Baby bump

DH and I think we can see a very tiny baby bump, very low in my abdomen. Nobody else can see it because (1) it would be indecent for me to show them and (2) I think you'd have to be pretty familiar with my body to be able to see a difference at all. But it's there. :)

For some time, too, when I wear jeans, I have to unbutton when I sit (especially early in the jean-wearing, before they've started to "give"). Rather than buttoning and unbuttoning in class, today I gave up and used a rubber band. It feels so good to be able to relax! The constant pinching and digging was getting annoying. :)

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

It's DH's birthday today, and that's always an exciting day, but today was even better. We had a doctor's appointment this morning and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat! It was so amazing! At first we weren't sure the doctor was going to be able to find it - she kept saying "that's you... that's you...", but a few tense moments in and there was the woosh-woosh-woosh! What a beautiful sound! :)

And for our birthdays (mine is Saturday), my friend M (aka Mother Goose and Ruthless) got us our first item of baby clothing: a sweet little white sleeper. So adorable. I still can't believe there is going to be a person in our house that small very soon. But instead of being overwhelmed and scared, like I thought I might be (and like I was at the diapers), I was pretty excited. :) And so was DH. We can't wait!

Last night we got to hang out with some friends of ours who just had a baby a few weeks ago, and it was awesome to hold him and think about how someday soon I'll be holding my baby, and I'll be the one leaving the room to nurse, and DH will be the one asking "Is it my turn to hold my son yet?" It was also really cool to see how interested DH is in all of the baby "things" - the little vibrating chair, the clothing, the changing stuff. He's still pretty scared to hold a newborn (though he did a bit), but he stared at the baby a whole lot. I love that he's so interested. I can't wait until he is (well, we both are) learning about our little one!!

The glass is half empty today

So it turns out a week full of studying (often the wrong things for) Securities Regulation in preparation for being on panel, preparing for the MPRE, taking the MPRE, and trying to edit a 40,000-word journal article, all while being constantly nauseated and exhausted and hormonal & irritated is not the most fun thing in the world.

And even better news: I didn't get the job I flew out to interview for over flyout week. This puts serious questions in our heads about our future plans.

UGH. Back to work I guess.