Closing in on 6 months:

I think it’s safe to say I am going to be huge.

I am feeling pretty good, mostly just enormously exhausted. There are days when I consider taking 2 naps. My headaches are under control and my joints are on their way to becoming jelly. What I am losing in running fitness I am gaining in swimming stamina. I savor my 45 minutes of not feeling pregnant every day. We had a great first prenatal visit with a midwife at the birthing center last week. I am measuring a little large, but I seem to be having a very uneventful and healthy pregnancy thus far. I love feeling the baby move more forcefully each day, and I am no longer wearing a training bra!

So yesterday, I really started to feel like a mom. I officially interviewed my first daycare and we had an orientation meeting at the Birthing Center. I started the day by taking the short 1 mile bus ride down to the big family center/daycare near us. Yes, normally I would walk this, but I was [...]

So our anniversary weekend is always pretty awesome because it falls on the weekend of the 4th, which means we get a day off work, cookouts, and fireworks. This weekend for us started out pretty great. We went out to eat at one of my favorite restaurants, where I gave the poor waiter a run [...]