At 20 weeks I feel like I'm finally starting to show, which means a shopping trip will be on my horizon soon. My mom expressed concern that I haven't already bought maternity clothing out of a desire to stay as slim as possible for as long as possible. Really, I just hate shopping. Like, really hate it. But this little girl, who has graduated from Raptor to Mango ever since I told Tim two weeks ago that that's about how big she was, is definitely going to need more room for the sake of both our comfort.
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| my selfie skills are not developing as fast as the mango is |
For those who have been asking, I'm hoping to have the registry up within the next week. I was originally aiming for last week, but stuff with the student journals has completely taken over my life these last two weeks. Between that and trying to sort through plethora of recommendations and "baby must-haves" to find out what we actually need, and find it for a reasonable price, my brain has been spinning. I have discovered a handy way to trick myself into feeling like babies cost less than I originally thought: look up the most high-end, fancy, tricked-out, over-the-top versions of things first, then discover more reasonably designed and moderately priced versions of those products. Tadda! A tiny piece of my fiscal sanity has been restored!
One rather timely friend sent me an early gift this week that I've been adoring for days. They're board books for children based on classic literature from a series called BabyLit. She sent a copy of Pride and Prejudice which is laid out as a counting primer. When I got to 10 I just about died laughing—pretty sure Tim thought I'd gone insane.
There's also a copy of Les Mis that's a French primer, teaching basic terms and translating the small phrases that accompany each picture. This little girl is already guaranteed to be multi-lingual! I really enjoyed the pages with Marius, they quite capture the essence of my personal opinion of him.
This is seriously one of the best discoveries I've had in a long time, and I am fully on board with the idea of gifting these to pregnant friends in the future!
Speaking of, I found out this week that my supervisor is also expecting—due in late May. It's going to be a very pregnant office, come spring! It's kind of fun to not be the only pregnant lady in the office, and it's been interesting to watch her and think about where I was two months ago. There are a lot of amusing similarities [hormonal rage is real, people], and some differences [she's been much sicker than I was]. I'm really blessed to be surrounded by so many women that fall all along the timeline from currently-expecting to established mothers of small herds of children. In a lot of ways, I am adrift from the female support I grew up just expecting to have access to, since I live across the country now, but having so many fabulous women in my life who are more than willing to be open and share their experiences and preferences has done a lot to mitigate that hole.
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