head, shoulders, knees and toes

Petite Giz,

You are all body parts these days. We are 33 weeks into this ride and I think your watery home is getting a bit cramped. Your donkey kicks have turned into different movements. Sort of squirmy, I-can't-get-comfortable-in-here movements. Also, little parts sort of jab out now, and if I press back on these knees/feet/elbows/butt you usually retract...sometimes though you ignore me and continue to stick out. Try and stay within the lines Giz!

Probably the most fun though, and by fun I mean torture, is the way you love to crowd my lungs. Ugh. At some times of the day you are all jammed up in my lungs and I find myself huffing and puffing. I worry that I sound like some kind of a pervert what with all the heavy breathing I have to do! So feel free to do that "lightening thing" and drop down a little, just try not to land on my bladder.

oh good times Gizmo, good times.

We have your 34 week check up next week. I am going every 2 weeks now. We are having one last ultrasound at that appointment and it will be crazy to see you again. It's been 13 weeks since we last saw you and I think we will be blown away at what a little butter ball you have turned into. It would make me particularly happy if we learned at that appointment that you are head down.

So work on that, and head towards the light babe.

it's raining, oh baby it's raining, it's pouring rain....

Hey Baby,

Long time no post. I think this time I will blame my lack of posts on the hot, hot weather which makes for a lazy me. It has been really hot. Honestly. And I have the Shrek feet to prove it. I know it is July and what do I expect, blah, blah, blah, but pregnant in the hottest summer in 5 years is just mean. Also, we have been bu-sy. Getting your room ready, getting the house ready, getting Bax ready, and best of all having your baby shower.

Um Giz, I'm pretty sure I can say, with some certainty, that you had one hell of an amazing shower. Your Auntie Em really out did herself. It was so beautiful! She knows me oh so well, Scary well actually, and everything was just so perfect. The flowers........

.....um the amazing cake (it came in three flavors: red velvet, chocolate, and vanilla and I may have tasted all three)

....and if you look really carefully, past the big lady, you will see the cutest banner made up of baby pictures of your papa and me. Awwwwwwwww.

And so many people came here to celebrate. Your Gammie, your Grandma and Grandpa D, your Aunt Chandra braved the horrible humidity and hauled her cute belly out here, your Great Aunt Deb, and Grammie's friends Carolyn and Nancy...and Nancy's two girls, Maria and Anna. I sort of even hate to type this, but I babysat Maria and Anna one summer when they were little girls. Oy, that makes me feel elderly. They are the cutest though, and it was so great to see everyone. You are one popular fetus!

And Gizzie, check out all this stuff. That isn't a shower, that is a freaking downpour.

Who the heck is going to wash all this stuff and put it away?? That is really going to cut into my tv time babe. Good thing your Grammie is coming back in a couple weeks, she'll fix everything.

Thanks Emily! We love you Schmoolie!