Well Alan was off with a paintball buddy almost all day and then we had family visit so no belly pic today.

Instead here’s my big bad baby blanket half way done! It’s looking very stripy. I like the different colors but I didn’t want it to look stripy. I wanted it to have different colors all random. I don’t know much about yarn. Why does it do this? What kind of yarn doesn’t do this? Is mine looking all stripy because I only used one strand of yarn and the book called for two? Is that how it came out looking all random? Now I sort of wish I chose a solid color. I don’t think I like it.

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I like my pregnant look. It makes me happy to see my belly because I know there’s a baby growing there inside of me. So I did some shopping recently. Some ONLINE shopping for clothes. See ‘online’ is capitalized because it isn’t just online shopping (which isn’t such a big thing). It’s ONLINE shopping for clothes, clothes that I’m not actually trying on and just using blind faith for the accuracy of measurements. Sort of iffy right? Right.

So I was determined one night last week to buy a maternity bathing suit because I want to go swimming when the weather gets warm. Yes I don’t have a pool but I have already set it into my mind that I desperately want to go swimming. Don’t ask me why. I was just in that mood. So I found a pink girly swimsuit and bought it. Yes I bought it. So it arrived in the mail today. I wondered if I would look like a hippo in a pink dress. But I don’t think so. I love looking pregnant. And Alan does too. He thinks I look beautiful.

Wanna see a picture?

Yeah I do too. It’ll have to be tomorrow (maybe) when Alan gets back from work. And no I won’t be in my pink girly swimsuit that does NOT make me look like a hippo. I’ll be in a pink girly dress that I also bought which makes me look beautifully pregnant. Alan said so. So there.

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I’m really liking pugs right now. They are so cute. They remind me of Waldo.

Ha ha ha…funny grouchy pug face from Merry.

So sad I’m being vacuumed face from Shelby.

Chasing the hose I’m all wet from Poe.

“How could you bring this into my house?” Roomba vs Oscar.

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The hospital called today and everything is fine! FINE!! Yaaaayy!!! Happy dance!

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We look so young in this picture. This was 13 years ago yesterday. I am so grateful for the life we have together and I have never been happier. The other day I told Alan how lucky I feel, to have such a wonderful man in my life who loves me so much. We’ve been married all this time and now we’re starting our own little family. It’s unbelievable. I feel so blessed.

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Last night I read that if you put a flashlight to my belly the baby might start to move. I told Alan about it. So this morning I wake up and hear Alan watching tv in the other room. I call for him and I hear him come thundering down the hallway. He skids into the room with this happy look of anticipation on his face, like a little kid who’s about to get candy, and what does he have in his hand? A flashlight. I love him.

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So I’m at 20 weeks today. It’s only been a week since the amniocentesis. The bruise isn’t even gone yet but I am not scared anymore. We still haven’t gotten the results yet but I’m not worried about it. I’m just waiting for them to come back as good as I feel.

I was such a mess when was that? The beginning of this month to last week? I think a lot of my fears started going away after the ultrasound at the appointment. And after resting up for 2 days after the amniocentesis, with Alan feeling the baby moving, and knitting her baby blanket the fears just melted away.

Then yesterday I thought I was kicked. Yes I’m feeling kicked. You heard me! I think the baby is kicking me! I don’t think it’s gas. And I wouldn’t describe it as fluttery feelings like I’ve heard some women feel. To me it feels like I’m being kicked. Well that sounds so bad. I mean little baby kicks which are not painful at all. But they are quite definite and clear and I think it’s the baby. And I don’t need to put my hand to my belly to feel them. I just feel them. It’s so awesome. How strange to be happy about being kicked.

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