotions/classics/mary_wilder_tileston.html

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How comforting it is that He is waiting to do us good! Thank you Lord that You are already there in the uncertainty of the future waiting to do us good! Like a parent just as excited to see His children open their presents on Christmas morning, so He waits to open the heavens and rain down His goodness on us! Lord, I say like I've never said before "Your loving kindness is better than Life!" or work or riches or anything that I can think of! I praise You, Lord, now even in the stress of today! Thank you that You think me worthy of bearing it with Your help!