puddle jumping, belly blooming and other matters

We're enjoying a spring thaw, including the puddles from the snow melt. Miles thinks puddle jumping is just about the best activity any person could do. He just looks at me, grinning while he's jumping up and down as of to say seriously mom, who wouldn't want to splash around in freezing cold muddy water? This is great! Heavenly! Almost as good as tapioca pudding!

On a different note, it seems that the belly grows in size the second time around just a wee bit sooner than it did during the first pregnancy. My midsection seems to have a life of its own these days. Needless to say, I'm not able to fit into my regular clothes at 16 weeks. Not having any maternity clothes (I borrowed all of my clothes during my first pregnancy from a fashion savvy acquaintance), I've been having to spend some time shopping. I've been to a few consignment shops, but haven't been happy with the selection. So today I finally bit the bullet and went to Gap maternity and splurged on a couple of outfits. I hate spending that kind of money on clothes I'll be wearing for less than a year, but I don't want to (and can't - for work reasons) just resign myself to wearing yoga pants for nine months. Things seem so different this time around. I was so busy reading, planning, preparing when I was pregnant with Miles. With this pregnancy, I haven't even really had a chance to think about the details at all. And I'm ok with that.