24 Weeks

This past weekend Ron and I went to Orange Beach, AL and stayed with our friends Kimmy and Nathan. This is my very skinny friend Kimmy who just so happens to have a seven week old people. Doesn't she look amazing??!! In fact I don't think I'm going to take any more pictures next to her for the remainder of the summer! Anywho, we went to see Sugarland on Friday night and enjoyed a relaxing weekend away from it all! While at the concert I had a couple approach me, the wife mentioned her husband had been watching me since we arrived and that he wanted to rub my belly and she asked if it was ok. Very strange couple in deed but I let the guy "rub" my belly nonetheless and he did so in a "wax on, wax off" sort of way, I'm not talking a gentle pat here. Weird!
Grant and the pregnancy are going well. Grant is becoming quite the kicker, I think we have the world's next great soccer star on board. Last night while reading a magazine in bed, he kicked me a couple of times, causing my magazine pages to jump up. It was the wildest thing! Other than the constant kicking, I feel the amazing energy I've been enjoying the past 10 weeks slowly slipping away. I'm getting tired more quickly these days and have not been able to accomplish as many projects in a timely manner as I did when we first moved. I'm relishing every moment of the second trimester with the third right around the corner. Oh and the newest and most dissapointing development... my wedding ring and band will no longer fit on my finger! I can force it on when I know we have a social situation to go to in which I do not want to look like I'm simply "knocked up." The same goes for my watch and all of my fabulous clothes. All in all, I'm enjoying every minute of being preggers and watching my constant growing belly take on a life of its own. Ron recently has become very protective of me and his little boy. He's constantly worrying if my day-to-day activities are safe. I stayed behind this weekend while everyone enjoyed time on the boat and he was a nervous wreck Friday night when we visited the famous Flora-Bama, I was the designated driver of course. It's all very sweet and comforting and I'm lucky to have such a loving and doting husband. We're looking forward to Ron's parents coming to visit this coming weekend for Memorial Day. Stay tuned!