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It’s officially the start of my 8th month of pregnancy and I am feeling better than I ever expected to. I never could believe pregnant women, when asked “So, how are you feeling?” and they respond with an emphatic “GREAT!” -really? no way. There is no possible way you feel normal, much less “GREAT” having a tiny human being constantly growing inside your uterus. NO way. There is no way you feel “GREAT” with 30 extra pounds on your body in the Arizona heat… 30 extra pounds on you anywhere in the country never feels GREAT… I don’t care who you are. Well, I am breaking my own stereotype, countering the very doubts I’ve ever had about feeling GREAT during pregnancy. I feel great. Yes, I have 30 extra pounds of love (one of my beloved male cousins tried to reassure me the other day… ‘yeah, but that’s mostly all baby, right?’) Nope, she weighs abouuuuuuuut 4 pounds right now. So I’m totally responsible for the other 26. But thanks. Unfazed at the thought, I never knew I could feel so joyful carrying the extra love around. Clearly, I am not my own in a multitude of ways. It is an overwhelming feeling to know that your body can be used for such a great purpose. I cannot wait to meet my little Sway Baby.

I’ve been experiencing the full and true value of what it means to be pregnant. Here are a few ways that you know, that you know, that you know… You know you are pregnant when:

1. Dessert after dinner is mandatory. 2 desserts after dinner is possible… and likely.

2. You bake cookies and burn your belly button on the oven. (true story… happened on Friday)

3. The once baggy sweats you owned are fitting a little more like leggings.

I am a short 8 weeks away from my due date with the nursery in “half way put together shambles” but on it’s way to what my husband has called “better than our room.” We’ll see. My mom has just completed the bedding (yes, she is a rockstar for sewing up my dream creation) and the crib is all intact. Oh, how our lives are going to change in a mere 8 weeks.

Thank you for your continued prayers. They are coveted and appreciated more than you know.