sibling rivalry...

So it’s official…I’m having a baby! Of course, it’s been official for a while already but now it’s obvious…the belly is showing and there’s no hiding it! If you didn’t really share in my day to day life, then it could just pass as having had a big lunch (or a “food baby” as they would say in Juno!!!) but for everyone else (myself included)…it’s real now! I put on 4.2 pounds this past month which has made my doctor very happy given that I actually lost weight in my first trimester from being so sick.

This past month has really made me realize though what a strange and somewhat contradictory experience having a baby can be. For women especially, we spend so much of our lives paying great attention to our bodies and our appearance. Now, it’s ones job to actually gain weight on a fairly steady basis and I’ll admit that it feels hard at times. It’s strange to watch your waist line expand and to know that it’s supposed to be happening that way!!

This stopped being hard about a week ago though when I felt the baby move for the first time! Even by text book terms, this is generally quite early on in a pregnancy to feel anything but when something like that moves inside of you…there is simply no mistaking it! My doctor explained to me yesterday that some people, for various reasons, will tend to experience fetal movements much earlier on and lucky for me…it apparently means that all that stretching (or “re-arranging the furniture” as my husband puts it!!!!) could be a bit more agonizing as well! Awesome!

It’s been especially fun over the last week to watch Tugger and the baby battle it out every time Tugger comes to claim his real estate on my lap! Tugger curls up in his usual spot and purrs contently then shortly there after, the baby starts moving up a frenzy!!! I can sort of picture the rivalry going on each time;

Baby: Get lost fur ball…this is my spot!
Tugger: Whatevs man…I’m still bigger than you!
Baby: Yeah…you just wait until that tail of yours becomes public domain!
Tugger: Meh…

And on it goes!

What can I say…everyone wants a piece of the dream ;)