They say "Time flies when you're having fun."
I say "Even though time flies, It's not always as fun as all that!"
That said... Looking back on the passed 20 weeks, it felt longer while it was happening. But now that it's done, it went by in a flash! Could be that I was so sick during my 1st trimester that the days just mashed into one and when I recovered I had so much catching up to do, that I just zipped through the time in a constant preoccupied buzz! WOW! that sounded almost as confusing as Bilbo's speech at his 111th birthday!
If none of that makes sense, it's because my brain, these days, is like the mascot for Ellen's 12 days of giveaways this year... A HOT MESS! lol I'm all over the place, but nowhere, really, my husband and kids drive me unusually nuts and I'm emotionally erratic! I worry sometimes that I won't have enough time to get everything done that I set out to achieve before this baby arrives. It doesn't really help that I'm expanding at a ridiculous rate and it's taking a toll on my energy levels. I feel as if I'm a duck already, and I'm only halfway!
As for baby, he (yes! it's a boy!) is so active! I started feeling flutters when I was in my 17th week. The kids are so super excited and now they can see him moving around too :) It's made Gabriel much more aware of the fact that there is a little brother in mummy's belly now that he can see the movement.
The new 'thing' is for me to lie down and pull up my shirt to expose my belly, so they can see the movement, poke and 'kiss' him, do raspberries on my belly and hug him! They also like to share what they are eating with him so I have to eat it so he can taste it. lol Not always ideal... since I'm afraid of catching their bugs/viruses and even more grossed out about eating their leftovers/ gooey, sticky finger stuff! I do it anyway just because it makes them really happy. I find it strange that they don't want to share with each other but they share with him without blinking.
Taking pics, as I said I would, to show my progress, is not happening at all. I'm never really up for saying cheese and rarely dressed for it ;) To be fair... I've not been taking much pics of anything at all.
With all the things coming up in the next few months i.e Christmas and New year, Micaela's birthday, Gabriel's birthday, [possibly] some pre-wedding events for Marsha, trying to get Oumie here and hopefully getting one or more steps closer to obtaining a driving licence *fingers crossed big time on that one*... I hope it keeps me sufficiently occupied to pass the rest of the time in a flash too!
