2013 Is Flying By...

Holy canole, kids, it's March. March! Where is this year going??

After 2 years of school, school, and more school, (to the point where we still can't come up with a family Christmas ornament to represent last year,) the Yockeyite end of the family is anticipating some HUGE changes....
-One more month until we both graduate with our undergrad degrees
-Hopefully one more month until we know if Husband makes it into the Master's program
-Four more months until the Yockeyites expand from two to three
-Six or seven months until we move to... somewhere. (Hopefully to where his Master's is.)
-Eight months until we celebrate three years of being married

Right now, the biggest thing that's going on is me. Literally. (Hahahaha!) Gummy Bear is getting bigger and bigger, (I think (s)he weighs around a pound by now? Ish?) and (s)he has been VERY active. The other night, right before bed, Husband and I were watching my tummy ripple as (s)he moved around. As my baby bump gets bigger, the funniest things happen! I bump the bump on lots of things, including bathroom stall doors and pan handles, and I'm ALWAYS getting crumbs on it. I have aches and pains, but Husband has been giving me little massages here and there to help, because he's amazing.

I'm super interested in how (s)he reacts to sounds, especially music, and the last organ concert was a really funny experience. I'm sitting there, and the third piece the guest organist played was by Louis Vierne, the Intermezzo and Finale from his Third Organ Symphony. About halfway during the Intermezzo, which was kind of light and pretty, I felt Gummy Bear moving around, consistently in the same spot, and I think (s)he was dancing! It was the weirdest thing! But then the Finale started, and suddenly there was full, loud organ with booming pedal parts, and Gummy Bear stopped moving instantly. No movement. I think the loud organ scared him/her!

We've also been playing Minecraft in the evenings, if I do my homework, and Gummy Bear likes to move around while we play. I don't know if (s)he likes the sounds of it or what, though, but (s)he's always active anyways!

I'm not really obsessed with buying clothes or toys or stuff, the only things we have are random things we've gotten from other people. Around graduation we'll probably start getting a few things, like a carseat or something... I don't know, there's really no space in our apartment to put cribs and tables and dressers and the whole shebang, and when we move we'll probably lose half the space we have now! Gummy Bear will probably just live in white onesies for the first month.

Something I am obsessed over is names. I LOVE looking at baby names! We like doing what Mom and Dad did, where the kids have their own first names, and then family names for middle names. We haven't decided whether the girls will get middle names yet. I'm always looking for unique names, (but not weird or wonky ones,) and we definitely are not going for gender-neutral names. We have this HUGE list of names that we thought we liked but aren't sure of yet. I think I'm going to go through withdrawals when we actually have to pick one!

People go crazy when I tell them we're not finding out Gummy Bear's gender, too. I've gotten surprised reactions, good-for-you reactions, upset reactions, incredulous reactions, every kind of reaction imaginable. I've learned from the couple of people who have touched my belly that they move VERY quickly, and I need to be faster on the lookout for wandering hands. (I still can't believe people do that, touch your belly without asking. It makes absolutely NO sense.) Being pregnant isn't that big of a deal in church, mostly, because I think literally half the women in the ward are pregnant (at least half... there are a ton). One of my favorite reactions is from a gal I had in one of my music classes a few semesters ago, she was walking by and saw my belly and said "Oh my gosh! When did that happen????" (Do you really want me to answer that...?)

It's been an interesting journey so far, and I'm sure there's more to come. I'm so excited for graduation, when I get to see our families and spend time together! I miss everyone so much, and I'm so jealous that Meema is getting to go home tomorrow. Husband should be home any minute now, and then we're going to go to the temple (where I'll find out if my dress still fits...). I love the chance to have a temple five minutes away!
-Ashy