Lookin' Good Moose

Jerod picked the title for this blog based on his love for the old enterprise commercial where the guy was getting ready for his high school reunion.....anybody know what I'm talking about?? Anyway, I haven't posted any belly pics through the first 17 weeks of this pregnancy, and I'm so sorry! So I'm going to catch you all up on how my little munchkin is stretching out my tummy.

5 weeks

As you will notice, this is the only "bump" picture in which I show the actual skin of my belly. I think I was momentarily "high" because this was the day I took my pregnancy test- at about 5:30 in the morning (Jerod really appreciated getting woke up that early on a work day-haha)

10 weeks

You can still kind of see my face bones, especially my jaw line.

17 weeks

Holy melons and acne! The cashier at Walmart asked me today when I'm due and when I told her June 30 she said, "Oh, you look like you're further along." Thanks?? Oh well, at least there's no question about whether I'm pregnant or just fat!

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Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh....

...went the baby's heart beat tonight at our latest OB appointment, 150 beats per minute, yay! I was even more exhausted than usual today because I slept terribly last night. If there's one thing I'm good at, it's worrying, and I always happen to worry before we have these appointments. I can't help it, I just do. Not to say I don't try to ease the worry, I've already prayed more for this child of mine than I think I've ever prayed for anything before in my life! I suppose it's just the beginning of these types of prayers though- I have a feeling I'll pray for my babies until my dying day. Anyway, this was just the latest update on Baby Brown and the pregnancy.

At our next appointment we have the opportunity to find out the sex of the baby. I am holding firm in not knowing, I want to be surprised, but Jerod is being difficult. He wants to know because then we only have to focus on one kind of name, but that's not convincing enough for me. I told him since I don't want to know, he CAN'T know, otherwise he's drive me nuts hinting both ways about the baby being a boy or a girl. I think for his safety and my sanity, we'll just stay in the dark about it!

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Very Superstitious.....

I never used to be too superstitious. But since dating and marrying a baseball guy- I have since changed those ways. Silly things (things I know Jamie Burdorf does, too!). Like, if the boys aren't doing well in a game we'll get up and move around to different places on the left field fence until they - hopefully - start to play better. I never forget to "knock on wood" when I mention how quiet my students are on a particular day. And Jerod and I are always reverse-jinxing ourselves, for instance, if Jerod wants his fantasy football team to do well, he'll tell his opponent that week, "You've already got this in the bag, congratulations on your win."

I want one of my New Year's resolutions to be:

Be optimistic and look at life positively, without the superstition.

There are so many things that I have to be appreciative of and look forward to in 2011 and I don't want superstitions and rituals to get in the way of enjoying those things. I was so sure that something would go wrong with our pregnancy that I was wary to enjoy the first several weeks. Hitting the second trimester feels like a HUGE milestone and I feel like I finally have the freedom to enjoy the life growing inside me and I can't say how much I love that. I love to rub and pat my little belly, I pretend my baby knows who it is- maybe he or she really does, I don't care either way, it's my way of saying hello every day. If Jerod thinks I'm grouching at him about something he'll come up and rub my tummy and talk to the baby......which usually leaves me with no choice but to stop being upset :)

I hope 2011 gives everyone many blessings, big and small, and all with reasons to be optimistic and joyful about the life we've been given, and the people we have to share it with. Happy New Year!

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