The baby bump begins

Today marks the beginning of our second trimester. I still have a ways to go before I look pregnant, but the baby bump has begun. For weeks I have been uncomfortable in my pre-pregnancy clothes, but this week I got to the point they no longer fit well at all. I took the plunge and got my first pieces of maternity clothes. If I didn't hate shopping so much this might go a lot faster. I am still living with about half of my normal energy so shopping is not how I want to use my good energy. I guess necessity will get me back in the shops soon. For now, though, I am enjoying waists without buttons and zippers. (That's the best way to say 'I am enjoying elastic waists' - - but there is part of me that just does not want to confess that!)

According to the books baby Janke is now the size of a clenched fist (a skill, by the way, s/he now has), and s/he also has the coordination, strength, and smarts to wiggle his or her fingers and toes and even suck a thumb (how cute is that?).