Felt the little firecracker again

I tend to do this often, I post about one thing, and the very next day, the little firecracker does the exact opposite to prove me wrong. (Hope this isn't a trend growing here. =) On second thought, if he wants to do things to NOT make me worried, then I'm all for it!)

I felt him move today! Yay! I felt a few little kicks or taps just now. I also could be imagining this, but I think I also felt more movement afterwards, like rolling around or swimming or something that made me envision baby was moving. I don't know, I just felt like there was a bit more than a tap. It's all pretty cool and makes me smile because I'm pretty sure it's him. It's all still really light though, almost like a twitch feeling in my ab muscle. It's also a little higher up then the last week or two, but that makes sense because my uterus is growing (signified by my belly which seems to have "popped" within the last few days). A few brave people have even been commenting on my belly and asking whether I'm pregnant. (Lucky for them, and me, I am! Yay!)

All of your comments on my last post were reassuring (Thanks!), especially Jamie's comment about how she would feel movement, then not much, then movement again. Makes me feel less insane to hear about how others have similar concerns and thoughts.

And Nikki, it's a date! (I hope our children dont mind us setting them up on blind dates this soon!)



I received my udder cover in the mail yesterday. It's not very great. It appears kinda small, as if someone may get a free show if they're looking at me from the side while I'm breast feeding. The part that supposed to go around your head or neck to hold up the cover is not very convenient either. The strap is held together by those two half moon ring circles, you know, those belt buckle looking things that I never know how to use. I'm glad this thing was free, but now I'm regretting the $8.95 I had to spend to ship it here. Ah well, you live and you learn, perhaps I'm just not using it right b/c it looks pretty big in the photo.





In other news - the MIL - is here with us. It's not so bad, because I'm rarely home when she is and vise versa. She's really a very nice lady too. One of my little pet peeves though is that she doesn't offer to help clean or do other little things around the house that I would think would be appropriate if you're being someone's house guest for TWO MONTHS. Like last night, DH cooked dinner for him and her - I had dinner away from home with some friends - and when it came time for cleaning up, only DH was in the kitchen putting away food, washing dishes and cleaning up while she watched t.v. I felt bad for him, so I went in to help. She didn't do anything or even offer assistance. Perhaps, she's just trying to stay out of the way? Maybe, as we grow more comfortable with each other, she'll offer to help....or maybe that's just the way it goes with her, where if you cook you clean? (This has happened before when we've invited her over for dinner and she doesn't offer assistance to help clean up.) Hmmm, not quite sure if I want to broach this issue with DH just yet. I'll see how it goes over the course of the next week or two. I plan to do some big house cleaning on Friday when I have the day off and DH is at work. If she's at home, I wonder if she'll offer assistance? I probably would decline it, but it would be nice to be asked.

Ok, enough with the MIL bashing. I feel guilty already, because she really is a nice person.