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.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.
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...
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.
Baby G closed its mouth and puckered up for the camera today when Dr. Michel captured this image. *Kiss* right back atcha, kid! 
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.
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.
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. 
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. 
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. 
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.
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.
Thanks to my generous friend Henley, I haven't had to buy any maternity clothing yet. Here's a picture of us together today. I'm seven and half months now and dressed in all her gear. 
Here is a photo of my belly from this weekend. I am a little over seven months and feel great. 
