week 22

reid and i are expecting our first child in May. scary, i know. our camera was washed and dried, and no longer works so the photo taking has temporarily come to a halt and i'm going to try to describe my (our, maybe) experience using words. gasp! it's one of many ways i can put that english major to work for me. take that, everyone who said english majors were worthless.

i think i've gained about ten pounds now, and it shows. mostly in my belly. which is awesome. it's not awesome when i want to bend over to put socks on, or bend over to pick something up off of the floor, or reach for something in the car, or dig for stuff in the lower cabinets of our kitchen. okay, it's really only good for looking at and touching.

we had our first appointment with WIC this past week. although i don't consider myself to be living at poverty level, my income says that i am and therefore i can receive the services that the county provides to expectant and nursing mothers that i would otherwise have to pay for in some other medium. i consider myself lucky to be able to receive WIC, and don't care that i'm practically on food stamps because of it. i am disappointed that the milk i'm allowed to buy using the food stamps has to be the "least expensive brand." i might just have to keep buying organic milk to try to prevent my daughter or son from developing too early.

just today i began to get overly anxious about being pregnant and expecting our first child. we live in a tiny apartment and seem to have a lot of stuff. we went looking at houses the last couple of days and i'm pretty sure i've found the one house in bloomington i'd like to buy. now, qualifying for a mortgage is a different story. i pray that i can afford to give my family a little more space than we currently have.

i'm finding out (although i've always known this) that husbands are awesome. especially my husband. i'm so happy that we're both on the same page, and wonder how some people do it if they can't agree on certain fundamental things in their relationships. i feel that God has truly blessed me with a great family both immediate and extended. i'm lucky enough to have three sets of parents and they are all amazing.

i hope that you can enjoy watching reid and i go through the roller coaster that is pregnancy, and parenting.

i need to go so that i can expose my unborn child to some more sappy indie/folk music and clean the apartment. Bon Iver, here we come!