Well, thus far it's been a great pregnancy for Lis. Not a lot of morning sickness, good blood levels and tests throughout, maybe a bit of itchy belly here and there, but all in all things have been pretty darn smooth. There comes a time, however, when you're suddenly carrying around a giant, heavy beach ball on your stomach and things get a little on the awkward side. Lis has been a trooper. We're still making it out to work at coffee shops, one of our favourite pastimes (We're at one right now). We visit with friends and family. We zip around town for errands, explorations, etc., but we're slowing down.

We've stopped doing things like running for busses. Simple things like putting on pants and socks are generally taking a lot longer, and Lis notices that she's losing the sense of how far out her belly extends. It seems impossibly far, and her mind is having a hard time keeping up with how rapidly she's expanding outward. She has a theory that her body's teaching her patience because she's going to need it once junior arrives. All I can do is sit there in awe at the whole thing at this point. It's beautiful and amazing from the outside, but I'm sensing that it might feel a little more cumbersome when you're actually experiencing it.

We went for an ultrasound last week, and learned that our boy is up to 4 1/4 pounds now -- heavy considering he was the size (and general appearance) of a raspberry seven moths ago. All's a healthy go for the delivery when the time comes. I'm not sure when the pregnancy switched from being hypothetical to so very real, but I've been able of late to picture what he'll be like so much more clearly. It's, I don't know, more weighty, somehow.

I've also been able to imagine more solidly the day when Lis goes into labour. There's a good chance I'll be starting a new job right around then, and the thought of leaving work for such an extremely rare event is just thrilling and kind of wacky. In around a month and a half, our family will expand from two members to three. We've got a little bit of Christmas and a new years between now and then, not to mention Lis's birthday, but my goodness, things are looming large.



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