BOP!

So last night, I'm lying in bed watching TV, with my hand on my belly just because it happened to rest there. And suddenly, THUMP! It was a little, tiny creature bopping my hand - from under my hand! "Do it again Bella!" I whispered. BOP! I almost wanted to hold my breath, scared any movement would frighten her into stopping (or rock her back to sleep). I lifted my hand, and POP! I saw my belly jump in just one little spot just like the curtain jumps when Orange punches it with his paw. Oh my gosh! Feeling it from the outside and seeing it all in one sitting!

(She must know I'm talking about her because she's poking around right now.)

I texted Alex right away, so excited but also a little disappointed he wasn't here to feel it and see it also. I stayed there for over an hour feeling her migrate from one side to the other, holding my belly. My back started to seriously hurt from lying prone for so long, but I didn't want to move! I wanted to feel her for as long as she was awake. Finally I decided I really did have to turn over, and found that lying on my side, I could still at least feel her from the inside. I wasn't talking to her except in my head, but I still felt like we were having our first conversation. She was pretty active for about three hours, and even though I knew I had to work early the next morning, I stayed up till about 1:30am "talking" with our little girl. When Alex finally got home, she got really quiet and pretty much stopped moving. Maybe she felt his presence and felt like she could finally settle down?

So incredible. People talk about really missing this part of pregnancy once they give birth. I do feel like I've been pregnant forever and ever, and we're only half way through, but on the other hand I already know that I'm going to miss this, and I hope I get to feel it all the time until she's born. I want to savor every moment because once she's born - no more poking me from inside there!