I am in Fort Nelson BC this week. I left on Saturday night after becoming Clara's fairy godmother. It was a very nice baptism and I loved seeing my family although it was a little rushed on our part because of this trip. I didn't want to leave. It seems to be getting hard and hard to pack up and fly across the country for work now that I am so rooted in our life on KF drive...Before I left John and I started to clean up after the floor replacement and we rearranged our living room. It looks really nice, although more traditional than I wanted originally. The fancy retro couch I bought has been pulled apart and set up as two pieces instead of one long unit across the main wall. John prefers it this way and I have to admit, It quickly grew on me too. So much so that I can't wait to get back to it and sit there while he cooks me dinner and cleans the counters as he neurotically does every night. It is funny how it is the small little things that you miss most when you aren't home.
My loneliness this time has been compounded by the fact that B3 has decided to start his/her gymnastics career and John has missed the first few full blown kicks. Sometimes the force is so great that the punching can be felt on the outside of my body which I think is unusual at this point in pregnancy. Most of the time though I am suffering from internal tickling which is very distracting but welcomed nonetheless because it means B3 is alive and well. I had no idea that babies didn't sleep! I have a bad feeling that this child is going to keep us up a lot at night because he/she is showing signs of John's insomniac tendencies. Oh how this is going to be fun!
As promised I have posted a few pictures here of our trip to the Mohave/Joshua Tree National Park. I haven't grown much in the past few weeks. In fact, I am not sure that I have grown at all. This is a good thing given I had gained so much weight in the first trimester. I am happy that things have leveled off a little. In fact, I only gained 2lbs in month 4 according to Dr. Lal. OH! Dr. Lal...I forgot to mention that we heard the baby's heart on April 3rd. I think that in some ways that was more exciting than the first ultrasound. I couldn't believe how fast and hard that little thing could pump! I can't wait to go back and hear it again. In the mean time, we will be having another ultrasound on the 22nd and maybe this time, if things work out, we will leave knowing what to paint on the nursery walls.
3 comments:
Oh God, I sincerely hope B3 sleeps because let me tell you, it sucks to have a baby that doesn't sleep at night. Being sleep deprived for 14 months and counting is NOT FUN.
Yes, I gathered J was a bad sleeper and to be honest, I try to ignore your "complaints" because they scare the hell out of me :)
LOL... the nights are long but the days more than make up for everything. The wonderful wonderful things that they do, the way they smell, they way they look at you and call you 'mama', they way they hold your hand. That makes up for everything.
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