baking my cravings at 29 weeks

last week i made some zucchini bread with 2 friends who wanted to learn how. yesterday, i wanted more cake, so i baked some oatmeal cake. it is totally delicious. suddenly, i am craving cakey things. no salt, just cake. i guess sometime this weekend i will be baking another cake. lucky for A. and JG.

yesterday JG had swimming. he did fantastically well - he was having so much fun he couldn't seem to stop bouncing up and down. gave him a little pump-up talk before class, and told him to push himself harder this time, and try to do things that are difficult for him instead of doing things the easy way. it worked! he was so pleased with himself, for reals. dude's got no choice, really, since he needs to be swimming on his own by this summer. one thing that has been going on with my little man that is new...for the past week or so, he has been hella emotional. is it the whole contagious pregnancy symptoms phenomenon? he has had a few moments when he just starts to cry, for no apparent reason, and when i ask him why, he managed to sob/wail, "why? me love you soooo much!" just overwhelmed by emotion. it's really sad and cute all at the same time. he never cries, so it's even more sad. and he definitely has wanted more physical affection lately. but he still continues to talk to bebi2 ("wait mama, me need to tell baby something. a secret! ..whisper whisper..."), and take care of me ("you cannot hold that heavy thing, mama. you are pregnant with baby. me can do it."). he rocks.

bebi2 is growing growing. feels like it! the kung fu is definitely getting more sophisticated, but the strange thing is that this bebi does grabby things with her/his hands! well, that's what it feels like. i don't remember that with JG. little hands grabbing at my uterus walls? not pleasant, but not necessarily painful either. just...weird. ultrasound coming up next week, so new bebi2 photos to come!

and my ankles are swelling up - sad sad sad. cannot figure out what is the trigger, it's happened about 2-3 times, and it goes away in a day or so. everything i read says it is normal, and to "rest during the day, and put your feet up. even better, lay down and elevate your legs." what planet are these "experts" from? it doesn't hurt, it's just uncomfortable, and more than anything, very sad looking. i guess it's just the extra 30% of blood my body is carrying now, and it just cannot keep up with the circulation demands. dude! 30% more!!! otherwise, all is peachy, and we are all happy it's spring!