hip action

i'm sleeping pretty good for a pregnant gal. i don't have to get up multiple times in the night to p (it seems less graphic when i leave out the two 'ee's). i'm wondering when or if that will change. with reece, i never got up more than once, and that was late in the pregnancy.

i do wake up several times in the night however, from hip aches, needing to switch to the other side - same with reece. sometimes darren switches at the same time and then we're facing each other. his lungs are clearly larger as large puffs of air then tickle my face. i probably don't appreciate it much in those tired moments, but there is something sweet about it.

10 more weeks...wow. it's coming so soon now. many thoughts of labor and trying to picture what this new life will be like, enter my mind often. please touch my belly any time. i absolute love this belly and baby. it's a miracle, it's beautiful, and it likely will never, ever happen again. i am loving and relishing this smooth, round belly and all of the activity that occurs within.

a friend nicknamed me 'hoops' yesterday, as he said i had really exploded since i saw him last, and obviously a reference to what appears to be a basketball in there. 'hoops'...i love it.

thank you, lord, for another day.