Procrastination and baby bump!

I had meant to make this post almost two weeks ago now. Lyle and I went up with both our parents and my brother to the Crop Production show - oh, the excitement of a farming life! - where we told Lyle's sister about the pregnancy. I wanted to make a post after that, but there is one thing I'm good at and that is procrastination. I've managed to put off almost everything at one point that was not immediately important (and nothing ever is). It takes me a few days to get through dishes and laundry, which actually only makes the situation worse as things pile up and I get to the next stack of dishes or load of laundry with the speed of a snail. But anyway! Lyle's sister was shocked (almost to the point where she thought we were joking) and then got very excited. I think that will be most people's reaction and I've become content with this fact.

The first prenatal appointment is two weeks from now and by this point, I just want to be able to tell people. We've already run into a few speed bumps, one being that Lyle's dad accidently made a quip about baby showers around one of my brother's friends during lunch when we were at the Crop Production show, but he didn't hear. We got lucky this time. Only two more weeks! Another few problems - about three weeks before my prospective due date, I am going to be the maid of honor at my best friend's wedding. She's getting the dresses hand made, which is great, but she wants them done by March and that will not fly since my stomach will be a hot air balloon by August. I know she won't be upset, but it's mostly working up the courage to tell her. Another problem is that friends of ours have set their wedding date three days before my due date and Lyle is the best man. But everything will work out, as long as my water doesn't break during the ceremony.

I noticed last night that I actually have a baby bump! Well, I think it's a baby bump. It might just be from my excessive eating. So, we took our first baby bump picture and marked it at eight weeks. Still have to wait to put it on Facebook or anything, but it's there! Starting to feel a little more real, but my brain is still telling me that I should step away from the chocolate and start walking again, which really isn't a bad idea. I've fallen off my health-kick train. I was doing good and then saw chips and candy and pizza and, well, I just kind of forgot that I'm supposed to be eating better. I bought all this flax seed and yogurt and fruit and I opt for a bag of Skittles and A&W (granted, I don't eat out all the often, one of the greater things about living a small town in the middle of nowhere). It hasn't helped that Lyle has been sick for the last few days, so I'm even less motivated to eat well. But I think the cold snap is over and I might start being able to go for walks again. I just need Lyle to push me out the door to get going.

I guess there are more things I want to talk about, like writing and reading and the alternatives to regular disposable baby diapers that I've been researching, but I have to shampoo carpets tomorrow at work, so I should go to bed soon.

- Kim