Kicking

Ahhh, I love feeling her kick.  Even if it is hard.  I was just watching her kick my left side and move around a bit.  It's amazing to see.  Especially since she was so quiet yesterday, I of course was freaking out. Lol.  I am telling you, if you like to keep your sanity, do not become pregnant.  It is totally normal for her to not be kicking non-stop, so there is no reason to freak out  But that sure doesn't stop me.  So when she starts again, I feel relief.  Lol  It doesn't help any that I am the type to worry, anyway  At least with this kind of situation.

I honestly don't even feel worried about birth  I am looking forward to it so that I can see her here and not have to rely just on feeling her.  Though I know things can happen after birth of course.  I guess I should just accept a never ending feeling of worry.  lol

But for now I feel great, watching her move around.  She also may have moved some.  She usually kick on my right side and today, it's all the left.  I've never felt kicks here before.  

Belly post #2 Week 26

I think that lined shirt I was wearing yesterday made my stomach look bigger than it actually was, so...

26 weeks

Baby stats:

-Weighs about a pound and two thirds
-14 inches long
-Roughly the size of English hothouse cucumber, whatever that is.

Baby is working on her nosy utensils.  Her hearing is developing like mad so she can be nosy like mommy.  :)

She's been kicking so much more now.  I can even see it when I look down.  It's the craziest thing.  Sometimes, they're kind of hard and they make me jump.  I can't even control it.  She's trying to fight me and she's not even out of the womb yet.  She'd better watch her back.

Aside from that, I am just feeling especially thankful for being able to carry her, and then undoubtedly face a lot of pain to bring her in to this world.  I know that part doesn't sound too fun, but whatever it takes to get her here.  I was talking with a friend about someone in her family who is adopting, and all of the struggles they've gone through to get where they are.  It just made me feel incredibly grateful to be having this experience.

Aside from that, things are great.  Still feeling not so huge and I still get comments on how fast I move for a pregnant lady.  haha.

Pretty soon, I'll be switching to going to my doctor's appointments every two weeks.  It's getting real!  It's insane.

Well, here is jelly belly:

  

25 Weeks!

Oops!  I skipped week 23 and 24.  :( So here we are at 25!  In just 5 weeks, we'll be at 30 AND HOLY COW WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE!?  This little girl will be here before we know it.

Eliana's progress:

• 13 1/2 inches
• 1 1/2 lbs. 
• She's working on growing her lovely locks this week.

Also new this week, we've decided that Eliana has the worst kind of Jersey accent you could ever imagine.  She says things like, "I pump fists, not gas", ect. ect.  And every time I mess with my stomach, she freaks out and says in her accent, "WHAT ARE YOUS GUYS DOIN?!  I'M TRYNA SLEEP IN HERE!!"  

Today we had a check up.  We scheduled our last 4 week appointment for November.  After that, we'll be there every two weeks.  As usual, Eliana ran from the doppler.  It got really awkward when she was yelling at the doctor about her muff cabbage.  I'm also 100% sure she somehow acquired a table in the womb and flipped it out of anger.

Still feeling pretty good.  Energy is good, still not too large and in charge.  Glad to be in the 3rd trimester!

I posted this on Facebook, but look at these adorable Halloween clothes Eliana will be able to wear next Halloween: