+ On being pregnant +
I have to admit, being pregnant is very interesting. I'm not sure I would say this is the greatest I've ever felt, or the most bizarre thing that has ever happened to me, but it is indeed very interesting. I have all kinds of weird feelings all the time, and most of the time I can only guess what I'm feeling. Last night when I went to bed, I was lying there and I had this weird pulsating feeling in my lower back and, well, really everywhere. It felt like a heartbeat, like a throbbing when your foot is coming back from being asleep... only it wasn't my heartbeat. It was way too fast. I kept checking my neck and my wrist, feeling for my own, much slower heartbeat. I want to think it was yours, but then I got scared wondering why I would be able to feel that. All the scenarios were bad, so I chalked it up to my wild imagination and proceeded to fall asleep.

Anyway, I walked a LOT on Saturday at the Arizona State Fair, and felt a little crampy afterward. You moved around a lot, so you either really enjoyed or really hated all of that walking. I took it easy Saturday night and rested, but I'm realizing now that this belly with you in it is starting to be a challenge. It's in my way when I shave my legs, it makes it just a tad harder to get out of a comfy couch, it is sore when Princess or your Aunt Chelsie's dog Sydney step on it (which they seem to relish doing)... etc. I've discovered 2 things that really wake you up too, which is just funny to me: sneezing and adrenaline. We were driving home Friday afternoon, and a truck in front of me changed lanes at the last second, revealing a parked bus immediately in front of me that I didn't know was there. I hit the brakes, and we were completely fine, but once I felt that adrenaline surge through my body, you started groovin' like you were on Dance Fever! Wowza!

It was a pregnant weekend, that's all I can figure. Every day I feel more impacted by this pregnancy and more at peace with not knowing what's coming next. That's kind of a good feeling.