Where did March go?

This month seems to have gotten away with me. I blame midterms, preparing for your sister’s birthday, and the normal March-blahness.

This has been a busy month for us! Daddy and I went for a 3D ultrasound and found out that you’re a girl! Monkey is very excited to meet her baby sister, by the way.

Here you are yawning:

and a few of you just being cute:

We also got a few clips of you moving around. You’re constantly moving throughout the day. You kick and squirm and punch – somedays it feels like you’re busy moshing to your own music in there. The videos showed us just how fidgety you are.

I also had an appt with the midwife. Everything is great. You’re measuring a few days ahead of your due date, and I’m hoping that this means you’ll come a tad early, as opposed to on-time and being in the double-digits. Here you are from the outside at 21 weeks. We’re a little over 22 weeks now.

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On exercising

I’ve taken you on a few runs so far, and you’ve behaved so well. You know to lay quietly and just enjoy the ride. I’m hoping you keep up this good behavior because running is helping my sciatica. Daddy and I went to the neighborhood gym today to check it out. I think we’ll be registering there, which is great because at least we’ll have somewhere convenient to go when I start getting too big (and it starts getting too hot) for me to run with you.

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It’s a….

We had our big ultrasound this week – the one that showed us how all your fingers and toes are there, you have the right number of heads, your innards are all developing nicely, etc. We were hoping that we’d find out if you’re going to be Monkey’s little sister or little brother. Unfortunately, it seems that you were feeling a big shy that day because you insisted on keeping your feet and legs tightly crossed. For added measure, you also made sure that the umbilical cord was wrapped under you, too. We’re discussing how it’s possible for you to be 18 weeks in-utero and already be defying us.

Everything looks great, though. You definitely have your daddy’s profile.

Here’s you as a 19-week bump:

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Patience

Daddy and I were laying in bed today procrastinating the start to our day when you suddenly started rolling around. I put Daddy’s hand on my belly and we laid there quietly, waiting for you to start your thumping. You finally said hello to him with several thumps and rolls. It made his day.

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