Cave Men

So my mother-in-law Lorri reminded me a few days back that I haven't been keeping up on my postings! Sorry! Things have been busy around here, but rather non-eventful in the pregnancy department. I feel the baby moving around quite a bit now, and next Wednesday Don and I are going in for the ultrasound that will hopefully identify the baby's gender. YEAH! We have been keeping ourselves busy around here with shopping on Craigs list for nursery furniture, packing boxes, and filing tax returns. Craigs list is the best! We bought all of the furniture we will need for our nursery last weekend, and we got screaming deals...especially on the beautiful Made in Canada Ragazzi dresser and hutch set that we bought.

I am definitely starting to show in a big way now. I know my friends are able to tell, but I think I may still be in that, is she or isn't she stage when it comes to strangers...if they even notice at all, which is unlikely.

I am struggling a bit with feeling self-conscious about the weight gain. I shared this with Don early this morning, and at first he said all the usual "nice guy" things one would expect. "Honey you look beautiful, it's natural, yadda, yadda." I wasn't really buying it until he finally just said, "OK, so I wasn't going to tell you this, but when I look at all of your new curves, I feel all manly, and hear grunts in my head like a cave man, 'I did that...grunt, grunt, grunt.' " Needless to say, I was cheered up after that, because Don feels manly to have a pregnant wife, and that makes me happy. You think you know someone, and I have this view of my husband that he is this sensitive, sweet guy--which he is! However, he is also a man, a typical, red-blooded man. I like that side of him too--thank God for men, sensitive and cave alike.