It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around these parts as snow falls to the ground and Snowball grows bigger ’round. As a beautiful blanket of winter covers the earth and our impending bundle of fun covers my body, I am feeling the warmth of the season in my heart. Okay, perhaps it is actually heartburn which warms my heart this Holiday season but regardless, happiness abounds with Christmas just within reach. I love snow, I love Christmas and in a very recent realization, I have stumbled upon the even more alarming fact that I love being pregnant. That’s right, growing more rotund with each moment and putting up with some inconveniences (the whole putting my socks on in the morning is proving increasingly harder with each day) has proven to be something that I rather fancy. I love my round, round belly (it’s probably the first time in my life my stomach has felt firm), I elate in each and every stirring of little Snowball and I love experiencing it all with the holiday spirit sprinkled in the air.
Snowball and I visited Jearlyn last week and all is well inside the Brehm Belly. Although my blood pressure continues to be a constant conundrum, the docs are pleased with my progress to date. I flunked the first try on my glucose test (luckily, I am a pro at sub-par testing) and thus I will visit the little lab fairies at Lakeside in Omaha next Monday to take another stab at it (or rather they will take a stab at me it would seem) sans sugar high. I am still sitting at 20 pounds of Snowball lovin’ bun in the oven poundage and my pouch is quite prominent.
To add to new experiences that come with bearing a babe, our good friend, Judi, gifted me with the opportunity to have a belly cast made of Snowball’s residence. I have to admit, I was a bit reluctant at first… I mean although I love being pg, the sight of my naked body is a bit horrid (although not unique to pregnancy) and I wasn’t so sure that I would really want to be reminded of my feminine form in the years to come. But, I have decided that in taking on the whole new world of being pregnant, I would allow my mind to be open and take on new adventures. Because Judi is packing her bags to head south for the cold, winter months, I did my casting a bit earlier than normal. There’s no escaping the fact that I am molding into a mother, at least in the physical sense.
