Month Four

I will include new pictures either tonight or tomorrow. I took the pictures tonight, so I will get them up as soon as I get to the picture program to download them. However, finally, I have a noticeable belly. People who don't know that I'm pregnant still don't know. They may think I am looking a little chubby around the middle, but they don't guess that I am pregnant. Those who do know can tell that my belly is starting to poke out. When I am not covering it, it is quite noticeable, and I measured it--WOW! For me, the measurement is pretty significant. My waist is 30 inches. I started at 26. Last week or maybe slightly over a week ago, I was at 29 inches. So it seems to be growing quickly now. And when I was weighed at the Dr's office, I found I have gained almost 7 pounds. On their scale, I started at 99.5 and last weigh-in, I was at 106. My pants are definitely straining, and some won't button at all. I need to go shopping soon. It is all so interesting. Still no weird cravings or other strange occurrences that many people speak of and still feeling great. I would say that I wish I had more interesting things to report, but so far it has been a joyfully uneventful pregnancy. I have been reading a lot of magazines and keeping track of my own progress. I have a journal for my child with a bunch of information about what I do now, what life is like, and what I hope for him/her which is pretty cool. Other than that I am just doing normal life stuff. We have about a month to go before we can find out the gender--this child better cooperate because I really want to know! Thanks for the name suggestions so far. More are coming to my mind instead of fewer. I am not really helping myself. That's one big reason I want to know the gender--that way I can at least narrow it down to just the names of one sex. But I have to wait.

Oh, on a non-child growing note, Henry has been terrible lately. Part of me can't get over how cute he is, but the other part of me wants to kill him because he really really likes to destroy things! In the past seven days, he has DESTROYED both pairs of my glasses. He ate the frames and ruined one of the lenses. That's pretty expensive. I don't know when I will replace them. But on a cute note, he is beginning to learn to roll over. So that is my life news--all excitement for me, but mostly lame for the rest of you. I'll get the pictures up soon.