Gametes In Love

How far along: 22 weeks
Weight: 134.2lb
Sleep: Good
Gender: Boy
Movement: Yep. S2 is a wiggly one.
Feeling: Good. My energy level is OK, but my ability to be on my feet is getting limited.
What I miss: Nothing right now
Weekly Wisdom: Pee before bed. Otherwise bad dreams happen.
Milestones: My belly-button popped out.
Food cravings: I was craving watermelon and Pearl tea pretty badly on Friday. I got lucky and had both yesterday.
Fetal development:
At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he’s even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you’d be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he’ll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.

We had a playdate with Special-K last night. It’s been so amazing watching these two grow up around each other. They went from not realizing/caring the other was in the room to now interacting with each other. G chases after her yelling out her name, and I get a saccharine lump in my stomach.

Last night though, I found it amusing that G’s played at K’s house with the following activities:

• The play-kitchen, by washing his hands (and also instructing everyone around him to do so too) and then warming up milk and the like
• Pushing K’s baby in a little doll stroller
• Mopping the floors with a toy mop

What was K doing meanwhile? She had her bag and went off to work. So yeah, K went off to work, while my son was chasing after her with a baby doll in stroller. It made me go “Huh!” I can’t promise any partner in his future that he will continue to have these domesticated desires, but I will say that if my son and his chosen one are financially able to have one of them being a stay at home parent, I’ll be proud of him if they made the choice for him to stay home.

Now…. any tips on how to get him to mop OUR house?