34 Weeks: Thanksgiving!

34 weeks pregnant and it's Thanksgiving. I can't believe I'm truly in the home stretch of pregnancy. In those early, early days when Caleb was the size of a pea the idea of the holidays and being this far along seemed so very far away. In truth, it was- he and I have come a long, long way in the past 8 months.

Remember when there was no bump at all?? Like, in July?

Now the bump is unmistakable, even under my super-cute maternity coat. I'm so attuned to Caleb's patterns- he likes to be awake when I'm at work, mostly because I sit and eat candy all day. He gets extra sleep on the weekends, when I'm up and around more. He gets the hiccups a lot now and his little head bumps against the inside of my pelvis. (I'm pretty sure he's been head down for weeks now.) It's the weirdest feeling. I asked Dr. K today why babies get hiccups in the womb and she said they don't know!! Of all the random medical things that haven't been figured out, baby womb hiccups is one of them. He likes to stretch out his legs when I'm lying on my side, which means his little butt stretches one way and his feet go the other way across my belly. Stretch, hold and relax, stretch, hold and relax, a few times in a row. Because he's an unmistakable teeny person in there, I never feel alone anymore, I'm always aware of the fact that I'm carrying around our baby with me. As in, this weekend Caleb and I went to yoga, met a new friend, watched a lot of HGTV, prepped for Thanksgiving and made 60+ potstickers. And speaking of Thanksgiving, coming up tomorrow, the 2013 Distel-Sigmon Thanksgiving game plan!