Pregnancy Milestones

I'm 25 weeks already! I am almost to my third trimester and time is flying. I honestly can't believe it.

I wanted to record some pregnancy milestones that have occurred over the last few weeks so that I don't forget!

Milestone One:

I have finally purchased my first maternity items. I bought a pair of jeans and a couple of tanks. I still need to buy more but it's hard! Thank goodness that some stores are carrying cute maternity lines. Mostly, I just want it to be warm so that I can just wear cute skirts and dresses all the time. Also, can we talk about how ugly and annoying the full belly panel is? And PS I hate the word belly. Maybe because it rhymes with jelly? Gross.

Exhibit A:

Perhaps I shouldn't knock it, because I haven't actually even tried a pair on yet. I just can't quite bring myself to do it. I'm pretty satisfied with the low panel one I bought so far.

Milestone Two:

I received my first offensive pregnancy comment! I was at a work function with my dad and he was introducing me to someone. He said, "This is my pregnant daughter, Whitney, who's due in July." The woman then said to me, "Oh I saw you earlier and thought you were just pudgy because you needed to hit the gym."

A woman? Really? I thought we were all together on this. Everyone knows that one of the worst parts of being pregnant is being in that in-between phase where you are afraid people think you are just fat while you're waiting for your baby bump. In all honesty, I wasn't really offended. I was shocked, true, but in my head I thought, "Oh my gosh, I just got my first offensive comment! I have arrived!"

Other funny things:

- A 1st grader came up to me the other day and said, "Mrs. Goold, your tummy is getting FAT!" and proceeded to crack herself up. It was hilarious.

- For Dr. Seuss's birthday, they were doing a deal where you could get 5 Dr. Seuss books for $5. I had Jeff order them for us. He told me that he had been required to enter a name for the baby, but wouldn't tell me what name he had put in. The other day a package arrived in the mail that was addressed to "Maximus Goold." Nice.

We still don't have a real name for our little guy. Mostly we refer to him as "Megamind" because his head looks huge in his ultrasound picture. My class has put in their 2 cents for his name. They will come up and pat my tummy and say, "Hi, Austin" or "Hi, Brandon." I have a lot of Hispanic students in my class too, so I also hear "Hi, Enrique" or "Jorge" or "Juan."

Enrique Goold. Hey, it's a possibility! He can be our hero, baby. Or was it that he can shake his bon bon?

I will update with pictures soon!