Week 22 Pictures - A Day Early

Because of a work trip, we had to take the belly picture early this week.  To us, there has been noticeable growth.  Dawn seems to be feeling a lot more movement from inside, although we haven't felt any kicks on the outside yet.

This pregnancy has taught me more than I ever thought it would.  For instance, yesterday Dawn and I were at the Real grocery store (pronounced REE - al)  picking up a few things.  One of those things was bacon.  As usual, I asked for the Bauspeck.  The lady behind the counter repeated my order back to me and I realized I had been saying the name of the type of bacon we usually order incorrectly.  It's not Bau - speck, which I figured meant 'farmers bacon'.  Made sense to me.  However, what I was supposed to be saying was Bauch - speck, meaning 'belly bacon'.  Once upon a time, I knew that Bauch meant belly.  I guess I had forgotten that over the years.  It wasn't until we were looking for maternity clothes in Weiden that I was re-introduced to the word Bauch, which you will often see in baby sections of department stores and maternity stores.  So, thanks to this pregnancy, my German vocabulary has expanded by one more word and I now can say Beerbelly in German; Bierbauch.