24 Weeks

We had our fourth prenatal appointment today and everything went really well. My weight gain is good and I am probably about as comfortable as I'll be until after this baby is out of me :)

A week ago today (President's Day), early in the morning when I was still half-awake, I started feeling some pain in my side (not uncommon to have growing pains), and when I put my hand down to massage the pain I felt a sharp kick! That was the first time I KNEW that I felt the baby moving. I grabbed Bruce's hand and had him put pressure on to my tummy so that he was able to feel the baby, too! We loved that we both felt the baby together. Since then I feel the baby move often, which I like -- I like knowing that he is well.

We went to a really nice wedding last weekend in Seattle (Bruce's cousin got married), stayed with some of his best friends, and then spent President's Day in Portland with my father-in-law and two brothers-in-law. We got to meet our newest nephew Sam while we were there. Bruce and Sam were cuddle buddies immediately, as you can see in the picture below.

Bruce and Sam (via Amanda's blog)

We were sad that we missed seeing my mother-in-law who was in Connecticut with Bruce's sister helping with her new daughter Daisy (just a few weeks old now!). In March we will go meet Daisy in person and we are really excited!