Best Kept Pregnancy Secret

One of the best perks about having a big belly is the snack bounce-back. When I used to stand at the counter and accidentally drop a pretzel or craisin, it would sadly hit the kitchen floor. These days, snacks bounce off my belly and onto the counter. Every time this happens, it cracks me up. I love it!

5 Weeks Left

According to my due date, we have 5 weeks left until Baby G arrives. I am still feeling really good and have a lot of energy. The only minor annoyance: I think there is little foot in my right, upper rib. It's always a little sore there.

Updated belly shots: http://picasaweb.google.com/lesliegleser/GrowingBellyGallery.

It's alive!

Ok, duh - you're thinking - of course the baby is alive. That said, check out this video. Minus my breathing (you can see the up and down motion), keep an eye on the left side of my belly. It's a really subtle, sporadic twitching movement.

6 Weeks To Go

Here are some updated pictures of my growing belly: http://picasaweb.google.com/lesliegleser/GrowingBellyGallery. My size and appetite are definitely bigger these days. Only 6 more weeks until Baby G is due...

A Great Saturday

We spent Saturday touring the maternity ward at Lenox Hill and lounging in Central Park. Then we stopped by Aunt Enid & Uncle Keith's to say hi and to visit the layette, which was a lot of fun. For dinner, we met up with Danielle and Lauren at Felix. It was so nice to see them! What's funny is that moments after we were seated, Anne - who I hadn't seen in a couple of months - walked right by our table. NYC is so small. Click on photos to enlarge.

All Puckered Up

Baby G closed its mouth and puckered up for the camera today when Dr. Michel captured this image. *Kiss* right back atcha, kid!

Here is a shot of the baby face-on with its right hand out, offering it downward as if we should kiss or bow to it. This kid has a flare for drama already, huh? As of today, the baby is probably around 5 lbs and has a fundal height of 36-37 cm.

Cousin Dinner

Aren, JoJo, Meredith and I got together for dinner at Zocalo last night. It was fun to see each other and catch up! Hope that we do it again soon.

Special thanks to Mer for the picture.

Brunch with The Gleser Bunch

Debbie came in to pick up Katie this afternoon, and so we had a Gleser brunch at our place. Good times. Note that Teddy and Zac are mid-punch in this photo.

Super Saturday

Today we met Justin and Bridget for brunch, and it was great to see them! Afterwards, we ran some errands and then met Shimmy, Ralph, Jenny and Meredith for an awesome steak dinner. Then Katie came uptown to hang out for the night. To enlarge pics, click to zoom. (They get a little distorted when they're small!)

The Karate Kid

Is it possible that this kid knows Dad is a huge fan of The Karate Kid movie? Maybe so. At 4am, Baby G woke me out of a deep sleep with a swift chop to the gut. The blow struck with such force, it startled me - and the baby too, I think. Reason I say that is because immediately afterwards, BG suffered with body shaking hiccups that lasted a half hour.

The baby is getting bigger. In the last day or so, I can definitely feel the difference in my ribs. For updated belly gallery photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/lesliegleser/GrowingBellyGallery

Visit to Philly

We went to Philly this weekend to visit future Grandma Cheryl and Grandpa Marc. Figured it was a good idea to squeeze in one last trip before Baby G arrives. On Saturday the boys played golf, and the girls shopped. Then we went to an awesome dinner at Sola in Bryn Mawr.

Eight Month Mark

Time has really flown by. It's hard to believe today marks 8 months. This morning we went for our 32 week scan, and here is what we learned: the baby weighs 3 pounds, 10 ounces, measures 33 centimeters (fundal height) and hiccups like crazy.

Here are some profile shots. Click to zoom. The baby's profile is face up -start from the right to see the forehead, nose, lips, then chin. After today, it doesn't look this kid resembles either one of us. We'll see. Only 8 more weeks!

Layette Day at Lester's

Today was really exciting! Debbie (my mother in-law) and Aunt Enid (her sister) took me to Lester's to pick out Baby G's first things: side snap tees, gowns, footies, blankets, hats, socks (even ones that look like little sneakers), bibs, hooded towels, winter gear, the take home outfit...you name it. We chose so many adorable items.

Afterwards, Grandma Bess met up and we went to lunch. Then Greer got out of school. It was nice that we all had a chance to spend time together. If only Katie and Dina could have joined - it would have been a complete Gleser-Schindle-Manning women afternoon!

BB&B on the Upper E

We enjoyed Belgian beer and burgers (and mussels) tonight with Laura and Andrew. Good food, good times, good picture. Ok, not a great picture...but not bad for a group self portrait taken with a blackberry phone camera.

Baby Belly & The Boosh

Meredith [a.k.a. "The Boosh"] came uptown for dinner tonight. The soon-to-be Aunt wanted to spend some quality time with us and Baby G.