Photo: 17 weeks vs. 19 weeks

I am still thinking that I am "not that big"... especially when I see some of the other ladies that are due in May 2009 and have posted photos of quite large bellies. Perhaps, they started out larger to begin with.

I still struggle to keep the maternity pants in place, as my baby belly (or "beer belly" as Mike likes to call it) just isn't big enough yet. Baby HeShe is growing amazingly fast now so, I am guessing that my size will also start increasing rapidly.

At 17 weeks, in the pink shirt, I attempted to take a self portrait in the bathroom's medicine cabinet mirror. The striped shirt is one that Mike took of me yesterday - at exactly 19 weeks. That was taken early enough in the day that I did not feel so bloated yet. (By evening, there are days that I have tremendous strain on my lower abdomen... perhaps growing pains?)

I now have a cat in my lap... think that is my signal that it is past my bedtime. Sweet dreams!