Pregnancy Weeks 1-20!
Let me start by saying that after reviewing this post from June of this year, I am no longer surprised that we got pregnant that month. There are pictures of us with three different and cute babies. We were clearly under the influence!Obviously a lot has happened since then. I just thought I'd take some time to walk back through the journey of the first half of pregnancy.

my buuurthday.
Here are all of the birthdays I can remember clearly:6: (1988) I had my first sleepover but thought it was a "spin" the night party and couldn't figure out how to ask my friends from school to come over and spin with me.7: (1989) Mom brought ice cream to school, and I felt like a queen with the most friends. 9: (1991) A trip down rainbow river. I have some memory of pouring Parmesan cheese all over Eric at pizza hut. I also remember him being

liberties otherwise not taken
I'm not really too pregnant yet. I notice a difference but others who don't know me are still saying "Wow- you look great" or "I wouldn't have known if ____ hadn't told me."Those are not the comments that I mind. The comments that leave me feeling a little upset are these:I keep forgetting that you are pregnant and find myself noticing how big you are getting.oh yep...now I can see it (the weight) in your back...(a week later)...yep, I can see it in your face too!I'm glad you are pregnant because I thought you had just gotten heavy over the summer!Well, I'm sure none of your clothes will fit you again once you have the baby. Your waistline is j

what, I'm pregnant?!?
It's weird being 15 weeks pregnant. I am not quite showing, and I'm not really sick. So...I'm constantly walking around wondering "Am I really?"...but I know I am. It's only a matter of time before my body convinces my mind. :)In the meantime, I have all of these questions about if I should get vaccinated? If we should find out the sex of the baby? Who should be present at the birth? No answers now....but I'm sure I'll be back to this topic many times in the near future.

here's how come
So, in June my brother was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, which is cancer in the lymph nodes. It really came out of nowhere. He was fine and planning a visit to Virginia. Then, he was sick and came anyway. My family came too and he started chemo in July because it was rapidly spreading through his body. He had 20-25 cancers throughout his neck, tor