The new title...

Courtesy of Ann, who will call this child Bubba even when he/she has a birth certificate with a real name, that Todd and I picked. I'm sure in her heart, this baby will ALWAYS be Bubba. :-)

I guess I look more pregnant...

Last night, as I was getting off the couch to go to bed, Todd took one look at me and said "Wow, you're pregnant". To which I replied, "Umm, yeah, well you did it!".

I think it was really that I physically look so much more pregnant in the past few weeks than I previously had. Having had some extra weight on me when I got pregnant, it took longer for me to even feel like I looked pregnant to people other than myself. I knew that there was a difference in my belly - instead of just flab, it was harder. I knew that (as crazy girl at work always says) I'm growing a life. But to others I probably just looked like a woman who was a little chubby, and wasn't working too much on her diet anymore.

Today I'll see my mother in law for the first time in a few weeks. She told me she can't wait to see me, mostly to see my belly! LOL Who knew it would be such an attraction.

Speaking of MIL, she'll be here shortly, so I should go eat breakfast and pick up the kitchen a bit...

Under 100 days???

Today I looked at my little pregnancy ticker, as I do every Saturday, because that's when I get a new "fun fact" about which week I'm at.

I am at 26 weeks, 98 days to go.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN???

This pregnancy is flying by to me. A couple night ago I was on the couch, hand on my belly as I felt a number of kicks, when I think it was an elbow that glided by. Now THAT was weird.

On the whole still feeling good, continuing to grow, and still thinking this little one is a boy. :-)

Tagged by Christine

What do you like most about where you live?
I love that it has a real neighborhood feel to it, while still being in the city. I'm minutes away from any store I could imagine, the main highway and all sorts of culture. Even though it's closed right now, I love living across the street from an art gallery! Plus I have really nice neighbors too.

Is there anything strange about where you live?
Nothing too strange really, although J. & A. next door and I joke that there's something in the water, as we were both newly pregnant within weeks of buying our houses!

What's one of your all time favorite music albums and why?
Hmm, I have a couple, but I'll go with Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. There isn't a song on there that I don't like, and even though the album is 30 years old it still stands up against most of what has come out since.

Did you have a passion for something as a kid that you still have now? (if not, what is one of your passions now?) Like Christine, I've always loved to read, now I just don't do it as much. Something I really enjoy now is rubber stamping, mostly for card making. It didn't work out as a business for me, but I still love handcrafting cards!

What do you like most about having a blog?
Well given the nature of this blog, it means that I'm FINALLY pregnant! After 2 1/2 years of casual sex (not like that! just the wait and see attitude we had towards conceiving versus making sure we timed things), I really wondered if we were ever going to have a baby. Now that we are, I love having someplace to document the milestones of this pregnancy, for both myself, and this child to read someday.

Who am I tagging?
I really can't think of anyone, as I was the last of my blogging friends to get tagged!

Where is the time going?

So here I am, at almost 25 weeks - it's going so quickly!

In the past week I've really popped out - there's really no denying that I'm pregnant now. :-) And this little one has gone from the occasional flutterings to out and out kicks. I've even seen a few from the outside! It just absolutely blows my mind to think that I've got this tiny little person growing inside of me. I know that this can been going on for centuries, so I try not to be one of those women who acts as though she is the first woman EVER to have conceived, but given that this is my first child, I think I am entitled so that sense of awe and wonder...which is why I share that here, and don't subject it to anyone who doesn't stop by on their own. :-)

Today I had my glucose tolerance test. I must admit, it was far better than I'd expected it to be. Everyone had me thinking that the drink was going to be SOOO bad, and in reality it tasted like McDonald's Orange Drink that hadn't been watered down enough. Then an hour later I had a blood draw, and the results will be back tomorrow. After the lab, I headed upstairs, this time for an appointment with Dr. Schlachter. I remember seeing his name (Jerome Schlachter) and picturing a little old man, and even thinking that I really hoped he wasn't on call when the baby was born. Well I take it back! He was wonderful. My last appointment was with Dr. Eldredge, and I walked away less than impressed. He never even introduced himself to me, and it was the first time I'd met him. That, and he had a whole conversation, IN SPANISH, with the nurse while I just sat there. They were speaking Spanish to not break confidentiality about another patient, however I know enough Spanish to have figured out her situation. So bad taste, but Dr. Schlachter made up for it. He asked if I had questions, explained some possible issues to me, and overall made me feel good.

So yes, there's one thing we're keeping an eye on - my blood pressure. I have a history of what they call "White Coat Hypertension". It's almost a guarantee that my blood pressure will be high the first time it's taken, but in time will go back to a normal range. And then, because it's high, I worry about it at the next visit - it's really a vicious cycle. But anyway, we're going to keep an eye on my blood pressure, as the doctor doesn't want me to suffer from toxemia/pre-eclampsia.

All in all things are going well. The baby is developing right on target, or at least from how my fundus is measuring. :-) I really do feel good, and can happily say that I'm enjoying this pregnancy.