The news is spreading

Hi all! It has been a while, I know. Things have been busy since my long awaited arrival back home. The day after I came back we had a welcome back party where we told some close friends. Some memorable remarks:
Julius: Oh that's why the baby carrots, we should've known!
Julius: Uh huh! Another one, we're so blind!

It was a great evening fully of good food, good friends and lots of catching up. ALTHOUGH girls beware when you tell your partner to announce the big news, as Yuriy's announcement went something like this: Yuriy pours himself a drink and under his breath says " so guys, we're having a baby". Some didn't hear, others were speechless, it was a mess, and I was upset. However, it was all good at the end.

A bit over a week ago we had an ultrasound done and it was absolutely amazing. The baby was putting on a show for us full of waving, a thumbs up (o yes, you are reading right, Baby did a thumbs up!!), touching of the head, knees and toes, flipping over and doing a riding a bicycle type things, standing up....it was UNBELIEVABLE.
While I felt Baby is a boy for a while, after the ultrasound I felt so even more. Even Yuriy who would not say anything gender related previously said he thinks its a boy. We should be finding out on the 27th hopefully!
Seeing the Baby like that really strengthened the connection. Its so odd knowing that there is so much activity going on but I cant feel any of it yet.

My belly is slowly growing, way more than enough for me and some of my clothes to notice, not enough for most other to notice. I am almost 4 months now and am not showing like the photos of other 4 monthers I've seen. However due to extreme growth on the top region of my body, my dresses and shirts have become useless unless I plan to go work the streets for a while. I can make a potato sack look slutty at this point. When it took me an hour to find something to wear, I knew I needed to do some shopping. Its a very strange stage you see, as I could just go a size up from my regular clothes but it makes no sense because I'll be expanding. So I went to a Maternity store and I am such a happy camper now! I went to Motherhood Maternity and Mimi Maternity which is conveniently located in the same store. The clothes are great and they look like what I would wear regularly but are made so well that the belly area has a lot of room but you cannot notice the material if you are not using it up. And the jeans, everyone should be wearing maternity jeans! So comfy. I began to feel normal again, even sexy. Mimi maternity is more expensive than Mother hood which is like an Old Navy for the pregnant folks, but the material and cuts of Mimi are worth the extra money.

Belly photos, gender update after our next apt and more news to come!