journey of life

This week the pregnancy support group I joined met at a local coffee shop and nine out of ten members showed up. We were like the pregnant posse! I am very glad that I found such a group and have been able to talk to women going through the exact same thing as me. One thing that strikes me as funny/odd is that I have been married the longest out of our entire group. Most of the women have only been married a year or two, one *just* got married (she had been engaged for a while and getting pregnant just sped up the wedding), and there is one gal who has been married four years, but my almost seven years of marriage definitely wins the award for longest matrimony.

We talked about topics for future meetings including breastfeeding, budgeting, getting together with new mom’s for a Q & A session and a diaper swap. It appears that all of us will either work from home or be stay at home mom’s, which will definitely be nice after the babies arrive. Because we come from different backgrounds, it will be interesting and helpful to have different viewpoints to make it through the upcoming months!

As homeowners, we love having guests visit, but wants to be sharing their home with unwanted pests? Which pest are we dealing with?

a. Termites
b. Cockroaches
c. Carpenter Bees
d. Fleas

Unlike the other pregnant ladies I know right now, I haven’t registered. I think if you find out the sex it makes registering more fun, but I would rather have fun when we are surprised in the delivery room. Just my preference.

Also, we have not even begun to transition our office into a nursery. Recently, I went through my craft supplies, which now take up less than half the space as before. A minor step, but forward progress! It’s funny that here we are expanding our family, while we have the smallest house we have ever owned. I’m very into downsizing the amount of things we have and the arrival of baby is definitely prompting this transition.

I have begun to feel uncomfortable, which I am finding to be strange since I haven’t gained that much weight and am still able to fit into several non-maternity outfits. I guess you don’t really think of being uncomfortable until you are a large pregnant woman, but with your guts shoved up it does make sense. Oh, what I have to look forward to!