and the reason for all the waddling...

so here are chuck, ned, and big mama at 18 weeks and 1 day!!  i should know the answer to this question, but how big is this for a singleton pregnancy?  i'm just trying to get a good estimate as to how huge i'm going to be...  i know, it won't be pretty :).  

we're all doing very well, they are both moving in there (bryan can't stand that he can't feel it yet, even though every single night, we lie very still with his hand on my belly for 5 to 10 minutes before he realizes this won't be the night :().  i actually think i felt chuck (baby A) move first right when i was 16 weeks- a very deliberate sort of punch very low- and every time i sit and don't have good posture, she (no, i don't know if it's a she) lets me know- hello up there- you're kind of scrunching an already scrunched up kiddo down here :)... the next morning, right after i woke up, i felt ned kind of maybe roll over- a very light flutter.  it's like they seriously have already established their personalities- still definitely going along w/the ones we saw early on- chuck being her mother's daughter- moving a lot, not staying still for the ultrasound tech, being upside-down, high energy, and ned- his father's son, relaxed, actually looked like he was lying in a hammock, and movements that indicate only his rolling over in the middle of his nap. :) it'll be interesting to see if this carries out once they're no longer in utero.  we went to see les miserables last night at an outdoor theater in one of kc's parks (perfect weather, awesome production) and they moved more in that 3 hours than i've felt ever, i think... hopefully, they love music as much as their parents!

one more thing, we've booked our tickets out to cali!!! we're flying into reno on sunday the 12th (and don't get me started on how friggin' expensive flying anywhere was), then i'm renting a car and driving down to fresno on monday and staying until wednesday night or early thursday morning.  YEA!!! so like i said, i hope to see all of you- i can't wait!!!  i'll be full on penguin by then! :) waddle, waddle, quack, quack...