Look, an actual belly!

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It’s taken us a long time, but now that I’ve hit seven months, I’m starting to make a respectable showing of myself. Justin insisted on the hat. Little Hammer is keeping us busy trying to count the kicks — all he does is bump around in there! In fact, just this morning, Justin had the unique experience of getting kicked in the back while I was trying to give him a spoony little hug. Mean little Hammer! Amazingly, we’re in the home stretch — we’ve officially started the third trimester. Everything’s totally normal, and despite my slow-to-appear belly, it’s an optical illusion. The doctor says we’re measuring “kind of big,” and he thinks there might be a “tall baby” in there. Ummm … you think?