Sunday, March 22, 2009

Winding Down and Gearing Up

Spring Break is winding down -- only hours left to go -- but preparing for Baby is gearing up. This week we went up to Syracuse for a pre-baby blessing at the temple, came back to Nashville for a pre-baby meeting with our pediatrician-to-be and childbirth class, then down to Atlanta for some pre-baby shopping at IKEA. After we got back to Nashville again, there was a lot of moving of furniture and putting together of baby things, a visit from California friends who are moving to Nashville soon, and prepping for the installation of new windows throughout the house tomorrow... no wonder I feel a little tired.

Another reason for the tiredness might be the ever bigger Chickpea. Since the last pictures, he's had a month to grow on me. He's moved or grown enough to get off my sciatic nerve, so that pain seems to be gone for the time being, but he's now enjoying a lot of horiozontal stretching while fattening up. Most of his time is spent head down, with a baby butt sticking out right under my ribs on the right and some knees and feet curled over to my left side.

That's where the majority of my beatings take place. My poor left side... The other night he gave me such a good kick that Ajay let out a yelp. He was sitting next to me on the couch, and Mister managed to kick hard enough that through layers of me and my clothes his power was felt against Ajay's ribs, too. By the time he's out in the world, I expect some very developed leg muscles in addition to an assertive attitude.