boys boys boys

a couple months ago we found out little bubba's a boy. i think j was a little shell-shocked seeing the little guy squirm on the ultrasound- he didn't have too strong of a reaction. i know he was hoping for a girl, but- i knew he was going to be a boy. that way i won't have to stop calling him bubba.

finding out the gender was certainly a huge step toward making the let's-have-a-baby situation all the realer (can i use that as a word?). another came just a couple weeks ago when i flew home. it wasn't the eleven hours on the plane (a layover in phoenix where i didn't even get to disembark) or little bubba using my bladder as a punching bag the entire way there (having to get up to use the restroom every 20 minutes- priceless). it was the moment where, late at night, i was using my belly as a desktop, my laptop settled comfortably on it, when all of a sudden- plunk! the laptop jumped an inch into the air. visible evidence that he is indeed squirming around. it was so very awesome. tonight, in fact, j was able to feel him giving me a good hefty kick in the ribs for the first time. he likes to do that just when i'm dozing off for a nap- it makes me jolt awake because i think i'm falling.

the visit home was so very awesome. i was able to see some fabulosa friends. and of course there was the visits with my siblings. there were all these new inlaws to get to know, and we made a good time of it, playing cards and telling some really horrible jokes. i got a little homesick coming home- not because i didn't miss j and the cats, but because i hated to leave. but j fed me, the house was wonderfully clean, and there was work the next morning.

and so the next round begins...