36 Weeks

I think it is time for another pregnancy post.

As my pregnancy is drawing to a close, (ok, so I still have 4 weeks, but still, it's getting closer.) I was thinking about all the changes that I have experienced and I decided to document just a few.

My hands are not the size they once were. As you can see, my wedding ring no longer fits on my finger. It is now replaced with a CTR ring that thank goodness I bought a little too big.

My feet have definitely seen smaller days. Their size seems to fluctuate depending on the amount of time spent sitting and standing. For quite sometime I have been wearing the same reef flip flops EVERYDAY, with the exception of the three hours for church (I try to squeeze my feet into something a little fancier). If you look closely, you can see a slight tan line from these flip flops, as well as a line where the straps are getting tighter and leave marks.

Granted, these beauties are not as extreme as my sister's impressive "Flintstone feet", but I still have a few weeks to go.
And, of course, the belly that goes along with every pregnancy.

I think this picture pretty much is self explanatory. I am feeling and looking like I am about ready to pop. And apparently other people think so because a few days ago while I was at Wal-Mart the following conversation occurred after I passed a child and her mom:

Child: Mom, did you see that lady? It looks like she has a really big basketball under her shirt.
Mom: Shhh...I know.

The whole time I was thinking: No, it's more like TWO really big basketballs.

Then, yet a few days later, my kind husband says to me, "Erica, you are getting REALLY big. But I am the only one who can say that."

Thanks, Dan! I agree, I am getting really big. :)


Overall, I have had a wonderful, easy pregnancy (minus those terrible first three months. I don't even want to think about that.) and I have really enjoyed this experience.