To start with, the "seniors" in primary always come up with the most interesting things to say. They're 8-12 years old, and have so many questions about the world. I love seeing how they perceive things. For example:
Q - (teacher asks) How do we know the earth is round?
A - Google maps. (duh...lol)
And then the following conversation between a few of them:
A - I wonder when cats began? (lesson for today was the 6 creative periods..)
B - I think it was in Egypt...
C - No, it was in the 80's sometime!
That's right, my friends. Cats are a fashion trend from the 80's. Although C did amend his comment that maybe it was actually during the 1860's sometime, he couldn't be sure...hahaha
Never a dull moment!
And then...oh gosh. My first, "Are you pregnant?" comment since I've actually BEEN pregnant! I had a few of these in the month or so preceeding this pregnancy, but I just laughed them off. Here's how today's went:
Well-meaning, nosy lady - Holly, come here!
(I go over, she puts her arm around me)
WMNL - Is there something you want to tell us???
Me - Nope!
(she looks at my stomach)
WMNL - Are you sure?
Me - Completely! What you're seeing is just left-over!
WMNL - Left-over, right....
Me - I assure you! You're only looking at what's left from Elijah! (not a lie, since, really, I'm 6.5 weeks along. She's just looking at my fat at this point...right?) It's okay, you're not the first person to ask me...
WMNL - Well, we'll be counting the months!!!
Me - You do that!
And I walk away, make it to the hall, and grimace.
I've been feeling like I'm bigger, I know that, but I didn't think I actually LOOKED much bigger. That'd just be ridiculous this early, right???
But then I came home and decided to take a new belly shot, one sucking it in, one not sucking it in. It was perfect because I'm even wearing the same top I was wearing the day we found out and I took my first belly photo (sucking in.)
The result?
Holy moly. And that's sucking in! The difference between 3w6d sucking in, and today (6w4d) relaxing is this:
How is this even possible??? I know second pregnancies show sooner, but 10 weeks sooner?! What I think is really doing it is that, when I was 10 weeks with Elijah I found it easier to relax my stomach and not try to suck it in at all. Sucking it in just became...tiring. And I've been finding lately that that has been the case, only 3-4 weeks earlier than with Elijah. I guess THAT'S not so crazy. And what's exacerbating the "showing" dilemma is the fact that I still have a baby's worth of fat on my stomach that I wasn't trying too hard to get rid of yet.
But still. It looks like we'll be telling a lot (A LOT) sooner than we had planned! I just need to make it through church next Sunday without any comments, and then I think we'll be telling everyone the week after. Because this is ridiculous!! AND I still need to tell my family about it. Arg. I just want to wait for my ultrasound.
Oh! Speaking of which, my first mw appointment ended up being this week, and instead of having it on the 23rd, I'm having my dating u/s at 8 weeks. I'm pretty excited, especially because that's only a week and a half away, so I can definitely manage that.
Okay, I'm done. Sorry for rambling about my stomach. I'm just...in denial I guess. Thanks for bearing with me!
Edit - I just had Matt read my blog post so that he could see the difference for himself. After which he told me he had to lie to someone ELSE today, who had said, "Is Holly expecting? I'd heard some rumors..." Matt said no, but oh my heck. Note to self, empire waist = bad. Next week, my baggiest shirt ever. I've got to make it one more week.
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