Casting Call

The day after Thanksgiving, my midwife Rinn (lower) and doula Merreley (with the hat) came over for dinner and casted my 39 week big belly.

The finished product is absolutely amazing. I plan on sanding and painting it at some point, but that's not really my top priorety at the moment. Until then, it is floating around my house until I find a good home for it.
I love looking at it. It really blows me away to think that that is my belly with our baby inside of it. I see myself in the mirror everyday, but to see a replica of what I look like amazes me. It kinda makes everything a bit more real to me.
I think every woman should make a casting. It was so easy, and even if you don't keep it around, it's really something precious to see. I look forward to taking pictures of our baby curled up inside the cast to see just how she fit in there.

We're Getting Close

You can probably tell I didn't sleep very good the night before these pictures. Oh well, can't be perfect every time :) These are at 34 weeks.

Notice my little guard cat in all the pictures. Story of my life-he follows me everywhere now.
Cross my fingers: Not a strech mark in sight (yet)!
We'll be doing a belly cast soon. That'll make some fun pictures to come. Keep watching!

Servin' Up Another Round of Belly Shots

I won't lie. It feels weird to post pictures of myself getting bigger. Such a difference from normal life when most people want to look smaller the next go around. Just another backwards symptom of pregnancy I guess. These are from the beginning of our 26th week...six months down, three to go! I'm not sure this outfit will last through the next few months. That's alright I guess, I'm kind of over it. It doesn't really go with summer anyways.

Belly Shots-Not Body Shots

So we took the first belly pictures on Sunday. I was hoping to get them at a nice even 16 weeks, but due to time and laundry constraints, they had to be put off for a week. So here it is, debuting at 17 weeks, 1 day, in the yellow baby room, none-the-less.

I never thought I'd be one to count the days of the pregnancy, and really I'm not, but I thought I'd do it for the more detail-oriented friends who may be curious. Really, I could never figure out how all my previously pregnant friends kept track of their pregnancies by the week. I soon figured that one out. So much change happens every week, than I can't help but remember where I'm at and what is developing now. (By the way, the website that keeps me updated has now upgraded the baby from an avacado to an onion.)

About the room...it just so happened to be under construction when we found out we were expecting. Lucky us! So we went with the nice, neutral yellow (hopefully which will go with anything). The carpet is due to be installed after the 4th of July. I am truely excited for that because it means that not only will we be ready to put in furniture and clothes in the closet, but also everything that is said in the hallway will quit echoing throughout the house.