Wake up, baby!

22 week baby, just for fun :)

We woke the baby this morning!

Evie had just gotten up for the day (much earlier than I would have liked) and I was lying on the floor next to her while she read books. She was reading her "big sister" book... which made her want to talk to baby brother and give him hugs. Baby had been perfectly still up until that point, but about 10 seconds after Evie started hugging and talking to my tummy, he started bumping all around in there :) He wasn't really kicking or punching, just "bumping."

I'm pretty sure he already knows her voice (he sure hears it often enough!!), I think it's cute :) I can't wait 'til she can start feeling the baby kicking her, 'cause he sure likes to do it. He loves to bump her whenever she leans on my tummy.

Baby. Brother. Smith. ;)

21 Weeks!!

We've made it beyond the half-way mark!

I meant to do a 20 week post, buuuut it was right before Halloween and I was completely overwhelmed by costume requests... So let's just pretend this makes up for that :)

The last week or two I've been feeling a whole lot better appetite/nausea-wise; I actually want to eat again, YAY!! I've now gained 5 lbs total this pregnancy, thanks to Halloween candy and my renewed interest in food ;)

The awesome rib pain that I love so much has made an entrance, however, but the sciatica/pelvic pain has backed off somewhat, so I guess I'm doing ok in that department. I'm not totally incapacitated as I had feared I would be, anyway, haha.

I'm also finally feeling baby on a regular basis and I'm no longer just feeling flutters, but full on kicks and rolls! It's pretty amazing :) It's so weird that in just a couple of weeks I went from feeling nothing, to feeling random little "bubbles", to feeling such definite, regular movements!!

And now for a cute big sister story:

The other day Evie was in her room saying her name over and over again, "Evie. May. Smiff." and giggling about it. THEN she suddenly stopped, looked right at me, and declared "Baby. Brother. SMIFF!!!" It was absolutely adorable.

I know I say it over and over, but she loves this baby so very much! I love it!! Just hope she keeps loving him this much once he actually gets here ;)