Oh, dear.

So, the reason I decided to make a Pregnancy/Baby blog is so that when all of it is over, I can have it made into a book.  Nicole had her blog made into a book using Blurb and I think it’s just the greatest idea!!  I think it will be a very nice keepsake.  And maybe a warning for the next time I say, “Husband, I think we should have a baby.”

The problem I will begin having is what to post here and what to post at fortyweex.  I’m POSITIVE that most of what I write from now until I pop this thing out will be pregnancy/parenting-oriented.  I suppose what I’m saying is that you all shouldn’t expect regular posts on this blog for awhile (you know, because I’ve been an oh-so-regular poster lately…).  I will put forth as much effort as I can muster to post here once a week.  I plan to post at fortyweex atleast 3 times a week…and as I begin to feel like a functioning human again, more than 3 times a week.

I got an email from my friend Laura yesterday that was so very insightful…

“I am feeling fine, pretty normal. All the icky feelings from the first trimester have been gone for a while and it is just crazy that I am over half way there now. It is scary! I mean exciting but scary too! I have no idea how I am going to take care of a baby and get no sleep and all that. I also have no idea how I am going to work from home 2 days with a newborn, and the dogs! I know everyone says it will be fine. But still I like to know how things are going to be ahead of time. And since I have no way of knowing that, it is scary to me!
What on earth have we gotten ourselves into???!!! “

Great.  Now I have a whole new area of worrying.  That last line really sticks with you.  What have we done?!  I think I am correct in saying that Laura and I are alike in the fact that we like to have things planned out.  We like to know what’s ahead and know what to expect.  And, as she says, there is NO way of knowing.  What the hell were we thinking??

Well, Laura, as I’ve been told 1,453,454,579,832.648 times, “It is all worth it in the end.”  Keep your eyes on the prize, girl.