Less than 100 days to go!

My pregnancy ticker tells me that I have less than 100 days until Quinn's due date. Sometimes it seems I've been pregnant forever, but sometimes I feel like it was just yesterday that my dear friend brought me flowers and we shared tears of joy over finding out I was pregnant. I have been feeling great, though I did have some low back pain last week and realized I needed to stop jogging. Now I'm just walking for exercise, and it's been feeling fine since then. I bought myself a maternity swimsuit this weekend and plan to use the pool at the gym across the street to get some exercise, which I think will feel great when I get even bigger in the next few months. Quinn's kicks are getting harder and more frequent, and he even woke me up for the first time two nights ago. Next up: a visit to the specialist on Monday. Stay tuned for more pics of the little one!

Manners

I think I need to give our little boy a lesson in manners. He kicked the doctor 3 times yesterday! It seems he does not like the doppler. I have posted before about how the doctor will put the doppler on my belly to find his heartbeat. I'll hear it for a minute, then he'll move away and the heart rate fades. The doc will put it in a new spot, get the heartbeat again, only to have him move away again. This has happened at every appointment I've had so far. Yesterday, he did it again. When the doctor kept pursuing, Quinn gave a swift kick and moved away. She went after him again, and he kicked harder 2 more times. The doctor said, "OK, OK! I'll stop bothering you!" Everything looks great with the pregnancy. Next month I'll have my glucose tolerance test, and then I'll have to start going to the doctor every two weeks instead of every month. The months are already flying by...hope I can get my act together so the kid has a place to sleep by the time he comes!

Baby "Hill"

So we've gone from "bump" to "mound" to "hill." I guess next up is mountain?? I think I may be in trouble...

24 weeks

Babymoon

Even before Quinn was a reality, I told my husband that this year, I wanted to take a week-long vacation, just the two of us. Since our honeymoon 4 years ago, we have not done that. We have done a lot of traveling, but it's always been with others or to visit others. We have enjoyed all of our travels, but with Quinn on the way, I thought it was even more important to have a "babymoon" before he arrives. Hurricane Irene threatened to put a damper on our plans, but she only cost us a day in the hotel (everything in Boston was closed on Sunday, including the "T," their subway system). We had a wonderful time in Boston, Newport, and Cape Cod. Our favorite part of the trip was in Cape Cod, where we stayed at a wonderful B&B, The Acworth Inn, biked about 20 miles to/from the beach on the Cape Cod Rail Trail, and swam in the ocean. I got knocked over by a wave and decided that was enough for me and Quinn, but Hubby had a great time swimming with the seals! I've seen dolphins at the beach before, but never seals. We also visited the Heritage Museum and Gardens, and played 36 holes of putt putt all in one day! We were tired, but happy.

We saw many sights in Boston, and toured three mansions in Newport. It was a wonderful vacation. You can browse our pics on facebook.

If you look closely, you can see two seal heads in the center of the picture, to the left of Hubby's head.