she's growing :)

It looks like this little gal inside me is growing and moving even more all at the same time (I know I need to post a picture of me sometime soon so you can see what I'm talking about). I guess this is the time when babies are noticeably bigger and squished anyway due to limited space but gosh it's like all of a sudden! Starting Saturday or Sunday I feel like I'm constantly feeling some body part brushing against my hipbone and at the same time something else against my ribs, and body parts can be felt (and seen by the naked eye) much easier. So I guess she's growing!

I do feel like my stomach has been smaller this pregnancy (maybe it's just me thinking it's smaller because there's a girl in there this time) but so many people say your first is normally the smallest/lightest baby at birth (I almost died when I first heard that!). So far that has not been true for me (both Tripp and Jack born at 38 1/2 weeks...Tripp 9 lbs, Jack 7 lb 13 oz) but this may have been because I had a very early ultrasound with Jack and my due date was moved up a week from early November to late October. Anyway, I'm starting to wonder how big Charlotte will be? Will she be just an average little girl or do I have another 9+ lb-er growing inside me (let's hope NOT for my sake)?! I'll be interested to see what my dr says in a few weeks...when she felt my belly the day before Jack was born she was almost exact to his weight (how she can guesstimate so accurately by just feeling the outside of a tummy is a mystery to me). I'm hoping Charlotte decides to go easy on me and take after her brother Jack...