Love is in Stiles

Hello all!
I've been progressing nicely with my 'gestation', as my brother-in-law Brent calls it. Today I am at 26 weeks and 4 days! Since I last posted that's mostly what I have done, is just 'gestate' ;). However, I did have a wonderful two week visit from my long lost Chinese hubby!

I'm still on short term disability (or as I like to say "I'm on STD" ;) ) because of my pregnancy complications, so I try to fill my days as best I can. I sleep ALOT, I've been trying to improve my photography skills and learn how to use Photoshop, I read books, and I try to do little organization projects or DIYs at home. My parents both work, so I spend most of my day alone, and then hang out with my parents or siblings during the evening. Everyone has been so supportive and sweet to me. My mother is my constant companion, and it always reminds me of how your mother is truly your best friend (other than your spouse) and will be forever. My siblings also are constantly inviting me to do things with them and their kids, and Liz probably makes me dinner at least once a week. I am a spoiled girl!

Also baby Scottie Maverick is growing like a champ! About 10 days about Scott went to my doctor's appointments with me, and it was the first time he got to see baby Mav on ultrasound since about 8 weeks, when he was the size of a cinnamon bear and you could just see his little limbs sprouting! They said at the time that he was about 12 inches long and about 2 pounds. Supposedly his little femurs are pretty long, and he is in about the 67% for weight. Scott has high hopes that he will be tall and one day get to play for his namesake, the Dallas Mavericks! I want that too, but since Scott was a 10 pound baby, I am hoping maybe his growth spurts will hold off until after birth. :) He's also an active baby! He has a few set times a day when he is always awake, you can practically set your clock by him. 9:30 pm every night, and 11:00 am every morning he is kicking and rolling and dancing. I feel him more everyday. When Scott was here he also got to feel him move almost everyday, and he LOVED it. He was constantly putting his hands on my little baby bump (which he insists is cute, but I still feel like a little cow sometimes). As I said before, feeling my baby move has so far been the only enjoyable part of being prego. I feel so close o my baby when he moves. I know then that he is safe and happy, and it also emphasizes the fact that I am creating a HUMAN. Right now we are still physically connected, and even after he is born I know that will always be a special connection. No wonder mother's have intuitions about their children- once they were completely intertwined and physically couldn't be without one another.
Sorry for the rant, it just still amazes me every time I can feel my little angel move.






 After Scottie left, I celebrated Halloween by going trick or treating at Medicity with my brother Tait, sister-in-law Liz, and their daughter's Tien and Lyla.