Sunday, August 9, 2009

uncertainty

it seems, that since we made public-ish our big announcement, i have been faced with more and more uncertainty. like, am i really pregnant? how will this change my life? how will this change our lives? will i have a miscarriage? will i have a baby with some kind of deformity or illness? will i go into early labor and have a preemie? will i have to have a c-section? will i be able to stay home with this kid after it's born? will it be a boy or girl? am i really pregnant??? are these symptoms i'm experiencing normal or weird? how will this affect the way i work at my job? how will it affect my dogs? will i get really fat and be unable to lose the weight? will we go bankrupt? AM I REALLY PREGNANT?!

so you can see, i am totally normal and there are no hormones raging out of control in me at all. ps, i just sent andrew to the store for chocolate ice cream. on the way out he jokingly asked if i wanted pickles. i realized... I DO. so i am about to consume pickles and ice cream - how cliche!

---sidenote: i am beginning to hate living here - how can it be that we have no goodberry's anywhere near, no coldstone, AND the grocery store's out of haagen-dazs chocolate. i guess that's what you get when the grocery stores aren't allowed to sell beer and the most hoppin' eatery for sunday night dinner is mcdonalds.---

on a totally rambling continuation of this blog (which seems to lack all direction... consistent with my current mental state), i took my first "belly pic" to document where i was last week. since i'm not sure what week number i technically am because i haven't been to the ob yet (and won't go till the 20th), i don't know which week to call it. i mostly wanted to document that at one time, i had a relatively flat stomach.
thank you, target dressing room.

and secondly, we got new bedroom furniture. correction: we got bedroom furniture. we've been sleeping on a mattress on the floor and keeping our clothes mostly in baskets and on shelves because of the lack of dresser and other such fancy modern conveniences for the past two or so years, but now, thanks to the poor economy and someone having to sell off their entire house's worth of stuff, we have a king sized bedframe, two bedside tables, and a dresser.

movin' on up [moooovin' on up]...

2 comments:

Sandy said...

Be reassured that it is COMPLETELY normal to have all the thoughts and feelings you are having, and that most of the things we worry about never happen. It is difficult facing all the uncertainty, but it is also part of what makes the journey so exciting. I think you are well equipped to deal with whatever lies ahead, and you have all my support and love.
: )

Allison said...

I agree with Sandy. Your feelings are normal. Bringing a child into this world is a big responsibility and it is scary. However, you have the peace and knowledge that this child does not belong to you, he or she belongs to God. God has merely chosen you and Andrew as the people to raise this child. He will equip you! I am praying for you!