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Of baby bumps, preschoolers, and cathedrals: 24 week bumpdate

I think it's time for another baby+Susie+life update. Disagree? Navigate away! First: I'm pretty sure the Pilgrims came to the United States in search of sunshine. Put away your history books, folks, because I have found THE reason. England takes rain and grey skies to an extreme. Back to the exciting stuff. Baby girl is 24 weeks along, and simply a delight to gestate. My life is physically so easy right now, and I know that's causing me to have the gentlest second trimester. I don't think a person can fully appreciate a pregnancy when she's not painfully on her feet at least eight hours a day - unless she's gone through one when she has been on her feet. The ability to sit down when I need to is such a gigantic blessing. I'm certainly not taking it for granted. With Landon, I spent the entire pregnancy annoyed that I would one day have to do it again and trying to scheme up ways of avoiding that. With this pregnancy, I'm relishing it in the k