To The Left, To The Left

To the right, to the right.

 

This about sums up the kicking action from my little rock princess. And she is most certainly a rock princess. We watched Rock of Ages last night (which was corny and funny) and she started rocking out in my uterus like she was at a show!

 

We have had some pretty big milestones in the kicking department in the last week. Collin felt his first tiny kick the weekend before this last one. Then on Thursday after our doctor's appointment she was just going to town in there so I asked him if he wanted to try and feel. He readily said yes. I laid down (for the time being it's an easier way to feel her kicks), and told him where to place his hand. He was quickly rewarded with a pretty strong kick from her followed by another.

 

Last night when we were watching the movie and she started rocking out I got to feel her kick from outside for the first time. Obviously, I have been feeling her movements internally but until yesterday I had always missed out on feeling the kicks with my hand on the outside. It was amazing. After relishing in a couple jabs I grabbed Collin's arm and yanked his hand into position so that he could feel her moving too. He says, "Oh, I felt that... And that... And that!"

 

She has also developed what I call her "old lady" habit. If I am awake and talking past when we generally go to sleep it's like she gets all fussy and starts raging in the womb. It reminds me of having a cranky old lady as your downstairs neighbor, and if you make an audible peep after Wheel of Fortune she takes a broom to the ceiling telling you to quiet down. As soon as we stop talking and I relax she stops. She has done this twice now. I find it hilarious, and can only imagine what it will mean for her post partum sleep schedule. She has only managed to wake me up once in the night time and that was because she kicked me in the bladder.

 

In leaps and bounds of discovery, it seems she has also learned the spinny chair game. You know as a kid when you would play in a swivel chair of any kind? How you would spin and spin and spin, using your feet to kick off from the floor? (Admittedly some of us still play this today!) Yea, she seems to be sommersaulting like that in the playground my uterus has turned into. It's not uncomfortable... Yet. For now it is mostly an interesting feeling because until the last forty eight hours she only kicked on the left side and now I get left and right, and up and down... Good times. Now she just needs to learn "Start" "A" "Start" "A". (digital fist bump if you get the reference)

 

We had a great weekend of buying fabric for various baby accessories I plan to make in the coming weeks, and attending some open houses in an effort to become comfortable going to them, and also to start scoping out potential real estate contacts/agents. We had fun with it, and as of now I know my limit is about three to four houses any given weekend. We also are starting to get a feel of the things we really want vs. things that are deal breakers (like super creepy old toilets or old people smell; which were not in the same house surprisingly). 

I really need to focus and write up a list for our pregnancy announcements versus people we can reasonably invite to our shower. The more time passes by, the more I am thinking we will just be hosting our own. That has it's ups and downs, but oh well. I probably won't go as crazy as I did with the games as the one I hosted in May. Ideally it will be in early to mid-October, so I am thinking I will kind of use some Halloween decor for it (like purple, black, etc), since that is more our color scheme. I figure I will start making the list by printing off our holiday card list and then going over who would be within driving distance to come versus not. I should be working on this instead of typing this post... Shit.

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