Happy Spring!

I am absolutely loving the season change this year. It feels like it is so much different than the way it seemed to me this previous year. Maybe it has more to do with the fact that we are getting out alot more being that William is now constantly moving. :) Around this time last year, I was still healing and managing through my new mommyhood days.. but now, it feels so comfortable. It has become more of a way of life rather than something so new. Doing it for the first time is so scary because you honestly dont know what to expect. Read all the books you want on childbirth, breastfeeding, and the months following and in all honesty, it really didn't prepare more than if i didnt read it at all. Each book is a perspective really... average expectations. But every baby, mother and way someone is a parent differs as each person differs. The way it worked out for me was not what I had "prepared" for and expected. In the end, however, it has turned out to be the best.

So, I'm feeling pretty good today. Tomorrow I am officially going to be 21 weeks pregnant (officially to a calendar, I have no idea exact). The baby is moving around alot more, but he/she seems to spend alot of time kicking me in my lower parts and making me feel like I have to go to the bathroom way too often. When I am laying down though, they seem to punch more and thats when I can feel through my belly. This is a bit surprising because I am about 20 lbs heavier than when I got pregnant with William, but I can still feel through my belly. Doesnt make me feel like a big cow. haha. Feeling alot rounder and some sleeping and sitting positions are becoming uncomfortable, but the bliss is all the same. I love being pregnant, but the love doesnt go beyond just enjoying while the pregnancy just "happens"... lol I wouldnt get pregnant anytime soon after this baby is born, I havent felt entirely normal for almost 2 years. Maybe a 5 year break (or more) after this one. I wouldnt mind enjoying a drink and other natural pleasures for more than a few months.

Being that I've got quite a few goals planned out for my future, I hope to accomplish a few before we decide to have another one. Would like to walk away with an art degree of some sort before I turn 30. 23 is sneaking up on me fast so I've only got the next 3/4 years to get on that wagon and roll on.