Practicing for our baby

So yesterday, I get a text message from my friend Lindsey wanting to know if I would mind watching her son for an hour or so. I said sure, no problem. I have spent time with Larz almost every weekend since he was born and I thought this would be a breeze. The moment that they dropped him off and left, I realized that I have never been left all by myself with a 14 month old baby. My first words to him were "Well, Larz, I have no idea what we are going to do, but I am sure we will figure something out." Luckily, he is the sweetest little guy, so it wasn't too difficult. The most amusing part was watching him follow our cat, Sammy around for the majority of the time. He would run after Sammy with his short (but amazingly quick) little legs and laugh the whole time. He just cracked me up. Sammy was definitely not amused, but fortunately for her, she is a whole lot faster than Larz and was never in any danger of being caught. At one point, he and I managed to corner her and I held her while Larz checked her out. Sammy was as good of a sport as you can expect from a grouchy kitty. She meowed at him constantly, but let him poke and prod at her until she finally wiggled her way out of my grasp and shot out of the room. I am sure she will not be pleased to have a baby living in her home full-time in just a few short months, but I figure she will just have to get used to it. At least the baby won't try to make a snack out of her the way the dogs do.

Belly shot

No, my hair isn't dark now, I had actually been cleaning the house prior to this picture beng taken, so it was all back in a headband. As you can see, my belly appears to be growing at an alarming rate. I can't believe how much bigger I look today than I did just a few weeks ago. I am about 22 1/2 weeks now, just a little over half way there. At this rate, I fear that the little guy isn't going to be quite so little. I have been able to feel him move around for about a month now, but just today I felt what could only be kicks. He practiced his ninja skills for about 3 hours straight this morning while I was at work. It was quite a strange sensation compared to the small, gentle movements I felt before. It was almost like he had been tickling me from the inside, but today all that changed. Of course, he must have been sleeping this evening, so John still hasn't felt the little guy yet. I am pretty sure that will freak John out the first time.