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Week 23 - The 1st week of Easter

It has been several weeks since we were last able to truly celebrate Mass. This has been one of the most other worldly aspects of this entire experience. Since we began dating, we have attended mass together nearly every single Sunday. We can count the ones we were apart on just 1 hand. This week, we celebrated Easter as best we could, considering the Easter Vigil was only available through Facebook Live on the living room TV, and Kiersten was off to work Night Audit both Saturday and Sunday nights. When she got home from work Sunday morning, we hunted for eggs before she headed to bed for the day. Unfortunately, a combination of stretched sleep routine, buffalo wings and hormones led to another bout of nausea and vomiting that morning (or was it evening? what time of day is it?). Ben kindly found her medicine and sent her off to get some sleep, waking her up only to enjoy pierogi with the family in the afternoon.

Raptor has now grown as big as a grapefruit and likely weighs over 1 lb (so where did all these other ones come from?!). We are running out of room in there, growing quite concerned as to where we will fit babe for 3 more months of growth. The baby has crept upwards and is beginning to affect lung capacity, leading to a concerning symptom during this alarming coronavirus era. However, all of the apps say shortness of breath is normal, and the midwife told Kiersten on her video appointment that she didn't need to worry unless a fever or cough developed.

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