Weeks 8-13

OK seriously my body is changing. How does she know? Here's how I know:



1. You're in the DRs office and you see woman after woman waddle past with an unbearable grimmace on her face...and this lady her name is: Christie's future. I swear Kip paid them each $5 to walk by just to entice panic!



2. As a stomach sleeper it rocks your world the night you go to bed and realize that sleeping on your stomach directly is no longer a possibility. So you sleep on it inadvertently and then a week later not at all...sleepy time is now no so much sleepy time anymore...evil preparations for parenthood. Shouldn't I be storing up zzzz s not using the spare I have?



3. You order a huge dinner because you're starving, you eat three bites and something (someone ;) ) inside says to you "if you eat one more bite you WILL be sick, I promise!"



4. Things are not where they should be. This used to be back there and that used to be higher and those used to be smaller and less pancake looking...this can not end well for my parts.



5. I fit into those pants yesterday...



While all these things (and more) are changing, evolving, rotating, and migrating I'm so grateful that they are. We couldn't be more happy with a baby on the way! We have started some of the preparations for bringing a baby home and becoming parents. Everyone tells me that pregnancy goes by fast and I hope that I'm as prepared as I can be by the time Minibuns comes!



Today is July 1, 2010 and I am 13w 5d and feeling great. I feel different and there are moments when I don't feel like I'm me anymore. Moments where I coudl burst into tears because I'm confused about who I've become. Then I realize that a) I'm a mass of hormones. So while this crying and hysteria are totally unreasonable, it's completely justifiable. b) I'm no longer living for me. c) the person being put into that cute little onsie will be totally worth all my discomfort and stranger-like feelings with my own body.



For those of you who don't know yet, we will NOT be finding out the gender of our baby. Well eventually we will, but not prior to birth. SO all of you who are asking to just have one quick peek when we turn our backs or one quick word with our DR, the answer is no. We don't want to know, but when we do know, we want to be the first (or second and third after the DR) to know! Sorry to dissapoint!