Yep, I'm a Sucker

So, I got this email promoting "Parents" magazine. They offered me 3 years for $12.00.

Now I KNOW I'll be a better mother. I mean, God knows there will be a day when I need to have 142 birthday party ideas!

B.U.M.P. and B.F.F.

Friday I was surprised with a package from my Savannian B.F.F...a Baby Under Manufacturing Process t-shirt.

I was also surprised to find it was a S/M! However flattered, I haven't been a S/M since Christ was a kid! I'd upload a pic of me in this t-shirt if I was in the mood for a healthy dose of self-humiliation, but unfortunately today is not that day!



Thank you so much for the shirt Betsy! I do love it, even though I can't get it over my head. :)



Me and Betsy McGee...

Zebra Belly...The Onset of Panic

So far, I've been pretty accepting of the changes that have been occurring to my body. I've also thought I have been fairly realistic about "what's to come." Until now.

Every week I get an update from babycenter.com informing me of how my baby is developing each week, as well as what I physically should/could be in for. Today I found out that I may experience some darkening skin patches; and most importantly, could fall victim to "the mask of pregnancy." As a good woman would do, I turned to Google for pics of this so-called mask.

Lucky me (please note the thick, thick sarcasm)...I ran across a site that prides itself on exploiting the reality of the postpartum body. I'm not exaggerating in the slightest, when I say my life has been forever changed. My heart hasn't stopped beating rapidly since my eyes laid on the disturbing imagery, and like a car wreck, I keep going back to the site and starring at these women. I'm so scared I could puke.

Note: If you feel so inclined to view this newly-found site, please note that there is nudity (and not the good kind). Also know that if you have not yet had a child, you probably won't ever want to.

Our 1st Anniversary: Baby's 1st Buckeye Game

Saturday marked the first anniversary of the day Jeremy and I said our wedding vows! We could hardly believe it's been a year. Traditionally, the 1-year anniversary gift is "paper".

















I surprised Jeremy with tickets to the Buckeye season opener and a calendar of our first year together.

Jeremy surprised me with a fancy dinner at Morton's Steak House and tickets to the Trans Siberian Orchestra in December.