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Pregnancy is a strange thing. There’s the heartburn, the sleeplessness, excruciating back pain, loss of stomach muscles, bone aches, exhaustion, congestion, the list can go on and on. Yet overall I feel great! Something must take over your mind… I’m sure I’ll change my tune at about Month 8.

We cannot wait to meet Liam! His kicks and wiggles are getting stronger, and he already seems to be on a routine – usually freaking out at 8:30pm on the dot. At first the movements just felt like when your muscle has a twitch… but now it feels like there’s an octopus in there doing aerobics. It’s very distracting when I’m at work! But it’s fun when Josh can not only feel him moving, we can see him moving too!

The new carpets are in, and we’ve bought the crib so the baby’s room can now begin! We’re doing a Jungle theme but trying not to go overboard. We’ll post photos as soon as we’re done! We have been debating stroller options- who knew there were so many things to consider! Luckily we discovered the book “Baby Bargains” early on, and that has saved our sanity… It’s also nice that I have about 5 preggo friends and we can all discuss these issues together!

So we’re at 23 weeks now – only 17 more to go! There will be another ultrasound at the beginning of April, so we’ll post those pictures when we’ve got them!

Woo! Today I got my birthday presents from Clare early!

To go along with the theme… she got me my very own bowling ball, ball bag, and bowling shoes! Rockin’! I’ve always wanted my own bowling ball (even though I really don’t bowl very much… that’ll change now!)

The shop she bought it from was very cool. The staff were awesome, chatting us up the whole time they were measuring my fingers, giving us tips (bowling, and baby, tips). They custom drilled the holes in the ball and we were off on our way. I’ll post on Tuesday night, after I’ve tried my new gear out!