Week 26 - Redefining A "Fun" Evening

A story from Maggie:

Thought I would share a fun story about Kumquat. She was very amusing to Ivey and me last night. We spent about 15 minutes just watching my belly and laughing - who needs TV? (J/K, we still need TV!) Ivey made a yummy dinner of Chicken Piccata. Something different for me to eat, but not sure why she was so active - either just a coincidence or she wasn't used to the garlic and capers? Anyway, she was kicking and punching like crazy. I think an elbow or a knee scraped across my stomach at one point too. The funny thing was you could SEE all her activity just looking at my belly.

Week 25 - Remodeling

Now 25 weeks and only 15 to go!! I can't believe this has gone by so quickly although 15 weeks will still feel like a long time to Maggie I'm sure. Last weekend we finally cleared out the nursery of all the furniture and have a fresh start ready to be girled up for kumquat. We've got some chair molding and pink and brown stripes in the works but we'll see how that turns out and put some pics up when it's ready.

Maggie's coat is just about to the point where she can't button it anymore so now it's a race against time with spring. Can her coat hold out a couple more weeks? Will spring come early and relieve her of the need for it? The groundhog did not see his shadow so we're hopeful :)

Week 24 - My Valentine

Kumquat turned 24 weeks on Valentine's Day and Maggie shared a few fun facts about this week:

Your baby can hear more and more now, and you may even notice her startle
at loud, sudden noises. But she's probably getting used to the regular
noises she hears around the house, such as your dog barking or the roar of
a vacuum cleaner. Many new parents are surprised by how unfazed their
newborns seem by sounds like these, but if you think about it, they've had
months to get accustomed to them.

She is starting to get taste buds.

She is about 1 1/2 lbs.

Week 23 - Tae Bo Girl

Kumquat definitely enjoyed the warmer climates of a 90 degree Aruba. The sweet desserts made her happy and strong enough that dad got to feel her kick for the first time! What an awesome feeling all around. We had a second ultrasound when we got back and she's still a girl and very very healthy at 1.4 pounds. Everything looked great and seeing her made coming back to reality a little easier. The Week 23 picture (with ice cream) is included to the right :)