29 weeks 1 day

but who's counting...

the babe is starting to run out of room.  i can tell kix is outgrowing his/her home within me.  i feel tight and huge.  my belly is harder than normal and it more dense, if that makes sense.  i didn't have this feeling with Jorai.  i'm sure there will be a lot of these new feelings in the coming weeks.  when i bend over, i feel stuck, as if i can't bend that way anymore.  as if the baby is getting stuck and i have to stop and rearrange before proceeding. i feel the baby in my ribs all the time now.  it's crazy! i wonder what's awaiting me in the coming weeks!!  

when the babe moves it's no longer little jobs and kicks.  it's more slow turns and butt protrusions.  it's a cool new feeling.  i can actually feel baby parts for long moments.  it's fun to try to figure out what i'm feeling. and i'm probably calling his butt his head and vice versa, but it's still fun.  when i talk to the baby, sometimes he/she responds with movement.  it's so cool.  

i can't wait to meet this little person.  this little version of my husband and i.  i still find it amazing...that this child growing within me, came from a piece of me, a piece of steve and the grace of God. it truly is a miracle.  i truly feel blessed. 

i can't comprehend how much i'll love this child after the birth...i already love kix so much, with so much of my being.  i feel connected in a way that can only be described as the word mother...yet, i've never even met or held this child.  how much love can one person feel?  how much more love can one possess for someone so tiny, so new...we truly have been given  gift.  a second gift. love is a crazy thing.  it's all consuming.  like fire.