Changes

Wow! Lots of changes have been happening lately!

First of all, there is the matter of my growing figure. I am constantly surprised when I reach down to touch my stomach. My first thought is always -- WHOA!! How did THAT get there?! And then I remember -- oh yeah ... there's a baby in there! I have to be honest. Watching my body change has been probably the hardest thing about being pregnant. Everything else I love. But it feels as if my booty is growing as fast as my belly! I'm still exercising pretty regularly, but not as intensely as I used to. I mostly walk or do the elliptical at the gym. Just when I make the decision to let go and stop worrying about how much weight I've gained, I catch a peek at my backside in the mirror. YIKES!!! I really have no right to complain, though. It's not like I've been doing a great job of eating super healthy! I definitely have cravings -- but rarely give into them -- Arby's roast beef sandwiches and Doughnuts! The doughnut thing has really got me going. The other night I got into bed and Jon was trying to talk to me. I was like "I'm really sorry, but I can't concentrate -- all I can think about is doughnuts!" He asked me if that was his clue to run out to the store and I was like "PLEASE, NO! I can not indulge in this! I'll won't be able to fit out the door by the time I'm 9 months!" A few nights later I actually dreamt about going to Krispy Kreme. What a psycho! Anyways, this is the first picture I've taken of my growing tummy (about 17.5 weeks). I'm totally at the stage right now where people can't tell if I'm pregnant or just putting on weight. So I finally broke down and bought some maternity clothes. That is a whole other post by itself.

I can't believe I'm almost halfway. We go to get our ultrasound on Feb 6. We are planning on finding out what the sex is if possible. For a while I was sure it was a girl, but lately I've been thinking it might be a boy. We are really excited to find out so we can go ahead and settle on a name and start buying cute things! I am just waiting until I start to feel it moving. Sometimes I think I feel it, but I'm not quite sure. Every day I think about how excited I am to meet this little one! I can't wait! I feel so blessed!

On to other changes...

We sold our townhome, which is really great. We will be closing next week sometime. So we spent all of this week moving. A friend of ours who lives in our same townhome complex is trying to sell his unit and it's empty, so we'll be renting it out from him until we move or he sells it. What a stressful week, though! Probably one of the most stressful weeks in our whole marraige! We moved everything ourselves -- who knew we had so much stuff! And everything needed to be out by last night because Jon was leaving today for his career conference in Austin! I'm so thankful that we have a place to live, but it was so sad to leave my own house. I had put so much work into it. It will be really hard to look across the street and see someone living there!

Like I said, Jon is at his conference this week. He's been working really hard to prepare, and I think he'll do really well if he just relaxes and acts like himself. I just have this nagging feeling, though, that deep down he really wants to stay in the Army. We'll see what happens. Maybe he'll come home from this conference and be really excited about the corporate world. I really thought things were set but then he went in and talked to two of his commanding officers this week and now he's talking about some other options he has in the army. We'll see, I guess. I'm at the point right now where I don't really care what we do, I just want to know what I can plan on. I think both of us are ready for a time in our lives where our future is pretty set at least for a few years.

This weekend is my birthday and our anniversary. Unfortunately, Jon will miss it again, but I still get to celebrate with my close friends! We are going to see DreamGirls and then go out for Fondue. YUMM!! My favorite! I'm so lucky to have such great friends! I'll try to remember to take some pictures and then post them!