How cool was that?

Abby is always full of energy after dinner. It's the combination of full belly, sugar from a popsicle and (mostly) the fact that Daddy is home. Yesterday, she was beyond excited. She was hyper. She was running back and forth between Dan and I jumping on us and diving in for hugs. While adorable, it was not the most gentle of activity. After a few too many bumps to the belly, I started to get kicked from the inside as well.

This continued for several minutes, until Dan decided Abby should go upstairs to play "soaps and makeup" (translation- Abby plays in our room with her many soap, lotion and makeup containers while I lay down and watch from the bed.) She calmed down slightly, but was still yelling, laughing and having a blast. Meanwhile, the action in my belly kept increasing. It was getting downright uncomfortable.

After a half an hour, things calmed down a bit and we went back downstairs so Dan could go for a run and Abby could try the potty. (Potty training is a whole other story, I'm not ready to tell. It's not been fun. She did however have success on this try.) As Abby calmed down, so did the circus that had been going on in my belly.

At first I thought it was strange how the two correlated, but after thinking about it, it's kind of cool. Austin is at the stage where he can hear and react to things outside of the womb, and he was reacting to Abby's noise and chaos.

For the first time, at 21 weeks gestation, my two kids were playing together.