The Update

Well it has been 6 weeks since I did an update, and we have been busy and relaxing at the same time! I hope you all enjoyed Matt's video he posted. As you can tell he is thoroughly ready for impending fatherhood. Over the last month we ventured to Madison for a wedding of great friends of ours, got some great news on Mike, and enjoyed the weather and I have continued to pop!

Two of our Hamline family members got married the end of February. I met Ashley and Adam in law school and we all became fast friends. They were out of staters too, and we developed our only little family with a great group of people over the four years we were there. I loved Madison, and thought it was a great Big 10 town. I had never been there, but I would love to go back and go to an Iowa game there. We ate like pigs, Matt drank like a King, and I was able to handle the late nights fairly well. I did have to sleep the whole way home from Madison though....


Ray and Matt, these too missed each other almost as much as Ray and I missed each other.. Matt generally only gets to speak to Renee through me while I am on the phone with her


Mo and Ray (nice to save on our monthly 1500 minutes in conversation, and talk in person!)


Beautiful Bride and Groom: Ashley and Adam


Look at all those beautiful, overworked, underpaid lawyers!(Renee is looking elsewhere!)

Matt's dad also had a checkup and we got some great news. The tumor in his pancreas hasn't grown and it hasn't shrunk, but spots on his liver are clear. They are giving him a break from chemo, and he will start back the end of April it seems. This was really good news, as pancreatic cancer is a tough opponent. Now Mike can take some time to relax, work on his garden, and enjoy the beautiful spring without all the downsides of chemo. This really made our month!

In other exciting news, if you haven't seen on Meg's fb, is that she is prego with the third Whitmer! It is crazy that we will have two new babies at Christmas. The thing that sucks is that when Meghann is 9 months prego, she is my goal weight. What a show-off..

Here is a montage of Belly Pics!


22 weeks in Madison


Belly off with Meghann (12 or 13 weeks, and Me 25) Stripes are NOT flattering


This is how I really feel


26 Weeks




Lunge is still kicking


Matt's lunge, though still good, a tad unsteady

Well here are my pregnancy observations from the last 6 weeks. I am definitely feeling movement, and it is super weird and cool. I have also really popped in the last 4 weeks, and cannot believe that I am almost 26 weeks (Tuesday) and that means 14 weeks to go... WTF! What am I going to do with a baby?! Sleeping is becoming an issue. Getting comfortable that is. I am a back sleeper, which is getting uncomfortable, but I cannot sleep on my right side cause my right rib is killing me, and I can't sleep on my left side, because I tore my shoulder in high school and it hurts to sleep on it. So I am basically trying to sleep at an angle with 6,000 pillows. I totally need a lazy boy, and Matt complains because he says sleeping next to me is like sleeping next to a god damn radiator.

I also would do anything to have an ice cold Corona Light, or Stella, or Margarita.. This early spring makes me want to have a cocktail and sit outside. Instead I watch Matt cocktail and I pout and drink Crystal Light, I should really start hanging out with former alcoholics so I don't get jealous.

Now for the gross stuff....I have entered the stage where I look down and cannot see my yoo-hoo. That is creepy. Maintaining that area is even worse. I do not want to look like a 1970's lady or a 12 year old down there, and I am too scared to use a mirror.. I don't need to see that angle, EVER. I also watched 30 seconds of a birth video. I have been encouraged to, but kept saying no. I got to the head coming out, and I started to cry and panic. I mean I knew they came out your yoo-hoo, but that does NOT look pretty. I do not need to see that either,ever. Too much? I can never tell..

My back is killing me, but just my right side. So this whole ribs, organs, shifting thing is really killing me. Jamie was able to help relieve some of it, but sitting down in a desk all day makes it way worse. I start twitching like I have a tic or like I am a crackhead needing a fix. It is the only thing to make it feel better. I was told it will go away, after I give birth. So I guess the back pain goes away, but the kid stays? I just don't think I should be trusted with a human being permanently. I mean I am a great nanny, babysitter, and aunt, but mother? It is going to be a toss up..

So I am hanging in there. Continuing to grow, doing more walking than spinning, watching as much television as possible before it is taken away from me, and trying not to think about the labor part. I started to make a list of baby stuff, and need to do a registry, but there is a lot of things that a baby needs. I thought the car seat and crib we bought were enough, but I guess not. I really should read some of those baby books I have been given..