Today marks the halfway point of my pregnancy. I only have 20 more weeks to go. I'm getting pretty big...
We also have had another full week of Snowpocalypse 2011 hit us. Two weeks in a row we have had negative temps and at least 6 inches of snow, and it has kept me in the house reading books and enjoying having Josh home from school. I decided that I needed a hobby while we were snowed in and have decided to pick up knitting. I bought Solomon the cutest newborn hat on etsy and wanted to learn how to make them myself. It is like a whole new language and kind of tough looking, so I started out small with just a "cast on" and then rows of regular knits for my first scarf. Boy is this time consuming! Maybe I will just keep purchasing the hats because it is not worth 5 hours of my time to knit a 5 inch scarf! It did bring new meaning to Psalm 139 where David says "You have knit me in my mother's womb". Seriously, knitting is very detailed and time consuming, like creating a baby!
It is true that once you become pregnant your entire brain changes from "me" centeredness to "baby" centered. I felt immediate encouragement to grow up when we found out that we were expecting and I am now in the in between stage of married without kids and married with kids groups. It is a weird and pretty alienating experience I think. I really thought that I would be a lot tougher and resilient to the changes that it is all bringing, but I have been a little more weak about it all... maybe it's just those hormones.
Here is my new fabric for Solomon's baby bedding. I hope that his room is as cute as I am envisioning. You will have to wait and see!!! I went into the living room to take this picture and realized that we have the same color scheme in the living room and in the farm room as we will in the baby room. I guess aqua, red, cream and white are really in right now!
Lauren! It's so fun and encouraging to read your posts! I love your bedding for the baby and I can't wait to see the little guy on your blog! :)
(02.09.11 @ 05:07 PM)You look great!
(02.09.11 @ 05:45 PM)hi lauren! When I was 21 and almost 7 mo prego with my first, we had just moved to a new town two states away....and here I was having my first baby and not working....kinda an identity crisis.....anyways, when my baby was just a few weeks old, I joined MOPS http://www.mops.org/ ......it totally helped me connect with other new moms....made alot of good friends...got to heara fun parenting topic and had a small group that really encouraged me in that first year of motherhood and not to mention, it gave me something to "do" every other week! You just may want to check into it! :-) Happy nesting!
(02.09.11 @ 06:27 PM)You look JUST like me and JUST like my friend who is also 20 weeks. It makes me feel normal and I breathe a sigh of relief. Ahhh....
Even though I still admit that I look down each day and swear I:
a.) grow EVERY single day.....
b.) look like Homer Simpson
c.) look like the Grinch without green hair
d.) have already grown out of the matnernity pants my tiny friends loaned me. :(
But you look ADORABLE so it makes me want to think maybe I'm adorable ish too.
(02.09.11 @ 09:34 PM)Look at your cute belly! And I love your style/color choices. It's going to be one cute room, I'm sure! I gave up knitting when I was 11 because of the time-consumption. For me, crocheting is much quicker. :)
(02.09.11 @ 10:21 PM)I LOVE your personal posts so don't feel bad posting them. Plus this is YOUR blog so you can do whatever the heck you want on it! And don't be upset about getting bigger... it's what your baby needs! Be happy you are providing him with a warm safe haven to chill in for now :) You look beautiful, embrace it! I mean hey... this is the only time in your life where the fatter you get the more beautiful people think you are... EMBRACE IT!!!! :) Enjoy this time with the boys :)
(02.10.11 @ 08:18 AM)Hi Lauren.....this is my first comment! Anyhow I just wanted to say that in starting my photog business and in speaking with expectant woman they are always concerned about how "big" they are, what I've come to realize is that pregnant women no matter their size are beautiful. You look amazing. Oh and Etsy is addiciting be careful! :)
(02.10.11 @ 09:54 AM)I have been a reader for awhile and am finally commenting! :) I wanted to say that I love your posts, home makeover and photography. Congrats on your pregnancy and I think you look great! Love your fabrics and colors. They look fun.
(02.10.11 @ 10:05 AM)You might wanna give crochet a try - it's so much quicker and easier (and easier to undo mistakes!). I'd definitely say it's more relaxing than knitting because you don't have to think quite as hard :)
(02.11.11 @ 01:01 PM)Ohh, that 20 week mark feel so good doesn't it?! Now you get to start counting DOWN your weeks :)
(02.12.11 @ 01:37 PM)I'm a knitting fiend! If you'd like a quicker project, fatter needles and fatter yarn will yield a quicker scarf. Keep going, you'll get faster at it.
(02.15.11 @ 01:16 PM)Hi, I have been following your blog for a while now too, I don't comment too much but I enjoy getting to learn a little more about you and your "family life" like your house renovations and pregnancy updates, also love seeing your photography work, I'm such a fan of your work.
(02.21.11 @ 05:31 PM)Can't wait to see solomon's room with the color scheme that you picked. I recently started teaching myself to knit too, after seeing all of the adorable crochet and knit hats out there I figured why not, I can do this , but I agree it has been pretty tim consuming. It does get a little easier as you go though keep up the good work. Love the belly bump picture, thanks for sharing. When I was pregnant with my son I gained somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 - 45 lbs which brought my final weight to just under 200 lbs. I felt like a hippo and in result I did not take many pictures to document my pregnancy which I really regret now. Wish I could go back and embrace the baby weight gain a little more instead of being so self concious about it. Anyhoo sorry about my book here just thought I'd share some of my experience with you, to show that your not alone with your emotions, every woman is different but we all have our own sort of rollercoaster. Best wishes.