As if I didn’t already feel like a blimp, my almost 3 year old son sealed the deal for me today…..
Since the weather has been warm – my son and I have been hanging out on our back patio…which means I have been frequenting one of our cheap lawn chairs that we inherited from the home’s previous owners. I had been noticing that the chair seemed a little loose lately – but didn’t pay much attention to it. Today though, as we walked outside – my son walked over to the chair…examined it…and said:
“Whoaaaa Mommy! Did you do dat?”
I walked over to the chair and noticed that my big-as-a-barn pregnant bottom had formed a huge crater in the seat of the chair. Awesome.
So I simply replied, “Yes, Baby. Mommy did do that.”
And then I almost cried.
So as if that wasn’t enough – as we walked back inside I caught a glimpse of myself in one of the zillions of mirrors in our home – again – that we inherited from the previous owners. And at that moment, I decided that I would not ever look at my backside in a mirror again until this baby girl arrives. Unbelievable.
Don’t get me wrong… I’m thankful for this pregnancy and the little diva that is making me grow and grow. Yes. I feel blessed that I am now in the third trimester of this whole ordeal and things are going well. But my goodness. I can’t wait to throw on a pair of running shoes and go nuts again. That will be a happy day.
As for me and my large-and-in-charge self -I’m going to do two things until then: 1) take down all these dang mirrors that I never liked in the first place and 2) get a new lawn chair – a sturdy one to get me through the next few months.
Lord, help me.
Your big crater-making friend,
Kate 🙂
Ha!!!! My behind got so big with my pregnancies that I actually thought they'd do the c-section with me lying on my stomach. Just cut the kids right out of my butt.
It goes away. I promise. Stay away from the mirrors. You are one wise woman!!
Love you!
Sandy
Kate, I love reading your posts. I bet you look cuter than cute. 🙂 Cheer up girly! 🙂 Hope all is well, and congrats!
🙂
I am just now catching up on some reading. I'm sorry your cutie pointed out your…ummmm…well…you know. 😉 Kids are all sweet like that.
If it makes you feel any better, I could leave a pretty nice crater at this point and I am NOT pregnant. Yep. Me and the treadmill are now becoming friends again…cause me and my pants are not friends right now. 😉
Love ya!
K
Thought of you and your growing little one today as I posted. Hang in there!
Oh Kate, I wish I could send you a hug through cyberspace. This too shall pass. You'll forget all about your behind and tummy after that precious little one is born. But I like your fun sense of humor.
I see that you checked out Rhonda's blog Down to Earth. What did you think? I find it fascinating. I'm even going to bake some bread. Can you believe it? She's got some great tips though. Hang in there girl.
The week before our first daughter was born, I sat in an antique chair in our kitchen-it completely collasped under me. I sat on the floor laughing when our 2 year old son just looked over and said, "I hep you up" in his deepest man cub voice. It is a family joke at our house and 5 years later we still say to one another, "I hep you up."