(Week 13) A lemon sized mini me

I promised I would post a picture of our little bump, and here it is in all it’s glory!

It’s so weird to think, that within that bump is a lemon sized mini me! SO CRAZY!

Things seem to have got much more real this week, now that most people know and because now we can see a slight bump. But also I think the whole thing is properly sinking in now. All those worries I have of will we be good parents and can we afford it, seem to be easing up slightly and are being replaced with sheer excitement and joy. It truly is an incredible feeling and experience. It’s not something you can ever begin to explain, it’s a whole new feeling and I like it!

The baby is already making an impact in our life in a physical way, not just because of the bump, and that meaning Lara has to buy lots of new clothes. But we got our first baby clothes this morning, sent over from Lara’s Mom’s cousin Riva, in Seattle. When I opened the box this morning to reveal a tiny hat and bib, and a little baby grow, a little tear came to my eye. It was another moment that made it that bit more real. It was an amazing thing for me, something that I never really thought about before it happened, but it just got me all excited and happy. They are also all UW (University of Washington) branded, which is where Lara and quite a few of her family went to school. I have a funny feeling our little baby might be wearing a lot of that stuff through his/her life. Thank you so much for the clothes Riva, I’m sure he/she will be very happy in them!

Lara’s back is really causing her some problems at the moment, she looked it up and it seems a pretty common problem, something to do with her lower back joints. The hormone that your body releases during pregnancy loosens up your joints and makes them more mobile which then causes over use and inflammation. Sound fun doesn’t it?! I don’t like it when this sort of stuff happens to Lara, because it just reminds me of how I go through this pregnancy without any pain, sickness, tiredness or anything changing, and she has all that and more. I try to be as understanding as possible and offer to help in any way I can, but I think most of the time she just want to sit, relax and block it out. I guess it’s getting close to that time when I have to do everything around the house.

Me and Lara are going on our first baby shop on bank holiday Monday, and we’re going with my parents, Nana and Grumps (I want him to be called Grandpa, because he is so much like his Dad and that is what me and my brother called him. I also think Grumps just sounds like another name for Grumpy – he is not Grumpy!). I’m not sure what we’ll come back with yet, I’m hoping to get 1 big item sorted this weekend, so we can spread the cost over as much time as we can, but we will see.

I would just like to say a quick thank you to everyone for the amazing response to our news, knowing how happy and excited you all are really means a lot to us, and it just reminds us of how lucky our little baby will be, to be coming in to a family (I include all our close friends in our family) with so much love and support.