23 Weeks of Hotness (because it's really hot today!

Kiddo has been laying low, so to speak, for the last week or so. I now 100% understand that he is responding to me, because my stress levels was off the charts over the course of last week. In-effing-sane! We had seniors trying to finish up in time to graduate and I had a family from whom I nearly required witness protection because they had it in their heads that I was the reason their daughter wasn't going to graduate. Sometimes, I get so mad when people whine and piss and moan AND end up getting their way without earning it.

I also had some stress over my job this last week. I found out that my position is being "rearranged," for lack of better terminology. I'm going to have to fight hard and probably take a bunch of classes to keep it, but I really do love every moment of my job. I have been applying for some other positions as well and have an interview this week for one of them. It will be a lateral move if I am offered it, no administrative positioning, but it might be a great way to get back into elementary school and try something new. I'm kind of conflicted over it, but I can't count my chickens before they hatch.

Anyway, while all of this crap was going on, I managed to make myself sick with a cold, laryngitis, and stress. Kiddo wasn't moving around much, which stressed me out even more because I couldn't feel him using my internal organs as a trampoline. I called the doctor and they said everything was fine, it was just that he's still little and I can't always feel him. Now that my stress has dropped, he's back to moving around again. He seems to have a prefered position for me to lay in, which is half reclined on the bed or couch. Aaron hasn't been able to feel him much because it seems like as soon as I put his hand on my belly Kiddo stops jumping around. Grr!

Let's post a few pictures:

Completed crib for Kiddo! Soon, there will be ten little fingers and toes sleeping here.

23 Weeks of largeness. It's also incredibly hot here today, so you can see some sweat glistening!

Tried to get a "bump" shot. Can you see where my shorts cut off? I always worry that I may be strangling Kiddo with pants that cut across my midsection, but he's still moving, so he must be fine...right?

I'm having trouble loading the picture of the delicious pancakes I mentioned in my last post. You can see a picture of them on my Facebook page though. They were so amazing that I can't help but crave them. I'll have to be careful, otherwise all of my pregnancy weight gain will come from them.

Here is the update via email: "Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb."

Shoutout to Steph Mock who sent some great books to Aaron and I to celebrate Kiddo's impending arrival. We go to the doctor this week too, and Granny will be coming. I'll post more later folks!