Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Finally Starting to Show!


Take One - of course he has to do something weird


Take Two - and another weird one...


Take Three... I didn't trust him so I beat him to the punch!


Troy and I at Joe's Crab Shack. Yay for new hair!


The whole family eating lots of yummy food.


It's funny that for the first time in my life I actually WANT to have a belly! It's also funny that what has been called my stomach for the past 23 years has suddenly been changed to "belly." Weird. Anyway, I can finally feel like a pregnant mommy-to-be because I look like one (a little at least). I am still at the point where people kind of wonder... double take... don't stare... is she??? But those who do know see it and those who don't say "I was wondering but didn't want to say anything" when I tell them. It feels good and it is a fun time right now. I am into my second trimester and my nausea is getting somewhat better. I am only sick every other day, sometimes even only every 3rd day. What a relief! However now that my nausea is slowing down I am having a lot harder time sleeping because of indigestion and difficulty finding a good sleeping position. I am a big stomach sleeper but now it feels really weird and uncomfortable to lay on my stomach at night. And I am also afraid of sleeping on my back a lot because it can cause less oxygen to be pumped inside of me because of the weight of the baby and the uterus. I don't know if all of the "un-comfort" is all in my head or not but I am thinking that it is time to get a body pillow any day now!

With my stomach feeling a little better I have finally gotten to get out and do some fun stuff. A couple of weekends ago Troy and I went to Lake Geneva and did a little shopping and got some good food. I bought a book called "Urban Babies Wear Black" which is hilarious! I have also had a fun time shopping around getting ideas for a stroller, car seat, jumpy thing, high chair, crib, bassinet, changing table, glider, pictures, lamps, books, clothes... gosh, it takes a lot of stuff to keep such a little baby happy!!! I am so excited to get a baby's room started. We have cleared out the second bedroom and are going to use that for the little guy/girl. I figure when we find out in about 6 weeks we will paint it either pink or blue (depending on what we find out of course). That will be so fun!

This weekend was my dad's birthday and we went out for dinner to celebrate. I have a couple of pictures up of my family and us at dinner. No belly shots though, although Troy was comparing his to mine out in the parking lot... we said we were having twins! :) It was very funny.

Well, I am hoping to post more often now that I am not sick and now that I have more fun stuff to write about besides being sick. Sorry for the long delay but hopefully this was a fun one to read!