Aglow

 { almost 5 months }

Don't adjust your monitor...my pants are actually glowing bright. So, I said I wasn't gonna update you with bump chunk pics, but here I am.   I've grown a lot in the past several weeks and I've been feeling great minus the occasional aches and growing pains.  I must be feeling good to be plastering my preggie bod on the internet.  This thing they say about pregnant women (especially in the second trimester) is true.  When I was first pregnant and feeling nauseous and terrible, I thought "who are these bimbos that say they love pregnancy?".  Now I'm one of the bimbos!  I don't know if the spring flowers and sun are helping...whether finding a new city and apartment has boosted my endorphins and excitement or what, but I just feel happy and content. 

Alexander continues to move around at his scheduled times of the day and I'm still loving that too.  I'm ready for it to be hard enough (and frequent enough), so that Art can feel it.  When I try to show Art, it stops, of course. Poor Art can't experience this the same way as me, although I think he's ok with that for now. :)

I'm feeling the nesting thing as well.  I'm always kind of feeling that my whole life, but it's kicked into high gear having my first baby AND moving to a new place (with practically nothing). 

Been picking up things here and there as keepsakes of Graz for his nursery.  Found this cute hand-carved bear and cub at the Easter market last week.  He fits in like a puzzle.

Saw this poster for a play here in Graz this month and liked that it said "Alexander's Place" and Graz and had a hand-drawn (not to scale or actual) map of the city.  Thought it would be cool to color in some of it and frame it for the nursery.  I want to try to have things in there that we've 'found' for him.  Not just cruddy knick knacks. 

So, that's my update.  Thanks for all your nice comments about our move.  We'll really miss it here, so gotta go out and enjoy it while we can.  Like, that means go get some ice cream.... now.