A Learning Process

Sometimes you just feel like blogging, so that's what I'm doing!  Plus, I wanted to share a 12 weeks "bump" (if you can even call it that) picture with you all: See that little pooch?  Yeah, I'm not sure if that's baby or just belly flab, but for now we'll call it a baby bump!  And please ignore my weird looking finger poking out from the other side.  I recently purchased a belly band and let me tell ya, it's friggin' awesome.  The jeans I have on in the picture normally don't fit me unless I'm having a skinny day, so the fact that I can wear them now with a little help from my belly band is truly amazing!  I never knew what a belly band was until I Googled it... it's basically a stretchy thing (similar to a tube top) that you put around your waist to help keep your pants up when they're unbuttoned.  Who knew?!  I know I'm going to be tempted to keep on wearing the band even after I have the baby, lol! Here's my l...

Well, this is old news to probably all of you, but Mark and I are expecting a little baby Armstrong in August!  August 10th, to be precise.  And yes, it was planned ;)  I'm a little over 11 weeks along now, and I have to say... if this is the worst trimester of pregnancy, then the rest should be a breeze!  I haven't been a victim to morning sickness, nor have I had any of the awful symptoms I so frequently hear about.  I am eternally grateful for this, because I 110% hate nausea and throwing up.   It's pretty weird to think that there is another little human being inside of me growing bigger every day.  It's been a really long time with just Mark and me, so it will be interesting to see how much our lives will change with the addition of a baby.  Growing up, I was rarely around babies or even little kids (at least as far as I can remember), so having a baby of my own is completely foreign to me right now!  Even as I sit here and type, ...