Lately I've been obsessed with pregnancy blogs. I love analyzing the different bumps, rejoicing over the bloggers who have gained more weight than I have, and quickly closing up the pages of the women who have gained only 7 lb by 29 weeks (LIARS!!!!!!). I take weekly photos of my baby bumps (I have two: one in the front that houses our little love bug, and one in the back--my ass that seems to think it needs to balance out my body so I don't tip forward).
Besides the initial scare in the beginning, this pregnancy has been smooth sailing. It's not like much has been going on, you know, to give me a bloody second to even remember that I'm pregnant. We got married, we sold our place, bought a place, we move in four weeks, spent a couple of weeks in and out of BC Children's, devoted our free time to Christmas concerts, grocery shopping in bulk, and phone calls with vice principals and teachers (one of the five may have thrown a snowball at the vice principal's office window while she was standing there watching), stopped by the maternity ward twice to get some IV fluids to shush some persistent braxton hicks, and a partridge in a pear tree.
And that was December.
All the cutesy pregnancy blogs detail how they're sewing their own baby clothes and oh look! Professional maternity photo session of the adorable soon-to-be family of four as they walk through a serene forest of falling leaves and distant rainbows! Meanwhile we cram all seven of us into an ultrasound room to watch our baby boy blow our $150 on pics by covering up his face with his hands for the entire 45 minute session while his siblings punch each other out in order to get the best view of the screen.
It's a good life.
So I guess if I were to write up a 29 week pregnancy update it would go something like this:
Week: 29
Cravings: a meal that doesn't involve uneaten food scraps
Weight gain: a lot
Baby: HUGE! And active. And boy. :-)
Suz, you are gorgeous!!! And hilarious.
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