I have a hard time blogging because I don’t want to constantly blog about baby stuff. I mean.. it’s going to be most of what I talk about for the next.. forever, so I might as well slap the “mommy blog” label up in here and leave it be. I can’t just do that, though. I’m not the typical mommy blogger. I have no intention of flooding anyone with posts about breastfeeding and spit-up. Unless that’s what y’all want? Yeah?!

Anyways.

We’ve made new friends! I’ve been so excited over this new relationship that it’s probably quite obvious if you peek at my facebook. It’s a guy my husband works with and his wife, and they are very much like us in terms of.. they like to go to dinner & a movie, hang out, go bowling, have fun.. not necessarily partying it up like some our age. They don’t have kids so it’s not just baby talk all the time like it is with some of my mom friends (no offense to them, I love it, but it does get old! I’m a 25 year old girl, too, not just a mom).

Tonight we saw the new Underworld in 3D with them. I’m not sure how I feel about 3D movies. That was my first and I left with my eyes hurting along with the bridge of my nose where the hard glasses sat. I got used to it after a bit but it was still uncomfortable. I think I’ll stick to regular HD movies. After the movie we went to Cici’s Pizza for dinner, then skipped their dessert buffet & headed over to one of those fancy dancy yogurt bars that are all the rage nowadays. It was delish & totally worth it.

As for the baby talk, I’m 17 weeks as of yesterday. Last week I had an ultrasound and baby is doing great.. growth and weight are right on the marks and all tests have come back perfect! I’m so excited to progress further – especially once we get past 23 weeks which is when Jeremiah deployed when I was pregnant with Matthew. Woo!

THANK YOU for all of the congratulations on the last post! As of yesterday I’m 16 weeks pregnant.

It hasn’t quite become completely real, though every day I wake up feeling a little bit more fat. Unfortunately, even when I’m hungry, I really just feel and look like I ate way too much. I have two appointments this week; one with the perinatal doctor and one with my regular obstetrician. I can’t wait to see how the baby is doing.

I was telling my mom today that I keep forgetting that Jeremiah didn’t get to be around for my last pregnancy. I can never forget that he wasn’t there, I just forget that he didn’t get to experience all of the stuff that pregnancy entails. In a way I’m sure he sees it as a blessing, but he didn’t get to see or feel Matthew kick in my belly, he didn’t get to see him big on the ultrasounds and he didn’t get to be there for the birth or first 3 months.

I can’t wait for him to experience those things and see his reaction.. and see him get to be a part of all of this.