Chunker!

Ellie Dawson--3 months

She is probably the cutest chunker ever!

Is it hard?

Today, a good friend of mine pointed out that I was pregnant. Two co-workers mentioned the growth in my stomach over the last week. A ten year old swimmer asked if it was hard. And a six year old said he didn't want to hug me too hard because he might squeeze the baby out of me.
Yup, people are noticing. And the truth is, my body does not feel likes its own. The other day I was reading a book in bed and I was like, why are these boobs in the way of my text? I feel tired and fat, more sluggish and less responsive. While I know that is has purpose, it doesn't make it any easier or less disorienting.
On a positive note, we find out the gender tomorrow!

40 x 100 Butterfly

I'm 20 weeks. WooHoo, HALFWAY!

SO this analogy may peg me as a total swim nerd, but I'm admittedly that, so I don't care.

I'm trying to look at this pregnancy like a really hard swim set. In my mind this is like 40 x 100's Fly (yup, I've done that set). By the time you get to your 20th 100, you are in a definite rhythm. They still suck, but halfway finished is still halfway finished. Now we can break it down into 2 sets of 10 x 100's. That doesn't seem nearly as daunting as the original 40, right?

Rocket Science = Diaper Changing

Today, I asked my husband if he even knew how to change a diaper. A simple question, right?

His reply, "No, but I doubt it's rocket science. I passed my engineering test my first try, I'm pretty sure I can change a diaper on my first try."

Good Luck Babe!

Check out the cloth diaper system that we decided on:

http//www.thenaturalbabyco.com/live-gro-baby-p-698.html

This is My Midweek Pee Story

So today...I went swimming, I swam for an hour and had to relieve myself (1) right before exiting the pool. For those of you that didn't grow up swimming, this is totally acceptable in the swimming community. Why? #1 Pee is sterile and #2 The chlorine/chemicals kill whatever bacteria there is within in 2.5 seconds. Upon exiting the pool, I went to the locker room and changed to go running. I proceeded to pee again (2) before heading up to the treadmill. I hopped on the treadmill and advanced about .25 miles before deciding that it was imperative to my own well-being that I stop running and go to the bathroom (3). At this point, I am sort of laughing at the whole situation but I was positive that I will be comfortable for the rest of my 2.75 miles of running. But wait, I ran another half mile and had to pee again! Here, I am thinking, I have done tougher things then this, try to run another half mile and then you can take a pee break. Well I made it another quarter mile before I thought I might die of uncomfortableness (4). Now, running the last 1.75 miles wasn't any cakewalk. I had to use it the entire time, but switching between walking and running seemed to help. Needless to say, I peed (5) one more time before heading to the showers.

This is why pregnancy sucks!

P.S. We're getting cable TV today! We made it an entire year without television but the lure of the winter olympics made it too hard to resist. Yay, for returning to the civilized world!

Aunt Icka and Uncle Ick

I've been getting the best messages on my voicemail with Aiden saying "hi" to "icka" and "ick."

We can't wait to see our niece and nephew in March! The messages make it really hard to be so far away. Do you think I can convince Nick to move to Indy?

Goodbye 09, Hello...

I keep wanting to say 010, but I guess it really is 10. I wonder how many times I'll make that mistake?

Baby Update:
Things are going a lot better. I am starting to feel like a normal, active person again. The nausea is almost all gone but the fatigue is still pretty rampant. I'm having trouble learning to sleep on my side and I thoroughly enjoy waking Nick up to tell him that I can't sleep or I have to pee...again!
At 16 weeks, I finally "popped." It still looks like a flat tire around my midsection but those that know I am pregnant keep wanting to touch it and look at it. Is that weird? Should I say yes, because up to this point it is definitely a no!
Now at 17 weeks, I am waiting to feel the first movements, maybe it will start making this whole process real because up to this point it is just a pain in the ass!