and so it begins...
So, today is two days after the fetus is legally "viable". And I was just here working and finally realized that the twitching I'd been feeling (and had just thought of as a muscle twitch) was actually the baby. My first thought: "Ugh. Stupid baby..." - in much the way I'd think "Ugh. Stupid clock" if I'd finally realized a noise that had been almost annoying was coming from a clock in the room, or "Ugh. Stupid underwear" if they were doing that almost giving me a wedgie thing that some pairs do...
I immediately felt really, honestly, guilty for thinking that about the baby. So I guess baby-to-be has become much more of a real baby in my mind that it had been just a few weeks ago. Kinda strange how these things go...
In related news, my fruitless name search continues, but I've only managed to rule out about 150 names, and not really even come up with a long list, let alone a short list... Poor Drew has been hearing me occasionally exclaiming things like "Areli?? as a boy's name??" as I poke around in different name tools. The worst part is that my favorite name (that keeps sticking in my mind when I try to look at other names) is one I don't even want to name the baby. And Drew is quick to remind me that it breaks the "no naming the baby after gaming characters" rule that we set when we found out we were pregnant. (We named the dog after a character, we're not naming the baby after one...)
*sigh* i suppose I've got 16 weeks to go, so it's not a big deal, but still... I wish I had some names that I liked so I felt I had at least a back-up name. Right now we've got a possible middle name. And that's it.
But anyway, enough about all of this... He has resumed kicking me, I guess to remind me to get back to work...
:-)
I immediately felt really, honestly, guilty for thinking that about the baby. So I guess baby-to-be has become much more of a real baby in my mind that it had been just a few weeks ago. Kinda strange how these things go...
In related news, my fruitless name search continues, but I've only managed to rule out about 150 names, and not really even come up with a long list, let alone a short list... Poor Drew has been hearing me occasionally exclaiming things like "Areli?? as a boy's name??" as I poke around in different name tools. The worst part is that my favorite name (that keeps sticking in my mind when I try to look at other names) is one I don't even want to name the baby. And Drew is quick to remind me that it breaks the "no naming the baby after gaming characters" rule that we set when we found out we were pregnant. (We named the dog after a character, we're not naming the baby after one...)
*sigh* i suppose I've got 16 weeks to go, so it's not a big deal, but still... I wish I had some names that I liked so I felt I had at least a back-up name. Right now we've got a possible middle name. And that's it.
But anyway, enough about all of this... He has resumed kicking me, I guess to remind me to get back to work...
:-)