Dear Alice: Just so you know, you like it when Daddy plays guitar to you in Momma's belly. Someday he'll play to you on the outside.

Dear Alice: After days of lazy soft movements you have decided that TODAY is a good day to test your uterine boundaries? Good Golly Girl!

Pain in the ...

So, as she grows, I feel Alice in so many different new ways as she expands in my belly. Today, I was driving to go meet Dad, Aunt Sharon, Chris and Liz for dinner when Alice gave me the hardest kicks EVER. I literally was holding my side yowling, "Ow!" and Dave had to take the steering wheel. It felt like she was trying to bust her foot out of my uterus and into my leg :) I'm starting to distinguish her body parts. Mostly the butt and the feet. She sits head down when she's resting usually but she's all over the place generally. It's transverse that's starting to hurt the most, especially with these kicks. I'm very lucky my torso is so long because I think it makes it almost impossible for her to get into my ribs ... though she has tried and it's funky to have her rolling at the top of my belly. And I thought the pressure she gave me earlier on was bad ... I've seen NOTHING yet! LOL

Dear Alice ...

I swear you have doubled in size in the past few days. Please remember that Momma isn't a kickbag. Watch where you put those feet whilst you turn!

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Seriously, she's trying to discover new places to hang out in my belly. She was pretty quiet for a few days and ended up turning her back into my back for awhile so I wasn't feeling her like normal. Today she's back with a vengeance! She got her butt stuck up high in my belly and she keeps booty shaking and kicking her feet into my back. It continues to become more uncomfortable as she grows. I'm about the point where I can distinguish her feet when she kicks outwards on my belly so that's cool. But, geez, these growth spurt is kicking in for sure.

Nursery is almost done. Pics to come when complete.

Other notes: Aunty Liz has a session of Braxton Hicks contractions earlier this week. She still fine. Her doc said my niece is moving into position ... but we still have time! She due end of the month. Doc is inducing her if she doesn't go before 31st. With the way things are going ... I think she'll have a fairly natural labor. Come on Baby Niece! Auntie Suz wants to meet you!