When I was a little girl I used to wonder what it would be like to be pregnant. What would it feel like, what would happen to my body and most often I wondered what I would look like with a giant belly carrying a child. I like to think every little girl wonders these same questions, but maybe it was just me shoving pillows up my shirt and telling my mom, "It's a Girl!"
Well in reality, "It's a Boy!" and I am living every second of that little girls dream. My body has changed, my tummy has swelled, my hips have grown and I keep wondering if there is actually another baby hiding in my booty, but that little girl inside of me gets excited with every kick and movement of this little boy about to enter our lives.
I don't know if it's that he is due to enter our lives so quickly or an overload of those baby hormones, but I have had a really hard time imagining my life without this babe on the inside. Don't get me wrong, I plan on loving the heck out of the screaming infant, but when the lady in Costco says, "I bet you are ready to be done!" I smile and think to myself, "Does this really have to be over??" Talk to me when I am two weeks over my due date, I might be singing a different tune. But in second, this 37 almost 38 week momma, doesn't want her baby to leave. This must be how my mom felt when I left for college!
The good news is (well, is it good news?) that I have taken an overload of horrible cell phone pictures to watch this tummy grow to what we see today. Since I know we still have more growing to do, this blurry cell phone collection isn't complete - but it's close and I love to look back in awe and laugh at the change that has taken over my body in such a short amount of time. Ben rubs my tummy and shakes his head in fascination that a BABY is growing in there. And I, that little girl who wondered what being pregnant would be like, am in the middle of experiencing something I had only ever dreamed of. It's real, it's happening whether we really believe it or not.
(Yes, I know some of these pictures are of a bare tummy, brace yourself, you will be okay.)
2 comments:
It's been so fun following along as you've experienced this pregnancy!! it makes me remember my own and how much I loved it all. It also makes me really, really want your wardrobe. ;o)
it does exist! haha you have been so tiny this whole pregnancy its fun to see the proof that your belly has grown. your 37 week picture is too cute. i love your outfit. can't wait!
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