With Child

I suppose those of you who stalk my Facebook (and let's be honest, who doesn't??) have noticed my announcement concerning the newest member in my life, affectionately known as Fetus Brown (for now--just until I think of something actually cute...). I am 12 weeks along today.

Observations About My Pregnancy:

• Overall, things are going pretty well. I feel good the majority of the time, and compared to some of the horror stories I've heard (see Erin's pregnancy posts from once upon a time) I am having a perfectly comfortable experience.
• That isn't to say that I don't have my moments of sheer discomfort and such. When it hits.....it hits. 
• Symptoms to date, in no particular order: nausea (not as much anymore, but ohhhh it was bad at first), hunger, lack of appetite (an annoying contradiction), an extreme attachment to super pulpy orange juice, dill pickles (a life long love....intensified), a propensity to cry if my emotions go to far in either direction, achy joints, sore all over (especially lower back and hips), massive boobies, fatigue (waning), shortness of breath (not waning), wacko sinuses late and night and early in the morning, dry throat, GAS of a whole new breed, multiple potty breaks during the night, and reeeeeeally really weird dreams. 
• I'm sure there are a couple of miscellaneous ones, but I can't think of them right now.

Darren and I couldn't be more thrilled, and I can't help but hope that we will magically become mature enough for this new life calling by the time Fetus Brown becomes Baby Brown.

But I doubt it. 

Catch up

1. This has been a busy summer for this particular branch of the Brown family. Besides us working allllll the time, I've been busily trying to catch up on Bones (about halfway through the 6th season!) and Darren has been trudging through the original Star Trek series (mega dweeb... ;-)). Okay, so it's only been fake busy, but busy is busy.

2. It occurred to me today that our first married Christmas is less than 6 months away, and I still haven't figured out how to work my sewing machine, so I don't know when or how I will make our stockings! Bother.

3. My cousin Daniel's fiancee Jess (ex-roomie Jess) moved into our complex, in the building directly next to us. Pretty sweet. I went to hang out with them last night, and since I am currently Darrenless, and have nobody to talk to here at home, I am fairly certain I blabbed for a full hour before I left.  They might have said 12 words total.

4. Darren is at Annual Training for the next couple of weeks, which means I am experiencing Military Wife Hurdle #1. It definitely isn't easy, but I comfort myself in knowing that he is in a humidity free environment, and when these two weeks are up, I can be proud that I made it.

I might make it by crying myself to sleep every night while sniffing his t-shirts, but hey, I'll make it.

5. I get to house a few girls for Youth Conference next weekend. Stoked! I love the youth program, but never want a calling there. I just want to be invited to hang out (because I'm a creeper like that).  Housing them means I'm practically invited to the dances.  Also, I was asked to be one of the picture-takers, soooooo.....if anyone has a fit about my booty on the dance floor, I'm going to flash them my fake press pass.

6. My sister-in-law Jaymie is coming to visit us in August! I am super duper excited about that, and am really hoping to sell the area to her so that she moves here....so nobody spoil that for me by telling her the truth, okay? =)