May 11, 2008

Week 20!!

During a week-and-a-half period, I gained 10 pounds. Impressive, isn't it?

Yep. Raegan stops nursing and I start keeping all my food down.... And *Bam* My body goes all crazy. Obnoxiously inviting all the free (fat) radicals in the air to land and take up residency. "Come one! Come all!"

Ah, the joys of pregnancy. It is truly THE ONLY TIME you can gain a physics-defying amount of weight in an insanely short time...and people just smile and say "Well, Good!"

And mean it.

That said. Around the same time, our digital camera decided that enough was enough. It had been abused long enough by small hands and hurried mommy moments. And some sort of device broke off. So it's not working the best. :(

Jet and I tried and tried to get pictures that wouldn't cast a huge shadow behind me. Or be completely blurry.

So until we hit the lotto and invest in another camera or until Jet takes apart the camera in attempts to fix it... these pictures will have to do:


Twenty Weeks! How did it comes so fast?!! In no time flat, I will have another little one in my arms. AHHH! And yes, we find out the gender THIS week. Anybody wanna wager a guess? :)


Because we had literally taken dozens of pictures. from all angles. in all types of light. with the flash and without.... I'm way past tired of looking "smiley." But I wanted to take the picture with my face at least showing...for you, Val. Even if it's not a happy face. :)



Here is an extREmely blurry picture. But at least it shows the belly silhouette.

And finally. The pic that shows my belly size the best. Well...if you can get past the fact that my mirror must be way past the need for a little Windex. (It LOOKED clean when I took the pictures!? Seriously!)


So there you have it. My belly, in all its instantaneous-ten-pound wonder. From every angle that we could capture. Well, at least that our belligerent camera and sorely-covered-in-dust mirror would allow.

13 comments:

javamamma said...

Well, I had to peer incredibly deep to see ANY sort of belly. You look amazing! Week 20? Whatever.

Happy Mother's Day!

Jolanthe said...

And having seen this cute belly in person - you're looking great mamma. :)

You are one beautiful pregnant woman. Love you much.

Foxy5 said...

Week 20 already?! Wow. We are over due for a visit.

I am so impatient in waiting to find out what this baby is. Seriously I check my email every day just waiting for some exciting news from you. :)

When I told my mom that you were expecting another little one she looked at me, wrinkled her eyebrows and said "Are you pregnant too?" No. We're not doing this pregnancy together. Not this time around. ;)

Woo-hoo for 10lb gains! I thought I was the only one to do that. I never gained anything until my 5th month and then I would put on 10lbs that month. I did it with all 3 of mine. Some crazy growing happening there.
And seriously, lets have Raegan and Hannah get together for a little nursing meeting. R can talk to H about all of the joy and freedom found in going "Boo free" :)


The End

Mary@notbefore7 said...

Wow - week 20? I can't believe it. It is so exciting. You look GREAT. I am sure you are feeling "belly" now though.

I always liked this time - feeling fairly good and not overly HUGE yet. Enjoy!

Thinking of you!

Mary@notbefore7 said...

Girl is my guess ;)

Happy Mom's Day!

Jen said...

First of all, I've thought it was a boy from the beginning. Am I right?? I'm never right. It must be a girl. But I'm SURE it's a boy.

Secondly, 20 weeks? Already? Wow. I made some cookies the other week and gained 5 lbs in 2 weeks and the doctor gave me the evil eye. Oh please. Bring on the weight! Like you said, this is the one time you can gain weight and it's a GOOD thing.

Crystal said...

You're lookin' good, you hot mama. ;-)

I'm guessing it's either a girl or boy.

Becky R said...

Hi! QVC has a great Fuji camera on 4 easy payments right now. I love Fuji cameras. I just bought the one on easy pay for my boyfriend for Father's Day cause he is so good with my kids. It is like $36 a month for 4 months. Just a thought, I can't live without my digital I love taking pictures!

Anonymous said...

You still don't look pregnant to me. I was HUGE by 20 weeks. You are so cute though and I am so excited you are already halfway!!! I can't wait to know the sex. I guess BOY.

Kristen said...

So I think that our bellies are about the same now...Adam laughs that "Leroy" (not his real name) is starting to finally grow. This is after 5 months of asking if I was really pregnant. :) I don't have a guess - I'm bad at that...Adam is the guesser in our house - almost at 100% accuracy for all our friends. His only wrong guess - our boy, thought it was a girl.

Kristen said...

So I think that our bellies are about the same now...Adam laughs that "Leroy" (not his real name) is starting to finally grow. This is after 5 months of asking if I was really pregnant. :) I don't have a guess - I'm bad at that...Adam is the guesser in our house - almost at 100% accuracy for all our friends. His only wrong guess - our boy, thought it was a girl.

Kimmie said...

teeny-tiny is what me and my children say...10 pounds...we can't believe it!

Kimmie
mama to 6
one homemade and 5 adopted

Kris said...

10lbs and a belly, huh...oh wait, wait, I think, I see, nope, must of gone to your hair or something. yeah,... cause you are skinnier at 5 months than I am at 10 months postpartum. I could take a picture, but I'm just not willing to show off my "never-get-into-a-bathing-suit-EVER-again" body;) you look great!