May update

In the words and wit of Barb Watson after seeing this photo: TWINS!!







Did you hear that!? Yep, that was the sound of my belly “popping”. I am officially looking pregnant and, quite frankly, loving it:) It’s the first time since I was about 7 years old that I’m not attempting to “suck in” but rather get a weird sort of pleasure in pushing it out!

The last month has been filled with some sweet growth markers. About three weeks ago I started feeling “quickening”. No, that’s not just a more pleasant word for constipation, it’s the gentle fluttery feeling of the moving baby. They were especially noticeable right before I went to bed at night. As I would lie there in bed hoping for just one more little movement, I couldn’t help but feel this intense and intimate bond with my baby as I realized that we were the only two people in the whole world sharing this experience, through the common vessel of my body.

Well, that was only three weeks ago. And since then, baby has moved from light flutters to bonafide kicks and punches. Its incredible! And what’s so cool about this time is that Mark gets in on the fun too! Baby Ziggy was tossing and turning for Mark the other night. You know how boys are always trying to show off for their dads…oops…that’s right!! It’s a boy!! The reality is that most that read this already knew that, via the modern day phenomenon known as Facebook. But I’ll pretend like someone just found out at this moment. I had a feeling it was gonna be a boy. Mother’s intuition served me well!! The same mother’s intuition that will come through for me when the little guy swears he didn’t eat the last piece of cake or when he insists that he already studied for his math test or when he has no clue where the dent in the bumper of the car came from.

Obviously, we would have been totally thrilled no matter the gender (remember the “just looking for A gender” thing?) but knowing has just made the whole thing that much more…real. Its like he’s no longer just Baby Ziggy. He’s our son. So with finding out the gender the name game has not only begun but is in unharnessed, unbridled forward motion. Being the dweller that I am, I can’t stop thinking about it!! We’ve narrowed it down to a few and we think we’re going to wait till the little man makes his appearance and see what he inspires.

So, to our future little Jacob/Omar/Jonah/David/Juan/Demitri/Nile, keep growing and come soon!! We’re all so excited to meet you!!

No, none of those names are in the running, especially not Omar.