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Ten Weeks-ish (the shirt now goes up to my bellybutton)

One of the comments I've heard the most after I told people Jeff and I were expecting was, "Ha, I was thinking you'd been running a lot lately, but it didn't look like it was doing you any good!" Which was why I felt prompted to start telling people we were expecting. Not that I was offended, but if it was getting that obvious, I wanted to blame something besides the Cinnabon's. I've been there more than once lately. Jeff and I originally thought it would be fun to keep it quiet until we knew what we were having (I mean, we know it's a baby but what KIND), but when I got that comment more than three times, and Jeff said I was really starting to show... we figured we might as well announce it. And I am glad we did, it's made me feel so warm and fuzzy to hear everyone be so excited for us. It's really meant a lot, and a huge thanks to everyone who has given me a hug, a congrats, or a huge smile. Totally has made my day.

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The best part of being pregnant is that I haven't been feeling a lot of the normal pregnancy signs, aside from the good ones like bigger boobs and no monthly visits. I never got sick, I didn't have to find a bathroom significantly more often than normal, and aside from always being tired, that was it. But if you know me, I am still stupid and never go to bed at a decent hour and am always up early. That might contribute to the tired factor. There were a few weeks I would start feeling sick, but I'd immediately eat something and the feeling would go away. I did keep waiting for the moment I would have to vomit in public, but thankfully it never happened. I can't tell you how guilty I feel when people have asked, "How have you been feeling!?" And I can answer, "Great, thanks for asking!" I'm sorry-I can't help it! I'll try to have a hard labor or something...

Skeletor-with a lobster hand (3 months)

One of my favorite things so far has been that Jeff is so excited. He is probably the cutest guy I have ever met-and it's especially cute that he loves this little baby so much already, it's made me feel so excited, too. My next favorite thing was the ultra sound-the little thing was waving and squirming and dancing all around, it's one of those moments when the pregnancy has actually felt real. Sometimes it's seemed like a dream more than anything else...