Fist Bumps

Oh man, I felt Poppy move this morning! I FELT HER MOVE! I was in Las Vegas for a couple nights at the beginning of the week and while I was there I received a text from Erin letting me know that she finally felt our baby girl move. GAHHHHHH! I missed it!  Erin said she felt emotional and grateful and I felt SOOOO bummed I missed it. I got home last night, had a little convo with Pop and luckily she let me feel her this morning. I had my hand on Erin's belly and after a few minutes I got an undeniable fist bump! It was incredible! Pregnancy is incredible! I go back and forth from being in utter awe to getting ridiculously giddy and hyper to being so thankful to Erin for doing this for us.

New developments - Poppy is about the size of a large chicken breast (crown to rump), she has finger and toe prints and is starting to create poop. Her heart is beating nearly 150 beats per minute -we were able to hear it a few weeks ago (neglected to put much attention on the awesomeness of that because I was still sulking re the election results)  It's all fascinating and beautiful. And weird. The way babies are made and how they grow inside of a woman completely blows my mind.

Today we are 148 days away from our due date. Last entry I was nervous because of the political climate. Right now I feel eager. Perhaps the world needs more people who are impacted by perfect little babies because maybe those perfect little babies give the best kind of perspective and motivation. That's what it feels like to me.