So, here is the photo I promised y’all. I don’t think it’s the best shot of me, or even the best one to show off my gut, but at least it’s a picture.

I’ve been feeling very big today and tight and stretched. I don’t know what the deal is, ’cause I have a ton more time to go, and I’m not any where as big as I’ll get, and seriously, the baby is only approximately about 5 inches big, but my stomach………..

…….OH MY GOODNESS…..it feels HUGE and tight like a basket ball! I feel stretched out, and yet if I actually look at my stomach, I can see that I have lots more skin (and stretch marks) that are no where near being pulled tight. The only thing I can chalk it up to, is maybe the muscles inside are stretching, and since it’s been 2 years since I’ve been this big – Maybe my body is just wondering what the heck is goin’ on.

Hopefully these stomach muscles that I didn’t know even existed will just let go, and I can just all hang out there and be comfy.

I actually wore a tight sweater to school today (I was a lunch time monitor at the kids school) and not one person said any thing. I think that it’s pretty noticeable, but I was holding a clipboard, and a cup of tea, so maybe they just didn’t notice, or maybe I’m still in that “Is she pregnant or does she just have a gut?” stage.

I have noticed that from my view, looking down at my own stomach, I look a lot larger than I do from the side view, when I check myself out in the full length hallway mirror.

Oh well! Soon enough it will be unmistakable. I actually have wondered if Jon might be able to feel the baby now if it kicked. Unfortunately, the kicks are not regular enough or anywhere close to being in the same place, that when I feel one kick, there are no guarantees that the little one will kick again, so he’ll still have to wait.

We are just both so excited , and almost desperate to connect in some tangible with this little one. To want something so bad, and yet to have to wait, and wait , and wait, and wait……it’s so hard. I’m fortunate, ’cause I get to feel the baby sooner, but I’m unfortunate, ’cause everything happens within my body. Once again, it’s such a double sided emotional jerker.

No matter, I will survive; and so will this little one – I believe!

We have our big ultrasound on Friday, and I’m so excited! It means that I’m even closer to finding out the sex, and so close to half way there.

I really have no big or exciting news for ya today. Maybe, just maybe, hopefully tomorrow something hilarious or heck, even just noteworthy will happen, and I can tell you all about it.

Honestly, I’m kinda surprised at how boring my life is right now, or at the very least, I’m not seeing the excitement in it all.

Is there something that you want to know about……Something that I started to talk about, and never finished, or I mentioned something, and you’ve always kinda wondered about that thing?

I’m really not into big discussions about immunization (I believe they do more good than harm, although I do immunize at a later schedule), I am totally willing to work with people who have allergies, fortunately the school that my kids go to has no peanut allergies, but we spent the last 4 years in a a peanut free school, and there are tons of other things that you can send with your kids to school (we do a lot of leftovers/soups/chili in a thermos – way healthier than most lunches) and I’m not of the opinion that my child’s comfort or my ease of life is more important than your child’s life, but if you’re into that kind of discussion (not the mean nasty “you suck and I’m the best”, but good healthy discussion) then head on over to my friend La La’s Blog. She’s really givin’ it right now.

Otherwise, I’ll see ya tomorrow. Yup! You heard me! Tomorrow! I have a goal to start posting more. Maybe I just need to do it until it starts to flow more smoothly, or I start to find “the funny” in life again. So, my short term goal is to post tomorrow about…..something. I apologize in advance if I post a few really LAME posts over the next little while. I’m trying, really I am! Seriously!