Blooming Just for Me

Collin bought me flowers and TWO cards. I totally needed the boost and he totally deserves recognition. I never doubt that I have a good husband. But these things certainly do so serve as excellent reminders.

The Obligatory Belly Pictures

Expect these once a month. May not look like much, but it's enough to make the pants a tad snug.

Thankgoodness, We Have a Lime!

I am glad to be moving on to week 12 for a very stupid reason ... I couldn't stand that prune picture. Really? That's the best comparison they could come up with?!

Again, I offer you a visual aid ...



More specifically (though I think that is a rather large lime) ...



We believe life begins at conception; that, as with you and me, God knew this Baby before time began; that this Baby already has a soul; that birth and death and all in-between belong to God and have been written by God. As David wrote in Psalm 139:
13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

All that to say: Collin, from me, your wife who could not love you more, and your little Lime, who will but add to our adventure ... Happy Father's Day.

This is exactly the sort of toy we want our kid to play with ...

Sweet Poison

Over the past year or so it's become blatantly clear to me what a selfish person I am. I never would have previously described myself in such a way ... but things change. Obviously. I'm pregnant. That's change on a massive level.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't help but feel that selfishness, pregnancy, and baby will not go well together. So I have the next couple of months to work on being a little less selfish (I doubt I will EVER be totally rid of it).

Step number one in the non-selfish direction: discontinue the consumption of wine. Not that I was a HUGE consumer of it. But once someone tells you you're not allowed to have something, it's all you want. So the search was on to find something that could somehow, in some meager way, serve as a wine substitute.

As I meandered through the aisles of Target this weekend, I found something that just might do the trick. Oh, Target. You have never failed me! In short, Archer Farms Blood Orange Italian Soda. I can totally pour this stuff into a wine glass and pretend. Sure, wine isn't supposed to be carbonated. Minor detail. It's a new thing the Australians are doing, right?



Side note -- if you haven't previously noticed how hard it can be to find beverages that do not have high fructose corn syrup in them ... trust me. It can be tricky. Until recently, I was unaware that they even put the stuff in crackers. Oh, come on!

Now that's a (expensive) vitamin!

All it takes is something like pregnancy to make a girl want to talk a lot. This blog gives me the opportunity to do so. And I think this will prove an excellent and fun way to keep family & friends up-to-speed on this experience. It'll be just like everyone is here with us. (Maybe.) I'll post about important things, and lots of not so important things. I believe all will be entertaining on some level.

First up ... decor! You gotta know one of the first things my mind rolled to upon this discovery was the baby room. It'll take a concerted effort on my part to NOT go completely crazy buying things. Good thing our budget is so tight! I will have no choice. Having said that, a purchase has already been made. I saw this a while ago but felt weird buying it because I wasn't pregnant. And at the time, I thought we were still ages away from pregnancy. Now that this is really happening, I have the green light.

Here it is, our first baby purchase. It suits me/us on so many levels. We're having it made into a larger print and it'll hang on the room door, front & center. A nice little reminder every time I pass by or enter the room ... no need for panic. No to mention it makes me laugh. A lot. This kid will have a sense of humor whether it wants one or not.

Refresh, Restart, Reboot

So, consider this blog officially re-activated. Much more to come ...