Jumping Bean

So, the bean's been moving so much lately, we decided to film the fun. Available in two formats...

.mov format for Quicktime









.wmv for Windows Media

2 Lucky Girls

I just have to say, what girl could be more lucky to have this guy loving her?

Good thing there's enough there for both me and the bean or she'd have a fight on her hands upon arrival. (Big giant bruce lee hands don't scare me baby!)

(Really he's just thinking about his tasty beer.)

(I'm jealous.)

(I miss beer.)

Green. With Leaves.

It's been quiet the past few weeks. I guess things seem to go more slowly when you're waiting for someone to arrive. 15 weeks and counting. Right this moment, that feels like a really long time. Wonder what she'll look like. Green. With leaves maybe.

We went to see the doctor again Thursday. She's growing (the bean, not the doctor) and is very active (see Giant Bean Hands). She's about 13 1/2 inches tall, and weighs about a pound and a half. All is well and healthy. Lately, every once in a while, a 2 second video of the whole birth thing flashes inside my mind and I know my face is wrought with disbelief that I'll do okay welcoming the bean into the world. For now, I just continue to cram those thoughts back to the farthest corner of my mind and focus guessing what body part just shark-swam past by my belly button.

As we wait, babies are appearing in record numbers amongst our group of friends. With each arrival Jason and I share a sigh of relief, happy that everyone is okay, excited to see how life will change for them, for us. I imagine we'll have no shortage of sound advice and small people to play with in the coming years. Suddenly I'm glad we stayed in Lakewood for a whole new set of reasons.

Giant Bean Hands

Okay. We have a very, very active child. The bean's been kicking, hitting, etc. me for awhile now. Jason's even been able to feel a tap, tap once or twice from the outside. Then over the weekend the bean stopped moving around. I even kind of missed her pokes and poked her to see if I could get a response. Alas, all was quiet. Well, she must have been growing giant Bruce Lee bean hands and feet those few days because yesterday she started kicking again and now it's BIG! Like whoa, did you feel/see that? BIG. Like ew, was that a head or a butt just then? BIG. Like ow, enough, you're going to make a bruise. It's fun though. It makes me wonder even more so who we have coming along to join us in life. Do you think Bruce could work as a girl's name?