Jiffy Pop

I finally felt the baby move!

It's not that I was worried, because we have to get so many sonograms that I know the kid is fine in there. But, it is weird when people tell you, "Oh, I felt my baby kick at 16 (17, 18, 19) weeks" and it was like 23 weeks for me and I hadn't felt a thing. But then the other morning I finally felt the thing moving around. Since then I've felt it three times and Danny actually felt it, too. It seems to be most active in the morning when I first wake up and in the evening after I eat. Danny keeps jokingly asking if it feels like a boy. To me it feels like popcorn popping, maybe I will end up giving birth to Orville Redenbacher.

Stevie's doing better. We went for a long walk this morning and she was TERRIBLE on the walk, pulling almost the whole time. But when we came back she played like a normal dog, chewed on only legal items, and is right now taking a nap. We are considering the Gentle Leader/Halti type leash for her walks, but we are not sure if she is too small still. We'll have to look into it. She is developing some very bad walking habits. She wasn't great when we first got her, but the bigger she has gotten, the worse the pulling is. It's amazing how good Jake was when I compare him as a puppy and Stevie. I do think Stevie will be a good dog, eventually, but Jake was good from Day One. He was just a much more mellow dog who wanted to please us no matter what! One day I hope to say the same thing about Stevie. She sitting here snoring away right now!

The Two Babies

Here is the latest photo of Baby Enos. It's not too clear, but it was nice to have something to show for my Christmas Eve experience with the MEANEST SONOGRAPHER EVER. She was grouchy and rude to Dan and pressed so hard on my hip bones I couldn't walk right the next day. After all that, she couldn't get the picture she needed! And she seemed irritated with me, like it was my fault (the whole problem was that the baby wouldn't roll over). Another perfectly nice tech came in and got the picture and didn't hurt me at all. Anyway, here's the glamour shot:

Blurry!!

At one point the baby was playing with its toes, though, that was cute. And they were trying to get a shot of the profile but it kept putting its hand in front of its face. I wanted to say "no paparazzi!" but I thought Scrooge might punch me in the stomach or something.

I guess everything looked good. No one has called me to explain an extra head or anything. It was my fourth sonogram, and I will likely have more to come. Hopefully I won't get Scrooge again, or this time I will have to say something, like, "ohmygod GET AWAY! Assault!!!" Or even something a little less subtle.

In other news, Stevie has been spending a lot of time in jail:

Today has been very good so far though. She has her good days (or sometimes, hours) and her bad. But overall she has done fairly well.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

The New Addition to our Family!

No, not THAT new addition.

We FINALLY got the green light from our landlords to get a dog! Danny went upstairs one night and pled our case and I guess he got through to them. So we found a shelter which takes animals from the South (since there are so many more strays down there) and brings them up North (where there is more demand). There we found a black lab/German shepherd mix from Tennessee. Her name was Sorghum (if you are from the South you probably know what that means). Now her name is Stevie (as in Nicks, Wonder, Ray Vaughn).

We think she will be a pretty good dog, one day. One day far, far in the future. Right now she is busy peeing on the rug (though she does go outside, too), eating soil from the plants, and ignoring us when we call her. But she also is learning basic commands and she is very quiet and good about hanging out in the crate when we are not home or are asleep. And, she's cute.