Friday, February 17, 2012

Pick-a-nick

Clem had herself a little picnic in the backyard a few days ago. On the invite list was monkey (of course!) and Nacho the rocking horse.

Clem took her real life lunch out there, preferring to eat with her buddies over Cam and I. She had this whole set up down to a science. Cam and I watched from the sliding glass window (while dry, it was certainly NOT warm out there!)


A few weekends ago we headed on down to Semiahmoo to see if we could spot any seals laying on the dock. There weren't any seals, but lots and lots of birds. Clementine (and monkey) had a blast checking out the gulls picking up shellfish, swooping up high to drop the shell, then coming back down to gobble them up.



(I love this.)

BAM!

And just like that, I'm 6 months pregnant! Baby boy is growing and growing. I can feel those long legs getting longer, those hiccups getting stronger! Baby is a little over 12 inches and almost 2 pounds.
While I feel enormous, this is the only time in my life I've ever had trouble putting on weight. I'm still at -17 pounds (having gained some back, I was -23 pounds a month ago) and at 5'8, I am baffled to be shopping in the petite section at the maternity store!
At our appointment this week I got to take another look at baby on ultrasound. He was mostly chilling out and sucking his thumb, stretching those super long legs (have I mentioned how long these legs are??) Doc said baby's trajectory is to make it to 38-40 weeks and birth at 7 pounds (thank god!). He will obviously be longer than Clementine was but I can deal with height.
For now, we're enjoying the peace and quiet and starting to round up blue, orange and green clothes.