Games with Baby

Everyday I can feel more and more movement in my tummy and am starting to feel the difference between general kicking and full body shifts in movement. Some days I swear he gets himself stuck in one position or another where a body part will be so squished in the uterus that he makes my belly lop-sided. When this happens I can feel him shifting and then one corner of my belly or even the middle will be sticking out at an odd angle. I can feel him right under the surface on those lopsided areas and it is definitely an interesting experience.

Anther new development that has occurred is I think he is interacting with his environment now. It could be a lot of coincidences, but when he is active and awake if I poke my belly he will poke back. He actually did this for Andrew the other night and I know he really enjoyed seeing his baby rather than just hearing about it from me. We were sitting on the couch and the little man started moving around so I told Andrew to watch and he saw my belly starting to pop whenever the baby would kick (this was also the first time Andrew saw my belly move rather than just feeling the kicks). He started poking back where he saw the movements and the baby would follow suit. This has happened a few times for me as well, where I would feel him moving, but not necessarily kicking and I would poke where I felt him and he would kick back.

The recent movement and shifting of positions make it seem more real every day. In 3 months I will have a baby in my now completed nursery. It still seems so far in the future, but it just keeps getting closer and closer. I am nervous about all the changes that will occur in my life as well about the actual birth, but I can't wait and am so excited to meet this little guy that keeps reminding me that he is coming.

I need to take more belly pics and get them posted - maybe tonight? maybe later this week.