Pregnancy 101

If anyone gives a hoot about my blog and is reading this post, I am giving you fair warning- I am about to unleash my feelings about being pregnant. However, since you all are such good sports I will make sure to end this semi rant fest with some really good news.
Let me preface by saying that so far over these past five months I have enjoyed seeing what seeing what God designed my body to do in order to grow a person. As I've read about and seen what is actually going on inside of me I am amazed at how intricate it all is, and to think that since I was being created in my mother's womb, I have always possessed the ability to "sustain life" (yes I did intend to make it sound like I'm a planet; I feel like one right now). It's very cool.
However, I cannot ignore the fact that growing a person is really, really hard work. Most days I'm just trying to make it until bedtime, even though I know I won't be getting much sleep. I have plenty of meltdowns (I'm not ashamed to admit it), but otherwise I just try to find the humor in the all the things that have transpired from being preggers. I figured since it's 5a.m. and I'm awake, I might as well share some of them...
Pregnancy 101:
- Morning sickness is the worst thing. Ever.
- If you have never had morning sickness, do not tell a pregnant person who is coping with it/ has had it. You might get hurt.
- Cravings are instinctual and cannot be denied. My husband can attest to this one.
- Being pregnant means you are going to feel really uncomfortable and not even know why. It's great.
- When people find out that you are pregnant sometimes they shut down their mental filter and say crazy and sometimes unkind things to you. ("Yes I do know that my butt is getting bigger...") When this happens, you will have an inexplicable desire to punch them in the face, but you will have to resist.
- You will fart a lot.
- Pregnancy Brain is the temporary version of Alzheimer's. You will feel very stupid, very often.
- Your baby bump is public property.
I had more but I can't remember them. Stupid Pregnancy Brain...
Okay, now time for the good news. We found out what the baby is! Besides being human, it's... (insert drum roll)
                                                                            A BOY!!!
Say hello to Tobias Edward Carlson. We call him Toby.

We can't wait to meet this little guy :)

Mundane Monday...

I'm temporarily diverting from my usual Munchie Monday for the more appropriate, Mundane Monday. It was just one of those days that felt sort of, ho hum. Being uncomfortably pregnant didn't help. 

On a not-so-mundane note, today was my awesome hubby's birthday!!! Derek, if you read this, I love you babe. You're the best husband I could have ever asked for. Thanks for being you and for everything you do to make me happy. 

We did all of our birthday festivities over the weekend with our families so tonight we kept things low key and I made one of Derek's favorite meals- homemade pizza and beer. Don't worry, it was fakers beer, the "no buzz" kind. My family gave Derek one of his favorite movies on Blue-Ray, "The Dark Knight" and so being the uber  cool wife that I am (or at least try to be) we watched that, including all the nifty special features that explain just how in the world they did that. Sadly, uncool wife part of me could not stay awake through the whole movie, and poor Derek had to enjoy the awesomeness all by himself. Hey, growing a person takes a lot out of me...

Speaking of growing a person, we find out on Thursday what the baby is- alien or human. Haha, just kidding. We'll be going in for our first sonogram to see if there is or isn't a "stem on the apple", if you know what I mean. Very exciting stuff.

I will leave you with a recent pic of my developing baby bump, at 20 weeks. This picture is actually a week old and believe it or not I'm actually just a tad bigger. 

Stay tuned for baby updates! Happy Monday everyone.