My belly-button is starting to pop… but not in the way I expected it to. I guess I kind of expected it to gradually get completely flat, and then pop up like a mountain. It’s not. What happened is that it got shallower and stretched, so that my innie is squashed closed. And now the outer rim is popping upwards, kind of like a donut. I still technically have an innie… it’s just that the outer edges are rising up. And it still only happens in the evening, after eating quite a bit… at this very moment I still have an innie that is sunk in like a funnel. It’s totally hilarious. (And no, it still doesn’t hurt at all! Go figure!)<\/p>\n
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I’m still getting used to being obviously<\/i> pregnant. I know I’ve been showing for quite some time, but here at 6 months along I am apparently far enough that people will flat out ask me when I’m due, no more of those “Maayyybeeee she’s just fat…” looks. I love it, but it still catches me off-guard!<\/p>\n
The other night when I was at the restaurant with my friends, when I went to the washroom there was a woman just going in with her 2 year old daughter. She looks at me and smiles and then says to her daughter, “She has a baby in her belly! See the baby?” And another day when I walked into a store the cashier, making small-talk, said pleasantly, “When are you due?” I just kind of stutter at that because I’m so unprepared for it, lol. I’m getting much better though. ;)<\/p>\n
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PS I am still weighing myself weekly. My mom’s scale is unfortunately not a digital so figuring out the number is kind of a ballpark. But one thing is clear: between last saturday and this saturday I gained around 5 pounds. In one week. Holy yikies! It’s helping me round out, sure – but most of it is going right back to my ass where I lost the weight when I was sick. Damnit! Stupid ass! You need to let go of your baggage!<\/p>\n
I guess I need to stop chowing down on the sweets. That’s my new year’s resolution. Once I’m home from vacation I’m putting away all the chocolates (got quite a few as little gifts – the GOOD stuff, the stuff I can’t bear to not eat) so they’re not such a temptation and I’m going to be buying fruits and healthy snacks. I really haven’t eaten this badly in a year. I think my mother got me mixed up with the turkey… every 5 minutes she’s asking me what she can make for me. Granted she’s offering veggies and fruits as well, but oh the food. It’s so hard to turn down offered food like that!<\/p>\n
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The second half of 2007 sure turned out to be a wonderful year for me. I am just so very, very thankful. Today I’m going out with my mom to some of her friends’ houses to eat and visit, so I hope I’ll have a good time. I’m not really into celebrating “ringing in the new year” or anything. Den called me earlier and he was going to bed, so he’s certainly going to miss it, LOL.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow I’ll be packing and then we have a big family dinner, a tradition on New Years Day. January 2 I go home! I am looking forward to my house, my bed, my dogs, my hubby – and not necessarily in that order! A 2 week vacation is a good length of time, I think. Just long enough that I am sad to be leaving still, but missing home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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