4 inches and nothing to show for it!

Another small step for Keegan and Ez, one giant step for baby. Finally, we made it to the second trimester! A funny, seeminly elusive goal that sometimes felt like it was taking double the time to get to, but here we are, just another day. We have looked forward to this time and you just feel like you can breathe a little easier. Many people wait until now to tell loved ones and friends, but as you know, we were not among the waiters!! Ez was practically standing on the street corner with a sign, that's how many people he told. I, on the other hand have been more reticent, in particular within the industry, for fear they won't bring me in for normal roles right now, even though, as evidenced by the photos, I'm really not showing! In fact, I'm showing less than I was at 12 weeks. If one didn't know the good news, you'd never know from looking, which for now, suits me just fine as I need to work as long as possible since I do not qualify for mat-leave (the joys of being 'self-employed' and having a union that does nothing to help).

I'm feeling a lot better, although as soon as I say I don't need naps anymore, I crash like a brick for two hours, face down on the couch. So maybe that claim is a bit pre-emptive. I am finally eating again, weeks 9-13 were a bit sqeamish on the food side of things, but I am starting to get my appetite back again, especially at night.

And--
You can call me crazy, but I swear I felt the flutters of the baby's movement. They do say trim women can feel it this early, although for most it's another few weeks, but I have now twice felt the same tiny ripple down near the bottom of my belly, and I feel like I just know it to be different than all the other feelings, like a sign in a language that I didn't know I knew - I can read it as our baby. It's brief, like a kiss on the cheek, but it's there and I'm filing it away into this wonderful box into which I am storing all these wonderful moments - finding out, telling Ez, hearing the heartbeat, the first tiny flutters.

It's Thanksgiving weekend for us, there is no doubt. And we have much to be thankful for.