It's Been A While

Once upon a time, when I got married, I thought for certain that I would be a better blogger. But I still prefer my journal, apparently, and even with that I'm terribly inconsistent. I'm lucky if I write once a month. It's just so much easier to go to sleep at night. . . Anyways, I was wrong. And, knowing me, I will continue to think that I'll be a better blogger when such-and-such happens or when I get to such-and-such point in my life. I'm realizing that really that's not the way to accomplish anything. The best time to get things done is now when you're thinking about them (unless it's late and you have an enormous problem and you're sure that you won't be able to sleep until the problem is resolved and it just grows the later you stay up. . . I've learned that dinosaur problems have a tendency to shrink in your sleep).

But, exciting news:

A lot has happened in the past few months. I definitely didn't want my blog to read "I got married!" and have the next post be "We're going to be parents!" but that's what it is. And really that's okay because I did get pregnant pretty quickly and that has been a large reason for me not writing. Pregnancy fatigue is a real thing! And it's worse than regular fatigue because no matter how much sleep you get it's not enough. But you get a baby at the end which makes it worth it. I think.

Cameron and I are so thrilled at the prospect of starting our family. Come April 2nd we should be a family of three!!

I'm so grateful for the excitement people have had when we've told them. We did feel impressed to start our family immediately and I recognize that that's really fast for a lot of people, so I was worried that I would have to defend our choice, but people have been so happy for us. Which I love because, really, WE are so happy for us.

Pregnancy has been a fun adventure so far. I'm 18 weeks pregnant and have been dealing with morning sickness for about 12 weeks now. . . I'm ready for it to be gone and to start having the great second trimester I keep hearing about, but I'm also grateful for modern medicine. My doctor has put me on a medication for nausea that has been a serious life saver. It's the only thing that's enabled me to keep going to work.

I have had the craziest dreams. Some of which Cameron has been quick to point out sound like I was on drugs. But they certainly make for some laughs and good stories. And gratitude that life doesn't actually work the way it does in dreamland. Dreamland is a crazy land.

I'm pretty sure I've felt baby move (we don't find out the gender for another week and a half) and I'm excited for when I know for sure when I feel him/her.

I started wearing maternity clothes and let me tell you they are the comfiest things. I've always said maxi skirts are the sweatpants that are appropriate to wear to church and in public, but maternity clothing is even better. It's like the yoga pants of all clothing that you can wear outside and in public without anyone judging you. And I think having clothes that fit helps make me feel less fat and more pregnant (for the time being, anyway) which is great for moral.